Żyję w tej sukni: materialność i tożsamość w performansie wizualnym

Following the thread of the Feminist New Materialists, in “I Live in this Dress” the author, a visual art performer, examines the workings of materiality and identity within her own practice. The process of three recent works, "Point Out", "Touch On" and "Red We" (all 2017) includes the design and construction of a sculptural wearable and techniques of traditional garment making—fabric draping, sewing and embroidery—to reveal a co-embodiment and shared authorship between artist and garment, woman and dress. This deep commitment to the material underpins a shift in selfness toward a collective identity, or AlterSelf. As much as the making makes the performance, the author suggests, the making makes the performer.