Here are my highlights of The 2012 Brancott Estate World of WearableArt Awards Show, definitely one of the top events on the arts calendar in New Zealand not only for the entries, but the spectacle of the show itself…
Here are my highlights of The 2012 Brancott Estate World of WearableArt Awards Show, definitely one of the top events on the arts calendar in New Zealand not only for the entries, but the spectacle of the show itself. In fact I was torn often between watching the entries in the awards and the backdrop of the dancers performing during it.
The costuming of the dancers was stunning, and the audio visual displays blew me away- particularly one before the Pacific-themed section of warriors fighting shadows on a screen and turning into puffs of smoke. Simply amazing. Another highlight was the live orchestra playing on stage for the audio entries section in a sort of Steam-punk-cum-Cabaret-circus with two musicians suspended on wires seated in an armchair, and a bathtub!
Here are some of our favourite winning entries…
Pictured above left: Revive, Mengyue Wu, Yuru Ma, China was ‘Runner Up’ to the Supreme WOW Award & Tourism New Zealand Avant Garde Section – ‘Winner’.
Below: Delight Of Light, Yuru Ma & Mengyue Wu, China was named the 2012 Brancott Estate Supreme WOW Award ‘Winner’ & American Express Open Section ‘Winner’
Below: Noor Reverie, Rebecca Maxwell, Wellington was the WOW Factor Award – ‘Winner’
Below: Legend of Darkness, Ying Zhang & Tao Wang, China was the Wellington International Award – ‘Runner Up’
Below: Spider Feast, Chan See Lik & Chan Yuet Foon, Hong Kong was the Mainfreight Duffy Children’s Section – ‘Winner’
Megan Robinson 1 October 2012
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