May 08, 2005

Sha Sha Higby

This woman's talent is blowing my mind.

If you have time, watch this video of the documentary from KQED's Spark program to see Sha Sha Higby's costumes come to life.

Unbelieveable!

Here's what KQED has to say about Sha Sha's work:

"It's wonderfully difficult to describe the work of Sha Sha Higby. Her costumes, or moving sculptures, are tornados of colors, textures and shapes. They look like everything and nothing at the same time. There are no analogies that can fully characterize Higby's work, but one might be reminded of a Venetian Carnivale mask, African tribal art or a character in Japanese Noh theater."