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Nick Knight, Rei Nadal, Gareth Pugh, Layla Sailor, Raquel Couceiro, Georgina Evans and Lara Johnson-Wheeler

Constructed

Constructed seeks to exhibit the growing medium of fashion film within China whilst examining the faculty for contemporary artists to express themselves and create their work under the restraints experienced by the country's population on a day-to-day basis in 2017

More in this project

  • Overview
  • Interview: Layla Sailor
  • Essay: Red Flag, Blue Pencil
  • Fashion Films

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  • Interview: Layla Sailor
    Georgina Evans talks with Layla Sailor about her experiences teaching in Ningbo, China and her students' reactions to the film briefs
  • Essay: Red Flag, Blue Pencil
    Referencing artists Ai Weiwei and Ren Hang, Lara Johnson-Wheeler considers the effect of ’The Great Firewall of China' on self-expression
  • Fashion Films
    Watch a trio of selected student fashion films, in response to the SHOWstudio brief, from the Zhejiang Fashion Institute in Ningbo, China

About

In 2016, SHOWstudio began its collaboration with educator Layla Sailor and her students of Fashion Film at Zhejiang Fashion Institute in Ningbo, China. Continuing SHOWstudio’s longstanding efforts to champion fashion film and emerging fashion filmmakers, SHOWstudio director Nick Knight, designer Gareth Pugh and artist Rei Nadal provided film briefs for the students to follow. The resultant films showcase the students' first encounter with the concepts of fashion in motion and depict a view of fashion removed from an encyclopaedic knowledge and adherence to Western tropes, concentrating instead on the unique materials at their disposal.

Featured alongside the student fashion films is an image-led interview with the students’ professor Layla Sailor, conducted by SHOWstudio Junior Editor Georgina Evans, in which Sailor offers a unique perspective on fashion film education in Communist China. 

Accompanying the project is a topical and explorative essay from SHOWstudio Editorial Assistant Lara Johnson-Wheeler. Inspired by the students’ reference to artist Ren Hang, the essay considers the effect 'The Great Firewall of China' has on creativity and self-expression. 

Constructed seeks to exhibit the growing medium of fashion film within China whilst examining the faculty to express and create under the restraints that contemporary artists experience on a day-to-day basis in 2017.

Credits / Contributors

  • Nick Knight Nick Knight
    Director
  • Rei Nadal Rei Nadal
    Artist
  • Gareth Pugh Gareth Pugh
    Fashion Designer
  • Layla Sailor Layla Sailor
    Filmmaker and Photographer
  • Raquel  Couceiro Raquel Couceiro
    Filmmaker
  • Georgina Evans Georgina Evans
    Writer
  • Lara Johnson-Wheeler Lara Johnson-Wheeler
    Writer
  • Film Edit: Raquel Couceiro
  • Interviewer: Georgina Evans 
  • Essay: Lara Johnson-Wheeler
  • Research: Pooky Lee

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