After an afternoon lazing in the sun amongst East London trendies, We found ourselves swept along to check out Project Zoltar‘s art installations at the NIKE 1948 store in Shoreditch. I found myself gawking at some of the most unlikely costume artwork I’d ever seen. Continues on the flipside.
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As if from another planet, 6ft tall flourescently lit, Nike-clad giants loomed down on us in a dimly lit room. An explosion of shoe laces, football shirts, flags, bones, masks, horns, scarves, knee pads, footballs, cloaks, and dope sneakers and pure genius merged together to create clothing for helmeted, beaked, peculiar creatures.
A short film along with a number of safari inspired candid looking shoots covered the walls of the next room where the crowd mingled munching on yummy canopies and slurping down lychee martini after lychee martini. After loosing buddy Caz Brown to a crowd of acquaintances i took full advantage of the refreshments and made pals with photographer Vent Fury (check his work here) then, a little socially lubricated, and a couple of new acquaintances later i was privileged enough to have a chat with the artist himself, Zoltar.
Zoltar is one of the more interesting characters I have come across so far in my time in this London “fashion” scene. Wearing a a very proud smile on his face and diamanté studded Pink mesh tank with a white spiked dog collar filled us in on his theories on life, Nike and fashion for an entertaining half hour. His five ‘warriors‘ each represent a different nation (including South Korea, USA, Netherlands, Portugal and Brazil) tipped to be the ones to watch in the fast approaching football World Cup.
Words alone cannot even begin to paint a picture of this eccentric individual and his creations so I’ve chucked a few images below for you take make up your own minds.
Words: Noni
Photos: Caz Brown
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