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Sofie Dieu
- Dec 29, 2017
- 2 min
77 days before opening night [Calling for Rain]
I received recently a series of inquiries about my project Calling for Rain. This post explains what this project is about and where I am at 77 days away from the opening of the exhibition. So, what is it? Following the recent drought and risks of summer fires, Calling for Rain is an art and cathartic project that support the East Gippsland community while it faces high environmental anxiety. Last August, I ran a series of workshops in the Tambo Valley and it was an eye opene
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Sofie Dieu
- Nov 3, 2017
- 1 min
exorcism and white dress, what's in it?
The Costume Research in Australasia conference is taking place from the 14-15/11 at the Graduate School Centre for Contemporary Performance Ideas, at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), here in Sydney. More about it HERE I have been invited to talk about my 'white dresses' and since I have been making them for the last 4 years or so, I thought I'll focus on the evolution of these recurring and ritualistic objects in my practice. You can see the different projects
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Sofie Dieu
- Mar 16, 2017
- 1 min
A thread of Hope
Last September, in partnership with the Black Dog Institute of Sydney, I co-curated a group show that re-imagined the institute's research data from their project "Keep the Body In Mind". With 20 creative pluri-disciplinary projects, the exhibition aimed at promoting mental health and celebrating patients, away from demeaning clichés. Using the textile installation I had created then, I tried to give life and breath to it. I posted last month, a short video experimentation ab
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