Who knew that a film that left my brain slightly damaged and broken down would still be permeating the blog a year on? Gaspard Noe's Enter the Void was a challenge to chug through in the cinema and left me feeling queasy, made worse by the fact that we saw a guy get run over by a car immediately after we came out of the cinema (we called an ambulance - we *think* all was ok...). Still, there's no getting away from the vivid imagery, that the film conjures up in its seriously warped, UV-lit and neon-ridden vision of Tokyo at night. I may have gotten a little over familiar with Paz de la Huerta's boobies during the course of the film but it's the drug-influenced impressionistic view of Tokyo that takes you on a serious ride.
Over the Christmas period, Michael Angel, whose printed pieces have in the past all given me abstract patterns galore to play around with, was kind enough to send over a birthday/Christmas package of pieces that could well have been screen capped from Enter the Void. Not that the film was actually part of Angel's consciousness. These pieces are from the past few seasons and are in fact derived from various themes that Angel explores each season. However the effect of Angel's distortion of photographs all end up conjuring plays on light that for me, could have seamlessly blended in with the bleary-eyed visions of the film's protagonist.
Michael Angel cut-out shirt, Secret Squirrel print dress, ASOS White tweed brogues (new season)
Michael Angel sleeveless white shirt dress w/ wrapover skirt, Topshop lurex frontless jumper, Tabio socks, Dr. Martens Bespoke gold shoes
Michael Angel fleece-lined poncho w/ drawstrings, Acne jumper, Dries Van Noten skirt, John Rochas boots
Michael Angel has spent the last few seasons working out ways to house his prints in different ways. From S/S 11's clean shirt-collars and latex t-shirts to A/W 11-12's nomadic layers and loose cocoons to S/S 12's texture exploration - Angel's prints are the constant but he's not afraid of changing up the silhouettes and mood to suit his needs. For S/S 12, Angel looks to old photographs of his Egyptian mother in Cairo and quite literally features her on a sleeveless trench coat, albeit slightly distorted. Prints aside, Angel also employs interesting papyrus-esque cottons and pleated fabrics to reference the rough hewn textures of ancient civilisations. Still, I spy a print that again, if I look a little too long at it could take me back to that strange void...
