In response to the lack of collaboration over the past few years, we are planning a coming together of designers and practitioners at all stages of their career to create together an installation made from costumes kindly donated by our theatre wardrobe departments.
The event will serve as a provocation for discussion and debate amongst theatre designers, students and practitioners working in Scotland. The idea is to work collectively to suspend, tie and connect the costumes across the width and depth of the sculpture court, then using recycled, donated items we will reconstruct to make physical connections with the old and new. Weaving threads, joining and connecting we hope to reconstruct and create a constantly changing space. Invited dancers and musicians from ‘Out of Class’ will respond to the installation through sound and movement. The participation being the creative contribution rather than the installation itself.
A rough structure of the day is below:
10.00-10.30- meet and greet.
10.30-1.00 pm Create the installation, pausing for discussion
2.00-3.00 continue and prepare the space
3.00-5.00 dancers and musicians session
5.00-6.00 discussion and reflection, make connections