I constructed the Necktie Ballgown by draping, sculpting and stitching together approximately 60 men's neckties into this kimono-like dress and then wore this extremely heavy costume (about 10 pounds) during the performance below.
I recorded this performance at Gaviota Beach near Santa Barbara, CA a few months after completing my MFA at CalArts. The action was a personal commentary on femininity and professionalization and was the second in a less specific ongoing series of Landscape Actions. The piece is called Climbing Rocks in Necktie Ballgown.
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Do you ever wear neckties, standard issue, singly and as convention dictates? I believe, from time to time, the female fashion world has adopted a neck-tie-ish piece, if not quite a generic (e.g. man's) necktie. And of course, I believe the Annie Hall look included a regular (e.g. man's) necktie (?)
Just thinkin' here...
I used to sometimes wear the skinny ones in high school with a men's jacket for a kind of punkish look. And then some years later I developed a preacher character that I performed who wore the fat polyester ties. But other than that, I haven't put on too many ties in the more traditional around-the-neck application.
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