Well, I'm enjoying this direction so far. I haven't quite figured out the wording for the narrative, but essentially it is an odd twist on the Care Bears cartoon. No that is not a typo! I said Care Bears! All my work, including these costumes, calls attention to my interest in the history and importance of collective joy and our abilities to play as adults. So, when developing their world it only seemed natural to me that they come from a gray desolate land who long ago forgot the importance of collective joy. It becomes their job to reinvigorate their world and bring color back to the land. This sounds very cheesy, and the imagery is simplistic and cartoony, yet still has a very odd, possibly perverse, "something's just not quite right," feeling.
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