Cape Manifesto

Cape Manifesto

Manifesto for performance with multiple capes.

  • Blanket
  • Cape
  • Circumference (Elena)
  • Cloak
  • Clothe
  • Cloud
  • Conceal
  • Cover
  • Curtain
  • Disguise
  • Enshroud
  • Envelope
  • Evolve (Brigitte)
  • Hide
  • Mantle
  • Mantlet
  • Mantellum
  • Mask
  • Metamorphosis (Brigitte)
  • Obscure
  • Orbit (Elena)
  • Overlay
  • Pelerine
  • Pelisse
  • Poncho
  • Refuge (Elena)
  • Screen
  • Sirape
  • Shawl
  • Shroud
  • Spiral (Elena)
  • Solace (Elena)
  • Stole
  • Swathe
  • Swirl (Elena)
  • Transform (Brigitte)
  • Veil
  • Whirl (Elena)
  • Wrap

Inspired in some ways by Richard Serra’s verb list, it is a way of mapping the entanglement and collision that could occur during the mingling of capes and bodies.

To begin to understand, through a veil of unknowns what the intention of the performance with multiple capes is I began gathering words. The words describe a fictional space, a space for bodies or a collection of fabric forms with vital materiality. What is a collection of empty capes, is it more – has it thing power?

All word donations greatly appreciated for the list.