This little dress (13"x 5") was made for an assignment called "The Empty Dress" for my sculpture class. The idea was to create a non-functional garment or something "body-related". In the emptiness of the dress, a wearer is implied. I hope to excite the imagination of the viewer as she considers who might wear this strange little dress.
Speaking of strangeness... I think this might be a good time to introduce my new favorite quote. I recently picked up a book of short stories called The Birthday of the World, by science fiction writer, Ursula K. Le Guin. It has been sitting on our bookshelf for a couple of years– Andrew read a story from it for a class at Regent. I've read the last two stories and love them; I can't wait to read more. Anyway, here is the quote I found on the back of the book (it is from the introduction):
"To create difference– to establish strangeness–then to let the fiery arch of human emotion leap and close the gap: this acrobatics of the imagination fascinates and satisfies me as no other." –Ursula K. Le Guin
3 comments:
Jess! This would make for an amazing installation: strange artifacts from an unknown world. Create lots of tiny objects that would suggest something about the people that used them... strange things... This dress is amazing.
Ooooh, if I had a little girl with 6 arms, I'd snatch that dress right up!
That dress is SO intriguing--reminds me of a sci-fi story i read when really young--this would have been the girl's dress--love it.
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