Monday, 8 June 2009
ALEKSANDRA OLENSKA
OLENSKA.COM
STADIUM: WHERE DOES YOUR WORK START?
WITH PLENTY OF CURIOSITY. A DESIRE TO TRY SOMETHING OUT, MAKE THINGS BEAUTIFUL (NOT ANGRY FASHION) AND SURVIVE BY DOING SO.
WHAT MOST INSPIRES YOU?
ELEGANT LIVING AND THE QUIRKS OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
THE CHANCE TO ENCOUNTER A SEWING MACHINE AND AN UMBRELLA ON A OPERATING TABLE.
WHAT HAVE BEEN THE BEST AND THE WORST BITS OF YOUR CAREER SO FAR?
BEST-REALISING MY PARENTS ARE PROUD OF ME. MEETING THE MOST INSPIRING INDIVIDUALS-TRAVELING AND MEETING PHOTOGRAPHERS SUCH AS JH-ENGSTROM, RAYMOND MEEKS AND TODD HIDO, WHOSE BOOKS GRACE MY WEIGHTY BOOK-SHELVES. CREATING IMAGES AND OBJECTS THAT MAKE PEOPLE SMILE. LANDING IN NORTH RUSSIA IN THE ARTIC CIRCLE WHERE AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE WAS A THICK BLANKET OF THE WHITEST SNOW. WORKING WITH FUN PEOPLE AND USUALLY HAVING A DAILY LAUGH.
WORST-MY LUGGAGE FOR A SHOOT GOING MISSING AFTER AN 18 HOUR FLIGHT SAT IN THE MIDDLE OF ROW FIVE, WITH NO ON BOARD FOOD, AND ONLY 'GHOST' PLAYING ON REPEAT ON A COMMUNAL SCREEN AND NO HEADPHONES.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE?
TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE MY OWN AESTHESTIC, MAKE MORE SHORT FILMS AND EXPLORE NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME MY WAY. I'D LOVE TO VISIT THE AMBER PLACE IN ST. PETERSBERG AND JAPAN, AND SPEND TIME IN FIELDS AND FORESTS. IT WOULD BE NICE TO WORK FOR VOGUE MORE, AND TO HAVE ANOTHER EXHIBITION SOON, TO LEARN HOW TO HORSE RIDE AND TO SEE A PAINTED ELEPHANT. TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT INSPIRE ME. TO FIND MORE TIME!
HOW DO YOU INCORPORATE THE VARIETY OF INFLUENCES IN YOUR WORK?
OFTEN SUBCONSCIOUSLY-IT'S NOT A CASE OF BEING TOO LITERAL. INFLUENCES HELP DEFINE YOUR WORLD-BOTH MENTALLY AND PHISICALLY. MY HEAD IS FULL OF THOUGHTS, IDEAS, GLASS BOTTLES, BELL JARS, MIRRORED FRAMES, BUTTERFLIES, ART, COLOUR-AND MY APPARTMENT TOO! I TRY TO LOOK AT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND THE MISH-MASH OF IMAGES, SOUNDS AND IDEAS MANAGE TO SNEAK INTO MY WORK. WHEN CONSULTING FOR COLLECTION FOR EXAMPLE, FABRICS, VINTAGE SOURCINGS AND THEIR DETAILS AND OLD FASHION IMAGES ARE CRUCIAL ON A PRACTICAL LEVEL, BUT THEY ARE INFLUENCED BY A CERTAIN EMOTION-A ZEITGEIST OUT THERE IN A WIDE WORLD OF INFLUENCES, READY TO BE CAPTURED AND EXPRESSED THROUGH RESEARCH. AND THERE IS A DEGREE OF EQUALITY TO MY INFLUENCES THE OLD MASTERS CAN BE JUST AS INSPIRING AS THE POWER PUFF GIRLS! BROCANTES ARE GREAT FOR THAT EQUALISING - WITH CURIOUS JUXTAPOSITIONS OF OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUE TREASURES NESTLING AMONGST GARISH 1960'S CERAMICS. DAYS SPENT IN LIBRARIES, FLEA MARKETS, MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ARE NEVER WASTED, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN AN IDEA MIGHT COME OF IT-SOMETIMES IDEAS JUST HIBERNATE FOR A WHILE IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND!
WHERE ARE YOU FROM/BORN-LIVING?
BORN IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND TO POLISH PARENTS, AND A HAPPY POLISH ENGLISH CHILDHOOD. MOVED TO LONDON TO STUDY AND STAYED FOR OVER TEN YEARS. I'M STILL IN LONDON A LOT, BUT MOVED TO BEAUTIFUL PARIS RECENTLY.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING RIGHT NOW?
HOPE
(AND MY GREEN LANVIN DRESS!)
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