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Retracing seminal influences on my creative practice from childhood, namely: the ballets of Mats Ek and Angelin Preljocaj, Kiki Smith’s delicate drawings and sculptures, post-World War II Yugoslavian Spomenik monuments and the Mudmen of Papua New Guinea. The collection culminated in a short film shot with dancers from the Royal Ballet, Matthew Ball and David Donnelly, on location in Buckinghamshire. Composer Max Richter provided a score for the film, an excerpt from his 2002 album Memoryhouse.

Photographed by Pascal Emmeran
Modelled by Matthew Ball and David Donnelly
Movement Direction by Patricia Zhou
Hair by Ben Grace