Platos Atlantis – Vestoj http://vestoj.com The Platform for Critical Thinking on Fashion Thu, 04 May 2023 05:45:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.5 Vestoj x VNIVRS: Constellations in Art, Theatre and Fashion http://vestoj.com/vestoj-x-vnivrs-parallels-and-constellations-in-art-theatre-and-fashion-3/ Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:29:17 +0000 http://www.vestoj.com/current/?p=2726 STAGED IMAGES COULD BE said to imitate the visceral realm of real life in their meticulous orchestration. As spectators, our perception is equally manipulated as it is lead through these dimensions. Images invite our senses to indulge themselves in a real experience of a fabricated reality.

This series by VNIVRS examines the parallel visual elements that emerge across creative practices that engage with this relational experience. Our first instalment, ‘The Green Tint’ looks at the coinciding elements of the colour green which, besides symbolising nature, fertility and life, also suggests harmony, balance and learning. It embodies our desire to expand and increase, while it can also be seen as a safe and restful colour. In the following images green is used as a raw element material for lighting, set and tone.

Alexander McQueen spring/summer 2001 ‘Voss’, still from video.
Lauren Greenfield, ‘Fina, 13 in a Tanning Salon, Edina, Minnesota’.
Sky Ferreira, ‘Night Time My Time’ album cover, 2013, Photograph by Gasper Noè.
Kira Bunse, ‘Never Want to Put my Feet Back on the Ground’, Masses Magazine, Issue 1, spring/summer 2013.
Guy Bourdin, from French Vogue, circa 1970s.
Steven Meisel, ‘Models Enter Rehab’, Vogue Italia, July 2007.
Berndnaut Smilde, ‘Carcass Divided’, 2009.
Kyung Woo Han, ‘Green Room’, 2009.
Tatiana Trouvé, ‘From Here I Disappear’, 2009, photograph by FBM Studio, Zurich.
Elmgreen & Dragset, Prada Marfa (interior), 2005, photograph by Art Production Fund.

Anna Ellinor Sundström is a photographer, filmmaker and founder of VNIVRS.

]]> Vestoj x VNIVRS : Constellations in Art, Theatre and Fashion http://vestoj.com/vestoj-x-vnivrs-parallels-in-art-theatre-and-fashion/ Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:33:30 +0000 http://www.vestoj.com/current/?p=2493 TO END THIS COLLABORATIVE series we look at the levels and layers of a stage set: the physical presence that acts as a gate to the viewer’s parallel consciousness. A subject is projected or suspended as a magnified and isolated version of herself on stage, her subconscious is suddenly and clearly manifested and consumed by the audience. Distance is the function for the immediacy of events on stage, hence increasing the need to put others and ourselves on a sort of pedestal in order to be conceived as close. This contra-relation is rendered visible in the following images illustrating the layers – both in set and projected image – that are used in the visually constructed realms of theatre, fashion and art.

‘Fröken Julie’, written by August Strindberg, directed by Katie Mitchell, 2013.
‘The Metamorphosis’, written by Franz Kafka, directed by Alex Ollé, 2005.
‘4-48 Psychosis’, written and directed by Sarah Kane, 2004.
‘Tristan and Isolde’, written by Wieland Wagner, directed by Peter Sellars, scenography by Bill Viola, 2005.
Alexander McQueen, spring/summer 2010 ‘Plato’s Atlantis’.
Lacoste, spring/summer 2012.
Cecil Beaton, Vogue, 1944.
Peter Lindbergh, 25 Magazine, autumn/winter 2013.
Dolce & Gabbana, spring/summer 2003 campaign, photography by Steven Meisel.
‘The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic’, directed by Robert Wilson, 2012.
Thierry Mugler, autumn/winter 1984.
Alexander McQueen, spring/summer 2000 ‘Eye’.
‘Three Tall Women’, written by Edward Albee, directed by Allison Narver, scenography by Matthew Smucker, 2010.
Nina Ricci, spring/summer 2014.
Bill Blass, autumn/winter campaign 1994, photography by David Seidner.
Chanel, spring/summer 1997, photography by Karl Lagerfeld.

Anna Ellinor Sundström is a photographer, filmmaker and founder of VNIVRS.

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