In eleven chapters, the designer Hussein Chalayan shows how violent our society really is. This violence is institutionalised through rituals, codes of behaviour and artificial anaesthesia. An unusual work that is occasionally rather lugubrious, but which confronts us with our own customs.
Also in this combined programme
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Painted Series
Invisible hands dress a girl in this pictorial work by Freudenthal/Verhagen, after a concept by Dutch designer duo Painted. -
Naquid
Poetic work with a photographic slant. Stylish is an understatement. Made for Japanese designer Aguri Sagimori’s collection. -
Shooting Stars Never Return
Movement in the vast, industrial landscape of Yokohama’s port. Poetic work made by designer Ishikawa and stylist Barranger. -
Temporal Meditations
Chalayan elaborated the concept of his collection Temporal Meditations into a visual journey, with questions about identity and cultural symbolism. -
Flight
A delicate feeling of lightness and calm. The body appears to float and dissolve in the mist. Fashion label Mono, envisaged poetically. -
My Logical Private Parts
Are ‘private parts’ ever logical? Should fashion not actually change and hide outward appearance? Stimulating video for the new Centaur collection. -
Childhood Storage
In a replica of her childhood bedroom, Anna-Nicole Ziesche examines how long early experiences continue to affect adults.
Film details
- Country of production
- Turkey
- Year
- 2004
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 22'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi
