AlexandLiane

Alex Large and Liane Sommers are a British directing team who have been based in Berlin since 2000. They have made music videos for Kylie Minogue, La Roux, Tiga, Take That, Cheryl Cole, Scissor Sisters, Dido, Mika, Bloc Party, The Ting Tings, Sam Sparro, Armand Van Helden, Tocotronic and Deichkind

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Early history

Alex and Liane first met at 13 and again at 16 when they both studied art and theatre at sixth form college. They proceeded to live and study together at Nottingham University, Sommers studying Theatre Design and Large studying Contemporary Art.

Early work

Large and Sommers are founding members of the collaborative Arts collective, Gob Squad and participated in projects from 1994-2001. Early projects, "Stars and their Pies", "Science Fiction Kitchen" and "Way out West" took place at Glastonbury Festival in the mid 90s. Later work was site specific and durational, often incorporating elaborate soundscapes, pre-recorded video and live cameras. Locations have included Houses,Vehicles, Car parks, shopping centres, rooftops and constructed spaces. Projects were presented internationally at the likes of Fondation Cartier Paris, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, Tate Modern London, Berlin Biennale, Walker Arts Centre Minneapolis, Documenta X Germany, The Sean Kelly Gallery NY and Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts. Alex and Liane parted company with their arts collective in 2001. As a duo, they have created several video installation works, directed at the Berlin State Opera and provided visuals for music events in Berlin.

In 2002, AlexandLiane produced and directed several music videos for Berlin musicians. In 2004, they were requested to develop and direct the visual concept for Scissor Sisters' first single "Laura".

Awards / Nominations

Music videos

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