“Welcome to AVANTgarden. Fresh out of a government testing facility, alien princess FKA twigs takes New York City by storm. Let’s join her shall we?”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 5, 2018 - AVANTgarden Issue 4 is available today via
FKA twigs Instagram. The fourth installment of her digital zine was shot in New York City, and sees FKA twigs wearing
Stephen Jones, Donatella Versace, Nasir Mazhar and
John Galliano for
Dior alongside “friends of AVANTgarden”
Hannah and
Raj of
Fecal Matter and her “favourite sleep angel”
A$AP Rocky (who yesterday shared the
video for his “Fukk Sleep” collaboration with FKA twigs).
Download press assets HERE
Instagram Credits:
Creative Direction and Styling @matthew_josephs
Photography @orograph
Editor and Design @suz_p
Make Up @kabukinyc
Hair @jembomb
Animation @georgejasperstone
Illustration @kabukinyc
Styling of @asaprocky by @henson
Special Thanks to Martin at Marchive @wigglesnwiggles and @deanjfhoy
Full Name Credits:
Creative Direction and styling - Matthew Josephs
Photography - orograph
Editor and Design - Suzannah Pettigrew
Make Up - Kabuki
Hair - Virginie P Moeira
Animation - George Jasper Stone
Illustration - Kabuki
Styling of A$AP Rocky by Matthew Henson
Special Thanks to Martin at Marchive and Dean Ho
About AVANTgarden:
About AVANTgarden:
AVANTgarden is a digital zine created for, and distributed using, Instagram’s slides feature. Each issue explores FKA twigs’ ideas, experiences and stories, providing a platform for collaboration, innovation, experimentation and creative development throughout the worlds of music, art, photography, fashion and beyond. FKA twigs and AVANTgarden are innovating the idea of what a magazine can be in the age of social media, bringing creative and imaginative gifts to the internet. This innovation was recognized at the 22nd Annual Webby Awards where FKA twigs was honored with aWebby Special Achievement Award for her “incredible contributions to digital culture and for constantly using the internet to create and distribute experimental new art”.
AVANTgarden was launched in October 2017. Issue one, titled ‘ROOTS. SHOCK. BEAUTY.’, was a visual exploration of braided hair styles, featuring a host of FKA twigs’ friends and long-term collaborators. November 2017 saw the release of AVANTgarden issue 2. Titled ‘Dream Warrior’, the issue saw FKA twigs again teaming up with some incredible creative talent including photographer David Ozochukwu, stylist Matthew Josephs and editor Suzannah Pettigrew. ‘Dream Warrior’ featured a portfolio of stunning imagery alongside an original poem from FKA twigs herself that wove throughout this issue. The third issue, titled ‘MEATSPACE’, was a motion graphic novel created in collaboration with Oneohtrix Point Never (Daniel Lopatin) and Icky H among others.MEATSPACE was the beginning of a story depicting a dystopian world where A.I. have slaughtered most of the human race, sparing only the artists – including lead character anomalie – in the pursuit of fully understanding and exploiting humanity.
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