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EYES OF THE BEHOLDER
Toyin
In collaboration with Replay, SHOWstudio has invited photographer and filmmaker Toyin to turn her signature, romantic lens on the Italian denimwear company's Autumn/Winter '08-09 collection. Though shot in Robert Adam's exquisite, 18th century London townhouse at 33 Portland Street, Toyin and stylist Stevie Westgarth gave themselves poetic license to shift the date forward to the 19th century - the wild west to be specific - where winsome girls swooned over bare-chested boys who cracked bullwhips and wore the bowler hats of frontiersmen. But this resultant film short is no Calamity Jane-style caper. The faded elegance of the Georgian backdrop, combined with the contemporary energy of both choreography and Replay's collection, creates a spellbinding visual feast. To an electrifying soundtrack, specially composed by the Doi, sit back and witness the extraordinary models' performances that are this filmmaker's hallmark.
- Gallery Last updated 9 May 2008
- Contributors Last updated 8 May 2008
- Movie Last updated 8 May 2008
- Project Blog Last updated 8 May 2008
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POLITICAL FASHION
Believing fashion to be intrinsically political, Nick Knight is staging a multi-level film project, encouraging creatives to use the medium of fashion to convey their political beliefs, agendas and thoughts. From the beginning of December 2007, the first stage of 'Political Fashion Films' invites visitors to the SHOWstudio website to submit a film of between 30 seconds and 3 minutes that articulates some kind of political point using fashion. Inkeeping with previous film seasons 'Moving Fashion' and 'Editing Fashion', in February 2008, this invitation will be opened up to a wide selection of fashion industry, art world and celebrity figures, whose Political Fashion Films created to the same brief will also be broadcast on the SHOWstudio website, one film per weekday. The end of the project will be marked by a screening event to be held in London during Spring 2008. All films received before Friday 15 February 2008 will be considered for inclusion.
- Movies Last updated 6 May 2008
- Viewers Gallery Last updated 5 May 2008
- Contributors Last updated 10 Apr 2008
- Essays Last updated 3 Mar 2008
- Project Blog Last updated 28 Nov 2007
- Brief Last updated 28 Nov 2007
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WONDERLAND
Helen Storey
A product of a groundbreaking exploration of chemically-fabricated, biodegradable materials by the artist and fashion designer Helen Storey and the scientist Tony Ryan, 'Wonderland' uses fashion as a 'trojan horse' to demonstrate radical scientific findings. From 29 January–29 February 2008, Storey will construct her first fashion collection in 12 years, in front of a live audience. These garments are designed to deconstruct over time in water and this amazing quality will be showcased during the residency, during which time SHOWstudio will document the full process in picture diaries and live webcasts. When the collection is completed, our task will then be to photograph the garments in a live shoot in Spring to document their design and appearance before dissolving them for a film that will showcase their miraculous scientific secret.
- Movie Last updated 25 Jun 2008
- Video Library Last updated 1 Feb 2008
- Time-lapse Last updated 28 Jan 2008
- Articles Last updated 9 Jan 2008
- Project Blog Last updated 6 Dec 2007
- Contributors Last updated 6 Dec 2007
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1-1
Nike
Until May 18 members of the public can submit their football-inspired artwork for the chance of exhibiting as part of the 1/1: Art of Football show in Basel, June 2008.
- Exhibition Last updated 13 Jun 2008
- Associates Gallery Last updated 5 Jun 2008
- Finalists Last updated 2 Jun 2008
- Favourites Gallery Last updated 23 May 2008
- Project Blog Last updated 27 Mar 2008
- Contributors Last updated 27 Mar 2008
- Video Brief Last updated 27 Mar 2008