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The ImPossible Family Reunion in RPG Space 
Chapter 8: Can’t Rush Cooked Food
Runway photography by Morgan Williams
Lookbook photography by Oscar Finnie
Alternative angles by Cecelia Maduekwe
Lofi by Leon Cadete

Zinzi as Cool Future Karis

Akin as Cool Cousin

Tyyuki as Blue Gangsta Sage

Kekoto as Khaki Gangsta Sage

bordercholy as Yellow Ultimate Next Goal Wins Karis

Jamai as Blue Ultimate Next Goal Wins Karis

Tomique as WWE Steph

Havier as Sensei Unc

Chiyen-Angel as Hostess Grandma

Noah Mensah as Grandad Going to School

Mowale as Steph Gpoing to School

Karl as Glitchy Gruesome Great Grandad

Jasmine as Goth Cousin

MISFYA as Mum Caught with a Cig

Myles as Spy Steph

LIZMINK as Karis on the Phone

Vivien-Chrys as Glitch Man

Nyekachi as Grandma in Grandad’s Eyes

Abraham as Cowboy Grandad

Herbie Mensah as Grandad

Beulah Mensah as Steph

Saul Mensah as Karis


Our eighth chapter of The Possible Family Reunion in RPG Space is an ode to storytelling in its most literal sense, and to the fantasy found within the everyday recollection of memories. The setting is a very normal barbecue — or rather, a multitude of barbecues all blended into one. Grandad — our recurring character — and his two grandchildren remember shared moments from the earlier years of their lives: a warped recollection of meals, conversations and games, collapsed through the passage of time. It is through the retelling of these histories that fantasy begins to emerge, and guides this collection.

The starting point was a desire to look within our own living libraries: our parents and grandparents, and to learn more about them before us. The further back we reached, the stranger these histories became, our grandparents’ stories seeming so far removed that they began to feel folkloric. Details shift between memory, embellishment and invention, yet through their retelling they get tangible and vivid. And turning to our own memories felt mythic too, with childhood memories feeling real, no matter how fantastic. The limitlessness of playing with a ball outside, endless games of make-believe that shaped entire universes. Digital worlds held that same depth, with a handful of pixels enough to pull you in completely.

In taking time to share our memories of barbecues and family gatherings between ourselves, we realised how many moments that felt personal were quite ironically completely universal. An uncle teaching you self-defence. An impossibly cool older sibling that was a regular awkward teenager in retrospect. Catching your mum with a cigarette for the first time and feeling like your understanding of her has collapsed - does she want to die? In developing the collection, we wanted to treat these seemingly insignificant familial histories with the same curiosity we’ve previously given to ancient or prehistoric ones.

Perhaps our desire to explore the recent past comes from us reaching the age our parents were when they had us, realising how young they must have felt; and trying to understand the visual void of their lives before our own. Or maybe it comes from losing grandparents and yearning for the histories that disappear with them, or from the growing awareness that one day they might. Or maybe it’s our own memories, distorting and warping over time until the face of an old family friend becomes a void in the family narrative, impossible to place. A family home has long since been hosting barbecues that weren’t ours.

There was something really precious in exploring these hidden histories and allowing ordinary memories to become mythologies of their own. And it’s in their telling and retelling that we find joy here today.

With love,
Yaku and Nas

Performance Director: Dermot Daly
Movement Direction: Gabi Wolosik

Set Design & Development: Sookyung Kim
In-House Producer, Casting and PR: Anastasiya Kuzmich
Production: Brian Jones & Blonstein Productions

Hair: Richard Phillipart
Make Up: Michelle Dacillo

Footwear Assist: Fallon Stephenson
3D and Props: In-House by Louis Shelton and Rory O’Sullivan
Garment Printing: Woody Castang at Beker Studio
Show Notes and Gifts Graphic: Charlize Pfister

Score Mixed by Jordan Fox
Intro by Jordan Fox
Track 2 by Ollie Berg (0berg) 
Track 3 - Head Top by @OnlyMk @TayoLoxs 
Track 4 - Canon! prod. @TayoLoxs, Kulstar & Mozi Beatz 
Track 5 - The Longest Ever Walk to School by Jordan Fox 
Track 6 - ihateyou by elliotreadd
Track 7 - Goth Cousin by @TayoLoxs 
Track 8 - Clearest Memory by Jordan Fox 
Narration by MISFYA - Music Producer & DJ, Dermot Daly and Bib Sama. 

Video Director: Alfie Castang
Video Producer & DOP: Baile Ali
Assistant Cameras: Max Castang, Swish, Louis Shelton
Kit: Baile Ali and Epitome Studio

Thank You

To the British Fashion Council, for providing us with a platform to share our creations. To the Paul Smith Foundation, the Mayor of London, Projekt, British GQ, Martha Mosse and Jake Pearce, for so generously supporting our development and growth. To Brian Jones and Blonstein Productions, for actively making it possible to turn fantasy into reality. To Nike London - for your relentless support, always. To Beata and Lucy for helping us get the garments off the runway and into the hands of the people, and to Beker Studio, where our canvas come alive in colour. To Dermot Daly — you fill our hearts with joy and inspiration season after season. To our amazing performers, for shining so brightly, each in your own special way. To Michelle Dacillo and Richard Phillipart, for giving our actors the confidence to shine.

And most of all, thank you to our fantastic studio team: Angshi Hang, Annabella Knott, Baile Ali , Charlie Brown, Charlize Pfister, Daisuke, Eddie Bannister, Ethan Hopkins, Fallon Stephenson, Florence Shin, Gabi Wolosik, Grace Hinchliffe, Halima Raji, Hezi Harrison, Hyun Chel Jung, Iona Gordon, Jamie Neal, Lan Chi Vuong, Liqaa Al-Kamil, Louis Shelton, Mario Don, Marmarie Zaloom, Meda Mosiejute, Moty, Noah Clark, Pablo Soria Alomoto, Rory O’Sullivan, Sofia Mehdi, Sookyung Kim, Star Jeon, Taymar Robinson, The Campos Brothers, Thibault Rakotobarison, Toby Mills, Woody Castang.
 

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