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ARRRGH!: Monsters in Fashion exhibition

16 Monday May 2011

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Greece may be about to add itself to the long monstrous regiment of socialist basket-case nations, but at least their art scene appears to be thriving in the chaos. The latest interesting item is the exhibition ARRRGH!: Monsters in Fashion, at Athens (until 31st July 2011)…

“the first exhibition about monstrous character design in fashion, curated by Vassilis Zidianakis. International artists create playful dresses, avant-garde costumes and hairstyles, re-inventing the human body and sending their monstrous, enigmatic, radical and grotesque new Characters onto the catwalk and beyond. They redefine the relation between body and costume by mixing visual communication codes and questioning the established aesthetic norms. The exhibition ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion is realised with the contribution of the following institutions, fashion designers and artists: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Netherlands, Maison Martin Margiela, Walter Van Beirendonck, LucyandBart, Jean-Charles De Castelbajac, Mareunrol’s, Bas Kosters, Issey Miyake, Henrik Vibskov, Charlie Le Mindu, Boris Hoppek, Craig Green, Bernhard Willhelm, Cassette Playa, Andrea Ayala Closa, George Tourlas, Piers Atkinson and Pyuupiru amongst others.”

They had an “Atopic Bodies” Monster’s Ball event two days ago to launch the show, and hopefully Flickr photos will be surfacing soon. There is a website for the exhibition, but it seems it hasn’t been published in time for the exhibition launch.

Arkham Sanitarium

02 Monday May 2011

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Dejan Ognjanovic’s big preview of the script and concept/teaser/poster art for the forthcoming anthology-film Arkham Sanitarium (Oct 2011)…

“It seems that anthology format is better suited for Lovecraft’s shorter fiction: three short sharp shocks in a row are better than a single one padded for feature length. This, at least, must be the rationale behind the script written by Andrew G. Morgan based on “The Haunter of the Dark”, “The Shunned House” and “The Thing on the Doorstep”. His anthology H. P. Lovecraft’s Arkham Sanitarium is produced by Survivor Films, an independent film production company based in London, as their first feature-film. The filming of this low budget venture begins in May 2011 (on Friday the 13th!), with the movie planned for release in October 2011. What follows are my impressions of the screenplay. Briefly and simply put, this is a very, very good script.”

Three or four months to add the CGI, music score, and edit on a feature-length film is perhaps rather ambitious — but if they have a great script, a solid cast of veteran role-players, and talented and well-equipped crew on location then they’re halfway there. The release deadline of October suggests it’s possibly a “get it done before we go back to university” film?