The video I directed for THEESatisfaction, “QueenS”. Inspired by Mickalene Thomas, of course. Cop the album here: www.subpop.com/artists/theesatisfaction
* AHHHHH!
Shabazz Palaces - Are You… Can You… Were You? (Felt) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Directed By Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes
Director of Photography: Futsum Tesgai
*everything about this. every. fucking. thing.
Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic
#1 Dear Mother,
tiona.m. 2010
Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic-Dear Mother, is one in a series of 12 trailers that reference an epic themed film that does not exist in feature length form. The final form of the film will be presented in ten trailers, a press kit per trailer containing photo film stills, a synopsis, film posters, lobby cards, assorted ephemera. Dear Mother, is a representation of a vision that the Hero/Heroin has within the epic.
Dear Mother, is 1 of 3 trailers in The Visions Set of trailers. During the year of 2012 a trailer will be released every month until the end of the year.
*today is my mother’s actual birthday. this is an experimental project ive been working on since 2009. Philly can start to look out for posters, lobby cards, and some other cool stuff in the streets over the next few weeks. decided to go public and make the streets my gallery for exhibition. stay tuned.
my buddy Tchaiko just told me about this.
the silence after Steve McQueen makes his point is absolutely deafening.
➜ Blending Hip-Hop and Heraldry
Rashaad Newsome’s first solo show opened Oct. 20 at the Marlborough Gallery in Chelsea.
“Herald,” which opened last week and will be on view through Dec. 3, offers up Mr. Newsome’s modern-day take on heraldry, centuries of European tradition mashed up with hip-hop’s latest swagger, like a coat of arms inspired by the young rapper Nicki Minaj. It represents the culmination of several strands of his work: history applied to the juxtaposition of high and pop art; symbols isolated, mixed and re-appropriated; the exploration of African-American culture. And along with a related appearance at Performa, the performance art biennial, where he will present the festival’s first-ever rap battle, it could mark his breakthrough as a young artist. At 31 he is aiming for a contemporary art bull’s-eye, the intersection of the classics and the street.
Mr. Newsome has fans in many corners of the art world, who praise him for his ability to render urban life in a formal studio context. “He is very much a child of this generation who embraces everything that moves and is pop and is music, and puts it in a blender and makes it their own, so I’m impressed by that,” said Klaus Biesenbach, the director of MoMA PS1. “I’ve seen his work now for at least three-plus years, and it has become very accomplished. I see him as on the verge of a larger audience understanding what he tries to establish.” PS1 had a role in that: last year, as part of its “Greater New York” exhibition, it showed Mr. Newsome’s “Conductor,” an installation that used hip-hop YouTube clips — focused on rappers’ hands — to create a video for Orff’s “Carmina Burana” (with a rap beat added). It came shortly after “Five,” Mr. Newsome’s performance piece for the Whitney Biennial, which reinterpreted vogueing.
***been following Newsome’s work for a while now. You can watch the 16.20 min ‘Swag The Mixtape’ HERE.
the first 2min SLAAAAAAYSSSSSS. *snaps*
