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PHOTOGRAPHS BY JALANI MORGAN

The collaboration between SugaCayne and
the DFZ has been such a success, there are
preliminary discussions taking place about how
to make carnival arts a credited course at
Ryerson. Below, historical news stories and
textiles are woven into costumes depicting the
subtheme of "bloodline."

materials and processes that haven't been
used to make costumes before. Not only do
these pieces have to look spectacular, they
also need to be lightweight, durable and
breathable so that performers can be comfortable wearing them for hours on end in
the hot summer sun."
Each year, students, staff and faculty
mentors from engineering, architecture,
fashion and other disciplines contribute to
the process.
"The students help SugaCayne push into
uncharted territory-from the initial hackathons we run at the DFZ, conceptual drawings, making 3D computer models and using
digital fabrication equipment alongside traditional handcraft," says Jepson. "And then
they work to make those concepts a reality."
This year, those concepts revolve around
the theme of "Liquid Courage," which has
a number of connotations, says Dwayne.
"Some people need to have a bit of 'liquid
courage' to put on a carnival costume," he
says, laughing.
"We're looking at liquid as power and
energy, and coming from nature," adds
Candice. "When you think about the
Caribbean and the islands and the histor y of Carnival itself, we're surrounded
by water, and we want to infuse that feeling
into our project this year."
The central Liquid Courage theme is
brought to life by costumes depicting five
subthemes-mountain dew, molten rock,
iridescent bubbles, liquid mercury and
bloodline.
"Blood as a liquid that ties everything
back to the Motherland, and the reason why
we celebrate Carnival in the first place,"
explains Candice. "Our ancestors were
brought over to the Caribbean islands from
Africa and they would watch their masters
having these grand balls around Lent and
they wanted to be involved but they were
never allowed to be, but once they were
emancipated they were able to create their
own celebration, which ended up becoming
Carnival. We always want to pay homage to
that."-Deborah Smyth
Summer 2019/ Ryerson University Magazine

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