Survivor Capes 1: Samurai Cinderella and Lady Hiroshima

Full of awkwardly recycled possibilities and lost identities, these art capes explore the types of stories created to help survive violence and trauma providing survivors with their own superhero wardrobe. Made on a homemade “bed of nails” loom, when finished, photographs were taken then the original artworks destroyed. The Survivor Series tells many stories: true stories and fairy tales. They are told through the unravelling and recycling of one existence. New stories are woven together with the old material from the past. This collection is composed of 24 pieces in 3 parts. These are a series of capes for shapeshifting survivors. Each title suggests ways to view and imagine new identities.