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'Measure' by Carlo Brandelli

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As creative director of Kilgour, Carlo Brandelli has fashioned attire for more than his share of international power-figures. It is apt, therefore that his Political Fashion contribution eschews spectacle to focus on the bare-bones of the tailoring pattern themselves and of course the very public figures they will eventually clothe.

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Galileo's Universe
Galileo's Universe
Greenland

Absolutely fascinating concept that certainly compliments Alex Fury's Essay ... a real beauty !! ... it's .... all about IMAGE and the true 'essence' is safely hidden, ' dressed' and very 'safe ' away from ... the discerning public eye !

It a weird and somehow ironic way it reminds me of an of abattoir .

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In reply to Galileo's Universe:

I agree that it the film is made all the more powerful by hanging the "bodies" of these iconic names like cuts of dead meat in an abattoir.

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It looks like a TV commercial for Kilgour and its creative director; the captions on the film seem to be stating the obvious.

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In reply to marko:

I think its core political point is very subtle, looking closely at the names on those patterns, one in particular resonates.

Do you not think that all the films on this sight are "commercials" for their creators and their "brand"?

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great soundtrack, who's it by?

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What a great concept and so delicately executed. This film has really tackled the question of political fashion in an incredibly intelligent way.

It has a resonance that is so rare in this kind of context and offers us an insight and link both visually and conceptually into a 'public' and a 'private' we don't often consider.

subtle.genius.

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Genius....I suppose the flattery will come on strong. It is not in the same league as Douglas Gordon who went to same uni that I did: Goldsmiths. It seems I am blind to pure genius and subtle, errr

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Sandrine
Sandrine
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In reply to marko:

Hmm, you reveal a little too much about your own agenda, marko ;-)

In what way can a film about fashion not be advertising for the brand? And why is fashion imagery's intrinsic function as tacit advertising a problem, exactly?

And surely the argument about originality being the benchmark of art's authenticity was had about twenty years ago. At Goldsmiths, since you mention it.

Oh, don't get me started. I'm even bored of pointing out that the same boring debates are being had over and over again.

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There is nothing wrong with self promotion or advertising...but why all the blatant flattery.

I did meet Andy Warhol in NY before he died (through someone I met in NY), and a friend of mine has sold work to a well known collector in UK. Am I boasting? ;-)

I left Golds about three years ago, so do not know about the theoretical debates you refer to. I studied, anthropology, politics, international relations, late 19th and early 20th century literature, sociology, plus gender and race.

It is easy to produce a film/video about fashion that does not refer to a brand, while also making a political statement.

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