Art on the Edge of Fashion Performance
Photos by Kim Adams
APRIL FLANDERS, ANNETTE FOSTER and ANGELA BETTRIDGE - "An Affected Appearance" was a ceremony/performance dealing with clothing and female relationships. The piece explored the issues of clothing as armor with which to face the world. There were five parts to the work. "Periodical Strutting" involved costume and dance. "Tic-Tac Coat" featured one dancer wearing a coat covered with boxes of orange Tic Tacs. Another dancer opened all the boxes and turned the first dancer upside down. They were followed by a women in a business suit and heels who picked up all the Tic-Tacs. "Woman in the Mirror" featured two dancers facing each other as if they were looking in a mirror. As the "real person" examined her body in the mirror, the other person stuffed squishy material into her outfit. "Layer Piece" had one dancer wearing many layers of clothing. Another dancer slowly cut the clothing off the first dancer to reveal her painted nude body. "Feminine Products" featured a dancer wearing a skirt and top made entirely of feminine products and a pair of cowboy boots. She moved around on stage and finally pulled out a fabricated rubber-band gun and shot tampons into the air.
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