EUGENE LEUNG CO-FOUNDED REAL PARENT IN YEAR 2000, A NEW MEDIA ART AND MUSIC COLLECTIVE THAT DESIRES TO CONTRIBUTE A FRESH PRACTICE BOTH THE VIRUAL AND THE REAL.
Through digital medium, sculpture art and sonic experiences, their work explores the interchangeability of beauty within chaos, highlighting the dynamic duality between hard and soft, real and virtual. These elements continually influence each other, creating a symbiotic relationship that enhances the overall narrative and aesthetic.
A tenth-time award winner for their signature CG films, their creations transverse physical boundaries with a deeply integrated practice of 3D modelling in their wearable design and conceptual presentation. Recent collections ‘55555’ (2024/25) and ‘0000’ (2023/24) coalesce elements of post-humanist science fiction embodied across runway and ready-to-wear, alongside metaverse fashion pieces and surrealist cyberpunk short films.
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ALL FILMS DIRECTED BY EUGENE LEUNG
INJURY X REAL PARENT
55555 (MAY, 2024)
WINNER OF BEST CG & VISUAL EFFECTS - UK FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER OF BEST NEW MEDIA FILM - STYLE, EXPERIMENTAL, FASHION FIL FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES
NOMINEE - BEST DIGITAL FASHION - BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION & SCREENING - LA FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION & SCREENING - STYLE, EXPERIMENTAL, FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
0000 (MAY, 2023)
WINNER OF BEST METAVERSE FASHION FILM - NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINEE - BEST CGI & VISUALS, BEST NEW MEDIA, BEST CREATED ENVIRONMENT - SENSEI FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION & SCREENING - NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, SENSEI FILM FESTIVAL, LONDON FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
EXTENDED REALITY VOL.1 (SEPT, 2022) - EXHIBITION, MELBOURNE FASHION WEEK TOWN HALL CAPSULE
RARE REALITY (JUNE, 2022) - WINNER OF BEST FASHION FILM & BEST CREATED ENVIRONMENT at SENSEI FILM FESTIVAL, WINNER OF BEST VISUAL & SPECIAL EFFECTS at UK FASHION FILM FESTIVAL.
WINNER OF ‘BEST DIGITAL FASHION’, BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, AFTERPAY AUSTRALIAN FASHION WEEK 2022
THE BUTTERFLY’S DREAM (MAY, 2021) - OFFICIAL SELECTION AT ASVOFF 13, FASHION FILM FESTIVAL MILANO, BUCHAREST FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, SHOWstudio, AFTERPAY AUSTRALIAN FASHION WEEK 2021