The audience entered the choreography
On 16 September, Homme Plissé Issey Miyake staged its second Open Studio in Tate Modern’s Tanks. The capsule created with Tate drew from Henri Matisse’s 1953 cut-out The Snail.
Performers from Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company gradually revealed pleated garments hidden beneath the floor. In Ioannis Mandafounis’s One One One method, eye contact between one spectator and one dancer triggered improvisation: the audience did not merely observe fashion; it activated it.
The final composition rebuilt Matisse’s motif at full scale through clothing. The project shows why the border between fashion film and live performance remains fertile: here, dress is not illustration but a moving medium.
Official report and visuals: ISSEY MIYAKE. Updated 18 September 2026.
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