DALSTON SÙPERNOVÆ

I will be having an exhibition exhibition next week showcasing a multimedia experience of Set Design, Props, Costume Props, Photography and Film. Further details are listed in the press release below.

And on the private view night expect to see:

DJ sets from MC Thirsty Kirsty, Precious Metal aka Piers Atkinson and Philip Dunn.

Poetry performance by Sitron with Shy Charles.

Performances by Owen Parry, Lucy Fizz and Alex Clow.

You can RSVP at  https://www.facebook.com/events/444150162286490/

ALUN DAVIES
and
DALSTON SUPERSTORE
PRESENTS
DALSTON SÙPERNOVÆ

EXHIBITION – WEDNESDAY 25TH JULY – SUNDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2012
DALSTON SUPERSTORE 117 KINGSLAND HIGH STREET E8 2PB

Alun Davies, art director, known for his other-worldly, off-kilter colour environments showcased in British and Italian Vogue, opens his debut art installation at über-venue Dalston Superstore.

Davies’ spectacular transformative installation, curated by Saskia Wickins, opens this July at Dalston Superstore – where the upper bar and gallery space become a new world of colourful, futuristic landscapes expressed in a multi-media environment of mural paintings, luminous neon sculpture, 3D props, film, photography and sculpted portraits. Davies brings together the elements of his meteoric, multi-faceted career to create a gallery of characters who ‘act out’ the age-old narratives of relationships: love, death, battle and betrayal.

These characters’ costumes form a new collection of work, which is seen for the first time in a gallery context. Davies has drawn inspiration from his own stellar back catalogue of previous work worn by T.E.E.D, Lady Gaga’s Monsterball dance troupe and his high-end editorial/advertising commissions. The exhibition fuses together and includes the fantasy elements previously created in the cosmology of Alun Davies Art Direction, as seen in fashion and pop iconography through the mediums of film, photography, installation and operatic stage shows.

Davies combines the debris of Dalston’s elite with crystal, glitter, Swarovski, mirror and glass in an alchemical process, creating objects that attain the new energies and properties of desirability. His Muses of Metamorphosis are found in the depths (and sometimes alleyways) of Dalston, Berlin and New York: androgynous, futuristic, self-formed characters from another dimension. Friends, lovers and muses contribute their alien DNA, including performer and porn icon Danni Daniels, recording artist Peaches, designer and Vogue Fabrics club owner Lyall Hackarai, milliner and collaborator Piers Atkinson, stylist Kim Howells, fashion photographer Thomas Cooksey, illustrator Rebecca Rice, curator Eleanor Weber, writer Michael Nottingham, poet Sitron Panopoulos and live artist Owen Parry.

At Dalston Supernovae expect to see armored battles, paintings, a photography story by Thomas Cooksey and stylist Kim Howells, a live events schedule and readings.


Alun Davies contributes to editorials in Another, British, Russian, U.S and Italian Vogue, V Man, Fantastic Man, GQ, Metal, I.D and SHOWstudio.com

Credits include stage opera with musician Peaches / British Feature film 'Wreckers' / advertising and commercial installations and costume props for Adidas, A.S.O.S, Charlie Le Mindu, Diesel, House of Organza, Lady Gaga, Net-a-Porter, Piers Atkinson, Universal Music and Waddler clothing. Look books for Lu Flux, Piers Atkinson, Sophie Hulme & Toujouri.

Music videos and press imagery for La Roux, Paper Crows, T.E.E.D, The Good Natured,
Club installation at Glastonbury for Vogue Fabrics, site-specific installations for Charlie Le Mindu at Machine A, store designs for Piers Atkinson. Fashion films for SHOWstudio, Glassmagazine and Vogue Italia online.

Davies’ multimedia style, hyper-colour set designs, outré vision and hands-on craftsmanship approach to art direction has been well received by the fashion, music and moving image industries. Using a mixture of ephemera, objet trouvé and sculpture, Davies’ productions are often sustainable and ethically produced.

Throughout this unique exhibition new energies will be found each day and night by the transformation of the habitual Dalston Superstore.

For more information:
Web: alun-davies.com
Studio: info@alun-davies.com
Press: Ella Dror - ella@elladrorpr.com
Dalston Superstore: art@dalstonsuperstore.com

The Andrew Logan Sale

Creative Pane at Dalston Superstore

I recently created a piece of work for a group show at Dalston Superstore curated by Saskia Wickins, where we were all given a window frame to use in any way to interpret the brief of 'Creative Pane' in a totally personal form.

I created a piece entitled 'Concept Collision' shown at the top of the images below.

Saskia tells us, “Using the concept of a view through an open window, this exhibition invites the audience to explore and peer into the unique undisclosed landscape of a studio space. Giving an exceptional insight into the environment of creative process and practice, and the exhibiting artists visual manifestation of this concept.

These windows come in all different shapes and sizes, emphasizing the concept of individual space and vision. With the initial starting point of the window frame, each of the artists have been asked to produce the personal character and style of their studio space. Giving outsiders a chance to witness studio life where anything and everything can serve as inspiration. These representations will be as surreal, abstract, conceptual or documentary as desired by the artist.”

With 16 different artists, designers, stylist, photographers, set designers and illustrators on show, each individual window frames will take their spot to transform the walls of Dalston Superstore and provide an exclusive insight into their creative space and mind.

The exhibition runs until April 15th so catch it whilst you can over the Easter break.

For more information:

www.gallerysuperstore.blogspot.com  

Fred Butler limited edition IPhone cover

I was very lucky to be given a limited edition Candy iPhone case by Fred Butler for Eazywrap. Which unfortunately have already sold out. However I love mine so much!! Thank you Fred ♥ And let's hope they make more in new designs so that more people can have a super fun Fred Butler iPhone too xxx.

NY NY

I recently went on a trip to New York during NY Fashion Week with friend and collaborator Thomas Cooksey. Here are some of my favourite images I took allong the way.