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Lauren Marin, A Village, wearable art, photography, 18x24 in.
INSPIRATION
“A Village” is an entirely handmade costume to be worn by a woman that connects the woman as the Village. Women carry communities through good and hard times with hard work rooted in connection and compassion.
The image associates the village as a strong feminine character, posed to be powerful, emotional, and sacred. This piece reveals magnificence by illustrating the strength in community and the embodiment of the heart of the village.
ARTIST STATEMENT
In my work, costume becomes a further extension of character and a vehicle to explore themes. With wearable art, I question my position as a young woman. By wearing the artwork, it becomes a self portrait and an extension of myself. As fashion is history, style is sensibility, costume is art. I create with a feminist perspective, championing and empathizing with women.
Costuming, in drawings or in fabrication, is complex and layered, with every next step in the making different from the last. Within that process, I am obsessed with all the opportunities for intention and subtext. By wearing a costume, or manipulating puppets, it further relates to my human experience and the act of hand crafting.
Lauren Marin, A Village, wearable art, photography, 18x24 in.
INSPIRATION
“A Village” is an entirely handmade costume to be worn by a woman that connects the woman as the Village. Women carry communities through good and hard times with hard work rooted in connection and compassion.
The image associates the village as a strong feminine character, posed to be powerful, emotional, and sacred. This piece reveals magnificence by illustrating the strength in community and the embodiment of the heart of the village.
ARTIST STATEMENT
In my work, costume becomes a further extension of character and a vehicle to explore themes. With wearable art, I question my position as a young woman. By wearing the artwork, it becomes a self portrait and an extension of myself. As fashion is history, style is sensibility, costume is art. I create with a feminist perspective, championing and empathizing with women.
Costuming, in drawings or in fabrication, is complex and layered, with every next step in the making different from the last. Within that process, I am obsessed with all the opportunities for intention and subtext. By wearing a costume, or manipulating puppets, it further relates to my human experience and the act of hand crafting.