We are Lavish… we are many things…
Commissioned by IMS to mark the return of the International Motorshow to London, Ami designed and directed a large scale machine and stunt theatre which featured cars, motorbikes and JCB’s alongside a cast of actors, aerialists, dancers and a live band all of which which ran for the duration of the Motorshow.
Commissioned by Imelda May, Ami’s show design for Imelda’s recent tour was a dynamic collaboration between her and Imelda, also visual artist Luke Losey and fellow film maker and graphic designer Tim Varlow.
Commissioned by Universal Music and in collaboration with Imelda May , Ami was the Creative Director across Imelda’s recent album campaign ‘11 Past The Hour’. In partnership with graphic designer Tim Varlow, the campaign artwork grew from a three part shoot by the photography alchemist Eddie Otchere.
Commissioned by Universal Music in collaboration with Imelda May, Ami was the Art Director for Imelda Mays televised performance of her song ‘Made to Love’ on the Graham Norton Show.
Commissioned by Ivory Worldwide, Ami designed and directed ‘Re-invent’. A high impact site-specific stage show in the heart of Chicago, featuring classical musicians from the city. With meticulous and dynamic choreography, the performance fused movement, live music and complex musical re-compositions with a carefully crafted sound bed and state of the art video.
Commissioned by Ivory Worldwide and staged in Zambia, a bespoke performance program curated by Ami which featured Zambian artists from remote, rural areas and also townships in Lusaka. The performances included star artists from Circus Zambia, Zambia’s first official Circus.
Commissioned by Universal Music and in collaboration with Imelda May, Ami was the Creative Director across the release of Imelda’s striking poetry EP a ‘Slip of the Tongue’. In partnership with talented animator and graphic designer Tim Varlow, they delivered the striking EP artwork and a series of animated lyric vídeos to accompany Imelda’s brilliant poems, such as ‘GBH’.
Ami’s approach to her show design has, for many years, included the theatrical use of machines combined with high impact physical choreography within her productions. She enjoys exploring the connection between the physical and the mechanical within her work and sees the mechanical as an extension of the physical.
Ami was the first Woman to choreograph JCB’s diggers and made them stars of Conn Expo in Vegas when they first commissioned her in 2008, with her show ‘Equilibrium’.