A Still from the documentation film of Elaine Mitcheners performance at Assembly 2024

Elaine Mitchener: These Cost The Earth

In this new performance, clothes and dancers descend and rescale a staircase in a multi-storey performative cycle.

A Still from the documentation film of Elaine Mitcheners performance at Assembly 2024

Made in collaboration with performers Wai Shan Vivian Luk, Tommaso Petrolo, and sound designer Michael Picknett, These Cost the Earth reflects upon the textile waste crisis, examining the environmental and human cost of discarding clothes to landfill.