/NOT2B – The Last Fashion Show by Eszter Polyak – FESCH.TV

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… or not to be. To get out of the body, to shed everything that makes you different from others. Everything resembling character, nation and gender, skin, colour, flesh. Everything. To reach the final stage of abstract. We now look behind the scenes of Non-Existence, with only one body left of what Man was, and the Last is about to surrender to Non-Existence. Going through six phases, presenting six garments from her new, now eternal, skeleton in which she is about to enclose herself. And the final answer is: not to be. But is it possible to give this answer? Is it possible not to be? Can the paradox be resolved?

Instead of the surface, Eszter Polyak puts the glitter of darkness on the catwalk. Her collections stem from the darkness that most of us are afraid to face. She feeds off the culture of the outsider. As a former costume designer for the Capital Circus of Budapest, playfulness is essential to her style. Sometimes she smuggles animal elements into her costumes – she locks corpses of flies into the eternal reality of synthetic resin buttons, or decorates skirts with neon chicken feet – and at other times she completely disconnects from our reality and presents us with androgynous androids. The pieces she designs may be familiar from short films and theatre plays. Her style is influenced by the American drag queen culture, Alexander McQueen and the world of aliens, all in a way that only a young Hungarian designer can experience.

Producers: Eszter Polyak, Peter Polyak, Diana Alchhabi
Director: Salvatore Giuliano
Original Concept: Eszter Polyak, Peter Polyak
Cinematographer: Mate Szombath
Art Symbolistic Reference: Andras Szilagyi
Production Designer: Eszter Polyak
Fashion Designer: Eszter Polyak
Set designer: Diana Alchhabi
Set Decorator: Diana Alchhabi, Levente Ferenczi, Tamas Csiffari, Jozsef Urban, Attila Kecskes, Tamas Mark Kovacs
Technical manager: Levente Ferenczi
Lightning technician: Levente Ferenczi, Tamas Csiffari
Editor: Peter Polyak, Salvatore Giuliano
Colorist: Mate Szombath
Composer: Peter Vozar
Music: Come as you were By Lance Conrad, Defiance by Delnova
Sound designer: Peter Polyak
Werk Photo & video: Laszlo Regoczy
Special thanks: Zalan Adorjan, Emese Kocsis, Zsombor Gaal, Sandor Fodor, Attila Nagy, Nur Alchhabi, Zoltan Belga
Sponsors: Gyula Castle Bath, Plex-Is Bt., Ligneus Faipari Kft.

www.eszterpolyak.com