Argento Arti Performative · 2020
The Armor Costume teatrale
by Samantha Chijona Garcia and Vladimir Cuenca
- A' Design Award d'Argento 2020 in Arti Performative
- CLIENT: Jazz Martinez Gamboa
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About The Armor Costume teatrale
L'Armatura è un costume teatrale creato per il personaggio di Riccardo III in un allestimento scenico di un'opera di Shakespeare. Il costume è realizzato con materiali riciclati e dismessi. Linee metalliche sono cucite su una giacca di twill, mentre gambali in cuoio sovrapposti formano una struttura autonoma unita da cinghie e fibbie in pelle. Un guanto di cotta di maglia chiude la manica, e un cappello di velluto foderato con lamelle metalliche funge da elmo. Le sei parti possono essere aggiunte o rimosse man mano che il personaggio si trasforma nel corso dello spettacolo. Il progetto riflette sia la figura del re sia l'uomo vulnerabile che vive in lui.
About the A' Design Award d'Argento
The Armor Costume teatrale ha vinto l'A' Design Award d'Argento, un riconoscimento enormemente prestigioso conferito a design di fascia alta, splendidi e impressionanti. I vincitori d'Argento sono opere tremendamente brillanti ed estremamente creative che illustrano l'eccezionale competenza, il talento e l'acume dei loro designer. Ci si aspetta che The Armor Costume teatrale sia un'opera meravigliosa, una vetrina di eccellenza, notevolmente professionale e profondamente innovativa. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award d'Argento è un'invenzione molto notevole e ammirata che giova ai confini dell'arte, della scienza, del design e della tecnologia e li fa avanzare. The Armor Costume teatrale è una creazione molto invidiata che evoca desideri, porta sentimenti positivi e accende meraviglia e stupore.
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- Unique Properties
- This armor, made with fully recycled materials, mixes metallic corset nerves referring to the classic western armor, topped by a butcher's chainmail glove that evokes the bloodthirsty of the character with leather leggings overlapping layers denoting the various faces assumed by the character during the plot. From a modernist vision in terms of fabric, overlapping and weaving of pieces the structure refers to the vulnerability of the King and the man who lives at the same time in Richard III.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Armor- 45cmx30cmx55cm
Helmet- diameter:57cm High: 23cm - Tags
- Costume design, Shakespeare, Richard III, Armor, theater, cuban designer, Samantha Chijona Design, schijonag.
- Production Technology
- The armor is compound by 6 pieces. 1: The metal structure, it is metal lines sewn on a twill weave jerkin jacket, 2: the leather armor, leather gaiters overlapping forms an independent structure that joins the rest of the set with leather straps closed by buckles, 3: The metal glove, a chainmail glove closes the cuff to give the sleeve a shot, 4: The helmet,
a velvet hat lined with metal strips works as an armor helmet 5: The pants, a black twill pants and finally 6: Black leather boots to the knees. - Design Challenge
- The development of the piece became a challenge, I wanted to do something great for the character but working in Cuba is always difficult due to the lack of resources, so while researching, I also located materials. Looking in an antique warehouse I found these old pieces of unused corsets bones and leather leggings and decided to use them. With only one month to prepare the entire theater play with more than 16 characters we were detained in this armor for a week, assembling, testing and sewing piece by piece in search of achieving an attractive but useful result.
- Research
- My research flew over two essential aspects, the historical and the technical. After having studied for years Western and Japanese armors, the challenge of creating one was wonderful. I had to solve how I should use the historical engineering structures in those garments with the modern materials I had in hand. I read and compiled images and information, of the western armor, I appropriated the metal and the order of the parts while from the Japanese I took overlays of leather pieces sewn with cord. The result was a very visual and modern armor that keeps its basic function, protection.
- Inspiration
- Having studied for years structures that we use when dressing and that have protected and distancing ourselves from the real world I choose one of my favorite, the armor. I took advantage of the study of Western and Japanese war pieces and modernized it with the use of materials and disused pieces. The text of Shakespeare's play emphasizes the two faces and the physical problem of the character I used it as inspiration to separate and show the two parts of Richard III.
- Project Duration
- The project started in June 2018 in Havana, Cuba and ended in September 2018 in Havana, Cuba.
- Operation Flow
- The piece is compound by 6 small parts, the main three, armor jacket, pant and boots are easy to put, also it has another leather structure which should be placed with buckles while the hat and the glove are closed by an elastic piece. the interaction between the actor and the piece is determined for the modular form of the main piece, the person can take off the leather part, the helmet, the glove and keep only the base jacket, pants and boots, in the same way he can add more pieces throught the evolution of the character inside the theater play.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Chijona, Samantha, 2018
- Image Credits
- Image 1,2,3,4,5: Samantha Chijona Photographer/ Samantha Chijona Designer /Richard III/ The Armor /Model: Maria Gabriela Sanchez, 2018
