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way,’ said Moment Factory’s Sakchin Bessette.

‘The set is clever and surprising.’ Yutaka

Hasegawa, vice president of design at Sony

Creative Center, agreed: ‘The balls were the

most unique part of the project.’

Commending Ekman on his use of

‘movement and transformation’ while ‘merg-

ing stage and show’, Bessette reflected on his

own digitally oriented portfolio with Moment

Factory. ‘We’re constantly working with

technology and video content – that’s what

we do. Maybe that’s why I’m drawn to the

opposite in this case. Perhaps it’s professional

corruption, but I like the message of staging

something low-tech, something human.’ – TI

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PEOPLE'S VOTE

MTV Europe Music Awards 2017

by Julio Himede Design

PARIS – Before selecting the Set Design of
the Year, jury members decided that too many
projects use technology for technology’s sake.
What were they looking for instead? Simplic-
ity and poetry. Their attention eventually
landed on 35-year-old Swedish choreog-
rapher Alexander Ekman and the deluge of
green balls that forms part of Play, a perfor-
mance by the Paris Opera Ballet at Palais Gar-
nier. ‘The balls are used in such an interesting

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