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Opera Costumes Used In a New Way
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/arts/design/21costumes.htm...
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nalohr
1 month, 4 days, 18 hours agoE.V. Day has spent the past couple months going through the warehouse where all of the New York Opera's unused costumes are kept. In fact, Day is best known for transforming articles of clothing into sculptures. The opera's manager was intrigued by her idea, and asked her to create an exhibit in the opera's promenade space. She has taken the clothing and created the opera characters from them, whether it be a pair of black gloves representing Don Giovanni or Mimi from "La Bohème." This is going to help make the connection between opera and the contemporary art world. Day uses fishing line to create a sculpture from the dresses and other clothes. "What helped me in imagining new forms for these costumes was all the evidence of life that I found inside them..." says Day, because she found makeup smudges, alterations, and dirt around the clothing, showing how they had been worn. Also, in additon to pieces made with specific outfits, she made ones with only hats, undergarments, and various other frilly theater ware.
#1 - By nalohr, 1 month, 4 days, 18 hours ago.
It's pretty cool!!!
And she wants to do an entire exhibit on the opera's "undergarments." Can't wait to find out about that. | |
