Although the architectural recovery works have already been completed at an 100 percent, the sample is scheduled for April. It deals with the research and staging of 55 suits with designs and techniques of clothing from the early twentieth century based on garments that are in the reserve of the museum.
Silvia Zeas, designer, teacher and coordinator of the show, explained that of the 55 suits, 31 correspond to garments of recontextualization. That means that students make a contemporary reinterpretation of the garments based on the designs and use of materials.
In the same way, they made 24 replicas or exact recreations of the clothing worn by people of that time, such as military clothing, dresses of "high society" ladies, costumes from Chola Cuenca, for mass, mourning, as a child, for acts diplomats, daily life, among others.
The teacher pointed out that the goal is to celebrate the 100 years of the house and relive the history of the beginning of the previous century. "When the visitor arrives, he must feel as if he were 100 years ago," he added. On the other hand, he said that the reinterpretation of forms allows the use of materials such as nails, mullos, paper and chains that make their creations something experimental. For the elaboration of the suit each student started in September and finished this week.
Education
One of the aspects of connection with the community that the sample proposes consists of a didactic material for children or didactic sheets in which they will be able to cut 24 characters' costumes and dress them. In the words of the teacher María del Carmen Trelles, another of the coordinators, the possibility of dressing the Chola Cuenca of that time allows the children to know her.
Presentation
Belén Cuenca, a student who brings in the sample, made a reinterpretation of the costume of the Chola Cuenca under a concept that has been called "indigenous elegance". In this case, it maintains the folds of the skirt of 100 years ago, but with the difference that the folds are wide and prominent. It conserves the Ikat technique with a club and has a layer with 70 floral motifs, petals and 20 branches based on laser cuts, finished and hand painted with acrylic paste and edges embroidered with Scottish thread.
In the same way, Gabriela Orellana, of 22 years, made a replica of a military suit and a recontextualization in a contemporary female suit. In this dress included chains, texture with leatherette, cloth and embroidery with laces in order to generate a comparison of costumes. (FCS) (F)
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