Metropolis robot revived by Hajime Sorayama for Dior
15/12/2018.
Pre-Fall 2019 Men’s Show [TOK] Japan Japón
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In the futuristic district of Odaiba, at the Telecom Center, in Tokyo, was held the Kim Jones men's catwalk Pre-Fall 2019 Dior, around a sculpture of spectacular proportions designed by the Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama, inspired by his futuristic gynoides, as a tribute to the deification of the associated femininity with Christian Dior.
Dior, Pre-Fall 2019 Men’s Show. Photograph by Alessandro Garofalo, image courtesy of Dior
Dior, Pre-Fall 2019 Men’s Show. Photograph by Alessandro Garofalo, image courtesy of Dior
Dior, Pre-Fall 2019 Men’s Show. Photograph by Alessandro Garofalo, image courtesy of Dior
Dior, Pre-Fall 2019 Men’s Show. Photograph by Alessandro Garofalo, image courtesy of Dior
Dior, Pre-Fall 2019 Men’s Show. Photograph by Alessandro Garofalo, image courtesy of Dior
Dior, Pre-Fall 2019 Men’s Show. Photograph by Alessandro Garofalo, image courtesy of Dior
Dior, Pre-Fall 2019 Men’s Show. Photograph by Alessandro Garofalo, image courtesy of Dior
Hajime Sorayama is a Japanese illustrator known for his erotic and detailed portraits of female robots, which has made the sculpture in aluminum, giving it the final finish with different layers of paint.
The figure is a current reinterpretation of the robot of the famous silent film film, Metropolis by Fritz Lang, from 1927. In this version dedicated to the haute couture brand, Hajime has inserted the detail of the golden league that runs along his right thigh, where the name of Dior is carved with a futuristic light source.
Sorayama began his imaginary more than 40 years ago, intrigued by the effects of light on different metallic surfaces, and to test his technique and imagination, he began to produce series of robotic female figures at the end of the 70s, with perfect anatomical shapes , made of silver materials. To describe them, the term "Sexy Robot" was created, with ideas from pinups that were published for the first time in 1983.
Subsequently, from 2000 to 2012, Sorayama received the order from SONY to design a robotic and animated form. The result was the famous AIBO dog that today is kept in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and the Smithsonian Institute of Technology.
The figure is a current reinterpretation of the robot of the famous silent film film, Metropolis by Fritz Lang, from 1927. In this version dedicated to the haute couture brand, Hajime has inserted the detail of the golden league that runs along his right thigh, where the name of Dior is carved with a futuristic light source.
Sorayama began his imaginary more than 40 years ago, intrigued by the effects of light on different metallic surfaces, and to test his technique and imagination, he began to produce series of robotic female figures at the end of the 70s, with perfect anatomical shapes , made of silver materials. To describe them, the term "Sexy Robot" was created, with ideas from pinups that were published for the first time in 1983.
Subsequently, from 2000 to 2012, Sorayama received the order from SONY to design a robotic and animated form. The result was the famous AIBO dog that today is kept in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and the Smithsonian Institute of Technology.
