// The Fashtons' 'Marionettes' for Daphne Guinness in l'Officiel Italia

“This song is very personal to me,” says Guinness. “As indeed is the whole album. I cannot sing or write something false. There are as many interpretations of songs and images as there are people.

“I met Fiona on a Wednesday and my intuition was to give her this song to listen to. And I knew from our conversation she understood. We started shooting two days later and I knew magic had indeed occurred.

“If it is torture for another artist, if the song does not inspire them, there is no point forcing it. I loved collaborating and collaboration is magical. I feel very blessed to have met Fiona and Ben.

“These songs are like children to me. They are my soul. To trust another person with them I have to be inspired too. Fiona got it right away.”

// read more here (if you speak Italian) // click play below ☟

// new video for Nocturnal Sunshine 'Believe'

// we made a new thing for our darling Maya Jane Coles, in her iteration as Nocturnal Sunshine, it premiered on the Wall Street Journal.

// this is a sequel in a way to our earlier piece for Maya, for the previous track, 'Take Me There'

// Ben Ashton, by his wife

Ben Ashton, by his wife, Fiona Garden, 2015

// new film for Ada Zanditon premiered on Wonderland

// another Fashtons project out, premiered on Wonderland Magazine // short film announcing the first couture collection from designer Ada Zanditon.

Directed by me with optical elements by Ben Ashton, and assistance from Mario Benedetti.

// Watch the video below //

// new video out for Polar Caps

Ben and I collaborated as The Fashtons on a video for Polar Caps' new single 'October' from the forthcoming EP 'Altitudes' on Alaskan Records.

// light test chez mews

// Ben Ashton standing in for a light test on our recent Engine Earz shoot.

// WIFE video on DAZED

// our collaboration with WIFE has appeared on Dazed Digital's roundup of best music videos of the month.

// WIFE - HEART IS A FAR LIGHT

Premiering today on V Magazine, the video for 'Heart Is A Far Light', the first single from new WIFE record, 'What's Between' (Tri Angle Records)

This video is a true collaboration between myself and my husband, Ben Ashton, and James Kelly, the brilliant musician and artist behind the WIFE moniker.

There is a lot of us in this project; the texture that you see in the beginning and end is that of a life-sized, charcoal-dusted agar jelly petri dish of a naked Ben that he made almost a decade ago and which was recently found, crystallised, in the back of a shed. My hand makes a little cameo, sharing a strange offering with Ben's outstretched hands...

Thanks to Nadia and Texta who appear briefly but linger in our hearts <3

ALUNAGEORGE WITH BEN ASHTON

// recently I collaborated with my husband, artist Ben Ashton, on artwork for ALUNAGEORGE's debut record, BODY MUSIC.

Without knowing there was a track called Kaleidoscope Love, we imagined Aluna occupying the space inside one of Ben's outsized kaleidoscopic structures, with George reflected throughout her environment.  Mirrors and other optical devices have l… — Without knowing there was a track called Kaleidoscope Love, we imagined Aluna occupying the space inside one of Ben's outsized kaleidoscopic structures, with George reflected throughout her environment. Mirrors and other optical devices have long featured in Ben's work and his research has influenced my own approach to imagery - this was an amazing way to combine our visions.

trying out the concept in our home studio

// once we knew the reflections would be amazing and that the structure could accomodate Aluna, Ben went to the task of structurally reinforcing it. Below you can see him appraising his work, while Aluna and George try out their spaceship.

// big love to Stars Redmond who worked with us on this, and to the adorable Aluna and George, as well as Martina Luisetti on makeup and Louis Byrne on hair

SNIPE is Two

Ben Ashton as apathetic flag waving zealot. "yay england" - ben ashton