Costume? Me? I can't sew!

After the primer task, which I should have posted before the post I am creating now and which I would love to post anyway later (however, we know how disorganised I am - probably will never post that in my life), we got briefed today on our new project - we are supposed to create a costume. 

Non-human representation of our primary needs, the summary of ourselves, streamlined into wearable 3D form. 

Alright! I can't use the needle - that's not the problem! As I am highly motived since we started new term, I want to blow up everyone's mind with my project this time.

This post is the starter pack. An organisation of ideas! 

Aims:

- simple form, not overdone by mindlessly creation in the heat of a deadline

- combination between the sculpture and the costume

- using physical effects, such as smoke, reflection
- being proud of your work, this time!

I try not to get attracted by the tons of inspiration which we were loaded in at today's brief - as my general love for creation absorb too much and too quickly - I try to streamline myself into specific path of thinking.

Inspiration:

Hussein Chalayan:

Visual chunks I find useful: hellium, costume absorbing the space, simplicity of form

Oskar Schlemmer and his Ballet:

Visual chunks I find useful: light as the medium, shade as the outcome

Visual chunks I find useful: geometric forms, beautiful in their simplicity, minimalistic forms with a massive expression

(on the left Schlemmer's design - on the right David Bowie in Kansai Yamamoto's design apparently inspired by Bauhaus - good to know)

Visual chunks I find useful: again, simplicity of the geometric form, but also blown up form of the leggins - making them larger gave them expression of which I look foward to as well!

Visual chunks I find useful: geometry, geometry, geometry - let's stay simple, but beautifully creative!

Michał Smandek:

Visual chunks I find useful: simple form, untold story of a mirror, dissorted reflection, texture

Visual chunks I find useful: interpretation of a smoke, brilliant yet simple idea, colour

Visual chunks I find useful: simple form, yet unrealistic, black contrasting with white, 

The last artist did not design any costumes - although, I am highly attracted by the physical phenomenons appearing in his work - it is not just the still form, made of medium which you can touch - but I am an idiot and I did not post any of his work, where you can actually see the physic working - therefore I will sent you here, as Michał Smandek is definitely an artist you should look up to. 

Final thoughts:
I already started designing my costume and despite the fact I do not have much projects, I managed to find more or less the aesthetique I want to dig into. 

Mirror, smoke, simple forms, lack of plastic feeling and colour. 

My best designs so far:

I want to use the mirror as I symbol of myself - having a mirror is one of my primary needs, but on the other hand, I wish I could not look into it at all - basically, as I have complexes, I want to use the mirror in the reverse meaning - as it is the part of the 'face' of the costume, it could never reflect me, but what I am surrounded with - people who I love, for example. I want my costume to be twice as big as average height of a human, with the mirror 'looking down' on people below. They could look up and see themselves - it is connected with myself feeling always a bit apart from reality, as my mom says: head always twenty feet above the ground. I wish that smoke would appear there too - it would steal the space around the costume. It is also symbol of evanescence to me - as I constantly feel how the moments slip out of my hands. 

Obviously, I need to develop my idea more. Collect materials.
Not get stressed!


Keep myself creative.