ABOUT REAL PARENT

Established in Year 2020, REAL PARENT is a New Media Art and Music Collective that desires to contribute a fresh practice in both the virtual 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.

An 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. 

"EXTENDED DREAMS VOL.1"

FILM ACCOLADES

WATCH ALL OUR FILMS HERE

55555
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
WINNER OF BEST ADVERTISING - ASVOFF 15
WINNER OF BEST METAVERSE FASHION FILM
- NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER OF BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST ORIGINAL SOUND - CANNES WORLD ART FESTIVAL
NOMINEE - BEST DIGITAL FASHION/ ANIMATION - BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINEE - BEST CGI & VISUALS, BEST NEW MEDIA, BEST CREATED ENVIRONMENT - SENSEI FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINEE - BEST CG & VISUAL EFFECTS - UK FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION & SCREENING - ASVOFF, NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, SENSEI FILM FESTIVAL, LONDON FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, UK FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, SYDNEY WORLD FESTIVAL

RARE REALITY
WINNER OF BEST DIGITAL FASHION - BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER OF BEST VISUAL & SPECIAL EFFECTS - UK FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER OF BEST FASHION FILM & BEST CREATED ENVIRONMENT - SENSEI FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION & SCREENING- ASVOFF 14 (PARIS), SHOWstudio.com (Nick Knight), DIGITAL MEDIA FEST (ROME), MELBOURNE FASHION FILM FESTIVAL AWARD, ANIMATE 2023 BEST AUSTRALIAN ANIMATED FILMS (SYDNEY)

THE BUTTERFLY'S DREAM
OFFICIAL SELECTION - SHOWstudio.com (Nick Knight), ASVOFF 13, BUCHAREST FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, FASHION FILM FESTIVAL MILANO

EXHIBITIONS & SHOWCASES

MODE FESTIVAL 2024, SYDNEY
4A CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART, SYDNEY - NUWORLDS 2024
THE TANK, ART GALLERY OF NSW - VOLUME FESTIVAL 2024
PITCH FESTIVAL, MELBOURNE 2024
NFT PARIS 2024 - FUTURE FRONT ROW HOLOGRAM FASHION SHOW, GRAND PALAIS, PARIS
DCENTRAL MIAMI 2023
AMSTERDAM FASHION WEEK - FUTURE FRONT ROW HOLOGRAM FASHION SHOW
POWERHOUSE MUSEUM, SYDNEY - POWERHOUSE LATE x CLUB 4A: FUTURE NO FUTURE, 2023
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, CANBERRA 2023
STATE LIBRARY, MELBOURNE - MELBOURNE FASHION WEEK OPENING RUNWAY
TOWN HALL GLASS CUBE, MELBOURNE - MELBOURNE FASHION WEEK

SELECTED PRESS COVERAGE

SEPT 2024
METAL MAGAZINE

NOV 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION & SCREENING AT DOVER STREET MARKET PARIS
’0000’ WINS ‘BEST ADVERTISING AWARD' AT ASVOFF 15

FEB 2023
“RARE REALITY” selected as featured fashion film showcase on SHOWstudio.com and appeared on commentary video by SHOWstudio director Nick Knight and Raquel Couceiro
SHOWSTUDIO

DEC 2022
“RARE REALITY” awarded as Winner of ‘Best Fashion Film’ and ‘Best Created Environment’ at SENSEI FILM FESTIVAL (TOKYO), also short-listed for ‘Best Animated Film’, ‘Best CGI & Visual Effects’ and ‘Best Character Design’

NOV 2022
AWARD WINNER ‘BEST VISUAL & SPECIAL EFFECTS’ AT UK FASHION FILM FESTIVAL

SEPT 2022
AWARD WINNER ‘BEST DIGITAL FASHION’ AT BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL

JULY 2021
SHOWSTUDIO INTERVIEW READ

AUG 2021
VIDEO COMMENTARY BY NICK KNIGHT AND RAQUEL COUCEIRO OF SHOWSTUDIO WATCH

NOV 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION & SCREENING AT ASVOFF 14 & DIGITAL MEDIA FEST

JUNE 2022
FEATURE ON HYPEBAE READ

SEPT 2021
DIGITAL FASHION ON VOGUE POLSKA READhttps://theinjury.com.au/blogs/films