Post Apocolyptic Fashion

Female Perversions

Dresses, lipsticks, sex - the "perversions" (and neuroses) of Eve Stephens, a young, very successful lawyer. Her days are a tightrope act between extreme eloquence and frosty toughness on the one side, and scaring vulnerability on the other. The climax of her career shall be the possibly forthcoming appointment as a judge, but this step seems to be interrupted by her kleptomanian sister Mad who is arrested after one of her raids. Eve travels to Mad's town to stand by her in the jail. Their struggle about Mad's illness evokes suppressed conflicts. Eve stays at her sister's flat where she meets a girl that fights with her budding femininity. This movie depicts a woman's struggle with her own sexuality and gender role. Wrestling with her sexuality, she feels the need to mask herself from society, limited by the depicted social conformity. She is driven by her own afflictions, and because of what she believes society expects of her, has trouble accepting herself.

It draws its inspiration by Louise Kaplan's book of the same name.

These were my favourite snapshots from the film...

Update

Preparing work for an exhibition this week with the guys over at Beware The Black Rabbit. 

Photoshop experiments

Haven't used Photoshop for a while. Its very basic. I will use these for collages.

Flight to Paradise

Robert Longo photographed this Lanvin shoot

Working in progress...

The end is nigh...

I have recently started working with henna and my work seems to have taken a turn into focusing on the kinds of rituals Sikh women carry out in important times of the year, at festivals and occasions. The importance of the female carrying out these tasks are key to my work.
I want to use henna as the main medium of my work. Not only is the actual dye embedded in my culture (and used as a commercial, accessory, tattoo etc in western culture - thanks madonna!), but the act and process of making the henna, the smell it creates and the way in which it is applied holds strong and obvious relevance.
I am also going to begin experimentation with Rangoli patterns which is the oldest form of indian folk painting where natural dyes are painted by hand on floors. This is another routine carried out by women at certain ceremonies e.g. weddings. It is believed they bring good luck and signify happiness and unity. This is something which is not important in my work, but again, the act and importance of the female role is relevant.
I will be bringing material back into my work also very soon...