Clarina Benzzola II

Toothvest 2001

Distance Belt 2000

Wickedly challenging and utterly inspiring work by Clarina Benzzola. 

These two garments are made from fabric, polyester-filling, styrofoam and resin, they bear their teeth at the onlooker, a warning to  stay away, keep your distance. 

“Clothing is one way to wear a mask. We dress to hide our vulnerable bodies and souls . . . Through my wearable sculptures I question and redefine the role of the garment. Wrapping the body to reveal instead of conceal. The wearer’s emotional landscape gets exposed and invites to an honest and open dialogue between the wearer and the viewer.” Clarina Benzzola

Victorine Muller

Victorine Muller's installations, dress and contain the performer in light and translucent forms like magical visualisations of the spirit.
'I’m interested in creating moments of sensitivity, moments when our defenses are down and we are open to new things. moments of powerful concentration. ... I create zones, put forward pictures, show processes that touch the viewer, that invoke associations on various levels, transport people into a different state, so that things hidden may become visible, accessible, opening up possibilities – to demonstrate something that is not said and cannot be said, but that is'. Victorine Muller