Ed Watson wowed us this afternoon with his extraordinary flexibility not to mention his indefatigable ability at spinning around on one foot. Those lucky enough to tune in earlier will have had the chance to see him cutting some serious rug.
Edward Watson, principal dancer from The Royal Ballet will be in the studio at 15:00 GMT to trial run our 'Replenishing Body' video installation. Tune in to see Ed, current face of the Royal Ballet's ad campaign, as he assumes an attitude for the camera. Fans will also be pleased... [more]
Scottish artist Lucy Mckenzie's latest institutional exhibition 10 Years of Robotic Mayhem (including sublet) which originating at Talbot Rice in Edinburgh, and is currently at Bristol's Arnolfini is strongly concerned with demostrating the many ways in which she chooses to disseminate her work. Commercial record cover artwork (for Erasure), illustrations... [more]
São Paulo has quite a thirst for fashion film: a faithful group of Paulistans have been attending each and every event the Iguatemi festival has staged. A highlight last night was a presentation of Bruce Weber shorts given by his film editor Eva Lindemann and his books co-ordinator/archivist Nathaniel Kilcer.... [more]
This was snapped at the opening of the Iguatemi FilmeFashion festival in Sao Paulo last night; the schedule can be accessed via this fun interactive, which the keen eyed among you will recognise contains images from some key projects by SHOWstudio and some of the filmmakers and photographers featured... [more]
As if our 'smell for the Internet' SCENT project weren't abstruse enough, a viewer challenged me to meet him whilst in Singapore to discuss opening this concept up into taste for the Internet. Damian Sim describes himself as a 'flavour impressionist', which extends to meticulously researching the profiles of individuals... [more]
"Ben R. Wallers (a.k.a. The Rebel) is the frontman, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the band Country Teasers. His lyrics often deal with taboo subjects such as racism, sexism and xenophobia from first-person standpoints". Or so the Wikipedia entry goes. See an endearing protrait of this intriguing band as photographed... [more]
If you happen to be making a summer pilgrimage to Documenta this weekend you will have a rare chance to see the celebrated Yvonne Rainer perform one of her dance pieces at the Theater im Fridericianum, in Kassel. Rainer's career is viewed as emblematic of the preoccupations of the... [more]
Diehards may recall my minor obsession with the greedy ghosts this time last year when external examining in Singapore. For the past 3 days, I have been sitting in the excellent viewing platform of one of these upper classrooms in the brand new, RSP and Hugh Dutton-designed LASALLE campus, which... [more]
Among some of the other personalities to appear in the third of our fashion collages, today's programme features CSM alums Anna Gulmann and Henrik Vibskov, designer Mads Norgaard as well as some young Swedes set to make their mark on Scandinavian fashion. Then, a quick rendez-vous with cult bike designer... [more]
Kit Hammonds, curator of South London Gallery in Camberwell, put together an interesting selection of live events and pop music related film over two weeks at the end of July. Bringing together Transmissions favourites such as Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Giles Round and Martin Creed,to emphasise the healthy symbiosis between... [more]
View Twin's second installment in this alternative reportage from Copenhagen Fashion Week, featuring the likes of Ann-Sophie Back, Peter Jensen, Jens Laugesen, and several other Scandinavian Fashionistas
This, the first installment in a series of Copenhagen Fashion Week photo montages, plays like a who’s who of Scandinavian fashion. Featuring Icelandic designer Steinunn, Editor of Euroman Chris Pedersen, stylist Sassie Baré and the Producer of Copenhagen Fashion Week, Thomas Hargreave, the video was pieced together in the wee... [more]
With the tally of worldwide fashion weeks now standing at 85, it's becoming more difficult to stand out from the crowd - so we're excited to see that, in addition to the giant public screens and internet streams set to showcase this week's Copenhagen shows, there will be yet another... [more]
We're currently working on an interactive project in partnership with Evian that will run during London Fashion Week in the Carnaby Street district of London. Specifically, our hosts are Beyond the Valley, a boutique/gallery on Newburgh Street, and the team were there last night, making plans and taking down particulars.... [more]
Yesterday also saw me down at the newly re-branded BFI Southbank (previously National Film Theatre), planning the programme for our 'SHOWstudio Presents' night on 6 September. To tie in with their Total Warhol comprehensive film retrospective that opened last night, we will be screening the complete collection of our More... [more]
Though August is officially fashion's 'down month', the fact that everyone else is away on holiday means it's the only time to get things done. Nick and I met with Hussein Chalayan yesterday to discuss an exciting new project scheduled for next month.
The Swarovski family invited us all to a feast at an exciting place designed by some of China's most interesting modern architects, which was situated just by the great wall, about two hours outside of Beijing. We arrived to see the sun set over the wall: all very enjoyable.... [more]
Yes, this is one of many SHOWstudio '12 Days' installations that were on many surfaces throughout the exhibition.
Of course, Swarovski's activities extend far beyond fashion: these crystal horses are part of the somewhat amazing Swarovski exhibition that accompanied the fashion show. The flower picture below was taken at Beijing airport. It's just odd but I thought rather lovely.
This shot is of a man changing pixels on a huge, illuminated LCD screen in Beijing. It is a real fisherman's story of 'the one that got away', as the very next second after this was taken, the whole massive screen became one huge image of the face of Mickey... [more]
To view the show, our hosts had put us in a elevated place. As I stood there, I noticed great excitement in the crowd below, who all turned around and start photographing up at me. I felt somewhat uncomfortable as I don’t enjoy this sort of public attention, however I... [more]
Things have been a bit of a whirl since the 24-hour YSL broadcast, but in the week preceding it, Charlotte and I were guests of Swarovski at a lavish event and night of general merriment staged in Beijing to mark their new presence in China. This picture phone snap... [more]
