Clothing is a participatory experience – closer to a shopping trip than a sit-down theatre production. You’ll be invited to complete tasks and make choices… and, just like in real life, your choices will have consequences!

Co-Creation

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Clothing

2023

Project brief

The Clothing team has laboured for four years, exploring the visible and invisible dimensions of the fashion industry, to craft a bespoke, interactive experience that helps you find your place in this global system and express your individuality through clothes! We believe that this personalised fashion journey, tailored to your unique style, will invite you into a more profound relationship with the hidden complexities of clothing. We understand the importance of expressing your identity through textiles, so we are constantly updating our collection with new materials and looks from around the world, while maintaining our commitment to sustainability and ethical fashion. Sign up for one of our exclusive sessions, and let us help you find the perfect outfit. Don’t delay! There’s only space for ten guests per session. After you register, to help us prepare for your arrival, you’ll be asked a few questions about your style preferences – for instance, are you a Fall, Winter, Spring or Summer? We’ll need your answers at least 24 hours in advance, to allow our team to prepare for your customised experience.

timeframe

2018-2023

industry

Interdisciplinary Theatre

to conclude

This piece is really special to me, as it centers a Brazilian way of thinking/proposing art, and long-term collaborators from Canada (Mark Hopkins and Barbara England). It subverges north-american imperialism while my fellow co-creators have to learn a different way of thinking art, and do the translation of key-concepts themselves. In this piece, there’s not “right way” to create art (like unspoken expected deliverables due to a hegemonic cultural background). We follow our affections, and work with a co-developed shared vocabulary, articulating our expectations as we go. The piece itself subverts iconography, with sarcasm, choice, and sensorial experiences for audiences with materials. It deals with nuanced topics, like ambivalence, dirty, guilty pleasures that consumers who fuel the Clothing Industry may feel. We (consumers) are often confused by advertisement, hungry for instant-gratification and desire.

Clothing

Donated Clothing

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