FKA twigs’ eclectic short film weaves music, dance, and fashion

Sculptures in kaleidoscopic hues, wool outfits that have sprung straight from the runway, and classical dancing against outdated-university punk rock: these are just a couple of of the inventive components that FKA twigs brought to her playful new short film.

The English singer-songwriter directed and starred in the piece in collaboration with the Intercontinental Woolmark Prize, a celebration of global trend expertise doing work with Australian Merino wool. Aptly titled Playscape, the shorter showcases the styles that manufactured it to the last rounds of the prestigious vogue prize, which this yr operated less than the theme, “Play”.

The film opens in the Noguchi Foundation Museum in Queens, New York, with a established of sculptures by Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, an experimental artist regarded for mixing modernity and custom. An ensemble forged of dancers get there onstage, relocating to “He Hu” by Duval Timothy and Rosie Lowe and X-Ray Spex’s “Identity,” all choreographed by classically qualified dancer Juliano Nunes. Twigs herself dances amongst them, all donning the impressive wool-dependent creations of this year’s finalist designers.

“It is an honor to be selected by the Woolmark Prize to work with this kind of talented designers and to make my 1st piece of work with Juliano Nunes, innovator of dance for the Avant Garden collective,” twigs claimed.

Weaving with each other artwork, manner, and tunes, twigs provides really the visible spectacle, which you can check out earlier mentioned.