Here is a behind the scene clip of Murakami prepping for his first solo show in the Middle East which opens in Doho on Feb. 9th. The exhibition entitled Ego will be opening @ the Museum of Islamic Art on February 9th. Check it out. – LOM (@youngglobal)
Recently, I got a chance to catch up with visual artists, Delphine Diallo @ her Bushwick Studio. We chatted about her emergence on the contemporary art scene in 2011, her plans for 2012 and what makes her work so visually stimulating. Check it out. -LOM (@youngglobal)
Just got a treat in my inbox from my homeboy producer Austin Millz (@AustinMillz). He hipped me to the fact that he will be dropping an instrumental project filled with sultry hard-hitting beats. Check out a clip of Austin Millz (@AustinMillz) at work and listen to the final product. – YG (@youngglobal)
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Austin Millz, a producer from Harlem, New York and a protege of The Hitmen'sSean C and LV(Grind Music) will be releasing his debut beat tape called #Earned shortly. Here is a beat making video to give folks an introduction to what he does. Look out for the project coming soon. The front cover was also designed by HustleGrl, and clip directed by DY Visuals.
From the pageantry of Oprah Winfrey’s daytime talk show to the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola empire, American “pop” culture—and the contemporary films, television programs, and cultural objects that determine it—dominates the rest of the world through its hegemonic presence. Does that make everyone a hybridized American or do these elements find mediation within the other cultures that consume them? Fabricating the Absolute Fake applies elements of postmodern theory—Jean Baudrillard’s hyperreality and Umberto Eco’s “absolute fake”, among others—to this globally mediated American pop culture in order to examine both the phenomenon itself and its specific appropriation in the Netherlands, as evidenced by diverse cultural icons like the Elvis-inspired crooner Lee Towers, the Moroccan-Dutch white rapper Ali B, musical tributes to an assassinated politician, and the Dutch reality soap opera scene.
A fascinating exploration of how global cultures struggle to create their own “America” within a post–September 11 media culture, Fabricating the Absolute Fake reflects on what it might mean to truly take part in American popular culture.
Just picked up a couple new books while @ the Strand. Seems like both books will be some interesting reading. -YG (@youngglobal)
The life of Father Joseph, Cardinal Richelieu's aide, was a shocking paradox. After spending his days directing operations on the battlefield, Father Joseph would pass the night in prayer, or in composing spiritual guidance for the nuns in his care. He was an aspirant to sainthood and a practising mystic, yet his ruthless exercise of power succeeded in prolonging the unspeakable horrors of the Thirty Years War. In his masterful biography, Huxley explores how an intensely religious man could lead such a life and how he could reconcile the seemingly opposing moral systems of religion and politics.
