2019 Media Kit 1

2019 MEDIA KIT 1. An introduction to World of WearableArt 3. Fast Facts 4. 2019 Creative Team 7. The Awards Show 8. Competition 28. History 29. Biographies 30. Image, video and brand guidelines 31. Media contacts

'Part Cirque du Soleil, part Broadway play, and part avant-garde couture show, New Zealand’s annual World of WearableArt Awards Show (WOW) is, in a word, mesmerizing.' Coveteur

2019 MEDIA KIT In 2019 you are invited to explore the beauty and grandeur of a frozen land, dive into hidden realms where ancient monuments are waiting to be revealed and experience surreal landscapes that unfold before you.

Journey out of this world and encounter the unimaginable at the 2019 World of WearableArt Awards Show.

The 31st season of World of WearableArt is on in Wellington from 26 September to 13 October.

Directed by Andy Packer.

‘I’m thrilled to be collaborating with this team of exceptional artists as we construct surprising and delightful worlds to invite our audience into. Expect visions of ancient monuments, ice-caves and a visit to the furnace of creativity.’

Andy Packer, 2019 Show Director

2019 MEDIA KIT 011 Eye See You Fluffy Kōwhai, Tina Hutchison-Thomas, New Zealand THE COMPETITION World of WearableArt (WOW) combines an international wearable art competition with a spectacular stage show. For over 30 years New Zealand’s single largest theatrical production attracts entries by designers from all around the world working at the cutting edge of fashion, art, design, costume and theatre, alongside students and first-time entrants.

THE AWARDS SHOW For three weeks every year, World of WearableArt showcases the best of these creations in a spectacular show that takes over New Zealand’s vibrant capital city of Wellington in an explosion of creativity.

'WOW really is the only THE EXHIBITIONS The National WOW Museum in Nelson, New Zealand, word to describe it' houses a collection of the most extraordinary garments NZ Herald selected from World of WearableArt’s past season and currently houses the 2018 World of WearableArt Exhibition, with over 60 finalist garments on display.

2019 MEDIA KIT 02 Reflective Surfaces Section, 2018 World of WearableArt Awards Show 2 The judging process is in 2019 is the three stages: World of st & & WearableArt 2 3 31 Awards Show. 1 in Nelson in Wellington in Around

236 Maiden Lane, Lynn Christiansen, in July; September. United States The first World of WearableArt 60,000 Awards Show was to an audience of just national and international show-goers will attend the people in rural Nelson, 200 New Zealand. 3 WEEK Chica under Glass, Peter Wakeman, New Zealandshow season.

Since 1987 Almost 2018 830,000 WOW has a large-scale exhibition that has people have seen a WOW Awards Show. toured in Australia and in the United States including the Bishop Museum Hawaii, MoPoP in The National WOW Museum opened Over Seattle, and Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. in 2001 in Nelson, allowing visitors to 10,500 experience incredible works of wearable In 2018 it travelled to the Erarta Museum of art up-close. people have worked on a WOW Awards Contemporary Art Museum in St Petersburg, Show, including cast & crew. Russia, and in June of this year the exhibition opened in Colorado Springs Fine Art Centre. Each year the exhibition features over Quantum, Annabelle Widmann, Spain of the previous years Almost $2,618,000 60 finalist garments. in prizes (cash and in-kind) has been 2019 awarded to finalist designers. The Museum attracts around WOW has showcased more than finalist garments 40,000 4,985 on its stage. visitors each year. 2019 MEDIA KIT

*All statistics include information from 1987-2019 shows. 3 The World of WearableArt creative team changes every Heading the 2019 Show is Show Director Andy Packer, year. Some of the best and brightest creative minds from both an Adelaide-based director of theatre, music theatre and sides of the Tasman have been brought together to create the opera who has also worked as a creative producer on 2019 World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards Show. multidisciplinary arts programs, large-scale outdoor events and festivals around the world. This year's creative team includes talent new to the world of World of WearableArt as well as returning World of Andy’s theatre productions have toured to 12 countries WearableArt alumni. The team has been hard at work including USA, Canada, Spain, Norway, China and India, creating this year’s Show since June 2018. including two seasons on 42nd Street, New York, two seasons in the Dublin Theatre Festival and five seasons at the Sydney Opera House. He has worked with screen icons including Barry Humphries, Kristen Chenoweth and Molly Ringwald. As Show Director, Andy is creating the Show’s ANDY PACKER overarching story. Show Director

‘WOW is unique in the world; a true celebration of creative potential and the revelatory role art, theatre and performance can play in our lives.’

2019 MEDIA KIT 044 SARAH FOSTER-SPROULL PAUL MCLANEY CHRIS PETRIDIS Director of Choreography Music Director Lighting Designer

Acclaimed choreographer Sarah Foster-Sproull is this year’s Kiwi music legend Paul McLaney returns for a second Lighting Designer Chris Petridis hails from Adelaide and has Director of Choreography. The Auckland-based creative has year as Music Director for World of WearableArt. worked on dozens of stage performances developing his worked with the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Footnote McLaney’s career has spanned acoustic music as a solo experience across theatre, dance, and other live events in New Zealand Dance in New Zealand as well as companies artist, rock and pop with Gramsci and ambient electronica Australia and internationally. in Edinburgh, China, Singapore and Fiji. The Impending Adorations. He is the Director of Music for This is Petridis’ second year working with World of the Pop-up Globe. She’s currently Creative New Zealand’s Choreographic WearableArt, having worked as a lighting programmer Fellow for 2017-2019. Sarah’s role is to set the dance and McLaney first worked with World of WearableArt in 2018 last year. movement for each world, working closely with the Show and will bring together a medley of talented Kiwi musicians Director and specialist choreographers. spanning genres from drum and bass and electronica to symphony, jazz and blues to create music for each Section of the Show.

2019 MEDIA KIT 5 SOPHIE HAM JOHN STRANG DAN POTRA Head and Co-Designer of Costume AV Designer Show Concept Designer

Sophie Ham returns as the Head and Co-Designer AV Designer John Strang has developed a wide range of Joining Andy from Australia is Show Concept Designer of Costume. Sophie has been working on World of visual storytelling skills in his more than 15 years in the Dan Potra, an award-winning designer for his work in WearableArt Awards Shows since 2011 and is tasked with industry working on large scale projects across multiple opera and theatre who has designed many large-scale creating all the costumes that adorn the dancers and special platforms and countries. sporting and cultural events including the Olympic and performers onstage. Commonwealth Games, and a stage adaptation of The Wellingtonian also VFX supervised film and television How to Train Your Dragon. Sophie has worked with top theatre and dance companies projects and was the creative director for many motion including New Zealand Opera, Auckland Theatre graphics projects. John previously worked on World of Dan has been working in collaboration with Andy on Company, Indian Ink Theatre Company and the Touch WearableArt from 2012-14. the Show’s overall story. Compass Dance Company.

2019 MEDIA KIT 6 The World of WearableArt Awards Show is divided into six Sections: three recurrent Sections, and three specific to 2019.

RECURRENT SECTIONS SECTIONS SPECIFIC TO 2019

AOTEAROA has its own deep sense of place. This Section draws on that to celebrate MYTHOLOGY is about other worlds and dimensions; fantastical stories of fearsome who we are as people and what makes us proud. From our rich cultures to our landscapes, monsters and creatures, gods and goddesses, demigods and supernatural humans. from our independence to our inventions, designers show us New Zealand and New Designers gather their inspiration from a vast treasure trove of tales. Dark and mysterious; Zealanders as they see us. exuberant and outlandish, ethereal and dreamy.

OPEN is a world with no thematic boundaries, designers have complete freedom to TRANSFORM Designers were challenged to create a work that changes in form, explore and create their own design. The only limit is their imagination. nature and appearance. To play and innovate with different mechanisms to reveal unexpected aspects of their garment. The transformation can be playful and humorous, striking or startling. AVANT-GARDE is a world that is experimental, radical and unorthodox; a rebellion against the norm. Daring to defy the boundaries of fashion, designers create work that is cutting-edge, rejecting the ordinary and nurturing originality. WHITE represents a spectrum of emotions, white can be associated with peace, light, love, perfection, purity and spirituality. In some parts of the world, white can also represent death and mourning; in others it is associated with angels, good health and time. Inspiration may be found in sheer simplicity, sculptural boldness, intricate detail or experimenting with layers, light and shadow, proportion or scale.

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Aotearoa Section, 2018 World of WearableArt Awards Show 7 Entries to the 2019 World of WearableArt Awards 108 FINALIST GARMENTS CREATED BY Competition closed on 29 March. After a preliminary round of judging at the beginning of July the 2019 finalist designers 115 FINALIST DESIGNERS REPRESENTING were announced. Their garment/s will come to life on stage in 22 COUNTRIES AND REGIONS the WOW Awards Show in a collision of creativity!

2019 MEDIA KIT 8 2019 WORLD OF WEARABLEART FINALIST DESIGNERS

Aaron La Roche Adam Wade Ali Middleton Anna Baines Autumn Minnear Carmel Pollock Carolyn Gibson Carolyn Laing Christopher Davis Daniella Sasvári Debbie Paton

Dylan Mulder Ian Bernhard Jayne Boesley Jean Valentine Jenny Jack Jenny Sutton Jill Benson Josiene van Maarseveen Judith Keith Katherine Bertram Kayla Christensen

Kerry Funnell Keryn Whitney Leanne Day Lisa Vanin Loretta Sloan Louisa Marie Paterson Lyndal Linton Lynne Dunphy Marie Wright Mary Turner Meg Latham

Renee Louie Ruth Arkless Sacha Mail Sheela Stoneman Shelley Scott Stephanie Cossens Taralee FreemanTina Hutchison-Thomas Vicky Robertson Zach McDonald-Wright

2019 MEDIA KIT 9 2019 WORLD OF WEARABLEART FINALIST DESIGNERS

UNITED STATES AUSTRALIA

Ben Gould & Brian Lapham Grace DuVal Lynn Christiansen Ahmad Mollahassani Erica Gray Felicity Rose Hardy Hanna Smith Ildy Izso Dawn Mostow

Natalia Fedner Nola Yergen Robert Reed Jill Perry Kirsten Fletcher Lesley Marsh Michelle Wade Nelia Justo

Nicola Rule R. R. Pascoe Svenja Tara Morelos

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CHINA HONG KONG, CHINA

Chen Bingrou Gu Yiheng Guo Tianzi Lyu Lu Miao Yuxin Qiongwen Zhang Sun Ye Wang Haiwei Xu Ran Yuan Jue Lam Hoi Man Kinki

INDIA INDONESIA KAZAKHSTAN PHILIPPINES

Akhilesh GuptaAshish Dhaka Shantanu Singh Sonika Khar Thingamla Adrianne Keishing Rinaldy Yunardi Bota Kirgizbayeva & Armando Rutaquio Jr Charles David Almario Jon Daniel Jasa Russell Villafuerte Aya Kirgizbayeva

SINGAPORE TAIWAN

Dinh Hai Yen Galina Mihaleva Chang Yi-Wei Chiu Yu-Chia Lin Zhi-Er Lu Pei-Hsin Tsao Chien-Yi Yun Shan Lee Zeng Ying-Syuan

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AUSTRIA BELARUS CZECHIA FRANCE

Gudrun Bartenberger-Geyer Volha Sniazhko Denisa Pubalová Jenny Sternwaldova Marine Arnoul

GERMANY IRELAND NETHERLANDS POLAND

Anto Christ Casio Ono Monika Bogyos Roosmarie Mittemeijer Edyta Jermacz Marcin Szłapka

RUSSIAN FEDERATION SWEDEN UNITED KINGDOM

Maria Amirova Pavlo Blinov Anna von Hartitzsch Jack Irving Louise Byford Louise Dyhrfort

2019 MEDIA KIT 12 Each year finalist garments and award-winners are selected through three rounds of closed In the second and final judging stages, the panel will be joined by Sir Richard Taylor CEO judging. The judging panel comprises of World of WearableArt Founder and Resident and Creative Director of Weta Workshop, Melissa Thompson from Cirque du Soleil and Judge, Dame Suzie Moncrieff, and two guest judges, from the worlds of art and fashion, international guest judge B. Akerlund from The Residency Experience. who are invited to be part of the panel. In 2019 the first round of judging took place in early July in Nelson where Dame Suzie Moncrieff was joined by Gregor Kregar and James Dobson.

DAME SUZIE MONCRIEFF GREGOR KREGAR JAMES DOBSON SIR RICHARD TAYLOR MELISSA THOMPSON B. AKERLUND Weta Workshop Cirque du Soleil The Residency Experience

2019 MEDIA KIT 13 The World of WearableArt Awards Show brings artists and designers together to compete for a prize pool totaling more than NZ$187,500. An example of the coveted prizes available are listed below.

SUPREME WOW AWARD DAME SUZIE MONCRIEFF AWARD SECTION AWARDS Winner WETA WORKSHOP EMERGING DESIGNER AWARD White Runner-up CIRQUE DU SOLEIL INVITED ARTISAN AWARD Aotearoa THE RESIDENCY EXPERIENCE AWARD Open INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS Mythology Overall International Winner Transform Americas Avant-garde Asia Australia & Pacific United Kingdom & Europe NEW ZEALAND DESIGN AWARD WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY AWARD SUSTAINABILITY AWARD STUDENT INNOVATION AWARD FIRST-TIME ENTRANT AWARD 2019 MEDIA KIT 14 Winner announced Winner announced on Awards Night. on Awards Night. Friday 27 Sept. Friday 27 Sept.

WINNER RUNNER-UP

Garment name, Garment name, Designer, Country credit Designer, Country credit

The most prestigious award of all; given to the entry that the • Runner-up receives NZ$15,000 judges consider to be the most exceptional overall. • Winner receives NZ$30,000

2019 MEDIA KIT 15 Winner announced on Awards Night. Friday 27 Sept.

WINNER

Garment name, Designer, Country credit

Chosen by WOW Founder, Dame Suzie Moncrieff, as the garment that epitomises the WOW spirit. • Winner receives NZ$6,000

2019 MEDIA KIT 16 Winner announced Winner announced Winner announced on Awards Night. on Awards Night. on Awards Night. Friday 27 Sept. Friday 27 Sept. Friday 27 Sept.

WETA WORKSHOP CIRQUE DU SOLEIL THE RESIDENCY EMERGING DESIGNER AWARD INVITED ARTISAN AWARD EXPERIENCE AWARD Garment name, Designer, Country credit Garment name, Designer, Country credit Garment name, Designer, Country credit

Weta Workshop is a five-time Academy Award®-winning Chosen by a judge from Cirque du Soleil, this award is The winner of this Award is chosen by revolutionary fashion conceptual design and physical effects manufacturing presented to an established designer whose entry demonstrates activist, stylist and costume designer, B. Akerlund. This facility that services the world’s creative industries. outstanding use of new techniques or technologies. award is presented to a designer whose entry exemplifies The winner is chosen by Sir Richard Taylor, CEO and exceptional cutting-edge design. • The winner receives NZ$5000 and will undertake a Creative Director of Weta Workshop. four-week residency at Cirque du Soleil in Montreal, • The winner receives NZ$5000 and the opportunity • Winner receives NZ$6000 + four-week internship at Canada. Flights from anywhere in the world and to show up to five pieces of their work at the exclusive Weta Workshop, including flights from anywhere in the accommodation are included. Residency Experience showroom in Los Angeles for a world to and from New Zealand plus accommodation in three-month period, during which time their work will be Wellington for up to four weeks. given exposure through the Residency social channels. • The winner will also receive a travel prize of NZ$2500 to enable them to visit the Residency showroom in LA.

2019 MEDIA KIT 17 Winner announced on Awards Night. Friday 27 Sept.

OVERALL INTERNATIONAL WINNER

Garment name, Designer, Country credit

2019 MEDIA KIT 18 Winner announced Winner announced Winner announced Winner announced on Awards Night. on Awards Night. on Awards Night. on Awards Night. Friday 27 Sept. Friday 27 Sept. Friday 27 Sept. Friday 27 Sept.

AMERICAS ASIA AUSTRALIA & PACIFIC UNITED KINGDOM & EUROPE DESIGN AWARD DESIGN AWARD DESIGN AWARD DESIGN AWARD

Garment name, Garment name, Garment name, Garment name, Designer, Country credit Designer, Country credit Designer, Country credit Designer, Country credit

2019 MEDIA KIT 19 Winner announced on Awards Night. Friday 27 Sept.

WINNER

Garment name, Designer, New Zealand

2019 MEDIA KIT 20 Winner announced Winner announced Winner announced Winner announced on Awards Night. on Awards Night. on Awards Night. on Awards Night. Friday 27 Sept. Friday 27 Sept. Friday 27 Sept. Friday 27 Sept.

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY SUSTAINABILITY AWARD STUDENT INNOVATION AWARD FIRST-TIME ENTRANT AWARD AWARD Garment name, Garment name, Garment name, Garment name, Designer, Country credit Designer, Country credit Designer, Country credit Designer, Country credit

2019 MEDIA KIT 21 Winner announced Winner announced Winner announced on Awards Night. on Awards Night. on Awards Night. Friday 27 Sept. Friday 27 Sept. Friday 27 Sept.

WINNER SECOND THIRD