Created by AnOther Magazine with artist and filmmaker Baillie Walsh, KM3D-1 stars Kate Moss. The work continues Moss and Walsh’s journey into experimental, multi-dimensional image-making, first seen in their legendary holographic film for Alexander McQueen’s autumn/winter 2006 show.
With a performance that recalls the fantastical cinema of Ray Harryhausen, James Bidgood and Kenneth Anger, KM3D-1 places at its centre one of the most iconic female figures of the modern age. Suspended in time and space, Kate is caught inexorably in the parallax gap; a butterfly in a spider’s web.
Captured at 1,000 frames per second – a speed so slow that movement is almost imperceptible – the beauty of Kate’s face appears frozen, transforming her into an impenetrable deity. She is a figure of contemporary fantasy, shattering her own self-image.
Made with state-of-the-art Phantom cameras, specially built for the project to create extreme slow motion and a dramatic 3D effect, KM3D-1 reflects AnOther Magazine’s raison d’etre: to champion creatives pushing the limits of what seems possible.
Can’t watch Kate in 3D, because I haven’t got lenses, yet(!). Still an impressive piece of film. The director’s most known work is probably the epic music video for Massive Attack’s “Unfinished Sympathy” from 1991. Really, one of the great music videos of the 90s, it still gives me the creeps. If you watch it closely, Baillie already relied on the dramatic impact of slow motion in that one. Looks like something inbetween 30 and 40 frames per second. It’s a big leap to the 1000 he has used with KM3D-1, but the effect is the same: we get to explore what is normally hidden from the average human sense of time. I already featured a film shot on the Phantom camera on the blog a while back. Since Hollywood blockbusters like Inception, Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes etc, use the Phantom camera, it got a big push, especially in the commercial field. I’m eager to see, what still awaits us from extreme slow-motion regarding fashion film – besides beautiful women throwing back their hair and such…
While I can’t totally agree with the pr text above – guess I’m not a big enough fan of Kate(’s beauty) – the overall vibe I get from this film is quite cool. I admire the purity of the imagery and the minimalistic concept. Sound design is great, too.
Perfectly executed high budget thing.
