Hannah Brontë x Megan Hanson is the collaborative costume aspect of Hannah’s EYE HEAR U MAGIK, at the National Gallery of Victoria Triennial, 2020. In May 2020, Hannah contacted me and invited me to work with her on her commission for the NGV, producing costumes. Over video-chat we spoke about intuition, mothers, mother of pearl, and oceans, and how her art practice is a collaborative one. Hannah described to me an image of a mother of pearl baby belly and long, tenticle fingers. These were things she wanted to include in the costume designs. She also spoke of trust, and asked that I follow my own creative intuition when working on the costumes.
The costumes were produced in my bedroom throughout the Covid-19 lockdown in Sydney, 2020, and shipped up to Hannah in Brisbane for her shoot once complete.
I’d like to thank Hannah deeply for this exchange. Working with Hannah, and coming to know her through this project was a beautiful experience. She is a powerful woman, for whom I have great respect. I am grateful for the work she does, and privelledged to have had a role in the production of her compelling EYE HEAR U MAGIK.
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