ASMR at the museum | Humidifying a ballet tutu | V&A

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Follow Senior Textile Conservator Susana Fajardo as she humidifies a tutu worn by Belinda Wright in the ballet 'Harlequinade' Pas de Deux.

Sound designer and performance-maker Julie Rose Bower has documented Susana’s steps using ambisonic sound, letting us get closer to the object than ever before.

Watch as Susana carefully places acid-free tissue paper between the layers of the garment, and steams it to relax the folds in the tulle which have developed as a result of being in storage.

Steaming process: 00:19
Inserting acid-free tissue paper: 00:35
Layered triggers, four screens of simultaneous steaming: 03:38

Read more about the tutu in Explore the Collections: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1...

Find out more in our Theatre and Performance collection: https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/the...