Fukuko AndoIn front of the mirror, I work with the wooden mannequin on which I directly sculpt the dress form by the fabric. The dress has 360 degrees awareness.
Ando’s work is based on a simple proposition : ” Each person has a body.
The body expresses a person’s story and history, the dress is a language the expresses that body , the human body and the dress are both founded on the same principle: constant, unbroken perception “
Fukuko Ando
21st century dresses breathe in 18th century decorative art.
( Fukuko Ando )
The religion and aristocracy of the 18th century are fused with eternal dresses beyond time and space.
Lisboa / Portugal
Year / 2015
Fashion is starting a new dialogue with the body, that is, the inner side of the wearer, and the function and sense of the body itself. Various researches are undertaken today in the realm involving ” the body”, the most fundamental issue concerning the existence of human beings. With the collection of modern dresses from the Kyoto costume institute.
( Fukuko Ando )
Tokyo and Kyoto
Visions of the Body 1999
The lines and movement flow into the air.
( Fukuko Ando )
Human body makes geometrical figures to which the materials should correspond
( Fukuko Ando )
I made this dress inspired by Notre Dame de Paris in 1994
( Notre Dame X and Notre Dame Y )
Made of purple velvet
Year / 1994
The truth of the dress is not the detail…
but the movement of the dress in time and three-dimensional space.
This is how I drew the soul of the dress that I created.
( Fukuko Ando )
For my first time in Mexico I was invited by Cedim Design School at Mexico Design Week.
( Fukuko Ando )
I created a Performance with Mexican modern dancers.
DWM Mexico
Year / 2004
Special thanks to:
Alfredo Salazar and Juan 2Santos
The Paris biennale 2004 can be defined as the continuation of the Paris Biennale launched by Raymond Cogniat in 1959 and set up by André Malraux as he was Minister of Culture, and which ended in 1985. The target of that exhibition was to present an overview of young creativity worldwide, to create a place of experiences and meetings.
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Atelier Richelieu
“The Path of Light”
2004
Kobe Japon – 2001
Fukuko Ando
Phoenix
( Fukuko Ando )
Ionic columns in Pershing Hall – Paris reminded me of a Greek temple
( Fukuko Ando )
Like the future stars of the Pleiades, growing like new plants from the earth, swaying in the wind of ancient mythology
Pleiades Pershing Hall
Champs Elysées – Paris
Fukuko Ando
Year: 2006
The Paris biennale 2004 can be defined as the continuation of the Paris Biennale launched by Raymond Cogniat in 1959 and set up by André Malraux as he was Minister of Culture, and which ended in 1985.
( Fukuko Ando )
The target of that exhibition was to present an overview of young creativity worldwide, to create a place of experiences and meetings.
FASHION SHOW / Year: 2004
1996
My first fashion show since coming to Paris.
( Fukuko Ando )
A place near the sky where you can see the Eiffel Tower.
I fitted the models one by one to find one original model who fits one original dress.
It overlapped with their youthful purity and my youthful passion.
I took part in the Paris Fashion Week prêt-à-porter 2006 edition, with a performance by Opéra de Paris Dancers.
( Fukuko Ando )
I named this show “Golden Promise” with the wish of eternal creation.
The golden light is shining forever
Fashion show Performance ‘’The Golden Promise ‘’ Paris 2006
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts – Paris
2006
Special Thanks to:
Dancer Opera House Paris :
Marie-Agnès Gillot / Danseuse Étoile /
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Charlotte Ranson
Miteki Kudo
Eve Grinsztajn
Ninon Raux
Charline Giezendanner
Sabrina Mallem
Aurelia Bellet
Emilie Hasboun
Beatrice Martel
Laurène Lévy
Amélie Lamoureux
Myriam Kamionka
Juliette Aérop
Audrey Aubert
Franck Berjont / Choreographer and Director
Jorge Govea ( Wakal ) / Live Music and DJ set
Juan 2Santos / Artistic Direction
Fabienne Larcher / 1st Art Direction Assistant
Make up / Kim Bourhila and Shu Uemura
Nô mask has been neglected for a long time.
In the sculpture garden of Yasuo Mizui in Lacoste, France, a dancer wearing the kimono of his first wife, Kiyoko, and wearing Nô mask that Yasuo had preserved.
In a forgotten garden, Nô mask sometimes cries, laughs, and gets angry.
The fantasy memory begins to move with sculptures, Nô mask, and kimono.
( Fukuko Ando )
Franco -Japanese Collaboration
FRANCE
The Kumano Kodō is a series of ancient pilgrimage routes of Japan. It is the path of the wisdom and patience of the old, and some trees are more than 800 years old.
( Fukuko Ando )
In that space, a dancer wearing a yellow “wisdom of light” dress concentrates her soul and has a conversation connecting with “the pilgrim’s wisdom” in space and time.
(熊野古道)
Franco-Japanese CollaborationA French Performance:
**Sacred Places**
JAPAN
Kumano Kodō
(熊野古道)
Performance
Franco-Japanese Collaboration
A French Performance: Sacred Places
Place: Kumano Kodō / Japan
https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Matsumoto+Pass+trailhead+Kumano+side+(Kumano+Kodo+Iseji)/@33.8158726,136.0752694,11z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sKumano+Kodo!3m4!1s0x600670ef11bc4781:0x72858d80321f6224!8m2!3d33.893818!4d136.1071113
Performance: Soluna de Cock (France)
Dress: Fukuko Ando (Japan)
Date: 17th October 2017
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The Myth of the Floating Bridge in the heavens there are legends stating that Amanohashidate was originally a ladder used by the god Izanagi No Mikoto to visit his lover the goddess Izanami No Mikoto (Izanagi No Mikoto and Izanami No Mikoto are the gods credited with the creation of Japan)
( Fukuko Ando )
Legend has it that the ladder fell out of the sky into the ocean and became Amanohashidate.
( 天橋立)
Franco-Japanese Collaboration
A French Performance:
JAPAN
**Sacred Places**
Electric lines run through the body.
( Fukuko Ando )
Electric music runs over the body.
Made of various fabrics
Year / 1993
Electric lines run through the body. Electric music runs over the body.
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of various fabrics
Year / 1993
The bird’s twitter is projected in five dimensions
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of various fabrics
Year / 2005
It’s like swirling and dancing when the waves of the sound come and go in cosmic space.
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of rose & white muslin
Year / 2004
Constructing with crystal patterns the DNA of the body by patchwork
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of Black , White & grey Silk
Year / 1993
Constructing with crystal patterns the DNA of the body by patchwork
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of Black , White & grey Silk
Year / 1993
Constructing with crystal patterns the DNA of the body by patchwork
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of Red & White silk
Year / 1993
The sewn lines create a constructive and unique shape.
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of Velvet Red
Year / 1995
The sewn lines create a constructive and unique shape
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of orange velvet
Year / 1995
Create a large wavy shape by sewing with fake fur while pulling the stretch velvet.
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of black fake fur and black stretch velvet
Year / 1995
Create a large wavy shape by sewing with fake fur while pulling the stretch velvet
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of white Fake fur and white stretch Vervet
Year / 1995
Big shining wings, golden blood flowing. Heavenly creature. Big shining wings, golden blood flowing, as a creature in heaven
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of white silk Satin
Year / 2006
Big shining wings, golden blood flowing. Heavenly creature. Big shining wings, golden blood flowing, as a creature in heaven
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of white silk Satin
Year / 2006
Feel the dance of the waves pushing and pulling in the surf that splashes white and the wavy sea. Pushing waves, pulling waves, rotating waves, waves draw on the sea. It is the dynamic of life and death in the moment.
( Fukuko Ando )
Made of navy blue silk satin, and white silk
Year / 1999
