Samuel Chase at the ICA

Here's a quick pic of Samuel Chase on stage at the ICA last night. Wearing the crystalized and encrusted neck piece I made for him this week. Hopefully some more detailed pictures soon!

Rosie Knowles

Hi I'm Rosie Knowles currently interning for Alun Davies Studio, I am a 2nd year Theatre and Performance design student, studying at LIPA in Liverpool.

At the start of this week after getting a little lost I arrived at Alun Davies Studio. I was given my first task to buy fabric for Alun's costume project for Samuel Chase (singer). With my A-Z in one hand and my tube map in the other off I went on the first of many mini adventures around London. I returned successful and was presented with my next task of finishing off disco mirror covered cuffs for Lady Ga Ga's dancers. I thought this was most exciting because I find her so fascinating so to be actually working on something she will see was fun. I even got the chance to drop off her clothes. My friends were impressed when I told them that evening as it wasn't the average Monday.

The rest of this week I have been helping Alun finish off Samuel Chase's costume for his first performance at the ICA which took place yesterday night. Samuel's performances are based around audio visual effects interacting with his music, which are then projected onto him as he stands alone with his microphone. Alun's design was to create a collar which would have a major impact under the lights, so I have been gluing all sorts of sparkly crystals, broken glass, bondage straps, whistles, nails, door hinges, feathers to name just a few which appear on the piece.

Finally having covered the whole piece we proceeded to pack everything up and head over to the ICA. This is where Samuel was able to see the finishing touches we had done and also the addition of a smaller collar to go over the larger piece. I helped Alun attach the collar and then it was out front to see the performance. The piece really worked great under the lights considering how dark it is when all the other lights were out. I really enjoyed the different colours and Samuel's shadow which gave a very mysterious silhouette. After a lot of well deserved congratulations it was time to have a glass of wine and head home for bed.

Coming up next week I will be assisting Alun on MACHINE A fashion art installation which sounds very exciting so I look forward to telling you all about it!


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Here is a little look at what work I have done recently while at university....

GaGa Garden!

Performance Artist Owen G Parry did a test run of a new set of Gaga armor I have been making today for me in our garden. It had such a beautiful sparkle in the sunlight and Owen was impressed with how HOT it made him look I just had to share it with you!

Japanese Lady Gaga fan jumps on stage!

As I complete a new set of Gaga armor in London it looks like Gaga needed her armor dance troup armored up in Japan. Look she said "I don't wanna be friends!" Go mirror ball team!!

Bright Light Bright Light at the Lexington London

We had the pleasure of working with Bright Light Bright Light last week at the Lexington gig in London, what an exceptional night it was The Fly gave it a 5* rating. And we were really excited to be able to be working on some stage set and lighting, we gave a taste of what is to hopefully be a lot more i the future for Bright Light Bright Light London gigs.

Thanks to Lynne Morris, Gemma Smith for all their help, to Christa Holka for some great live photography and a special thanks to Olivier Ruellet for some amazing visuals, that were not shown to their best due to some technical errors, however we are planning on getting super technical for the next Bright Light Bright Light gig, stay tuned for laser and hollograms gallore!







































































































































All photographs by Christa Holka

Now on Twitter

In case you didn't know I am now on Twitter and tweeting daily or at least that's the plan for now until we get super busy again!!

Burning Up

As we must remain on our Island this weekend due to Volcanic Ash I thought it only right to have a volcanic themed blog entry. And so here is the first, Kylie at her Fever tour in 2002 with 'Burning Up' wearing Volcano dress by Dolce & Gabana. Creative Direction by William Baker & Alan McDonald.

Voodoinferno!

Scott Capurro and Vivienne Westwood

I had a great evening spent with Lu Flux and Jenny Preston at the RVT to see Scott Capurro and Vivienne Westwood in conversation. So fascinating and relevant to our practices, we loved her DIY approach to everything! I'll post up some new pics as soon as i get a little less busy!

Lu Flux press day at Jalous

Sunset at the studio!

Once upon a catwalk

Blossom

Yay it's Spring and time for Candy Floss colours to rule the trees. I promise a return to content on this blog will happen soon.

A Total Eclipse of the Heart!

It's a holiday so we are blogging with a holiday theme!

Up Down Turn Around Please Don't Let Me Hit The Ground!

Have a Good Friday!

"According to the Christian synoptic gospels, on the day Jesus Christ was crucified, darkness covered the land for hours, an event which later came to be referred to as the "crucifixion eclipse". Although medieval writers treated the darkness as a miracle, various Christian historians have associated it with prophecies and other reports of eclipses or periods of darkness. Using this period of darkness as a marker, and interpreting it as a solar eclipse orlunar eclipse, writers have suggested dates for Jesus' crucifixion."

Via Wikipedia

HAPPY EASTER!