Inside the David Cronenberg exhibit opening at TIFF Bell Lightbox: 30 photos of faux scars, Mugwumps and more!
See the photos from the Cronenberg: Evolution opening party »
Spooksville made its way into TIFF Bell Lightbox on Wednesday night for the opening party of Cronenberg: Evolution (November 1-January 19), the exhibit celebrating the city’s most lauded director. The retrospective of David Cronenberg’s 40 years in film opens up a cabinet of curiosities with trippy artifacts, set designs and rare footage from various Cronenberg films including Crash, The Fly, Videodrome and Cosmopolis. My personal favourites: the original “bio-ports” used on Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh in eXistenZ (remember theeeeese?!) and a menacing Mugwump situated at a Naked Lunch bar setting for guests to pose for photos with. One such guest to take the photo opportunity: David Cronenberg himself, who posed alongside TIFF CEO Piers Handling and creative director Noah Cowan, earlier that day.
As guests including Cronenberg-favourite Jeremy Irons took in the exhibit on the main floor, others got their gore on, with a team of makeup artists transforming faces with faux scars and blood stains so realistic they caused many a double take. On the loading dock, another kind of party took form; with local band Paradise Animal adjacent a Parts & Labour food truck and some rather raw looking meats. Later, dancing queen Andrea Bolley maintained her boogie status, by shimmying to some late night tunes with wrangler extraordinaire PJ Tarasuk.
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Photography by George Pimentel
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by George Pimentel
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
Photography by Kayla Rocca
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See the photos from the Cronenberg: Evolution opening party »
Spooksville made its way into TIFF Bell Lightbox on Wednesday night for the opening party of Cronenberg: Evolution (November 1-January 19), the exhibit celebrating the city’s most lauded director. The retrospective of David Cronenberg’s 40 years in film opens up a cabinet of curiosities with trippy artifacts, set designs and rare footage from various Cronenberg films including Crash, The Fly, Videodrome and Cosmopolis. My personal favourites: the original “bio-ports” used on Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh in eXistenZ (remember theeeeese?!) and a menacing Mugwump situated at a Naked Lunch bar setting for guests to pose for photos with. One such guest to take the photo opportunity: David Cronenberg himself, who posed alongside TIFF CEO Piers Handling and creative director Noah Cowan, earlier that day.
As guests including Cronenberg-favourite Jeremy Irons took in the exhibit on the main floor, others got their gore on, with a team of makeup artists transforming faces with faux scars and blood stains so realistic they caused many a double take. On the loading dock, another kind of party took form; with local band Paradise Animal adjacent a Parts & Labour food truck and some rather raw looking meats. Later, dancing queen Andrea Bolley maintained her boogie status, by shimmying to some late night tunes with wrangler extraordinaire PJ Tarasuk.
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