SHOWstudio/Swarovski
Fashion has defined the appearance and character of every important moment in musical history. And in turn, fashion continues to draw on that heady heritage for inspiration season after season. To celebrate this inextricable link between musical performance and fashion exhibitionism, SHOWstudio and Swarovski are partnering on Fashion DJs: an ambitious, three-day music and fashion event to be held at the legendary Abbey Road Studios on 9, 10 and 11 July 2008. Fashion DJs will be broadcast live on SHOWstudio.com and swarovskisparkles.tv and also transmitted via radio for London listeners, on 87.7FM.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Simon Foxton] [Film] [Gareth Pugh] [Music] [Naomi Campbell] [Jason Evans] [Sam McKnight] [Boudicca] [Stephen Jones] [Michael Clark] [Alice Hawkins] [Katy England] [Lily Cole] [Peter Saville] [wild beasts] [Jourdan Dunn] [Francesca Burns] [Antony Price]
Hussein Chalayan/Nick Knight/Antony Hegarty
To present a collection about the dynamic between icons and their audience Hussein Chalayan is staging a live broadcast of a film shoot in collaboration with Nick Knight, Antony Hegarty and the global SHOWstudio audience. We are soliciting musical directions from SHOWstudio viewers for Antony to perform during the broadcast at the end of September. The resultant footage will create the soundtrack and a film, so it's your big chance to show in Paris at last!
Related Projects: [Photography] [Interactive] [Live] [Webcast] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Interview] [Music] [Hussein Chalayan] [Ruth Hogben] [Antony Hegarty]
On April 11 2007 SHOWstudio staged a live ‘happening’ in association with PlayStation 3, viewed by an on-site audience of fifty SHOWstudio viewers at a secret location and a global audience via webcast.
The SHOWstudio Revue created a dynamic performance space in which six different ‘zones’ were defined by dramatic or musical action. The project also drew a live audience into the complicity of the director/performer relationship by asking each member to record the event on camera. Excerpts of the footage were screened live using PlayStation 3s throughout the night and were included in the editing of an exclusive film unveiled by the SHOWstudio team later that month.
Related Projects: [Live] [Ross Phillips] [Performance] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Music] [Paul Bruty] [Playstation]
Various artists including: Antony and the Johnsons/Ei Arakawa/assume vivid astro focus/Cezary Bodzianowski/Pablo Bronstein/Lali Chetwynd/Martin Creed/Enrico David/Jutta Koether/Linder/Los Super Elegantes/Jonathan Meese/No Bra/Peter Saville/Marcus Werner-Hed/Stephen Willats/Cerith Wyn Evans/
'Transmissions presents a diaristic exploration of the upsurge in performance-related practice that is continuing to suffuse the contemporary art world. The performative elements many artists are using as a strategy within their larger working method are creating a fascinating discourse between music, performance and artworks. A series of documents and collaborations on SHOWstudio will capture a portrait of this scene though artist-captured footage, short film, ephemera and live imagery.
Related Projects: [Performance] [Music] [Peter Saville] [Antony and the Johnsons] [Ei Arakawa] [Cezary Bodzianowski] [Pablo Bronstei] [Lali Chetwynd] [Martin Creed] [Enrico David] [Jutta Koether] [Linder] [Los Super Elegantes] [Jonathan Meese] [Marcus Werner-Hed] [Stephen Willats]
In November 2005, SHOWstudio offered its international audience the unique opportunity to have their own photographic work featured in a Nick Knight photo shoot with Antony Hegarty, lead singer of Mecury Music prize winning group Antony and the Johnsons. As part of the concept for the portrait shoot on 1st December 2005, Nick Knight used a selection of photographic imagery, submitted by SHOWstudio viewers, to inspire an experimental musical performance. The visuals were projected onto Antony, resulting in a beautiful photographic spread that appeared in the February edition of i-D magazine. Incorporating a gallery with 500+ contributions from SHOWstudio viewers, documentation of the initial brief, shoot and the published story in i-D magazine, the project’s spectacular finalé piece took the form of an atmospheric film –featuring Antony and a myriad of inspirational imagery courtesy of SHOWstudio’ viewers- created by Nick Knight and edited by Sam Blair.
Related Projects: [Nick Knight] [Film] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Music] [Paul Bruty] [Antony and the Johnsons]
Sam Blair/David Bailey/Fabien Baron/Francesca Burns/Liz Collins/Lily Cole/Patrick Demarchelier/Julien D?s/Arthur Elgort/Karen Elson/Katy England/Jason Evans/ Simon Foxton/John Galliano/Val Garland/Bay Garnett/Katie Grand/Alice Hawkins/Shona Heath/Hiromix/Eamonn Hughes/Stephen Jones/Jonathan Kaye/Steven Klein/ Nick Knight/Thomas Lenthal/Peter Lindbergh/Christian Louboutin/Glen Luchford/Alister Mackie/Stella McCartney/Sam McKnight/Marian Newman/Oribe/Kate Phelan/Gareth Pugh/Emma Reeves/Paolo Roversi/Stella Tennant/Toyin/Solve Sundsbo/Willy Vanderperre/Tim Walker/!WOWOW!
The printed page has determined the way fashion looks since women's magazines were first introduced. For over three centuries garments have appeared as if frozen still. Nick Knight's key motivation for founding SHOWstudio was to investigate the representation of clothing through sound and motion; perhaps the last great challenge in fashion image making.'Moving Fashion' aimed to exploit this exciting new opportunity through an in-depth study of fashion film.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Film] [Collections] [Models] [Stylists] [Art Direction] [Hair] [Beauty] [Music]
Gwen Stefani/Nick Knight
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Nick Knight] [Music] [Downloadable] [Gwen Stefani]
Alexander McQueen/Michael Clark/Kate Moss
View an ambitious re-staging of many of the defining moments of McQueen's legendary fashion collection shows. Look out for a crowd-pleasing dance duet by Michael Clark and Kate Moss.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Live] [Film] [Collections] [Music] [Picture Phone] [Alexander McQueen] [Kate Moss] [Michael Clark] [Dance]
H Project
Accompanied by ecstatic sound of The Master of Gospel and the Joy Georgia Mass Choir, the second of our H Projects films was dominated by nature as Thymaya Payne and Zara Rusadze took menswear to the forest.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Collections] [Music] [Menswear]
Toyin/Nicola Formichetti
The Burberry Boys battled it out with the Kim Jones gang in this A/W '04 west side story. The Doi provided the soundtrack to Toyin's graceful study in teen angst and masculinity.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Music] [Menswear] [Toyin] [Kim Jones] [Burberry] [Nicola Formichetti]
Kate Moss/Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
Intimate, spontaneous, low-tech and informal. These are not words one might associate with the work of legendary photographic duo van Lamsweerde & Matadin. Not only did this film short reveal the more lighthearted aspects of their shoots, however, as Kate Moss re-enacts Michael Jackson's classic dance routine, it demonstrated the photographers' working process as van Lamsweerde audibly encourages Moss to strike the playful poses for which this partnership has become known.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Performance] [Models] [Music] [Celebrity] [Kate Moss] [Dance] [Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin]
3-D & Tom Hingston/Katy England & Bobby Gillespie/Jason Evans/Simon Foxton/Nick Knight, Kylie Minogue & Liz Neal/Felix Larher/Nick Rhodes & Gavin Elder/Julie Verhoeven
Thirteen leading creatives from the fields of fashion, music and image-making used mobile video phones to create a series of short 'motion clips' that visually interpreted the lyrics of their favoured song.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Live] [Simon Foxton] [Film] [Music] [Picture Phone] [Celebrity] [Jason Evans] [Bobby Gillespie] [Kylie Minogue] [Katy England] [Julie Verhoeven] [Tom Hingston] [Massive Attack]
Maria Chen Pascual/Jean Francois Carly/Marcus Werner Hed
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Interview] [Collections] [Music]
Self Service Magazine
Chic Parisian magazine came to town to photograph the stars of the London scene inside the SHOWstudio live space.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Live] [Webcast] [Magazines] [Art] [Music]
Bj�rk
Icelandic pop princess and progressive image-maker supreme, Björk answered your questions in a live interview during October 2003.
Related Projects: [Interactive] [Live] [Interview] [Webchat] [Music]
Laura Sciacovelli
Summer dresses provided the inspiration for these sensual motion portraits with atmospheric soundtracks from experimental bands Plinth, Colleen and The Pastels.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Film] [Music] [Junya Watanabe] [Vivienne Westwood] [Hussein Chalayan] [Laura Sciacovelli]
Sean Bidder, Norman Jay, Gerald Jenkins, Liz Johnston Artur, Marc Lebon, Jo Ratcliffe
Three photographers braved the throngs to capture the full experience of Good Times at the 2003 Notting Hill Carnival via picture and videophones.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Live] [Music] [Picture Phone] [Documentary] [Illustration]
For the first time, discover Bourdin's grasp of the moving image in this legacy of unseen cinefilms.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Music] [Adam Mufti] [History] [Guy Bourdin] [Olivier Alary]
Greg Kadel/Viktor & Rolf
Showcasing their most colourful and playful collection yet, Dutch designer duo Viktor & Rolf's Spring/Summer '03 show provided the setting for Greg Kadel's kaleidoscopic films.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Film] [Interview] [Collections] [Paris Fashion Week] [Music] [Greg Kadel]
Nick Knight/Massive Attack
Nick Knight exploded the beauty myth in this exclusive film related to his motion image campaign for Massive Attack's new album 100th Window.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Music] [Massive Attack]
Patrik Söderstam
Swede Sucess: Having joined a substantial number of fashion houses during this particular season, young Swedish designer Söderstam launched his graduate collection via a film presentation.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Performance] [Music] [Menswear] [Illustration]
Greg Kadel
Malgosia's pale blue eyes provided the motivation for this gentle motion portrait.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Performance] [Models] [Music] [Greg Kadel]
Shelley Fox/Scanner/D-Fuse
Fox launched her collection No. 14, based on the cyclical lives of family portraiture. Her garments were showcased in a groundbreaking audiovisual environment created in collaboration with photographers Hiroshi Kutomi and Gareth McConnell, audio pioneer Scanner and with projections by D-Fuse.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Film] [Art] [Collections] [Music] [Documentary] [Hiroshi Kutomi] [Gareth McConnell] [Shelley Fox]
Craig McDean/Jo Reynolds
All things to all men, everyone's favourite new model Jo Reynolds is difficult to pigeonhole. One minute she's giving good face in the latest fashion campaign, the next she's fronting a band or launching her own jewellery line. Watch her as she gave Nick Cave's classic track 'Shivers' her full attention in this sensual performance.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Film] [Performance] [Music] [Craig McDean] [Jo Reynolds]
Lance Martins
Film and music maker Lance Martins documents his eclectic visual inspirations during his travels as the coordinator of displays for Paul Smith Ltd. worldwide.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Music] [Documentary] [Diary] [Retail]
Nick Knight
Linda Evangelista starred in her own moon age daydream as she performed SHOWstudio's new singing cover on accordion in Nick Knight's seductive short film, 'Eclipse'. Jeremy Healy remixed the soundtrack.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Models] [Linda Evangelista] [Music]
Camille Vivier
Love's flame burns eternal as the lifespan of the romance represented outlasts the Santeria candle pictured in Camille Vivier's short film.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Film] [Interview] [Music] [Camille Vivier]
Craig McDean/Karen Elson/Melissa Auf Der Maur
Watch supermodel Karen Elson and former Smashing Pumpkins and Hole bassist, Melissa Auf der Maur, as they performed SHOWstudio's new 'singing cover' in Craig McDean's intimate film.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Models] [Music] [Karen Elson] [Craig McDean] [Melissa Auf Der Maur]
John Galliano
John Galliano's five years at Christian Dior were marked by a series of Nick Knight images that interpreted the Dior couture collections. SHOWstudio took you behind the scenes of the shoot...
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Nick Knight] [Interview] [Music] [Photoshoot] [Christian Dior] [John Galliano] [Haute Couture] [Jeremy Healey]
Nick Knight/Alexander McQueen/Bj?Danny Brown
Spellbinding sound and image project generated from Nick Knight and Alexander McQueen's installation for La Beautéin Avignon, with an exclusive Bjork soundtrack.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Daniel Brown] [Music] [Alexander McQueen] [Animation]
Nick Knight/Adam Mufti
Trailer trash, Jerry Springer, a '57 Cadillac, Gummo, Angela Lindvall and lots of spray paint. Put them in a blender and what did you get?
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Music] [Christian Dior] [Adam Mufti] [Animation] [Jeremy Healey]
Jason Evans
This is not a love song. Jason Evans dressed up to test the parameters of identity and propriety.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Film] [Performance] [Music] [Jason Evans] [Gender]
Björk/Nick Knight/Insert Silence/Paul Barnes
Exclusive, uncensored version of the video for Björk's new single, Pagan Poetry, directed by Nick Knight. Also featuring a magical, reactive graphic interpretation and a downloadable typeface; designed for the single sleeve.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Interactive] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Performance] [Music] [Paul Barnes] [Insert Silence] [Typeface]
Kate Moss/Bobby Gillespie
Intimate Super-8 footage of Kate, Bobby and friends recording the track 'Diamond Blues' one playful, summer's afternoon.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Music] [Documentary] [Celebrity] [Kate Moss] [Bobby Gillespie]
Peter Saville/Autechre
When designer Peter Saville spotted an old pink Cadillac under a lilac tree in LA, he invented a spin to set the scene. Autechre remix.
Related Projects: [Performance] [Art Direction] [Music] [Graphic Design] [Peter Saville] [Autechre]
Jake & Dinos Chapman
One Chapman brother describes Melting Heads as 'the most simplistic B-movie effect'. The other says they did it because 'it scares children'. Judge for your self, whilst listening to one of five soundtracks by Add N to X.
Related Projects: [Film] [Interview] [Art] [Music] [Chapman Brothers]
Nick Knight/Tom Hingston
The dark side of the saloon. Nick Knight placed a dozen video cameras inside four crusher-bound cars and filmed their destruction down to the final scrunch. 3D of Massive Attack dreamt up the soundtrack.
Related Projects: [Nick Knight] [Film] [Music] [Documentary] [Tom Hingston] [Massive Attack]
Jason Evans
Snide. Patronising. Tortuous. Whenever Jason Evans turns on the telly, he's irritated by those 'annoying little bursts of eye candy'. So he came up with his own version.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Film] [Politics] [Music] [Jason Evans] [Advertising] [TV]
Experience cult 'Silas' illustrator Fergus Purcell's sketchbook drawings as animation. A bejewelled declaration that 'I want to believe' signposts the journey, which introduced a world of dominatrixes with Elvis on their mind, an incredible Hulk in King Crimson T-shirt and a variety of idiosyncratic pop-o-cultural trinkets and postulations.
Related Projects: [Music] [Erotica] [Illustration] [Animation] [Fergus Purcell]
Nick Knight/Camille Bidault-Waddington
Take a model styled by Camille Bidault-Waddington with hair by Sam McKnight. Let a four year-old, a one year-old and two three year-olds do what ever they want with her make-up, and then ask them to draw on Nick Knight's prints.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Nick Knight] [Paul Hetherington] [Art Direction] [Beauty] [Music] [Graphic Design] [Illustration] [Digital Image-Making] [Animation] [Camille Bidault-Waddington]
Elaine Constantine
'Just for those two and a half minutes, life is fantastic,' says one of the Northern Soulsters filmed by Elaine Constantine getting ready for a night out on the floor.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Film] [Models] [Music] [Dance] [Elaine Constantine] [Northern Soul]
Nick Knight/Jane How
Here's something we made earlier. Stylist Jane How recreated her favourite looks by Comme, Yohji, Hussein and Mugler from sweet papers, cupcake wrappers and doilies. Nick Knight recorded the result on a 3-D scanner and set it to a musicbox soundtrack by Fridge.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Nick Knight] [Collections] [Stylists] [Music] [Photoshoot] [Jane How] [Haute Couture] [Kieran Hebden]