Hi Definition video written and directed by Laurie Anderson – commissioned for the World Expo in Aichi, Japan in 2005

Photography Direction by Maryse Alberti
Edited by Kevin Messman
Production Design by Andrea Stanley
Costume Design and construction by Jessica Ford
Some wardrobe generously provided by Han Feng and Issey Miyake

Laurie Anderson wore her personal wardrobe, which included items by Issey Miyake

All photos appear courtesy of and are copyrighted by Maggie Soladay

“Hidden Inside Mountains is a film of short stories about nature, artifice and dreams, located in a fictitious world of theatrical spaces.”

The challenge for this project was to dress sets of twins and a set of triplets in a series of identical looks – without having seen them for fittings. Luckily some beautiful samples were generously contributed by Issey Miyake and Han Feng. I built some of the pieces for the girls and the older women that you see here and compiled a big stock of doubles and triples and hoped for the best! I was very new to New York, very green and very terrified.

Pictured:
The twins: Shane and Shawn Jenkins, Rita Alper and Jean Meadow, Colleen and Erin Conboy Regan
The triplets: Alex, Zach and Andrew Zoppa
Antony, Laurie Anderson