DIRECTOR: JOOST VANDEBRUG / COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK / DURATION: 1'32" / PRODUCTION COMPANY: ALEX NOBLE STUDIO / BRAND: ALEX NOBLE / MUSIC: "NAUTILUS" BY ANNA MEREDITH / CAST: MC GAFF E / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JOOST VANDEBRUG / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: ALEX NOBLE / STYLIST: ALEX NOBLE / HAIR: ROXANNE ATTARD / MAKE-UP: LUCY BRIDGE.
FILM SYNOPSIS:
Color Therapy has been produced as part of a collection of works that form Alex Nobles ‘Creatures from the Kaleidoscope’ exhibition. A transcendental journey through life, color, conciousness and beyond. The film and works are a psychadelic, sci-fi discussion on notions of existence, spiriutality and its imagery in a branded objectified culture. The film focuses on the power and energy of color and patterns, surrealism and psychedelia.
DIRECTOR'S BIO:
Director and photographer Joost Vandebrug’s narrative work portrays spirited realism that engages on both social and emotional planes. After studying fine art and design at Gerrit Rietveld University in Amsterdam, Vandebrug worked with Erwin Olaf, where he developed and solidified his passion for visual storytelling. Vandebrug’s editorials clients include L’Uomo Vogue, Wonderland, Kid’s Wear, Dazed & Confused and Vogue Italia. His intimate and transformative work has enhanced campaigns for Nike, Tommy Hilfiger, Iris Van Herpen, and Kris Van Assche. He has participated in the Rotterdam, Berlin, San Francisco and Paris film festivals. His book, "Lost Boys", published in 2012, follows a group of adolescents who inhabit abandoned tunnels in Bucharest. Currently Vandebrug is working on a feature length documentary which follows the lives of the same group of kids. Recently, he was commissioned by the Pet Shop Boys to direct their new music video ‘Vocal’.
