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Costumes |
Costumes |
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The idea
behind Body Emballage was taken one step further in the costume
design for the performance "Monkey Business Class"
by the Danish theatre group Hotel Pro Forma as part of the Copenhagen
Cultural Capital of Europe1996.
The performance was a collaboration between Hotel Pro Forma,
the Japanese performance group Dumb Type and American architect
duo Diller and Scofidio.
The art of Hotel Pro Forma is based on visual imagery for a
large part. The costumes are therefore an integrated part of
the living images on stage. The color, form and sound of the
plastic and paper materials of the costumes played a part, and
the fact that the material was a consumer product related the
clothing to the theme of mass consumption, dominant in the performance.
The cuts of the costumes quotes the traditional shapes of Western
tailoring, like the business suit, the classical man's shirt,
and pleating skirt.
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