Launched on 08 June 2006
In 2006, provocative London Designer Gareth Pugh collaborated with SHOWstudio to stage an exhilarating series of art-meets-fashion performances. Running in parallel with Paris Autumn/Winter 2006 haute couture week, Fash-off featured a sequence of afternoon broadcasts representing Pugh’s attitude towards the different aspects of his meteoric rise to fashion stardom; boredom and repetition, artifice and multiple personae, high-octane glamour and the falsity of easily-dealt acclaim.
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Transformer
19 September 2002
A performance project exploring the transformative potential of fashion, featuring among others Alexander McQueen, Erin O’Connor, Juergen Teller, Katy England and Bobby Gillespie.
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Transgressing Fashion
24 June 2004
In response to the Allied forces handover of power back to Iraq on 30th June 2004, artist Lucy Orta staged a 'protest performance' at the V&A in London.
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Guiser
11 October 2004
A project celebrating the unique legacy of Leigh Bowery, featuring previously unpublished video and sound footage of the artist.
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