Wall sculpture: recycled aluminum (coffee capsules), copper wire
36x20x3 in
2020


Sharp garments for desperate shamans: wearable cocar

C-print: photo-performance in wearable sculptures
27x18 in
2020

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: creature-mask

Wall sculpture: recycled aluminum, copper wire
97x135x10 cm
2020


Sharp garments for desperate shamans: instervals

C-print: photo-performance in wearable sculptures
27x18 in
2020

Wearable sculpture: Recycled materials (aluminum and plastic coffee capsules, aluminum cans), copper wire



Sharp garments for desperate shamans: Elche mask

Wall sculpture: recycled aluminum, copper wire
35x43x10 in
2020

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: strigiproboscium

Wall sculpture: recycled aluminum, copper wire
39x13x18 in
2020

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: shield mask

Wall sculpture: recycled aluminum, copper wire
12x16x10 in | 32x42x26
2020

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: thousand eyes mask

Wall sculpture: recycled aluminum, copper wire
63x55x20 in | 160x140x50 cm
2020

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: catoplebas

Wall sculpture: recycled aluminum, copper wire
47x47x12 in | 120x120x30 cm
2020

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: solar japaratuba

I am passionate about my creative madness and how it transforms me. I create wearable sculptures from trash and discarded materials which address a series of environmental and behavioral issues. “The first one brings forth excessive consumption, large-scale production and consequently the disposal in the same proportion, and its reverberations on environmental issues. The second, behavioral, establishes a poetic dialogue between intransigence and malleability, by presenting metallic structures that behave like light fabrics. Another contemporary theme that emerges from these wearable objects is the construction of a social identity, very much based on the dynamics of online interaction. What of us is being revealed and what is hidden behind the creation of a persona? Or even, in times of fake news and anonymity, what is the veracity of the information that has been presented to us and how has the proliferation of avatars and bots corroborated the destabilization of a democratic system?”, Carollina Lauriano

This series of objects, videos and photos created from garbage and recycled materials revolves around the theme of ecocide and imminent ecological destruction, through the overabundance of materials that reflect consumerist agendas. These works speak of absurd excess and chaos in the face of environmental devastation and the ambivalence to science demonstrated by politicians around the world. Human development is disturbing ecosystems, and this series embodies the extravagance of wearing trash as luxury simile.

In the catastasis of Kuroko, as the Kuroko in Japanese theater, a puppet master, I animate the sculptures up by making them dance. As the piece progresses, Kuroko wears the mask, becoming a central character, embracing the shamanic power of wearing sculptures and masks. Does the mask hide or reveal the truth? Kuroko accepts its obsession with eyes, vision, seeing and moving blindly.

Conception, performance, objects/sculptures/woodblock prints Sandra Lapage
Photo direction Ana Pigosso
MUA Vale Saig
Two cameras have been used for this project: Canon EOS 5DS R and NIKON D7000

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Sharp garments for desperate shamans: wearable cocar

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: creature-mask

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: instervals

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: Elche mask

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: strigiproboscium

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: shield mask

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: thousand eyes mask

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: catoplebas

Sharp garments for desperate shamans: solar japaratuba

The catastasis of Kuroko

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