This is a continuation of the themes I explored in my first collage which was how do I view myself as a performer and a person. This year I began booking more shows professionally as a foot archery contortionist which includes a lot of themes of worshipping the divine feminine. I was drawn to the goddess Aphrodite for the first assemblage, collage and installation because my first experience performing was for a small burlesque, circus variety company Cult of Art. Cult of Art created a show called Aphrodisia, which was cultivated to be an elaborate ritual honoring the goddess Aphrodite. My costume theme was meant to invoke the birth of Venus, as I was in a full unitard mint, blue colored bodysuit covered in shells, mermaids scales, and bejeweled accents. This experience was incredibly healing and made me realize there is true power in being comfortable in your own skin.
I was interested in creating an assemblage with a mixture of natural material such as real shells and man made objects I had used in this ritual. I’m not going to go in the direction of just a literal altar however, to tie in all three projects I want this to be a bit more unique and focus on fabric manipulation and work with creating a collage on costume.
I want to transform the dress and bare fabric, so the dress can be worn on stage but the bare fabric will be the form meant for a gallery and the dress is meant to be more personal.