SSENSE : Burberry | A-B-CITY

Directed by Torso, A-B-City is set within the noisy hum of New York, centering the city itself as a key character. Three adjacent vignettes move entropically in time. The protagonists are ephemeral, they disappear, imprinting memories upon the city. Through a stream of consciousness and poetic inner thoughts, the film asks, how are we to deal with a present that has already caught up to the future? It is an abstract meditation on coping with extreme change. Doing nothing, or doing too much… but right now, in a city, going through it with everyone else. A-B-City stars a diverse cast of personalities including Lourdes Leon, Selyna Brillare, and Alexis Chaparro in vignettes written by Brontez Purnell, Natasha Stagg, and Juliana Huxtable. The project exclusively introduces Burberry’s Mythical Alphabet, a new capsule collection that celebrates the Burberry animal kingdom. Designed in collaboration with British graphic designer Peter Saville and illustrator Jo Ratcliffe. For more, visit www.burberry.ssense.com.