June 10, 2024 - Comments Off on Echoes of promised safety, an immersive experience during Berlin Fashion Week at Grosser Wasserspeicher 
Berlin

Echoes of promised safety, an immersive experience during Berlin Fashion Week at Grosser Wasserspeicher 
Berlin

Elodie Carstensen's latest collection Absence of Promised Safety will begin its silent narrative in the otherworldly setting of Großer Wasserspeicher as an registered Studio2Retail event during Berlin Fashion Week. Weaving art and fashion into a multi-sensorial journey that explores the beauty of healing.

The lineup includes TARA NOME DOYLE + Friends, Jeannel, Auno, Aywing, Florian Flausen, Martial In-Albon Cornelia Bölke and Lou Croff Blake

With her signature technique of Ice-Dyeing, the candid fabric of the first garments of the collection changes and develops into new, unexpected creations, while 12 artists - musicians, instrumentalists, poets - uplift the experience with their performances, echoed by the venue’s outstanding acoustics.

The collection and the experience originate from the artist’s own experience, and from a deep reflection on her journey and how to represent it through fashion and art.


EVENT DETAILS

DATE: June 30th - July 1st 2024
TIME: 4 PM - 10 PM
LOCATION: Grosser Wasserspeicher, Belforter str., 10405 Berlin

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The >1000 sqm indoor location Großer Wasserspeicher will pull visitors into its atmospheric labyrinth

 


Important note

The event is open to everyone.
However, if the themes of this experience resonate with you, and you'd like to help, any contribution to humanitarian organisations would be greatly appreciated. Here are a few selected organisations:


For more information, press inquiries, or interview requests,  please get in touch

Martin Heßmann
Communications Manager
[email protected]

 

This event is part of the Studio2Retail Schedule. More info on their website or @studio2retail

 

April 11, 2024 - Comments Off on Twisted @ Vorn Berlin Fashion Hub Design Academy

Twisted @ Vorn Berlin Fashion Hub Design Academy

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Fasion designer Elodie Carstensen presents an innovative one-of-a-kind dress at the VORN SPACE OPENING AND ACADEMY SHOWCASE RECEPTION during Berlin Fashion Week. Carstensen shows a size-inclusive dress crafted from peace silk and hand-dyed in an ice dye process. The unique technique, where melting ice cubes carry vibrant orange and fuchsia acid dye into the silk, results in an ethereal visual spectacle.

What sets Carstensen's creation apart is its inclusivity, featuring an almost forgotten pleating technique that adapts seamlessly to any body shape.

The dress embodies Circular Elegance, a theme echoed throughout the VORN Academy Showcase, where ten visionary designers redefine luxury through circular and virtual design. The VORN Academy Showcase LOOM can be seen at the VORN SPACE, Bikini Berlin, on Monday, February 5, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM celebrating sustainability, innovation, and creative excellence during this prestigious event that marks the official opening of VORN SPACE at Bikini Berlin, Budapester Strasse 38-50, 10787

June 24, 2023 - Comments Off on “Des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge” – An Immersive Event at Chaussee36

“Des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge” – An Immersive Event at Chaussee36

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The immersive event showcasing the multidisciplinary project "Des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge" took guests on a journey from isolation to transformation and fusion. It served as a metaphor for reviving social life after a long phase of loneliness. Inspired by the metamorphosis of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, the focal point of the event was the concept of catharsis. The walkable sound and spatial installation, consisting of 13 tree structures, provided the backdrop for a performance, allowing guests to experience the phases of transformation of the 13 performers up close.

In the showcased fashion film, the 13 outfits created for the project were portrayed as characters on their collective journey. Additionally, exhibited as a tarot card set, they provided guests with the opportunity to identify with their own abilities and individual qualities."Des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge" was an immersive experience that transported guests into a captivating world of transformation and fusion.

May 24, 2023 - Comments Off on Des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge, an immersive experience by Elodie Carstensen

Des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge, an immersive experience by Elodie Carstensen

German artist and fashion designer Elodie Carstensen presents “des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge”, an immersive experience with live performances and an interactive installation in a private event on June 24th, 2023 at Chaussee36.

“Des Nachmahrs Schmetterlinge” by Elodie Carstensen × Tomás Eyzaguirre

“Des Nachmahrs Schmetterlinge” by Elodie Carstensen × Tomás Eyzaguirre

Carstensen’s interdisciplinary art project blends costume, video, installation art, and movement into an interactive and submersive journey of feelings. By recreating the trance state of a seemingly never-ending dream, it confronts people with their fears and emotions.
Through intuitive design and the freedom of improvisation, the process of making became cathartic to Carstensen, living in a modern world where connecting with one’s emotions has become a privilege.


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DATE: June 24th 2023
TIME: 6:31 PM
LOCATION: CHAUSEE36

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‘In lockdown, I embraced the challenge of the unknown, balancing between using my immediate surroundings to create with longing for social interaction. I transformed my emotions of uncertainty and solidarity into garments, connecting on a deeper level with the people I love.

Collaborating with the artist Tomas Eyzaguirre post-lockdown, I (re)discovered the power of shared work, breaking free from the confines of my own walls. Together, we crafted a captivating narrative, uniting artists to confront their individual and collective nightmares.

I aspire to create inclusive spaces where emotions can be experienced and shared authentically, free from masks and restrictions. In the vulnerable beginnings of a project, I always face the boundless void, rarely revealing this loneliness even to close friends. Through my art, I aim to inspire the strength that can only be found by accepting and embracing emotions, resisting suppression or numbness.’

Elodie Carstensen

Behind the scenes from the “Des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge” film production in 2022

Behind the scenes from the “Des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge” film production in 2022

Carstensens’s premiere immersive screening of des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge features 13 characters: Avenoir, Jouska, Rigor Samsa, Kairosclerosis, Liberosis, Sonder, Nodus Tollens, Anecdoche, Monachopsis, Gnossienne, Adronitis, Fata Organa, and Mimeomia.

In an experimental interpretation of Berlin’s Grunewald, the short film’s shooting location, Carstensen has created a room-filling installation of 13 white fabric trees. Huge mirrored surfaces and green lights convert the whole room into a surreal landscape, reflecting the butterfly hatching choreography by Marie Zechiel and her 13 dancers (Ada Nasilowska, Edgar Mauser, Elisaveta Polyakova, Frederike Fabricius Hamberg, Giulia Lampugnani, Ina Ortega, Kaodi Alum, Luisa Morgenroth, Mayila Khodadin, Sabina Moe, Suse Eder,Valentina Migliorati, “Shawty” Hasret Karakus). Soundscaping artist Chris Voolstra accompanies the experience, joined by musical guests like Andre hMoghimi and Gong Bath Conductor Guy Fried.

All performers wear garments made by Elodie Carstensen for her des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge collection.

Henry Fuseli artist QS:P170,Q122382, Johann Heinrich Füssli 053, public domain, Details: Wikimedia Commons

Henry Fuseli artist QS:P170,Q122382, Johann Heinrich Füssli 053, public domain, Details: Wikimedia Commons

Des Nachtmahrs Schmetterlinge draws inspiration from a dark, intense oil painting by Swiss artist Johann Heinrich Füssli, der Nachtmahr (1790/91). In it, a small, mean-looking goblin sits hunched upon a sleeping person’s body, the very embodiment – and perhaps even the cause – of their nightmares. Indeed, where do our nightmares come from?


For more information, press inquiries, or interview requests,  please contact:

Martin Heßmann
Communications Manager
[email protected]
+49 151 509 580 38


Credits

“Des Nachmahrs Schmetterlinge” by Elodie Carstensen × Tomás Eyzaguirre

Design & Art Director: Elodie Carstensen
Photography & Director: Tomás Eyzaguirre
Cinematographer: Diego Gardo
Production & Graphics: Martin Heßmann
Editor: Matias Boettner
Makeup director: Sarah Hartgens
Makeup assistant: Viktoria Turok, Kathrin Hieselmayr, Julia Hahn
Photography assistant: Victor Almendra
Cast: Ajsa Selimovic, Alzac Mekacher, Analu, Artis Leonar, Charlie Kamryn Hanouskova, Diego Martinez, Fatou Ndure (izaio), Hélène Hang (izaio), Johnny Questions, Lev, Mina Kim Witte, Pavao Smoljanovic, Riley Davidson

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