Abstract
This research report critiques the multispecies (human and other-than-human) connections created by the costumes in Sympoiesis: A Bio-Inspired Dance Performance. Focusing on individuals from three kingdoms: Physarum polycephalum (Protista), Alocasia zebrina (Plantae) and Homo sapiens (Animalia), the performance aimed to share the story of their entanglement. This report unwinds the research and outcome, demonstrating how the other-than-human species’ interdisciplinary research guided the conception of the costumes, choreography and set design. The research has been framed here in the theoretical context of ‘costume agency’, ‘response-ability’ and ‘care’, showing how the concepts infused the design and making process. I reflect on the ethical questions raised while working towards an ecological vision of costume, in terms of both making and designing. Through this article, I argue that creating a space for multispecies stories onstage will require a change in the way we study, design and make costumes.
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