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Support Tasmanian artist and designer Sonia Heap to present her new couture project: the Armoury.

the Armoury presents 18 works designed and crafted by Sonia in performance with original music and lighting design.

Sonia designs and creates strong and uncompromising pieces that are sensual and do not adhere to convention. Sonia works both for her own artist practice and on a commission basis. Her work focusses on high-end clothing that is constructed largely by hand, made from high quality, expensive, often unusual fabric and time-consuming detail. 

But behind the cloth and the couture detailing, Sonia threads meaning into her work.

the Armoury explores the personal impacts of domestic violence. The public and visible face of domestic violence is murder and physical abuse, yet its experience corrodes a victim’s capacity to relate to others throughout their life. The show looks at the destructive aspects of defence mechanisms formed during abuse.

Worked in leather, silk, finest wool cloth and gold leaf, the pieces allude to human, animal and plant defences. The clothing will be dark, lush and striking.

the Armoury is the culmination of over a year of planning, creation and collaboration with other artists and professionals. The music is composed to echo the pieces and underscore the themes that Sonia is exploring – the lighting reflects the emotions built by both the clothing and the sound.

The performance will be held on the evenings of the 24th and 25th June 2016 in Hobart, Tasmania.

Sonia is committed to making a proportion of every ticket to the performance a contribution to the White Ribbon Campaign (http://www.whiteribbon.org.au/). White Ribbon is Australia’s only national, male led campaign to end men’s violence against women. Sonia believes that involving men in awareness raising is particularly important to the reduction of domestic violence in our society.

David O’Byrne (White Ribbon Ambassador) will accept the donation for White Ribbon at the event.

Sonia's team includes:

    Graphic design:  Jon Williamson, Inkpot Studios

    Original music: Ross Sermons 

    Lighting:  Jason James, Mixed Media 

    Models:   Harvey James Management

    Makeup:  the lab_ Beauty Method

You can find more information about the project at Facebook-the-Armoury-2016