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The Weird Girls of Reykjavík is a collective created by and headed by Kitty Von-Sometime.

The project evolves episode by episode and the Weird Girls mix between those involved from the beginning and the new members increasing with every event.

Each episode is planned for up to three months in advance with the girls themselves knowing as little as is possible. They know there will be a photo shoot, they are aware they will be filmed and they are aware of the day and night in question.

As much of the rest of the event is kept as quiet as possible except for a theme song which is given to them a week or two in advance and a request for measurements for the custom costumes.

Each episode produces media but the project focus is the event itself and how the girls themselves react and morph within costume. None of the girls are professional actresses or models and part of the inspiration was to get girls to step outside of themselves and shed some inhibitions.

There is always a professional photographer for part of the event but the videos are shot with simple direction given minutes before, no rehearsals. For the first three episodes editing was completed within imovie only with no film/editing training whatsoever. They are simply a record of the event. Official video for episode 4 is being edited by Chris Rowe.

The full flickr galleries can be viewed by clicking Hérna

The Episodes so far:

EPISODE 1

EPISODE 2

EPISODE 3

EPISODE 4

EPISODE 5

EPISODE 6