PARTHENOGENESIS: ANGELO MUSCO
Posted by Persiana | Filed under Art + Design, Film + Video

Italian-born artist, Angelo Musco, has been living and working in NYC since 1997. His art practice has been focused on performance art, photography, and video work, often combining the various media in one organic project. His photo shoots, which are the foundation of his photographic work and may involve a few dozens to a couple of hundred people, have become more and more ambitious in scale and complexity, and are often held in private and public spaces, becoming a performance in their own right. Musco’s investigation into the power of aggregations found in nature such as sperm during egg fertilization, an ant colony, beehive or a school of fish has fueled his most recent works.
Musco’s upcoming project, featuring the Parthenogenesis Film Sequence, is presented in conjunction with choreography by Stefanie Batten Bland and is inspired by Musco’s 11 films. The first phase of the Parthenogenesis project, a stunning and ethereal human installation which consisted of an enormous white dress with a circular base 30-feet in diameter, held up by 11 statuesque women covered in white make-up, white wigs, and even white contact lenses, took place for the first time as part of the VIP events of the prestigious Armory Show in New York City in March 2005. It was then re-presented in Miami in December 2006 during the Art Basel Miami Beach fair.

The current project consists of a video installation featuring 11 films Musco shot in 11 locations selected from places that relate to the artist’s life, and are all situated on the 41st parallel: amongst them are Naples, Musco’s birth-city; New York City, his adopted home; as well as nine others such as Baku, Azerbaijan; Madrid, Spain; Beijing, China; and Istanbul, Turkey. Each film captures the intense image of a very pregnant woman desperately running with a sweat streaked face, holding her belly as she urgently tries to post-pone the delivery of her baby. The film sequence has proven to be one of the most fulfilling and challenging projects for the artist, and marks final stage of an 8-year quest. It has enabled him to circumnavigate the globe, channel the energies and emotions of these unique locations, and create a multi-dimensional experience within a global discourse for the author and the audience alike.
The conclusive phase of the Parthenogenesis Trilogy will be a two-part project scheduled to take place in March 2012, concurrently with the Armory Show. The first part consisting of an exhibition of Musco’s 11 films at the Italian Cultural Institute, the second featuring Batten Bland’s choreography which will be showcased at the renowned Alvin Ailey Center in mid-town Manhattan. Bland’s choreography will bring Musco’s films into 3-dimensional reality. Through speed changes, sounds, human and fabric manipulation the images seen on film will transcend the screen and enter the real world.
For more information about the projects you may contact Ombretta Agró at: ombretta@ombrettaagro.com or at 212-433 0878.
Tags: Angelo Musco, Art, Art Design, Installation, Ombretta Agro, Parthogenesis, Stefanie Batten Bland, Video
IT’S FRIDAY AND IT’S TIME TO “FLY AWAY” WITH YOU!
Posted by Hassan Kinley | Filed under Film + Video
Lenny Kravitz “Fly Away”
My wife and I are going on a HOT date tonight! I want to ‘Fly Away’ with you! -*Raoul
Tags: *RAOUL, Fly Away, Lenny Kravitz, Video, Wife
EMPORIO ARMANI VIDEO: FEATURING {DAVID + VICTORIA BECKHAM}
Posted by Hassan Kinley | Filed under Film + Video
Click here to see the Emporio Armani ad campaign Karin posted last week. Here is the behind-the-scenes video.
Tags: David Beckham, Emporio Armani, Fashion, Victoria Beckham, Video
BAR REFAELI
Posted by Hassan Kinley | Filed under Film + Video
Click here to see Bar Refaeli’s fashion editorial photographed by Guy Aroch for GQ Italia
Tags: Bar Refaeli, Video
WE LOVE YOU MICHAEL JACKSON
Posted by Hassan Kinley | Filed under News + Events
Thanks MTV
Tags: Michael Jackson, MTV, Music, The Jackson 5, Video
BEHIND-THE-SCENES with CYNTHIA K. CORTES {IN MY BOX: SELF-PORTRAIT}
Posted by Hassan Kinley | Filed under Film + Video, Karin ... Ma Maison
Behind-the-scenes with Cynthia K. Cortes on the “In my Box” self-portrait photo shoot.
Tags: *RAOUL, Behind-the-scenes, Cynthia K. Cortes, In my box, Photography, Self-portrait, Video
VINTAGE KATE MOSS – WHITE STRIPES
Posted by Hassan Kinley | Filed under Film + Video, Music
Tags: black+white, Kate Moss, Video, White Stripes
CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR {AD CAMPAIGN}
Posted by Hassan Kinley | Filed under Film + Video
Calvin Klein Underwear
Great reason to stay in bed.
Tags: Calvin Klein, Video
BANNED LEVIS COMMERCIAL
Posted by Hassan Kinley | Filed under Film + Video
Courtesy of Bastardlife
WEST INDIAN GIRL
Posted by Hassan Kinley | Filed under Music
West Indian Girl “Miles From Monterey”
West Indian Girl is a cool new band from L.A. with a sexy lead vocalist
name Mariqueen Maandig.
Rumor has it that Mariqueen is in the December 08 issue of Playboy.
Thanks Evelyn for the heads up!
Courtesy of Vanityca5e
Check out a picture of the band and some hot single shots of Mariqueen
Maandig after the jump…
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Tags: Music, Video, West Indian Girl