April 2021: Pelléas et Mélisande

Kostymdesign för pjäsen Pelléas et Mélisande (1893) av Maurice Maeterlinck.

Projektet var en del av mina antagningsprover till Stockholms Konstnärliga Högskola (antagen) och innefattade presentation av ett koncept, tio skisser på karaktärsdesigner, tre genomarbetade illustrationer, referensmaterial och förslag på scenografi.

An illustration in red and black ink depicting the character of Goland. He is sitting on a chair and facing the viewer with a frown, dramatically lit in red. He has long hair done up in a bun and a large beard. He is wearing a baseball style t-shirt with black sleeves, a black kilt, and knee-high black boots in a patchwork style. An illustration in blue and black ink depicting the character of Mélisande. She stands in profile against a black background, her face hidden in her hands and her black hair floorlength. She is wearing a sleeveless white jacket with a fur hood, a grey knit top with large holes in it, and underneath that a kneelength white dress with eyes printed onto it. On her feet she is wearing basketball sneakers and over that, legwarmers.

Ovan: Illustrationer för Goland respektive Mélisande. Tusch på papper.

Med utgång i symbolismen sökte jag här kopplingarna mellan Fin de Siècle och 00-talets emokultur. Jag hittade dem först i melankolins romantiska skimmer och en annalkande känsla av undergång och sökte mig därifrån vidare tillbaka till pjäsens mystik och mångtydigheter. Andra referenser för projektet inkluderade Edvard Munch's Madonna och Rider-Waites tarotkortdesigner.

Nedan (vänster till höger): Goland (akt 1), Pelléas (akt 2), Mélisande (med och utan jacka). Goland (akt 1), Goland (akt 2), Arkel, Geneviève. Tusch på papper och digitalt kollage.

Four black and white sketches, digitally collaged over a tarot card. From left to right is Goland, in the outfit described above. Pelléas in black trousers, white shoes, a black kilt with white detail, a long-sleeve white t-shirt and a black denim vest. Two sketches of Mélisande, one of her in the white jacket as seen from behind, the other of the outfit without the jacket. Four black and white sketches, digitally collaged over a tarot card. From left to right is Goland in the outfit described earlier, but this time with a black, waist-length cape. Then is Goland in a floor-length, pillar-like black cloak, detailed with interrupted white lines going up it. Next to him is Arkel, an old man with a white crown and a black suit. He is wearing a cape whose lining is sprayed with white dots. Next to him is Geneviève, her hair in an up-do, she wears a black floor length dress with a front slit, and a fluffy white bolero reminiscent of a cloud.