Cinderella’s Illuminated Gown

Laura Simpson

Cinderella’s Illuminated Gown is a fiber optic/LED/fibre, time-based installation that unravels the interstitial state of transformation and ephemeral nature of Cinderella’s Gown. The project focuses on the role of Cinderella’s gown as a portal between the ordinary and the extraordinary. Divergent narrative retellings of Cinderella identify a supernatural source and elevates the tale from a struggle between mortals to an extraordinary intervention. The installation combines a sewn bodice, interwoven with LEDs, with variably illuminated fiber optics, representing the fluid in-between state, where the ephemeral and transformative nature of Cinderella’s fabled gown is expressed.