Costume as kin-making material
(2023)- Abstract
- This presentation aims to discuss and unfold costume strategies that build on ecofeminist Donna Haraway’s notion of ‘making kin’. As an artistic researcher, I advocate that awakening artistic curiosity and openness towards materialities is cultivated through co-creative practices of thinking-with ‘a host of companions in sympoietic’ (Haraway 2016: 31). Haraway argues that kinship is not a given but requires attention, perseverance, and care among humans (performers or wearers) and non-humans (costume understood as crafted vibrant matter). Kin-making is “becoming” together – a process where human bodies and more-than human materialities are equally valuable. In the context of costume, ‘making kin’ suggests a relational-sensible process that... (More)
- This presentation aims to discuss and unfold costume strategies that build on ecofeminist Donna Haraway’s notion of ‘making kin’. As an artistic researcher, I advocate that awakening artistic curiosity and openness towards materialities is cultivated through co-creative practices of thinking-with ‘a host of companions in sympoietic’ (Haraway 2016: 31). Haraway argues that kinship is not a given but requires attention, perseverance, and care among humans (performers or wearers) and non-humans (costume understood as crafted vibrant matter). Kin-making is “becoming” together – a process where human bodies and more-than human materialities are equally valuable. In the context of costume, ‘making kin’ suggests a relational-sensible process that requires that humans are willing to listen to and be affected by the crafted vibrant materialities. (Less)
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- Østergaard, Charlotte LU
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- 2023
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- Contribution to conference
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- unpublished
- keywords
- costume thinking, material thinking, material agency, kin-making
- project
- Crafting material bodies - exploring co-creative costume processes
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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abstract = {{This presentation aims to discuss and unfold costume strategies that build on ecofeminist Donna Haraway’s notion of ‘making kin’. As an artistic researcher, I advocate that awakening artistic curiosity and openness towards materialities is cultivated through co-creative practices of thinking-with ‘a host of companions in sympoietic’ (Haraway 2016: 31). Haraway argues that kinship is not a given but requires attention, perseverance, and care among humans (performers or wearers) and non-humans (costume understood as crafted vibrant matter). Kin-making is “becoming” together – a process where human bodies and more-than human materialities are equally valuable. In the context of costume, ‘making kin’ suggests a relational-sensible process that requires that humans are willing to listen to and be affected by the crafted vibrant materialities.}},
author = {{Østergaard, Charlotte}},
keywords = {{costume thinking; material thinking; material agency; kin-making}},
language = {{eng}},
title = {{Costume as kin-making material}},
year = {{2023}},
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