My
inspiration in this work is based on the symbolism of black in
popular culture, and on the quote by Yohji Yamamoto, “black is
modest and arrogant at the same time.”
The concept of this work
is rooted in the literary creations of the Romanian writers Camil
Petrescu- ´´Jocul ielelor´´ and Mircea Eliade- ´´La Tiganci´´,
works in which both have found inspiration and beauty in the
contemplation of life and death in cosmic atmosphere. Dance is
inspired by a cosmic symbolism: it mimics the planets dance around
the sun, the vortex of everything that moves, and the search of
divinity. In this context, dance is a perfect world, becomes a secret
ritual. It can be a dance of death because man does not understand
his destiny and the possibilities that is offered to him, to
transgress his limited time. I interpreted the human condition in
the world, and tried to incorporate these observations into this
stunning designs.
Black means anguish,
sadness, unconscious, darkness of the origins; it precedes the
creation. Is a symbol of limited human destiny and leads us to the
essence of what it means to be a human. The desire to articulate the
interconnections of the universe and our place within it is a
specific human need, need that we have in common with our most
distant ancestors.
I also uses elements of
Romanian folk creation, and the process for making her work was
completely manual.Compositional, I was inspired by Picasso's
work-´´La Blouse Roumaine´´ and by the silhouette of Cucuteni
statuettes, but also by works of arts as those of Kate McGwire and
Federico Diaz.
The materials I used
were lace, cotton yarns, mate and shiny synthetic threads and finally
felt. Each piece of material was in a different shade of black.
My work explores the
quality of black as being modest and arrogant at the same time. This
was done through the dualism between matte and glossy, different
tones of black, and by combining different materials, silhouettes and
textures.
The
meanings of black in her work are:
elegance, wealth, style, formality, conventionality, reliability,
sophistication, power, modernity, mystery, anger, anonymity,
rebellion, anarchism, unity, life and death.
Photo: Attila Soós (Pintohorse Photography)
Designer: Loredana Novotni
Model: Andra Bob
Make-up & hair : Mihaela Luca
Assistants: Horvath Zoltán, Bethlendi Tamás
