How to unleash your inner maximalism through costume | Machine Dazzle

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🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Tapping into the transformational power of costume, concept artist Machine Dazzle takes us on a maximalist journey through art, history and fashion. From a jaw-droppingly intricate '60s bouffant ensemble to a 24-hour show of extravagant outfits, Dazzle shares pieces that channel unrealized dreams, urging us all to fully embrace the beautiful complexity of being ourselves.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	I'm Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks Daily.
0:11.0	You're listening to TED Talks daily. You know the expression
0:15.2	less is more. I say it all the time, but in his TED 2023 talk artist
0:20.8	machine dazzle turns that notion on its head.
0:25.0	He shares why when it comes to art or fashion.
0:28.0	More is more.
0:30.0	After the break.
0:33.7	Hello. after the break. Hello, I'm machine dazzle,
0:36.4	and I am an emotionally driven instinct-based conceptual artist,
0:42.0	designer and musician.
0:44.4	Today, I'm going to talk about the power of transformation
0:48.4	through the sacred ritual of costume.
0:51.8	Growing up in middle America,
0:53.5	I wasn't allowed to be who I was.
0:56.0	I was discouraged from a career in the arts.
0:59.1	When we went to the toy store,
1:01.1	my two brothers would run to the black and blue aisle and I would run to the toy store, my two brothers would run to the black and blue aisle,
1:04.0	and I would run to the pink aisle.
1:06.7	There was a lot of shame surrounding my preference for girls' toys.
1:12.4	I shoplifted my first Barbie.
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