AIR OF MISTERY - An Editorial by Anouk Brouwer

 
 

Anouk Brouwer is a Tokyo-based artist who, through emotive photography, portrays beautiful and thought-provoking tales.

In her latest work, she presents to us “ Air of Mistery.” Created in collaboration with the ever-eclectic Japanese showgirl Kily Shakley, “Air of Misery” explores introspection brought on from the world of burlesque.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Through her performance, Kily fluidly transforms herself into a number of expressive characters, yet off the stage she finds her true self to be more reserved; a trait commonly used in reference to Japanese people, especially women.

Japanese society is very complex and layered, as such, the aim of this project was to communicate its air of mystery(謎の空気). To execute this, Brouwer and Killey deconstruct societal standards and question what it means to expose oneself in Japanese society. This is eloquently portrayed through the figurative and literal removal of these layers using the traditional Japanese Kimono as its motif.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photographer : Anouk Brouwer

Model : Kily Shakley

 
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