AF Twenty-Seven

My Little Sister

From Civilization to Power.

Created by the 88. Directed by Jenna Elizabeth.

Kanye West POWER by Marco Brambilla (Director’s Cut)

POWER shows a continuous camera move from extreme close-up of Mr. West revealing an a neoclassical video tableau showing characters and creatures surrounding him in an abstract environment – all moving in extreme slow motion.

Inspired by Michelangelo’s frescos in the Sistine Chapel, the piece depicts a faux historical moment – an empire on the brink of collapse from its own excess, decadence and corruption.

Incredible.

BONUS

Civilization by Marco Brambilla

Civilization is a video installation we created with artist/director Marco Brambilla for the elevators Standard Hotel in NYC. It’s comprised of over 400 video clips and it takes elevator passengers on a trip from hell to heaven as they go up or from heaven to hell as they go down. Pictures of the installation and Q&A with Brambilla and Crush is posted here glossyinc.com/civilization.html

Title: Civilization (MEGAPLEX), 2008 By: Marco Brambilla
Client: The Standard Hotel, New York
Editor/Research Assistant: Beau Dickson
Assistant: Swapna Tamhane
Production Company: Crush, Toronto
Representation/Images Courtesy of: Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica
Marco Brambilla Directorial Representation:
Ebeling Group U.S.A.

This video is open to a lot of interpretation but I found it to be creative and a progressive step away from your run of the mill hip hop video. To me, this video is more of a salute to much of the popular modern performance art and video installations that you’d see at some thing like Miami Art Basel.

Picasso was in a park when a woman approached him and asked him to draw a portrait of her.

Picasso agreed and quickly sketches her.

After handing the sketch to her, she is pleased with the likeness and asks how much she owed to him.

Picasso replies: “$5,000.”

The woman screamed, “But it took you only five minutes.”

“No, madam, it took me all my life” replied Picasso.

Via: http://inspire.boranikolic.com/

I love this kind of stuff.

At first glance I thought this was really cool and then I watched one more time only to realize I shouldn’t have second guess my first glance.

I would I would have thought of this.

If it were up to me, I’d own a gigantic print of this image and hang it some where in my home. Big shout out to Laura Alejo, her work is pretty dope.