Maud Hewlings invited me to go on a research road trip to Romania, with the express purpose of visiting the Negreni Fair in Transylvania, the largest Romani gypsy fair in the world, where you could buy almost anything. We also drove up into the hill of the Maramures and stopped at the Merry Cemetery in Sapanta. Here the grave stones are all intricately carved and brightly painted depicting either how the person lived or died…
Rachel Snider, a fantastic London bases Performance Artist and theatre maker contacted me almost a year ago to help her with the set design and costume for her new solo show. Since then we have been developing a collection of otherworldly objects to enhance her captivating performance, as she tells stories from her life threading them together in a celebration of Afternoon Tea. The show after much careful crafting over the year in collaboration with Polona Baloh Brown, is now ready, with its first unveiling on the 25th May at the V&A. Then later in the month at Fortnums & Masons. Please come and see the show!
Photographer : Luke Kirwan, Art Director : Mary Lees, Set Designer : Petra Storrs, Set Design Assistant : Tash Dean
It took a lot of PVA glue and hell of a lot of glitter but in the end the Virgin shots came out great. Luke Kirwan took some lovely shots of out glitter city scape for the in-flight Virgin Atlantic magazine, winging its way to your seat pocket the next time you fly Virgin.
[3 videos here] Becks commissioned us to create a augmented reality art piece for their Green Box project. Becks has placed giant green boxes on the sky lines of major cities all round the world to display, the art work which is viewed by pointing your phone or tablet at the box The brief was completely open so what evolved was a giant game of tetris on the sky line….
