Work in Progress- Siren Project
It has felt SO GOOD to be in the studio for a few days. I've been preparing for a performance on Friday that is dealing with some of the stuff I'm interested in surrounding female sexuality. I've been particularly interested in the greek myths about Sirens.
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs 'Garden' from Lily Smith on Vimeo.
According to Seduction and the Secret Power of Women by Meri Lao, the Sirens are a hybrid human, half woman, half animal; irrational entities, proactive and disturbing. In the greek myths they live on an island in the middle of the sea. If any ship gets to close the Sirens will sing to the men on the ship, causing the men to be overwhelmed by promises of the greater things of life. The men will head straight towards the sound, dashing themselves against the rocks.
"The Sirens do not pursue. Their territory is well defined- an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Anthemoessa, a flowering field near the entrance to the otherworld. The Sirens wait. It is up to men to approach this garden, Eden, paradise. But like the territory inhabited by the Sphinx, it appears strewn with corpses. It is up to men to keep their distance." (Seduction and the Secret Power of Women, Pg 18)
I'm going to write more about this later, but right now I'm happy with the direction my costume is heading for this performance, so I thought I would post some pictures.
And, what I'm listening to as I work today-