February 16, 2009 - Chelsea Arts Club, London
June 09, 2009 - Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo
Linda Evangelista seen by Francesco Carrozzini
USA / 2005 / Color / 0’50
Linda has been one of the most versatile models in history. In this dream, she transforms with every blink of the eye.
by Camilla Robinson
UK / 2008 / Color + Black and White/ 5’ / Production : Sweet Pea, Skint & Minted
An angelic fairytale mixing style and absurdity.
by Patricia Canino and Sergei Pescei
France / 2008 / Color / 2’37 / Production : No Sense of Time
A woman’s double life, ambivalent feelings, a disturbed love affair...
de Vincent Gagliostro
USA / 2008 / Color / 0’43 / Production : G.films, Cinechicks
“I told myself, while tearing out this magazine page: ’this is the most beautiful mouth I’ve ever seen’”
by Mai Sydendahl
Denmark / 2008 / Color / 1’26 / Music : Maher Shalal Hash Baz
Six characters build a pink pyramid using Noam Griegst fashion photos of Moonspoon Saloon’s first collection.
by Igor Zimmermann
Sweden / 2007 / Color / 4’05 / Director of Photography : Marcus Palmqvist, Martin Steinberg / Production : Igor Zimmermann, Sarah Törnqvist
A poetic voyage between night and dawn, inspired by themes of solitude and insomnia.
by Pierre Debusschere
Belgium / 2007 / Color / 3’28 / Production : Dazed & Confused / Music by Nicolas Di Felice
Behind the scenes of a Dazed & Confused photo shoot styled by Katie Shillingford and shot by Daniel Sannwald, in the Bavarian studios where “The Neverending Story” was filmed.
by Max Vadukul
Italy / 2008 / Color / 3’07 / Choreography : Simone Sandroni, Lenka Flory / Production : SINV SpA, The Press Sarl
Made for Yohji Yamamoto’s Coming Soon label, the films follows the changing states of minds as traffic jams disturb the land of car lovers.
by Jeon Seung Hwan
Korea / 2008 / Color / 2’22 / Production : Jeon Seung Hwan Film
Designers Steve J & Yoni P called on Jeon Seung Hwan to make this film centered on art and architecture.
by Anemone Skoldager
Denmark / 2008 / Black and white / 2’41 / In collaboration with Laust Trier Mørk.
Anemone is a designer. The film plays on the body’s shape, and how bodies create their own shapes when they interact.
by Ben Charles Edwards
UK / 2007 / Black and white / 2’15 / Production : Glass Loves
Intimate moments of icon Zandra Rhodes preparing an elaborate dinner party.
by Antoine Bouillot and Pascal Formeri
France / 2008 / Color / 2’40 / Music : Dani Siciliano / DP : Arthur Cenin / Production : Gaspard Yurkievich & The Parallax Corporation
In a room of rue des Beaux Arts’ L’Hotel, a young woman who could be either a singer or an actress, is readying herself amidst a mess of clothes and cosmetics, when a man knocks on the door.
de Camille Vivier
France / 2008 / Color / 3’20 / DP : Andre Chemetoff / Production : Company 75
Six « stylized » portraits of adolescents in a 70’s suburban house. Or how everyone is more or less a prisoner of his environment.
by Mary Katrantzou and Panos Davios
Part of SHOWstudio futuretense project
Greece / 2008 / Color / 0’38 / Production : Company Doma Pld
Directly inspired by the constructivists shapes of her graduation gown, Mary Katrantzou’s film is both abstract and sharp.
by Justin Anderson
Part of SHOWstudio futuretense project
UK/ 2008 / Color / 2’ / Production : Ponyboy
More than a documentary, this film is an absolute celebration of gripping and courageous novelty.
by Todd Lynn and John Bland
Part of SHOWstudio futuretense project
UK/ 2008 / Color / 1’39 / Production : One Eyed Monster Productions
Draws on the themes of Todd Lynn’s “Chimaera” FW 2008 collection : a mix of mysticism, fantasy and strange mutant creatures.
by Petar Petrov
Part of SHOWstudio futuretense project
France / 2008 / Color / 1’18 / Production : Wolfgang Schwarzenbrunner
Evokes the eroticism of David Hockney’s Pool series as well as Narcissus’ desperate quest for masculine beauty.
by Aitor Throup and Hywel Davies
Part of SHOWstudio futuretense project
UK / 2008 /Color/ 6’10 / Production : Stephen Mann
Menswear designer Aitor Throup talks with author Hywel Davies about his motivations, methods, and means he uses in his creation process.
by Colin O’Toole
Part of SHOWstudio futuretense project
UK /2008 / Color / 6’59
Peter Jensen’s questions to the models during the casting for his SS09 fashion show de son défilé printemps/été 2009 oscillate between sublime and ridicule.
by Marcelo Krasilcic
USA/ 2008/ Color/2’15/ Starring Rita Ackermann / for Kaï Kuhne/ Music: Rita Ackermann / Styling : Avena Gallagher / Hair: Dennis Lani / Make-up: Souhi
A super-future “kai-sexual” musical art project, starring artist Rita Ackermann to enjoy for next spring or summer.
by Blanche Alix / Xtron
France / 2002 / Color / 1’08 / Production : Canal+
Blanche Alix, prisonner of her reflection in the mirror, recomposes a new face for herself for complete fulfillment.
by Jessica Miltrani
Colombia / 2007 / Color / 2’08 / Production : Sofia Mitrani Productions
An everyday buckle shoe interprets the transition from baby to child.
by Warren du Preez and Nick Thorton Jones
UK / 2005 / Black and White / 6’34 / Production : Wanted Films
Made for the Institute of Contemporary Arts, this film analyses fashion’s expressions through 3D spaces and abstraction.
by Diane Pernet
France / 2008 / Color / 5’29 / Music : Uwe Doll / Post-Production : Antoine Asseraf / Production : A Shaded View
First episode of a series on the iconic corset creator Mr Pearl.
by Kiki Ohe and George Gorrow
Australia / 2006 / Color / 1’ / Production : Ksubi
A work of art commemorating September 11 goes to the Burning Man Festival in Nevada.
by Malcolm Pate
UK / 2008 / Color / 2’53 / Styling: Robbie Spencer / Music: Noi / Production: Dazed & Confused
Life after death : 3 characters reach the unknown and each one is confronted with the discovery of his inner self.
by Boudicca
UK / 2001 / Color / 1’11 / Camera : Justin Smith / Sound : Daniel Pemberton / Model : Lisa / Make-up : Sharon Dowset
When Boudicca’s Wode fragrance is applied, a vibrant cobalt blue appears on the skin or through the clothes.
by Sophie Delaporte and Emmanuel Blondiau
France / 2008 / Color / 1’42
A film where colors mix and recompose, as in a child’s memory or a kaleidoscope.
by Wing Shya and Sean Kunjambu
China / 2008 / Couleur / 2’ / Production : Shyalala
In China, Hong means red. Wing Shya went went through his memories to find a music box.
by Jeremy Scott
USA / 2001 / Color / 5’ / Production : Jeremy Scott Paris
Snuff film meets Blair Witch Project, as you would see it in Vogue Italia.
by Kristine Kursiss
Latvia / 2007 / Color / 3’19 / DP : Janis Eglitis / Production : Alise Gelze
Latvian fashion label Mareunrol’s take on 50’s noir films.
The Jeu de Paume premiere expanded the 90-minute curated selection into a 3-day festival including French premieres of documentaries and art films:
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The Cockettes by David Weissman and Bill Weber
USA / 2003 / B&W and color / 100 minutes / Debut in France
In the presence of the Director, David Weissman
David Weissman and Bill Weber revisit the San Francisco of the late 1960’s and early 70’s with the Cockettes, a mythical hippie group of theatrical performers who embody Gay/Drag psychedelia. Rediscover the flamboyant “Hibiscus” who founded the troupe, which also featured both Divine and disco diva Sylvester. The documentary swings from archive footage and photos to contemporary interviews of former Cockettes as well as their fans like John Waters. The directors go behind the nostalgia of this fabulous era and reinvent those anarchic performers as pioneers of a pop-culture phenomenon.
LA Film Critics Award for Best Documentary of 2002
www.cockettes.com
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Masters of Style: ALEXANDER MCQUEEN by Madeleine Czigler
Canada / 2000 / color / 48 minutes / production: CBC
Host/writer: Tim Blanks
A walk in an East End London Park in the summer of 2000 with the designer Alexander McQueen reveals the human as well as professional story behind one of the greatest British designers in fashion today. It is an intimate and timeless look at what really fuels the career of one of the original bad boys of the London fashion scene.
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Masters of Style: JOHN GALLIANO by Madeleine Czigler
Canada / 2002 / color / 48 minutes / production: CBC
Host/writer: Tim Blanks
Filmed in the summer of 2001, this is a relaxed, candid conversation with one of the greatest designers in fashion today: John Galliano. Galliano reveals his childhood influences, artistic drives and the intense struggles that finally paid off with the explosion of a spectacular career that continues apace.
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Arakinema by Nobuyoshi Araki
Japan / B&W and color / © Nobuyoshi Araki © QUEST
Neither a film, nor a slideshow, Arakinema is an entirely new way of presenting photographs. The audience will experience Araki’s work through the photographer’s own unique visual choreography. The hands of Shiro Tamiya and Ansai suspend these photos in an emotional way, allowing viewers to experience the sensual overlap of the images through light while the strains of music join in. In the darkness, one photo will appear through the light and mingle with the music.
KaoRi
(10 minutes)
Light and shadow intertwining. KaoRi and Araki dancing. A tantalizing treat for the senses.
SHIKIIN ME
(20 minutes)
One monochrome picture created out of 9 photos by Araki. These 9 photos are pulled apart and reconfigured to form SHIKIIN ME. They create a labyrinth of color layers - a type of iconostasis, a climb toward perfection.
Kù
(20 minutes)
From May 2 to June 14, ku premiered at the “NOBUYOSHI ARAKI KINBAKU” exhibition at Jablonka Gallery in Berlin. 160 monochrome photos of objects and sceneries from Araki’s surroundings are shown, while the final half continues into images of a rough and textured sky. The breath of Araki resonates within these lifeless objects. A calm and still, but deep and strong, emotion - ku is Araki’s nostalgia on celluloid.
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The Saddest Music in the World by Guy Maddin
Canada / 2004 / B&W and color / 99 minutes
With Isabella Rosselini and Maria de Medeiros
The cult film of Guy Maddin has devised a style that evokes old films from an alternate timeline; “The Saddest Music” is not silent, but it looks like a long-lost classic from decades ago, grainy and sometimes faded. A great moment of subversive cinema between surrealism, burlesque, tragedy and melancholy.
