FKA twigs’ collective ‘Avant Garden’ launches its new era in film for the 2022 International Woolmark Prize in special partnership with the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum. Inspired by the famed landscape artist and architect’s vision of play as a creative catalyst, PLAYSCAPE merges influence from fashion, art, dance, and music.
Choreographed by classically trained dancer Juliano Nunes, the film opens with an empty gallery of Noguchi’s play sculptures, which becomes populated by a diverse ensemble cast of characters. In the second part, the cast enters an imaginary landscape, where a ballet sensibility is combined with elements drawn from hip hop, modernism, contemporary dance and punk aesthetics. With creative direction by Zak Group, the short film showcases the merino wool looks from the International Woolmark Prize finalists Ahluwalia, EGONLAB, Jordan Dalah, MMUSOMAXWELL, Peter Do, RUI, and Saul Nash.
Director: FKA twigs
Creative Direction: Zak Group
Choreographer: Juliano Nunes
Production Company: Object & Animal
Producer: Jen Gelin
DOP: Rina Yang
Stylist: Matthew Josephs
Still Photographer: Jules Moskovtchenko
Edit: Dave Davis & Trim Editing
Colourist: Luke Morrison
Post: Electric Theatre Collective
Casting: HUXLEY
Featuring: kiddysmile, Princess Julia, Kai Isaiah Jamal, Alex Thirkle, Dmitri Gruzdev, Ève-Marie Dalcourt, Hannah Raynor, Meschach Henry, Salomé Pressac, Tania Dimbelolo, and maycie
The Finalists
Ahluwalia
EGONLAB
Jordan Dalah
MMUSOMAXWELL
Peter Do
RUI
Saul Nash
