{"id":10120,"date":"2012-07-25T11:09:43","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T11:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=10120"},"modified":"2013-02-23T20:41:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T20:41:50","slug":"alun-davies-dalston-supernovae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/07\/25\/alun-davies-dalston-supernovae\/","title":{"rendered":"ALUN DAVIES:  Dalston Supernovae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Alun Davies is a one-man art director wonder. His costumes, props and sets have graced Lady Gaga gigs, Peaches got wheeled onstage on his custom-made contraption, and now he&#8217;s on the cusp of opening his first solo exhibition, Dalston Supernovae. We talk to the Welshman about how having a mechanic dad influenced his work. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/2012\/07\/alun-davies-dalston-supernovae\/fhtp_alundaviesdssweb\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10121\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/07\/fhtp_AlunDaviesDSSWEB-e1343150244732.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Alun Davies, Dalston Supernovae\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10121\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>How are you feeling about Dalston Supernovae?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve had photographic exhibitions and been part of exhibitions that other photographers that I\u2019ve worked with have exhibited. But this is sort of my debut show, I guess. <\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you come up with the concept for it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I wanted something that would be appealing across the masses, and also something that worked as a sort of retrospective of some of the projects I\u2019ve been working on. For me, this was really about the characters that I create when I make costumes, and the world that we build when I\u2019m making set designs. That all feeds into itself. It exists in lots of different magazines, but this is an opportunity to create something all in one space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Describe your aesthetic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The worlds that I create are otherworldly. It\u2019s like a hyper-reality, taking elements and imbuing them with colour. I use a lot of recycled objects and fragmented elements that I bring together and collage. It changes quite a lot depending on the materials that I\u2019m using. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have any unusual inspirations or influences?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I was growing up in Wales I would work with my dad. He was a mechanic, so there would always be these vans with different broken pieces, and I\u2019d watch him put things back together again and creating something new and fixed. I was always interested in this idea of things being deconstructed and reconstructed, and that\u2019s something which comes into all the different elements that I pull together. <\/p>\n<p><strong>So how did a boy from Wales get interested in fashion and set design?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t like there were Vogue magazines hanging around. I didn\u2019t have any particularly fashionable relatives, though I suppose my grandma was the most fashionable person in my family. I\u2019ve always been drawing and painting, and that was something that I was interested in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the strangest found object you\u2019ve used in your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve made a lead mask which features in this story. It\u2019s lead and mercury, so if you touch it too much you get blood poisoning. When you pick it up it moulds to the body so amazingly, but it\u2019s so toxic. We had to put a coating on the inside of it so that it doesn\u2019t actually touch your skin. <\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve designed sets and props for musicians like Lady Gaga and Peaches. Who was the best?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Someone like Peaches is incredible because you have such a creative collaboration with them. She\u2019d just broken her leg and had to do Lovebox festival. She said: \u201cIs there anything you can do that can make going on stage really interesting, rather than going on stage in this really boring NHS wheelchair?\u201d We actually sprayed the whole wheelchair <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alun-davies.com\/17624\/music\/1438474\/\">pink<\/a> turned it into a throne with an arched back with some wire, and then covered it in pink hair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So if you had an unlimited budget and no restrictions, what would be your dream place to design for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What I would really love to do would be to create a whole stage show. I\u2019ve done operas with Peaches and I\u2019ve done concerts, but it would be incredible to actually do a whole theatrical stage show where I would be creative director from start to finish. In forty years\u2019 time it would be incredible to art direct an Olympic ceremony on that scale.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dalston Supernovae runs from 25 July to 9 September at Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alun-davies.com\">alun-davies.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words: Zing Tsjeng<\/p>\n<p><\/em>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alun Davies is a one-man art director wonder. His costumes, props and sets have graced Lady Gaga gigs, Peaches got wheeled onstage on his custom-made contraption, and now he&#8217;s on the cusp of opening his first solo exhibition, Dalston Supernovae. 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