Everyone appreciates the beauty of getting a good night’s sleep, and just how essential a comfortable bed and bedroom set are to making that a reality. Ogilvy New York’s new IKEA campaign, “The Morningmorphosis” directed by O Positive’s Jess Coulter, depicts people everyone can relate to enjoying the newfound benefits of becoming a morning person.
In this spot driven by humor and IKEA’s aesthetic, we meet one of those morning people, Sarah.
Client IKEA Agency Ogilvy New York Vicki Azarian, executive creative director; Della Mathew, group creative director; Monica Apodaca, ACD, art director; Andrew Chisholm, ACD, copywriter; Grace Donahue, art director; Thatcher Jensen, copywriter; Jenna Gartland, executive producer; Josh Kornrich, producer. Production O Positive Jess Coulter, director; Ralph Laucella, Marc Grill, EPs; Jason Reda, line producer; Maryse Alberti, DP. Editorial MackCut Erik Laroi, editor. Color The Mill Mikey Rossiter, colorist; Audio Post Sonic Union Mike Marinelli, mixer/engineer Music Human Worldwide
Dancer turned director Ezra Hurwitz collaborates with Ailey II artistic director Francesca Harper, featuring movement as museum pieces against the Whitney Museum of American Art’s striking architecture for this short film titled Echoes of Ailey. Commissioned to celebrate “Edges of Ailey” at the Whitney Museum, the film accompanies the first large-scale exhibition on the life and enduring legacy of visionary artist and choreographer Alvin Ailey. “Edges of Ailey” is currently on view at the Whitney until February 9.
Animating iconic images from Alvin Ailey’s 20th-century repertory, the film expands on the exhibition by constructing a visual narrative around his storytelling and influences. Set to Radiohead’s “Everything In Its Right Place,” dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, and The Ailey School capture the emotional core of the company’s history--physically situating Ailey’s masterworks amongst the Whitney’s collection.
“As a child, my grandmother took me to Ailey’s Revelations once a year,” said Hurwitz. “No matter how often I saw it, the work captivated me. There isn’t one specific thing I hope viewers take away from the film--or one way to interpret its images. It’s meant to be an abstract work, like Ailey’s creations.”
Turning to his archive, Hurwitz and Harper illuminate key sequences symbolic of Ailey’s profound legacy, closing on an uninterrupted sequence from "I’ve Been Buked," the opening movement of Ailey’s legendary "Revelations." Carrying a watershed moment back to its own medium, Echoes of Ailey captures the multigenerational impact of Ailey’s work, continued by his organization. The short film first premiered on Nowness.
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