Annamarta Dostourian

Wearing the World (Heliacal Rising of a Star as Seen from a Blue Planet)

jeweler’s wire, copper & industrial wire, Czech and Japanese crystal & glass beads, copper beads, wood

24″ x 13″ x 20″

2018

I envision my sculptural headdresses/apparel are magical windows allowing glimpses into unseen worlds when worn as living sculpture, allowing all people to wear crowns. I seek to resacralize apparel just as garments of antiquity signified dialogue with sacred dimensions. References for this piece come from such sources as art historical depictions of globes/maps, Carahunge, ancient astronomical observatory in Armenia (5,500 BC) and science fiction cinema costume. My practice relies on processes of weaving and crochet, translating these forms of women’s work into a contemporary practice with industrial materials. I loop and stitch wire, revealing interlaced form/emptiness, spheres encompassing the grid. 

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