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Lightning and Kinglyface (Anna & Victoria) imagine and devise, draw and design – then build, perfect and install their imaginative sets, installations and beautifully crafted props. They have a unique ability to provide both concept and delivery that gives their work the internal consistency of a single vision.

Trials and experiments in their studio provide practical, down-to-earth knowledge of what works and what doesn’t. Their curiosity adds avid research and meticulous preparation to shoot experience.

Engaging and enthusiastic, an established duo since they graduated in 2006, this close working partnership is energetic, overlapping and collaborative – playing to each other’s strengths on every project and yet both involved in all aspects.

In their commission for the Tate Tanks, they brought in a dancer and a projector to work with the space’s unusual angles and surfaces. Ongoing personal projects use a range of substances – sugar, oil, air – to explore the quest for the perfect circle.

Born a month apart in 1984, Anglo-Italian Anna Fulmine and Anglo-Iranian Victoria Shahrokh grew up in southeast England. At the University for the Creative Arts, Epsom, where they met, their persuasive powers allowed them to develop their shared interests in the handmade and 3-D as part of a Graphic Design BA.

Commercial clients include: BMW, Cartier, Dunhill, Balmain, Volkswagen, Barclays, BAFTA, Channel 4, , Exposure, Glenfiddich, Hyundai, John Lewis, Nike, Nokia, o2, Selfridges, Sony, Stella McCartney, Studio Fury, Swarovski, Tate, Topshop, V & A Museum, Volvo and Westfield.

Editorial outlets include:Twin, Printed Pages, Surface Magazine, Bon, Esquire, Telegraph Luxury, Viewpoint & Wallpaper*.

Photographers include: Metz & Racine, Carl Kleiner, Thomas Brown, Leandro Farina, Steve Harries, Nadav Kandar, Owen Silverwood, Alexander Kent , Annabel Elston, Kate Jackling.

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source: papergardenexhibitionblogspot

According to the biography found on their web site Lightning and Kinglyface, also known as Anna Fulmine and Victoria Shahrokh, met in London at the University for Creative Arts, Epsom. They have been an epic pair in set design and installations since they graduated in 2006 and have made collaborating with photographers a part of every experience they create.
Artists/Critique statement: In an interview done by James Davidson of weheart.co.uk, Anna Fulmine has this to say about the objective of their works, particularly Tunnel 228 “When people see our work we want them to think, how did they do that? Why did they do that? And when you experience it firsthand we want people to be overwhelmed by a feeling, they don’t have to necessarily like the work visually as long as we inspire some sort of feeling. If that’s a haunting feeling then by jove I think we’ve done it!”
Background on work presented: According to an article found on the news site guardian.co.uk, Tunnel 228 was commissioned by a UK performance company, Punchdrunk, in an effort to bring “the art world and theatre a little closer together.” Tunnel 228 was installed in an actual tunnel in the UK as a gorilla-style collaboration between artist and actors.
How it connects to the theme and why you chose the work: I couldn’t think of a better entrance to my garden than this magical forest cut from single blankets of paper. I wanted to evoke a sense of awe and intrigue about my paper garden, Lightning and Kinglyface have met those qualifications with amazing accuracy.