Scenography Commission
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Costume Design Working Group Meeting in Davao, Phillipines November 2001 |
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Laura Crow reported on the very successful meeting of the Costume Design Working Group in Davao City on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Hosted by Rolando de Leon, there was a shared meeting with the South East Asian Weavers Association, The Fashion Designers Guild of Davao and OISTATs Costume Working Group. After the welcome speeches, the South East Asian representatives talked about the Filipino Weaving Industry and The Indonesian Batik Industry. Both have concerns of how to keep the hands on nature of the work and become industrialized enough to stay competitive. They talked about the fibers of the Philippines that are very special, such as ABACA, PINA and the new Filipino Silk Industry. There were many weavers from all over the more than 7000 islands showing examples of their work.
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On the second day, The President of OISTAT, Maija Pekkanen, spoke of her use of textiles in the theatre and how she takes weaving techniques into a new realm of theatrical exaggeration. She had many slides to illustrate her beautiful work and an excellent sense of style and scale. |
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Scenography Exhibition, Metropolita Museum of Manila Included are other sights from the Conference Photograph documentation by Jerome Maeckelbergh BASST, Oistat Centre-Belgium |
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Ivette Navarro, USA, was called away suddenly, so Laura Crow showed examples of her work on weaving with metallic wire. There were examples to share and the work is really quite soft and pliable as well as looking very magical. |
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In the afternoon there was a trip to Paradise Island and the beach and then home to rest before the fashion show. The fashion show was a wonderful end to this two day meeting. The professional models made all of the creations look spectacular. The sewing fairies had come in during the night to sew up the pinned together designs so that they could be worn the next evening. |
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A second fashion show by the Fashion Designers Guild of Davao followed the OISTAT work. It all ended with drinks and congratulations for a very successful meeting. Special thanks to Rolando De Leon for his tireless work and generosity. |
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Simona Rybakova of the Czech Republic's work with found objects |
Kazue Hatano, Japan, spoke about the hand painted Kimonos of Japan and about some of the more contemporary designs that are used in the theatre today. She had several stunning examples with her.
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