VIOLENCE

Nick Knight/Sissel Tolaas

In partnership with the scent artist Sissel Tolaas, SHOWstudio is launching a groundbreaking initiative to create a fragrance on the Internet. Based on a provocative concept, the scent will be created over the coming months, taking its inspiration from an unconventional theme and using Tolaas’ amazing ‘headspace’ technology.

• Concept Last updated 24 Sep 2008
• Process Blog Last updated 16 Sep 2008
• Film Interview: Sissel Tolaas Last updated 4 Apr 2007
• Audio Interview: Sissel Tolaas Last updated 4 Apr 2007
• Interview Extras: Sissel Tolaas Last updated 4 Apr 2007
• Project Blog Last updated 15 Mar 2007
• Contributors Last updated 15 Mar 2007
• FILM INTERVIEW: SISSEL TOLAAS Last updated 2 Mar 2007
• AUDIO INTERVIEW: SISSEL TOLAAS Last updated 2 Mar 2007
• INTERVIEW: SISSEL TOLAAS EXTRAS Last updated 2 Mar 2007

Related Projects: [Photography] [Live] [Audio] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Art] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Diary] [Marcus Werner-Hed] [Sissel Tolaas] [jeremy Valender]

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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

Related Projects: [Photography] [Film] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Toyin] [Autumn/Winter 08-09] [Alex Fury] [Replay] [Stevie Westgarth] [Doi]

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REVUE

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.

• Guest List Last updated 2 Apr 2007
• Audition Gallery Last updated 2 Apr 2007
• Project Blog Last updated 1 Mar 2007
• Contributors Last updated 1 Mar 2007
• Submissions Last updated 1 Mar 2007

Related Projects: [Live] [Ross Phillips] [Performance] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Music] [Paul Bruty] [Playstation]

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TWELVE DAYS

Nick Knight/Gemma Ward/Giles Deacon/Christopher Kane/Marios Schwab/Rebecca & Mike/Fred Butler/Paul Bruty/Simon Foxton/Alexis Marguerite Teplin

Over three days, 7, 8 & 11 December 2006 twelve friends of SHOWstudio came down to the live space to create one of 12 Days of Christmas videos, each decorating a Nick Knight silhouette of Gemma Ward with Swarovski crystal. In addition to webcasting the live event, each contribution was filmed from above and the footage was edited into a special film that was offered on SHOWstudio on each of the twelve days of Christmas (26 December – 6 January). Starting 7 December, set up day, viewers watched inspired hands at work to get a sneak preview of the final result.

• Live Event Last updated 7 Dec 2006
• Project Blog Last updated 6 Dec 2006
• Contributors Last updated 6 Dec 2006

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Nick Knight] [Simon Foxton] [Gareth Pugh] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Gemma Ward] [Jonathan Kaye] [Paul Bruty] [Francesca Burns] [Marios Schwab] [Christopher Kane] [Rebecca and Mike] [Fred Butler] [Alexis Marguerite Tepli]

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EXPERIMENTS IN ADVERTISING: The Films of Erwin Blumenfeld

A unique chance to see the undiscovered, historic film footage of one of the most influential fashion photographers of all time. Three beautiful film edits by SHOWstudio, created in collaboration with Adam Mufti and Olivier Alary, are joined by an essay featuring Erwin Blumenfeld’s comprehensive film holdings as well as an illustrated timeline of the photographer’s life and career and an exclusive interview with his son, writer Yorick Blumenfeld.

• An Interview With Yorick Blumenfeld Last updated 26 Sep 2006
• Erwin Blumenfeld: A Chronology Last updated 26 Sep 2006
• Fashion Films: 1958-64 Last updated 26 Sep 2006
• Experiments in Advertising; Unseen Films Last updated 26 Sep 2006
• Contributors Last updated 26 Sep 2006
• Project Blog Last updated 25 Sep 2006

Related Projects: [Film] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Advertising] [Adam Mufti] [Olivier Alary] [Erwin Blumenfeld] [Yorick Blumenfeld]

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ANTONY

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.

• Project Blog Last updated 15 Aug 2006
• Contributors Last updated 15 Aug 2006
• Gallery Last updated 25 Nov 2005

Related Projects: [Nick Knight] [Film] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Music] [Paul Bruty] [Antony and the Johnsons]

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THE SOUND OF CLOTHES: ANECHOIC

Laura Bradley, Paul Hetherington, Nick Knight, Penny Martin, Ross Phillips, Zora Star

Anechoic is a 'collections story' project that used sound instead of visuals to interpret the essence of key garments from the A/W '06-7 season by leading fashion brands. A live recording session in a specialist recording studio -a hemi-anechoic chamber- on 1 June 2006 was used to create a series of groundbreaking interactives that for the first time in fashion media, detailed the precise sound of fashion materials such as feathers, sequins, glass crystals and beads, nylon, taffeta, leather, velvet, jacquard, zips and metallic chains. The live broadcast was also filmed, providing motion image footage of model Zora Star working in the unconventional, futuristic studio environment, which was then edited to create abstract shorts of each audio 'shot'.

• Project Blog Last updated 20 Apr 2006
• Movies Last updated 20 Apr 2006
• Interactive Last updated 20 Apr 2006
• Contributors Last updated 20 Apr 2006

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Audio] [Ross Phillips] [Performance] [Collections] [Models] [Zora Star] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Dorian Moore]

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AUSTRIAN FASHION WEEK

Penny Martin

SHOWstudio took their Picture Phone along to document the proceedings at Austrian Fashion Week. View Gala Awards ceremonies, a visit to the Juergen Teller show at Vienna's Kunsthalle and a series of studio visits with designers that included fabrics interseason and Petar Petrov.

• Images Last updated 21 Sep 2004
• Contributors Last updated 21 Sep 2004

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Live] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Picture Phone] [Diary]

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SALES, SOLDES, SALDI

Richard Rhys-Thomas/Paul Hetherington

Future Vintage! 'Try on' the enduring fashion statements from the Spring/Summer '03 collections before picking them up cheap while stocks last.

• Interactive Last updated 29 Apr 2004
• Contributors Last updated 29 Apr 2004

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Collections] [Paul Hetherington] [Graphic Design] [Illustration]

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SPRAY ON CHRISTMAS

M/M (Paris)/Simon Periton/Shaun Leane/Jane Simpson/Emma Cook and others

Download, cut out and use our festive stencils to make your own cards, gift-wrap and decorations.

• Download Last updated 20 Dec 2002
• Contributors Last updated 20 Dec 2002

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Art] [Paul Hetherington] [Art Direction] [Graphic Design] [Illustration] [Emma Cook] [Simon Periton] [Shaun Leane] [Jane Simpson]

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FORGET-ME-NOT

Peter Saville/Julie Verhoeven

Investigate the dark, erotic scenarios underlying Julie Verhoeven's intricate, interactive wallpaper. The decorative, Toile de Jouey-inspired designs belie the seamy underworld they depict.

• Interactive Last updated 3 Apr 2002
• Text Last updated 3 Apr 2002
• Interview Last updated 3 Apr 2002
• Contributors Last updated 3 Apr 2002

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Paul Hetherington] [Art Direction] [Erotica] [Illustration] [Julie Verhoven] [Peter Saville] [Paul Bruty]

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DOLLS

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.

• Movie Last updated 20 Dec 2000
• Images Last updated 20 Dec 2000
• Contributors Last updated 20 Dec 2000

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Nick Knight] [Paul Hetherington] [Art Direction] [Beauty] [Music] [Graphic Design] [Illustration] [Digital Image-Making] [Animation] [Camille Bidault-Waddington]

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WASTE PAINTING

Saville/Hetherington/Wakefield

What do you do in a carniverous culture where whatever you create is lionised, and then discarded before anyone's had time to appreciate it? If you're Peter Saville, you'll recycle your old work into new work before anyone else does.

• Images Last updated 20 Dec 2000
• Text Last updated 20 Dec 2000
• Contributors Last updated 20 Dec 2000

Related Projects: [Art] [Paul Hetherington] [Art Direction] [Graphic Design] [Digital Image-Making] [Peter Saville] [Painting] [Howard Wakefield]

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