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Garment for Live Show Performance and Editorial Marketing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eLeather Floral Garment and Hair by Cam Patey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"194\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"194\"\u003e2007\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"196\" data-end=\"452\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore Than a Friend (MTAF) was a fine art and design studio founded by artists Krista Bursey and Jason Wasserman. 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The visual universe originated from the painting \u003cem data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1070\"\u003eMend\u003c\/em\u003e—conceived by MTAF and painted by Krista Bursey—which became the album cover and a central icon of the project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1458\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1189\"\u003eMend\u003c\/em\u003e embodies the contortion present in Elsieanne Caplette’s estranged and visceral voice. At once organic and ambiguous, the form evokes an internal organ—something intimate yet unfamiliar. It exists in duality: inside and outside, masculine and feminine, human and other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1569\"\u003eThe works presented here include the CD design and painting series featured in the \u003cem data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1551\"\u003eHybrid\u003c\/em\u003e fold-out digipak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1571\" data-end=\"1881\"\u003eFor the live show, the visual direction extended across the entire stage environment. Projection, costume, makeup, and hair were conceived as a single interconnected system. 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