Inner Child (2023) Wearable couture gown made from palm tree husk, fabric and latex paint on raw canvas
Photographer: Rhianna Mercier-Portilla
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The braided, serpentine-like palm tree husk represents the coiled divine feminine (kundalini) energy.
Inner Child, on display at The Kahilu Theatre Foundation during Rachel Orr’s Solo Exhibition: States of Altered being, 2023
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Inner Child
“I reconnected with friends from my adolescence and memories of my childhood imagination,” Orr explains when the idea of this garment ignited, “And when making it, I rebelled against my conditioned inner dialogue and listened to what my inner child wanted.”