aibabblerJo Aiba · London

Films by Jo Aiba.

33 short films, fashion films and adverts, directed, prompted and cut by Jo Aiba for aibabbler in London.

Selected ten, in the order to watch them.

  1. A-01
    Sculpted Rooms

    Four sculpted looks in green, yellow and harlequin orange, each in its own graphic living room.

    0:30
  2. A-02
    XiVVE

    A fashion film in black, white and one red accent.

    0:20
  3. A-03
    Cap Wear

    Knitwear in yellow, red and green walks London: St Paul's, the London Eye, Big Ben and Piccadilly Circus.

    0:20
  4. A-04
    Regency

    A ballroom, a walk through clipped gardens and a meeting under an archway.

    0:15
  5. A-05
    Tough Talking Cowboy

    A strange western drifts between hard-edged conversation and dreamlike spectacle. A cowboy's authority set against figures that feel pulled from myth, fashion and another world.

    0:10
  6. A-06
    The Paper Scribe

    An ink-wash scribe folds paper cranes that all carry the same message: look up.

    0:15
  7. A-07
    Small Fleet

    A handmade naval world: sailors on watch, a small boat among the battleships, a rescue at sea.

    0:15
  8. A-08
    A Small Reality

    A quiet, uncanny fragment where atmosphere takes the lead and the ordinary begins to feel newly imagined.

    0:14 · Veo 3.1
  9. A-09
    Sand Sail

    A hooded rider and a wooden sail sled cross the desert, then a run through a sunlit archway.

    0:30
  10. A-10
    The World That Listened

    A heron in a misty wetland, a glasshouse garden, a market town at dusk.

    0:30 · Seedance 2.5

New work, the latest films and adverts.

  1. A-11
    ONDOMI

    An editorial advert in saturated reds, greens and blues: painted eyes, sculpted fur and patent boots.

    0:28
  2. A-12
    Sebastian Thorne

    Riders in claret and shearling cross the moors for a maison de couture, ending on a gathering at dusk.

    0:25
  3. A-13
    The Knitted Rose

    A couture study in black and mustard knit: a sculpted hat, a dotted face and a knitted rose.

    0:10
  4. A-14
    The Key

    A warm rain romance on the waterfront: a market in the wet, a bar under a lighthouse and a key passed across.

    0:30 · Wan 3.0
  5. A-15
    The Old House

    Two strangers in a blue-walled medina, a closed door, and a key passed across a lantern-lit table.

    0:30 · Wan 3.0
  6. A-16
    TEMI

    A notebook advert in paper collage: notes in the air, a pink corridor and a train ride toward tomorrow.

    0:30
  7. A-17
    Spin Cycle

    A product advert for a compact washing machine: a delighted host, a spinning drum and a row of pastel machines.

    0:30
  8. A-18
    Odd Elders

    Weathered elders and strange birds keep company on red sofas set down in salt flats and still water.

    0:29
  9. A-19
    Signal

    A lone climber crosses a misty ridge with a lantern and a map, then tunes an old radio at the top of a tower as the sun comes up.

    0:30
  10. A-20
    Café Noir

    A silent-era café in black and white, and a dancer in a bowler hat who owns the room.

    0:30
  11. A-21
    Blue Room

    A barefoot dancer moves through a cold, peeling room in pale blue light.

    0:20
  12. A-22
    Mind Your Own Bucket

    Two clay neighbours trade gossip over a picket fence until a third tells them to mind their own bucket.

    0:15

The archive, earlier studies.

  1. A-23
    Robe, Fridge, Mirror

    A kitchen in three pastels, a woman moving through her own morning like it's rehearsed.

    0:15
  2. A-24
    Highland Walk

    A weekend in the highlands: wheels through water, a lochside arrival, a woman and her horse, a walker with his herd.

    0:30
  3. A-25
    After Hours

    A gallery of draped figures gives way to an observatory terrace and a dome full of stars.

    0:30
  4. A-26
    Brush

    Calligraphy in a tatami room, then a robed figure standing in a rainy courtyard.

    0:15
  5. A-27
    Officer & Soldier

    A charged office encounter unfolds through restrained movement, rigid space and the pressure of two figures holding their ground.

    0:15
  6. A-28
    Boombox Hour

    A black and white fisheye rooftop session: a boombox, string lights and a dance that grows with every friend.

    0:30
  7. A-29
    Bodies in Orbit

    Two movement languages meet in a single charged rhythm, turning discipline, balance and impact into a shared dance.

    0:10
  8. A-30
    Paper Street

    A paper-cut European street where a train, a canal and a single red detail pass through.

    0:30
  9. A-31
    Whimsical Angles

    A playful study in motion and perspective: the camera tilts, drifts and orbits as bodies let loose.

    0:10
  10. A-32
    A Small Light

    A dark planetarium, a pair of hands holding a small light, a woman in blue beneath a single beam.

    0:30
  11. A-33
    Untitled Drift

    An unnamed fragment that moves on feeling rather than story: atmosphere, rhythm and light leading the way.

    0:10