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ASMR at the museum | Conserving an Adzido Pan African Dance Costume

ASMR at the museum | Conserving an Adzido Pan African Dance Costume

art· 2021· 24:41· london

Join Senior Textile Conservator Susana Fajardo as she works on a pair of raffia leg wraps – part of a costume worn by a dancer from the Adzido Pan African Dance Company. They would have been worn for the Adzogbo dance which originates from Benin, West Africa, and was used as the finale of their 1999 – 2001 show ‘Sankofa’. Sound designer and performance-maker Julie Rose Bower has documented Susana’s steps using ambisonic sound, letting us get closer to the object than ever before. Watch as Susana tidies up the strands of brightly coloured raffia. Separating the front and back sections, she gently untangles knots and lays the strands straight so that the costume is ready to display on a mannequin.

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