> Animation

Last Updated Monday 26th February 2007

Through colour and rapid movement, the animation sequence uses the visual appearance of words on a page, as submitted by SHOWstudio viewers, and recreates a typographical rendition of the original magazine image. When the texts appear in rapid succession, you can almost discern the two lovers lying in their bower of bliss: a literal reenactment of imagery through words. View it as a scaled down version or in the full screen version as it will be exhibited at Colette Boutique Paris.

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> Submissions

Last Updated Monday 26th February 2007

Read all the submissions we received throughout the week of our creative pledge.

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> Project Description

Last Updated Monday 26th February 2007

Invited by ANOTHER magazine to re-work their first ever cover for an exhibition at Colette to mark the Parisian boutique’s 10th birthday celebrations, Nick Knight asked the SHOWstudio audience to represent the picture he shot in words. Some of you tried to stay faithful to the image and offered us lofty poetic mimicry while some of you decided to destroy Nick’s intimate idyll in favour of a more vernacular expression. You also raised some interesting questions: was this a portrayal of real nature or was it just nature conceptualised? Either way, we decided that all of your typographic solutions should be counted and these have been animated to include the breadth of entries and evoke the palette of the original image. Take a look for yourselves.

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Invited by ANOTHER magazine to re-work their first ever cover for an exhibition at Colette to mark the Parisian boutique’s 10th birthday celebrations, Nick Knight asked the SHOWstudio audience to describe the picture he shot for it in words. Some of you tried to stay faithful to the image and offered us lofty poetic mimicry while some of you decided to destroy Nick’s intimate idyll in favour of a more vernacular expression. You also raised some interesting questions: was this a portrayal of real nature or was it just nature conceptualised? Either way, we decided that all of your typographic solutions should be counted and these have been animated to include the breadth of entries and evoke the palette of the original image. Take a look for yourselves.

By Studio, 15:37 Tuesday, 27 February

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> Contributor Biographies

> Credits

Concept: Nick Knight
Animation: Paul Bruty

Photography: Nick Knight
Styling: Katy England
Hair: Sam McKnight
Make-up: Val Garland
Nail Technician: Natalie Collins
Models: Zora Star and Olivier Robert

Creative and Editorial Direction: Penny Martin and Paul Hetherington
Project Design: Paul Bruty
Editorial Assistant: Andrew Gow

Text Submissions: Francesca, Canada; Salwa Azar, London; Grégoire Alexandre, Paris; Galileo's Universe; Horses And Men; Michael Donath, Munich; Ross Phillips, London; Nihal Yesil, London; ABE Kazuhide, Japan; Malcolm Pate; Daniel Peacock, Los Angeles; Gabriel Tupinambá, London; Vikram Alexei Kansara, New York; Hannu Hirstio, London; Solomon Harris-Light, Sydney; Tony Preece, UK; Naoko Ishibashi, Tokyo; Chuck Taylor, Washington; Polagirl, Los Angeles; Benjamin Seroussi, Paris; Isabelle Panzani, Buenos Aires; Pablo Gimenez Zapiola, Texas; Saint Sèvres, Auckland; Renato Termenini, London; John, North Carolina; Jeremy Hendriks, Utrecht; Jon Banthorpe; Gavin Luke Green, Melbourne; Jerry Seguin, Washington; Laura Guerrero; Soap on a Rope; Vivian Yong, Hong Kong; Baldwin, Belgium; Ryan Pickart; Alan Gastelum, Los Angeles; Amorphy, Belgrade; Mahima, India; Chris Summerfield; Mark Wagner, London; Edouard Paturel, Paris; Booker, New York; Tony Kheirallah, Beirut; Cassandra Yap, London; Mikey, Singapore.