{"id":3592,"date":"2026-10-02T09:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/glo-lights-up-world-of-wearableart-with-visionary-craft-and-performance-in-wellington\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:32:08","slug":"glo-lights-up-world-of-wearableart-with-visionary-craft-and-performance-in-wellington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/glo-lights-up-world-of-wearableart-with-visionary-craft-and-performance-in-wellington\/","title":{"rendered":"GLO! lights up World of WearableArt with visionary craft and performance in Wellington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In New Zealand, avant-garde style, technology, and performance collide each year at World of WearableArt, a multimedia competition established in <strong>1987<\/strong> that invites creators from around the globe to sew and sculpt their most ambitious garments. The current edition, titled <strong>GLO!<\/strong>, channels culture, nature, futurism, and the chimerical into a stage spectacle. Performances continue through <strong>October 4<\/strong> at <strong>TBS Arena<\/strong> in <strong>Wellington<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Top honors this year went to <strong>Kayla Christensen<\/strong> (New Zealand) for <em>\u201cSacred Nightfall\u201d<\/em>, a commanding draped floral work that pays tribute to Indigenous ceremonial cloaks. It\u2019s a fitting emblem for a program where technical ingenuity and storytelling share the spotlight.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:left\">Highlights from GLO!<\/h2>\n<p>Among the many standouts are pieces that range from the enigmatic to the luminous. <strong>Ashish Dhaka<\/strong> (India) presents <em>\u201cEnchantress\u201d<\/em>, and <strong>Katherine Bertram<\/strong> (New Zealand) conjures an iridescent insect, underscoring the show\u2019s affinity for natural forms pushed into fantastical territory. Additional works named in this year\u2019s lineup include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Joe Blanck<\/strong> (Australia), <em>\u201cLophii.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Glenda Hape<\/strong> (Ng\u0101ti P\u016bkeko, New Zealand), <em>\u201cTe Whare Eke Nei\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Zhiqian Li<\/strong> (China), <em>\u201cHen\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lisa Newsome<\/strong> (New Zealand), <em>\u201cPlatinum\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Deborah H Carter<\/strong> and <strong>Ariel Biagini<\/strong> (United States), <em>\u201cRinging Off the Hook\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vasemaca Tavola<\/strong> and <strong>Czarina Wilson<\/strong> (New Zealand), <em>\u201cMOTHER VAKA\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Shing Hei<\/strong> (Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong), <em>\u201cMy Ugly Duckling\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whimsical and technically impressive, the garments span references from cultural traditions to speculative futures. That breadth is a hallmark of World of WearableArt, which continues to welcome international entrants to test the limits of material, movement, and imagination on a grand stage in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>GLO!<\/strong> unfolding at <strong>TBS Arena<\/strong> through <strong>October 4<\/strong>, Wellington hosts a vivid reminder that performance and craft can be inseparable\u2014each garment as much a feat of engineering as it is a story brought to life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>V\u00eda <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/10\/world-of-wearableart-2026-glo-fashion-performance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thisiscolossal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World of WearableArt\u2019s 2026 edition, GLO!, crowns Kayla Christensen (New Zealand) for \u201cSacred Nightfall\u201d and features works ranging from Ashish Dhaka\u2019s \u201cEnchantress\u201d to an iridescent insect by Katherine Bertram. Performances continue through October 4 at TBS Arena in Wellington.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happening-now"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}