Today we launch a new NOWNESS with a film directed by British artist and designer Aitor Throup. The portrait of Swedish actor Noomi Rapace, soundtracked by mercurial artist Flying Lotus, is the result of an intense collaboration that sees the Prometheus star sculpted by Throup, and is based on his New Object Research concept. Ahead of the forthcoming Warp-released record You’re Dead, Flying Lotus creates a cosmic score with a hypnotic ambiance for this seven-act piece. Read below for the artist statement from Aitor Throup’s studio explaining the inspiration and nuances of the filmic trinity:

The film not only depicts a three-dimensional portrait of Rapace being intricately sculpted but also acts as a portrait of her by acting as a metaphor for the various chronological steps in the actor's process. Throup illustrates this personal and symbolic interpretation by splitting up the film into seven acts, each given a title which suggests an alternative interpretation of the sculptor and model as director and actress. The work depicts the actual casting and sculpting process developed by Throup over the course of 10 years to make his signature black mesh figures. Captured on location at the artist's own studio, this gives a real insight into this unusual and at times intense process.

Flying Lotus, the acclaimed, forward-thinking musician and producer provides an exclusive soundtrack. The material of six previously unreleased tracks was born out of conversations between Flying Lotus and Throup at the beginning of the project. The result is an extremely personal, hauntingly beautiful and subtly brutal documentation of a subject through the use of various layers of physical, literal and metaphorical processes—reflecting the complexities of not only the protagonist, but of all three artists involved.