Pattern Cut

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In couture there is a pattern to be followed, the one of human beings but it could be the pattern of any form.

Enrique Arechavala Garay, Sara Moncayo

ENRIQUE ARECHAVALA - I studied the degree of “Fine Arts: with an emphasis in Film, Video, New Media and Animation” at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Here, I created a Photo-book and most of my photographic work in large format cameras. After a while, I ended up loving the ancient techniques of photography from the IX century, techniques I emulate in my films, and personal work. I lived in India for some time (Bombay) working for two main agencies: Sideways- design and consulting agency and Kyoorius Design Awards. After some time, I started learning from Kartik Vijay, where I became his assistant in various commercials for clients like Dove and Dixcy Scott (ft. Salman Khan). At the time, he was finishing a feature film called “Manto” screened at the Cannes Film Festival. I saved some money, that allowed me to backpack to the rest of India. There I found many places off-road, most of these records became the surface in which “Tilman-passages of India” came to life. Most of my work comes in the form of photography, where I have had the honor of capturing people like Gustavo Santaolalla (two times winner for the Oscar to the best soundtrack) and other celebrities and music groups. My film work has lately been based on me functioning as a cinematographer and a colorist for the work of other people. I’ve shot multiple student films and a couple of miniseries (Causalidad and Memento, both screening at the end of 2020), a couple of Fashion Films (“Mujeres: Un acto Revolucionario”), a feature-length film (“Artificial Love”, initial release 2018), amongst other 15 different short films. I’ve shot two documentaries, one for Mexican Creative Society and another for “Academia de té Mexicana” (Mexican tea academy, roughly). Lately, I shot two music videos, one for Caloncho and the second one for Karol Sevilla “Vuélveme a mirar así”. My life as a director is just initiating by the release of three projects this year of 2020: “Tilman- passages of India” a fictional documentary inspired in my life during the stay In India, a Fashion Film “Pattern Cut” and “Soundscape” an art film based in an experimental music piece.

SARA MONCAYO - She became a designer in Mexico City, where she specialized in the Fashion Industry. She undertook various practices in that area, like Art Direction & Fashion Design. Her work has become the search for the meaning of the “self” in the Fashion Industry and the betterment of a styling that she can call her own. She began the study of Fashion Design and Publicity at Jannette Klein University where she developed multiple skills like: styling, patronship, art direction, couture, photography, and film making. Her work has been published in remarkable magazines like Harper´s Bazaar,2018; L`officiel Argentina, 2020; amongst others. She styled for Fashion Week México Runway, 2019; and also created writing pieces for different editorials. Her creative process came from ready-made fashion models and other methods that were imposed throughout history, this led her in the search for a personal method that becomes a mirror for emotions, sensibility, and her work´s spirituality.