Friday, August 10, 2012

Costumes


One aspect of the performance is the idea that the spirits of former TB patients have risen from their beds, dragging their white linen sheets with them about the space. Bandaging material was also around for when brain or throat operations were necessary. Combine the effect here and you see their identities half hidden, but strangely expressive in a Cragmor Kabuki kind of way. You just need needlework hoops, rubber bands, stretchy fabric (wife beaters are awesome). And a sheet.