Nyarlahotep June 15, 2010
Posted by joost in : directing, film, music , comments closedMy housemate Annike has just finished her last year project for the London School of Fashion. She designed a costume inspired by the character Nyarlathotep (also known as the Crawling Chaos) by H.P. Lovecraft. Embedded in this costume is a glove with a series of sensors and electronics, enabling the performer (Tom Whiston / ascetic) to manipulate sound and music. Annike’s work will be exhibited at the Battersea Arts Centre later this month. As a companion piece to her work I shot a video depicting the costume and all-consuming entity that is Nyarlahotep: