Webcam Venus

If asked if there is a difference between the Renaissance painting The Birth of Venus (1486) and a Playboy magazine centerfold, most might say it's no contest: one is art and the other exploitative pornography. One is a treasure of human ideals and achievement, the other smut. Are Botticelli and Hugh Hefner really that different? Both project fantasy and erotic imagery through the media of their day. Both are vehicles of gender politics, defining standards of beauty and sexuality. What if adult performers—already mediated sex objects—struck “classic” poses? In Webcam Venus, Pablo Garcia & Addie Wagenknecht asked online sexcam performers to replicate iconic works of fine art. This piece is an experimental homage to both fine art and the lowbrow internet phenomenon of cams. Sexcams use webcams and chat interfaces to connect amateur adult performers with an audience. Users log on to see men, women, transsexuals, couples and groups broadcast their bodies and sexuality live for the public, often performing for money. To create this experiment in high and low media, we assumed anonymous handles and spent a few hours each day for a month asking performers: “Would you like to pose for me?”

GRAND PARIS

Exploring the universe of the Parisian suburbs and the electro dance with strong and poetic images. ELECTRO STREET is a famous electro dance crew from Paris.

Rituals: The 99 Names of God

"The 99 Names of God embraces the rhythmic rituals that have run alongside Islamic tradition throughout the centuries in this surreal and poetic short film. Piecing together old and new, I aimed to create dream-like imagery which breathes fresh air to a subject hardly seen in positive light. The importance of geometry, nature, spiritual connectivity, style, meditation, and feminine power in Islamic tradition is something modern media has failed to depict, and my goal was to revive these themes in a truly beautiful manner. Islam’s underlying inherent meditative, universal and spiritual value has been washed over by negative media representation and male-dominated dogmatic imposition. It is time we see new imagery dedicated to truly understanding a religion filled with mysticism and beauty, practiced by over 1.8 billion people around the world." - Yumna Al-Arashi

Shedding Skin

Sun To Sun, a retelling of the Momotaro tale.

Film #001 by Youth Journal

Now You Know

An introspective trip that takes place during the severe lockdown that took place in Spain during the worldwide quarantine. It depicts what could’ve happen in any Spanish home when you lockdown a couple of immature adults. Voice Over Luis Aspe Music Synths Pedro Saiz Piano Mariadolores Revilla

Quality Time

We all know artificial intelligence is the future, but what happens when you give it a smart phone and unlimited free WiFi? What started as a way to prank my friend by placing him into crowd simulations evolved into a satirical PSA about phone addiction. Created with Houdini, C4D, rendered in Redshift, comped in Fusion, edited in Resolve. All character animation is either simulated or sourced - no hand animation. Track: Eurythmics - Sweat Dreams (Trap Remix by D Jay Koi & RatP)

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