Christine Crook

A "Creature Costume" created from found objects in New Orleans LA

A mosaiced mask & mantle, and rust dyed cape. These pieces were created using a variety of materials including dehydrated china-berries, unidentified nut husks, and rusted metal. These materials were gathered in New Orleans amidst the vast debris following Hurricane Ida.

Experimental Design & Performance Workshop 2020 Southeastern Louisiana University. Directed & Designed by Christine Crook. Original music by Pete Fields.

Constructed with old wigs and paper mâché head

Gather Stitched salvaged pink fabrics and paper mâché head

Pecan Orchards of Mesilla New Mexico - November 2019 and Exhibited at Dream Farm Commons in Oakland CA December 2019. Baba Yaga observes the power of the unconscious and how it works even when the ego is not aware. Costume by Christine Crook

White Sands National Monument - New Mexico 2019, costume for a prophetic witch by Christine Crook

Uptown Nightclub Downtown Oakland - June 2019 Featuring Costume Designs by Christine Crook

Winter residency January 2019 Costumes created by Christine Crook from found objects, thrift store finds, and recycled theatre costumes. Residency culminated in a community workshop event where families participated in their own costume creature creations. Thanks to www.lightboxperformance.org

Z Space August 2017 An immersive live art event exploring the emotional and physical cleansing released through cathartic hysteria. Created by Christine Crook and Maggie Whitaker (aka Repulsive Women) Photos by Jessica Palopoli

Studio Residency Berlin 2017

A public art performance presented in street level windows surprising passersby with performance art in an unexpected place. Berlin 2017 North Berkeley 2017 South Berkeley 2017 Created by Christine Crook. *Berkeley performances are in collaboration with artist Teddy Hulsker

A Costume Design Driven theatre experiment inspired by Djuna Barnes’ Book Of Repulsive Women. This piece uses humor and exaggerated aesthetics to examine the way women are marginalized, dismissed, and made to feel grotesque in our bodies. The dance-like performance is paraded publicly through bars, and night-clubs with accompaniment by live opera singers.

HAWKMOON is a cross-disciplinary Live Art event created through the collaboration of over 20 Bay Area artists. Featuring outlandish costumes, makeup, sound art, photography, drawings, collage, and a live band. Hawkmoon offers magical realism through a glam rock lense!

Photos taken with parachute in Arizona desert , collaboration with Rebekah Cantor

Site specific interactions with abandoned buildings and sunlight. Photography in collaboration with Rebekah Cantor.

Photos and Costume Collaborations between Christine Crook & Lucille Lawrence. More of Lucille's work can be seen on her website http://www.lucillelawrence.com

Mugwumpin 2010 Devised Piece Conceived by Liz Lisle. Costume Coordination: Christine Crook

Conceptual costume designs for one of Djuna Barnes' short plays.

Conceptual Costume Designs for Jacques Offenbach's opera