AZIMUTH

The term azimuth is derived from Arabic and denotes a measurement in a spherical space. Azimuth is a short fashion VR film that explores Brutalist architectures and environments as elemental triptychs in a 360° space

water | solid | ether

birth | life | legacy

zygotic | mitotic | mutation

Fashion performances are imaged for each of these states to an immersive ambisonics original score. It is an experimentation of 360° live action filming with underwater, aerial and drone rigging. 3D captures such as the Lidar scanning of the atrium of Ponte Tower, Johannesburg and with a 64-camera DSLR rig for photogrammetry were rendered into monumental geography.

Conceptualised and produced in South Africa, Azimuth is testimony to collaborative practice and digital fashion expressions from a Global South. The short film is currently screening within VR categories of international short film festivals.

-Nirma Madhoo - Studio Anatomy

Garments created for Azimuth by Shari Tamar Akal, styled by Jeandre Venter