I think what came back from reviews was that it was obvious which sport they were, but it wasn’t like a fencing outfit you’ve ever seen or a basketball outfit you’ve ever seen. It was synthesised in a way that I think people found aesthetically pleasing and quite intelligent too, hopefully.
I’m looking forward to showing the images at the exhibition, and I think it’s quite easy to understand and get from the photographs and the drawings because I was given quite a clear design brief. I’m exhibiting actual costumes for the first time, too.
I had some amazing makers on Faster, they were so talented. I was delighted by what they could do – making Lycra fit people and move. It sounds easy, because it’s a stretchy fabric, but it has all sorts of problems you wouldn’t imagine.
Showing at WSD is a lovely accolade – it’s recognition, but it’s also about being part of the wider community of people who make visual performance work.”