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Design of
dynamic and interactive
Costumes for Performance Art
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About
This website shows the work in progress of a PhD research project in Design, namely in the field of costume design, based at CIAUD - Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, department from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon / Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade de Lisboa. We share the developments of our work, hoping to promote partnerships with those who might be interested in collaborating with us in projects of mutual interest.
PhD candidate: Alexandra Cabral
Tutors: Professor Manuela Cristina Figueiredo, Ph. D
Professor Carlos Manuel Figueiredo, Ph.D
What do we do?
Research in Design..
We study costume design considering fashion as a contemporary work of art, where cognitive attributes are given to clothing in a way that garments become trully significant second-skins, thus valuing the emotional realm that involves the communication that is established between a performer and his/her audience. We highlight the spectator's perception and fruition in that matter, therefore, the performance's action field framework, through its conceptual premises and direct relationship to costumes and all elements from the mise-èn-scene, is also considered for the creation of a so needed transparent dialogue between participants.
Participatory Design...
We develop design projects, in collaboration with entities from the performative arts' field, where costumes are meant to gain the role of narrative and of construction of characters. We stress the performer's participatory design in the design process of prototypes, in order to achieve costumes of somatic characteristics.
Innovation and Technology...
In the field of Emotional Design, we research on the potentialities of the new functional textile technologies that might contribute for a better interpretation of characters by the performers, as well as its reading by the audiences.