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AweAre : An embodied explorative workshop: Co-costuming or co-wearing

Østergaard, Charlotte LU (2022) The Fourth Biennial PARSE Research Conference

Abstract
In this explorative workshop I introduce the concept of co-costuming by inviting the participant to wear, explore and reflect on the bodily effects of costumes that connects two wearers. As researcher, I ask the participants to confront the ethically dimensions of the co-costumed experience (costumes that I produced and impose on wearers) that potentially is quite playful and, at the same time, bodily and socially restricts and/or exposes the co-wearers. No prior costume, dance or other knowledge or qualifications is needed to participate.

Co-costuming in connecting-costumes:
The structure of the costumes connects two wearers which in the wearing creates a dependency between the co-wearers. The co-dependency is ambiguous in... (More)
In this explorative workshop I introduce the concept of co-costuming by inviting the participant to wear, explore and reflect on the bodily effects of costumes that connects two wearers. As researcher, I ask the participants to confront the ethically dimensions of the co-costumed experience (costumes that I produced and impose on wearers) that potentially is quite playful and, at the same time, bodily and socially restricts and/or exposes the co-wearers. No prior costume, dance or other knowledge or qualifications is needed to participate.

Co-costuming in connecting-costumes:
The structure of the costumes connects two wearers which in the wearing creates a dependency between the co-wearers. The co-dependency is ambiguous in the sense that if one wearer follows her/his own movement impulses, it, at the same time, might oppress the impulses or ripple into the movements of the co-wearer – at the same time the co-wearers collaboratively need to navigate the surroundings together. Therefor the experience of co-wearing potentially create 1) a hierarchy between the wearers, 2) a ‘playfull community’ between the co-wearers that exclude others and 3) exposes the wearer to the gaze of the others (to the co-wearer or/and by-passing people). (Less)
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keywords
Co-wearing, Costuming, Connecting costume, Embodiemt, Affect, Movement, artistic research, co-creative processes
conference name
The Fourth Biennial PARSE Research Conference <br/><br/>
conference location
Gothenburg, Sweden
conference dates
2022-03-22 - 2022-03-23
project
Crafting material bodies - exploring co-creative costume processes
language
English
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yes
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cb695028-0794-48c4-98bf-2f556ca14be0
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https://vimeo.com/717852621
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2022-03-22 19:11:42
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2022-11-25 12:00:49
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  author       = {{Østergaard, Charlotte}},
  keywords     = {{Co-wearing; Costuming; Connecting costume; Embodiemt; Affect; Movement; artistic research; co-creative processes}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  title        = {{AweAre : An embodied explorative workshop: Co-costuming or co-wearing}},
  url          = {{https://vimeo.com/717852621}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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