Tag: performance

The Closet(uniform city)

Sculpture 2025
14’x12’x12′
Metal, wood, clothing, fabric, light, sound, performance.
The Closet(uniform city) is a site-specific sculpture/installation comprised
of hundreds of post-consumer garments collected from multiple
communities. The installation invites the viewer to walk through
a labyrinth of garments to experience the looks and sounds of different periods and
functionality of clothing from all walks of life. The work explores the interplay
between cultural identity and clothing. It considers how our identities are sculpted
through rituals that are connected to domesticity and fashion. The work addresses
the environmental impact of the textile waste that has piled up over many decades
during the rise of ready-made and fast fashion.
This project is made possible in part by a Maryland State Art Council Creativity Grant.

(dirty~clean)Cleaners

installation/performance 2019
neon sign, neon lighting, clothing rack, wire hangers, filament, collected used dry-cleaning bags, sound, 4 performers. The work is an installation by day and in the evening a participatory theatrical event. This installation, located in a gallery storefront, takes the form of a conceptual dry cleaner shop. Composed of thousands of low density polyethylene (the clear plastic used to package “clean” garments). The work reflects on the ubiquitous cleaners of our urban landscape and emphasizes the ever growing problem of LDPE plastic #4 and the use of perchloroethylene, a known toxin, to clean wearables.

(dirty~clean)Cleaners is activated with intermittent performative events. The installation considers the after-life of human made materials related to domesticity. During the performance, Sisyphean cleaning clerks endlessly fold, process and roll the ghosts of our laundry.

Penelope

Collaborative Performance 2014
Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD
Penelope is a shadow play that takes its inspiration from the cunning weaver(and wife of Odysseus) in Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. The performance features the songs and soundscapes of Lurch and Holler, acro-balancing by the Dandy Vagabonds performances by Selena Schreyer, Joe Meduza, Isa Leal, and Diane Hugé. Garments by John Flowers, animation by Laurence Arcadias, set and direction by Laure Drogoul.

Presented as a works-in-progress in October as part of the Transmodern Festival. http://bmoreart.com/2014/09/first-impressions-penelope-and-tongue-tied-at-the-transmodern-festival-by-bret-mccabe.html