Category: RUIN

Perishable Bodies: An Interview with Joshua Vettivelu

Natasha Chaykowski All images by and courtesy the artist. In this age of biomedical ingenuity, which sees the wholesale embrace of cosmetic procedures staving off bodily wear-and-tear and soaring (Western) life expectancy thanks to remarkable feats in engineering and healthcare,…

Making Time: A Conversation on Aging Film Costumes

Clare Wilkinson All images courtesy Anthea Mallinson. A critical pre-production function in contemporary drama, fantasy and historical films is the deliberate, and deliberative, aging and breakdown of costumes. The special category of breakdown artists who perform this task often come…