“It is about our fetishistic perception of pop culture as art directors,” says the visually-obsessed Ill-Studio of their new film, Twisted Objects, and Parisian exhibition Fetishistic Scopophilia. “The distorted way we look at everything that surrounds us through the prism of design.” While today’s animation warps obsolete, generic ephemera, the creative company––made up of Thomas Subreville, Léonard Vernhet and Pierre Dixsaut––also created giant computer desktop installations for their show at 12Mail gallery and takeover of Colette. For artists who have collaborated with Louis Vuitton, Christophe Lemaire and Supreme, Ill-Studio’s fascination with both low and high culture is indicative of their aesthetic. “We first noticed the pleasure in objects way before we started designing,” say the Parisians, who self-published a skateboarding-inspired collection of essays and artwork entitled Neapolis, featuring contributions from Rick Owens and Jerry Hsu, among others. “This unconscious pleasure is definitely a fetishism,” say the partners. “Being able to understand why you like, or don’t like, the shape, the material or the color of an object came way later.”

Fetishistic Scopophilia runs until February 1 at Colette and March 14 at 12Mail