My life in show: making costume of the Adept of the cult of celebration

awispa (62)in #art • 8 years ago

It is well known that the theater begins with a coat hanger. And any show begins with preparations behind the scene. As one of my friends said the costume is what distinguishes the artist from the spectator. Well, if you're rolled up in a gold brocade, and wearing the crown, all is immediately clear. You climbed onto the stage with good reason :) In her joke there is a sizeable grain of truth. Of course it does not apply to all genres of performing arts. For example, contemporary dance is often performed in brief t-shirts to keep focus of attention exclusively on the human body as the main instrument of the performing artist.

(picture belongs to creators of the game.
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It all depends on specific intent and purpose of why the artist goes on stage, what state he wants to convey to the audience, what internal questions to ask and what answers to share.

But there is one goal for which you can't do without bright costumes, probably not ever — it is the desire to create a sense of celebration in the audience. After all what makes a good holiday is often the spirit of carnival!
And though I adore very different artistic states and energies, the carnival spirit is my weakness. Working in the entertainment field (you can read about it in my previous posts: 1, 2 ) I like to create a sense of celebration, children's delight, joy, admiration, and recklessness. And so when I decided to participate in the fan art contest organized by the creators of online game "Heaven", I immediately chose the character for my inspiration - the adept of the cult of celebration.

This bright and cheerful image I tried to embody in the fabric using white silk, green satin, and gold faux leather to imitate metal. Particularly interesting to me was to tinker with the details — inserting eyelets, lacing decor, making flowers from ribbon. And the creation of the headdress was for me a completely new technical challenge. In the end I used the technique unproven before — "sculpting" from papier-mache, followed by decoration.

Later I liked this costume so much that I started to use it for solo performances with fire. Unfortunately I do not have the photos of it during the fire-show. But certainly it all lies ahead :)