Research: National Museum of Ballet

Today I've done a bit of research. From a nice recommendation of the National ballet museum of Canada I've been looking at tutu and dresses. I found three very nice tutus that have really interested me. I was first interested by Adrian Wu's tutu for it's large-scale sculptural form and translucency. I then saw a tutu by Skanda Lin that I really liked because it used similar fold patterns to my work. Finally I was interested in the tutu by Metatecture that used sensory activated L.E.D. lights in the construction of the tutu that changed by the movement of the wearer. I really like the use of light within textiles and might be something I consider.
National Museum of Ballet

Adrian Wu

Skanda Lin

Metatecture

London Day Trip: V&A, Natural History Museum and Science Museum

I traveled to London to visit the V&A Museum, here I saw the 'Transformation and Revelation' exhibition showcasing a range of theature design in set, costume, drawing, sound and lighting design. What I liked in the exhibition was the lighting pieces and the costume. I particularly liked the lighting set design 'Six Landscapes of Grief'  by Bob Crowley. I liked his use of light behind the painted linen and the effects and marks of paint that are elluminated giving a faded, innocent and ghostly look.

I also like the display of costumes from various theatre productions and plays. I liked how the costumes are made to decribe a character's role and personality and that through this the clothing has more theme and fantasy with story along with them. I've always had a slight interest in costume/clothing construction and a desire to make one day look into making my own. The 'Tutu for Bugaku' and Marie-Jenna Lecca's dress for 'Agrippina' caught my eye the most with their use of layering of materials.

Whilst also in London I managed to go to the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. These places wasn't very inspiring for any art work but I did have fun looking at the dinosaur section in the NHM, which was totally awesome. They have a real life automated T-rex, which was the high light of my day. But what was most important was a total revelation I had when I saw this parachute on a Huygens Titan Lander replica in the SM. I dont know much about the Huygens Titan Lander but when I saw this parachute attached to the replica I was so amazed by the shape of it and it's strings.

With dresses on the brain from the Transformation exibition it dawned on me an idea for my work. I could make a dress out of paper and incorporate my cut paper webs theme into the skirt with lots of layering. I though about this for a while and with my inclusion of light I could add this under the skirt, eluminating the skirt. Also thinking this over I have also enountered a few issuses I need addressed at a tutorial. This is whether i have time to hand cut out the webs and make this within the 7 weeks whilst also experimenting and creating a whole body of work? I'm also going to need to get hold of a tailors dummy to make it and they don't come cheap as well as lighting for undernieth. So many thoughts that it doesn't feel possible to complete.

Experimenting With Light

I've constructed my own light box out of a lamp, black paper and a piece of perspex to test how my samples look with light shone through the webs.