Isolde | bert simons
Isolde
For Wagner's Tristan & Isolde at the Bayreuther Festspiele I made a paper portrait of Isolde.Multiple portrait were used as masks in the 3th act when Tristan is dying and Isolde appears to him in several hallucinations in which the paper portraits were combined with special effects
3d model
3d model

 

Textured 3d scan of Eva Maria Westbroek who was originally casted for the role of Isolde. In the midst of the project Anja Kampe followed up as the lead singer and I also did her portrait. Unfortunaltly just a few weeks before the premiere a third change was made and Evelyn Herlitzius would be performing Isolde. So in the end my portrait did not resemble the portayed as intended..

 

firstieces
firstieces
First paper pieces glued
onmold
onmold
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P1020125-Edit
always have to put it on..
head_anja
head_anja
I also 3d printed the head which was used as a mold to produce the inner reenforcemnets which had to be made for the masks,
transparent
transparent
the final vacuumformed reinforcements were covered with the paper parts
wagner spiele 2016
wagner spiele 2016
One of the special effects during the performance
wagner spiele 2016
wagner spiele 2016
In total about 8 Isolde's appeared, here's one floating in the air.