XXXX MAGAZINE’S “SURREAL” COVER – ISSUE 2

XXXX Magazine Presents the Surreal Issue multimedia cover, directed and photographed by Indira Cesarine. This piece features models Beata Grabowska and Jessica Bertoncello with makeup by Bernadine Bibiano and hair styling by Rutger. Music by Moby. The cover art presents  a visceral glimpse of the aesthetic that XXXX Magazine has pushed to capture in its second issue. Motion graphics by Emilie Ye Ji Koo.

BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE SURREAL COVER FOR

XXXX MAGAZINE’S 2ND ISSUE

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CONTRIBUTER’S BIOS

INDIRA CESARINE

www.indiracesarine.com

Touted as a “photographic child protégé”, Indira Cesarine’s first solo exhibition was at the age of 16 at the Paul Mellon Arts Center. By the time she graduated high school she had exhibited 4 one-woman shows of her photographic work.  While finishing a triple major in Art History, French Literature and Women’s Studies at Columbia University, she began shooting for a variety of top modeling agencies including Elite, Ford, and Wilhelmina Models. Once she finished her degree, she went to London to pursue her interests in photography and journalism.  Within 6 months of arriving in London, she was appointed Editor at Large of the British magazine “Don’t Tell It”, and began shooting editorials for many magazines in England, the US and Europe.

Over the years her work has sparked the interest of some of the world’s top creative directors, having been commissioned for British Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Marie Claire, Tatler, The Times, In Style, L’Officiel as well as many other international publications and advertising campaigns. She is currently represented internationally with agents in New York, London, and Milan.

Her career as a director began with her first short film, “City of Love” being featured at The Short Film Corner at Cannes Film Festival in 2007.  Since then she has directed, produced and edited numerous short films while maintaining an active career as a photographer. In 2009 she produced and launched the multimedia publication XXXX MAGAZINE, showcasing original multimedia productions of fashion and video art films. The launch issue, The Kaleidoscopic Issue, was brought together through the collaboration of over 100 creative contributors.

In January 2010, her work was exhibited in a solo show in Paris at Visionairs Gallery, presenting large scale photographic images juxtaposed with her video art productions she directed for XXXX Magazine.  Other recent exhibits include Motion Deconstructed Exhibit with Quintessentiallly Art, New York June 2010,  Soiree Au Louvre Video Art Installation at the French Embassy, June 2010,  New York Fashion Shorts at the Tribeca Grand in September 2009, London Fashion Shorts at Machine –A Gallery in February 2010, View Imaging exhibit in New York in December 2009, and The Distorted Beauty show in April 2010. Her photography has also been chosen to appear in one of Dolce and Gabanna’s 20^th Anniversary books curated by Fabien Baron, out in September 2010.

Indira and her work have been featured internationally on TV shows such as E! TV, Fashion TV, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, HBO’s Special “Ford Supermodel of the World”, MTV, and  “Make me a Supermodel” UK and US editions. Recent TV broadcasts include an episode photographing Tinsley Mortimer on her TV show ‘HIGH SOCIETY’.

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BEATA GRABOWSKA

Beata is represented by Wilhelmena Model Management and was featured in “The Spell” and the Surreal Issue Cover Art for XXXX Magazine.

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JESSICA BERTONCELLO

Jessica was featured in the film “The Spell” directed by Indira Cesarine for XXXX Magazine’s Surreal Issue. She is currently represented by Marilyn Models and is based in New York City.

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BERNADINE BIBIANO

www.bernadinebibiano.com

International makeup artist Bernadine Bibiano’s distinctive, provocative and playful style has graced fashion magazines, runways, advertising, music videos, red carpets and catalogs. Internationally, Bernadine has worked extensively with L’Uomo, Vogue Jewelry, Vogue, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Elle, Deutsch, and Rebel; styled runway for Red Valentino, Heatherette, Jennifer Nicholson, and Rosa Cha; and counts Banana Republic, Catherine Malandrino, Target, Izod, Polo, Levis, Adidas, and Saks Fifth Avenue among her advertising campaign clients.

In addition, Bernadine wrote the content and created the makeup styles for the book, The Body Shop’s Makeup: Fresh Ideas for Fantastic Looks and designed the cosmetic presentation for Neiman Marcus’ The Book. She’s been the beauty consultant for Benefit Cosmetics, Sephora, Avon and Mary Kay Cosmetics and shaped the high concept look for the luxury European fragrance line Boadicea The Victorious.

VIOLET APHRODITE

Violet Aphrodite (5:47) is a video art film directed and edited by Indira Cesarine, starring Stef Van Der Laan from IMG models. The fashion and visuals are inspired by the Goddess Aphrodite and greek mythology.   The film merges fashion and video art while is takes us through a journey of Aphrodite’s universe to be crowned the most beautiful goddess. Featuring music by Moby, hair and makeup by Bernadine Bibiano, and cinematography by Indira Cesarine with partial cloud footage by Edward Jahn.  Styled by Fashion Editor Thea Lewis, the film features the collections of Christian Louboutin, Coco de Mer, Disaya, Erickson Beamon, Jayne Pierson, Lulu Guinness, Peter Pilotto, Rachel Freire, Temperley London and Tour de Force.

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CONTRIBUTER’S BIOS

INDIRA CESARINE

www.indiracesarine.com

Touted as a “photographic child protégé”, Indira Cesarine’s first solo exhibition was at the age of 16 at the Paul Mellon Arts Center. By the time she graduated high school she had exhibited 4 one-woman shows of her photographic work.  While finishing a triple major in Art History, French Literature and Women’s Studies at Columbia University, she began shooting for a variety of top modeling agencies including Elite, Ford, and Wilhelmina Models. Once she finished her degree, she went to London to pursue her interests in photography and journalism.  Within 6 months of arriving in London, she was appointed Editor at Large of the British magazine “Don’t Tell It”, and began shooting editorials for many magazines in England, the US and Europe.

Over the years her work has sparked the interest of some of the world’s top creative directors, having been commissioned for British Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Marie Claire, Tatler, The Times, In Style, L’Officiel as well as many other international publications and advertising campaigns. She is currently represented internationally with agents in New York, London, and Milan.

Her career as a director began with her first short film, “City of Love” being featured at Cannes Film Festival in 2007.  Since then she has directed, produced and edited numerous short films while maintaining an active career as a photographer. In 2009 she produced and launched the multimedia publication XXXX MAGAZINE, showcasing original multimedia productions of fashion and video art films. The launch issue, The Kaleidoscopic Issue, was brought together through the collaboration of over 100 creative contributors.

In January 2010, her work was exhibited in a solo show in Paris at Visionairs Gallery, presenting large scale photographic images juxtaposed with her video art productions she directed for XXXX Magazine.  Other recent exhibits include Motion Deconstructed Exhibit with Quintessentiallly Art, New York June 2010,  Soiree Au Louvre Video Art Installation at the French Embassy, June 2010,  New York Fashion Shorts at the Tribeca Grand in September 2009, London Fashion Shorts at Machine –A Gallery in February 2010, View Imaging exhibit in New York in December 2009, and The Distorted Beauty show in April 2010. Her photography has also been chosen to appear in Dolce and Gabanna’s 20^th Anniversary book curated by Fabien Baron, out in September 2010.

Indira and her work have been featured internationally on TV shows such as E! TV, Fashion TV, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, HBO’s Special “Ford Supermodel of the World”, MTV, and  “Make me a Supermodel” UK and US editions. Recent TV broadcasts include an episode photographing Tinsley Mortimer on her TV show ‘HIGH SOCIETY’.

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STEF VAN DER LAAN

www.imgmodels.com

Stef is represented By IMG Models and resides in New York. She has been featured in “Violet Aphrodite” for XXXX Magazine’s second issue, The Surreal Issue.

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MOBY

www.moby.com

moby was born in new york city, but grew up in connecticut, where he started making music when he was 9 years old. he started out playing classical guitar and studied music theory, and then went on to play with seminal connecticut hardcore punk group ‘the vatican commandoes’ when he was 14. he then played with post-punk band ‘awol’ while studying philosophy at the university of connecticut and suny purchase. he started dj’ing while attending college, and was a fixture in the late 80′s new york house and hip-hop scenes, dj’ing at clubs such as mars, red zone, mk, and the palladium.

he released his first single, ‘go’ in 1991(listed as one of rolling stones best records of all time), and has been making albums ever since. his own records have sold over 20,000,000 copies worldwide, and he’s also produced and remixed scores of other artists, including david bowie, metallica, the beastie boys, public enemy, among others.

moby has toured extensively, playing well over 3,000 concerts in his career. he has also had his music used in hundreds of different films, including ‘heat’, ‘any given sunday’, ‘tomorrow never dies’, and ‘the beach’, among others.

currently he’s touring in support of his most recent album, ‘wait for me’, as well as working closely with a variety of different charities, including the humane society and the institute for music and neurologic function.

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BERNADINE BIBIANO

www.bernadinebibiano.com

International makeup artist Bernadine Bibiano’s distinctive, provocative and playful style has graced fashion magazines, runways, advertising, music videos, red carpets and catalogs. Internationally, Bernadine has worked extensively with L’Uomo, Vogue Jewelry, Vogue, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Elle, Deutsch, and Rebel; styled runway for Red Valentino, Heatherette, Jennifer Nicholson, and Rosa Cha; and counts Banana Republic, Catherine Malandrino, Target, Izod, Polo, Levis, Adidas, and Saks Fifth Avenue among her advertising campaign clients.

In addition, Bernadine wrote the content and created the makeup styles for the book, The Body Shop’s Makeup: Fresh Ideas for Fantastic Looks and designed the cosmetic presentation for Neiman Marcus’ The Book. She’s been the beauty consultant for Benefit Cosmetics, Sephora, Avon and Mary Kay Cosmetics and shaped the high concept look for the luxury European fragrance line Boadicea The Victorious.

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EDWARD JAHN

www.edwardjahn.com

www.metaprofessor.com

Edward Jahn is a multimedia artist living in New York who never seems to settle on a single form of expression. Originally trained as a vocalist and musician, he has make much use of rhythmic concepts and harmonies as inspiration for dreamy film and video installations at many of the hottest fashion shows, clubs, restaurants, and private events for clients such as Ralph Lauren Beauty, 50 cent, P. Diddy, Flux Magazine, Sundance Film Festival, The French Embassy, and Ian Schrager Hotels. His work has been shown at Milk Studios, The Knitting Factory, Tao Restaurant and Nightclub Las Vegas, Lavo Nightclub at the Venetian Las Vegas, Body English at the Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, the Paramount Hotel, Sun Studios, new years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in countless other venues. From the opening until the end, he held a Sunday residency at New York’s Notorious and celebrated Pangaea Lounge.

His Original music has appeared on Rhythm love Records’ vinyl and CD release “Turntables on the Hudson Volume 3”, an he has played electric bass on stage and in recordings with Luaka Bop artists Ivan Benavides and Andrew Blanco, Phish drummer Jon Fishman, and numerous other musicians from the East coast scene.

Edward also ran a multimedia and computing department at Barnard College / Columbia University until early 2009, where he worked with students and faculty developing web, video, and database technologies.

In a new venture, he and partner Mark Maurice have developed New York’s first Swiss “La Bleue” style Absinthe since the infamous liquor was banned in the early 20^th century.

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THE DAUGHTERS OF THE BLACK DAHLIA

The Daughters of Black Dahlia (3:46) is the unofficial music video for the the song “Black Dahlia” by Hollywood Undead. Merging the genres of fashion and music, this conceptual short was directed by Patrik Andersson. Starring Aleksandra Martynku, Mariah Bonner, Marta Morilla, Mikaela, Olga A, Valentina, Valeria Lenova, Adrienne Smith, and Megan Lee Farrell. Produced in collaboration with Indira Cesarine for XXXX Magazine.

Fashion Editor Jenke-Ahmed Tailly used collections by Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture, Ann Demeulemeester, Azzedine Alaia, Back to Noise, Baptiste Viry, Blumarine, Chantelle Paris, Dolce & Gabana, Elisa Palomino, Fendi, Guiseppe Zanotti, Isabel Marant, Jantaminiau, John Richmond, Julien Fournie, Limi Feu, Lutz , Marithe Francois Girbaud, Marni, Roger Vivier, Therese Henry, Tsumori Chisato, Vanda Catucci, Walter Steiger, Yohji Yamamoto, and Yves Saint Laurent.

Adding to Dante and Matthew Barney, Patrik Andersson explores the grand themes of life, death and transition in his fast-cut creation myth.  Merging a fashion and music video to a high-art level, he suggests that just as we were born and mothered into this life, so must we be reborn and mothered into the next.  And these are the sexiest mothers that ever visited purgatory, writhing and supplicating, helping souls to find their way, lending their maternity for rebirth into the next world.

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CONTRIBUTER’S BIOS

PATRIK ANDERSSON

www.patrikandersson.com

Born 1964 in Gothenburg Sweden, Patrik Andersson came to New York in his early twenties. His clean style and direct vision caught the attention of international creative directors and fashion stylists. Before long, he was featured in Italian, French and American Vogue, Interview, Harper’s Bazaar, W, The Face, New York Times Magazine and Allure.

Commercial clients have included Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, The Gap, H&M, Sony, Casio, AT&T, Island Records, Disney and DreamWorks.

Throughout his career, Patrik has been capturing memorable moments in politics, music, film, art, and the fashion industry. He photographed a large format close-up of President Clinton for the memorial issues of George, Kate Moss’ first W cover, and when Mick Jagger turned fifty, Patrik shot the celebratory cover image for Esquire.

Working in Los Angeles as well as New York he has been a part of creating the image of celebrities such as Lenny Kravitz, Jennifer Lopez, Muhammad Ali, Kate Hudson, Tobey Maguire, Vanessa Paradis, James Cameron, Oliver Stone, Salman Rushdie, Ray Charles, Orlando Bloom, Ben Stiller, Isabella Rossellini, Francesco Clemente, Alicia Silverstone, Gwyneth Paltrow, REM, Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Bon Jovi, Fiona Apple, Matt Dillon, Mark Wahlberg, Whitney Houstan, Laura Dern, Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch and many others.

Patrik has added to his personal work with a book containing 25 years of photography, produced by an award winning design team. The images are from projects with small digital cameras to the giant 20×24 inch color negative contact prints made on a journey that covered America. The book also includes much of the fashion and celebrity portraiture for which he is well known.

In addition to print work, he recently wrote and directed a short-film homage to 60’s style European cinema. The expansion to film has resulted in many new projects with the moving image. They range from straight documentary storytelling and industrials to commercials and experimental ambient mash-ups.

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JENKE-AHMED TAILLY

Jenke Tailly is a stylist, who brings an ethereal and modern feeling to the image. Jenke has co-designed such lines as Anna Molinari and Blumarine, he also styled and conceptualized the Blumarine runway show. This multi-talented individual has always had a love for style, making waves on both sides of the camera. During his modeling career, he was photographed by Annie Leibovitz, and filmed in Requiem For a Dream. Jenke’s career has included being a DJ both for Sting and Drew Barrymore.

Later, he found his way back to fashion, working as the merchandising director for United Colors of Benetton; where he worked directly with Luciano Benetton. His talent began to gain recognition within the industry while he did work for Berliner Magazine. His work has progressed with an ease and elegance, and continues to captivate. Since he has been working with L’Officel Paris , Surface, GQ, Lurve Magazine, 125 magazine, Noise, Chloe Sevigny, Isabelle Adjani. Photographers: Alexei Hay, Todd Cole, Daymion Mardel, Patrik Andersonn, Alexandra Catiere, Giulia Noni, Jordan Donner, and styled a video for Pink Flyod’ Roger Waters.

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HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD

http://www.hollywoodundead.com/

Hollywood Undead’s start was hardly momentous. In 2005, two Los Angeles friends, Deuce and J-Dog, collaborated on a few tracks and decided to post them online. But soon, interest started circulating, prompting the guys to form Hollywood Undead with Charlie Scene, Da Kurlzz, Funny Man and Johnny 3 Tears. Originally, the band also included Shady Jeff, but he left the group before their debut dropped in 2008.

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FEATURED MODELS:

ALEKSANDRA MARTYNKU, MARIAH BONNER, MARTA MORILLA, OLGA ALEXANDROVSKAIA, VALENTINA MURAVLEVA, VALERIA LENOVA, ADRIENNE SMITH AND MEAGHAN LEE FARRELL

All represented by Q Model Management, NY

www.Qmodels.com

WOMAN WALKING 1

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WOMAN WALKING 2

Woman Walking 1 & 2 were directed and produced by Menelaou & Rueberg.  Starring Barbara Morsboel in both films, with editing by Jamie Bull. Hair and wigs in Woman Walking 1 (2:53) by Charlie le Mindu. Clothing in Woman Walking 2 (3:04) by Christina K. with music in both films created by Philippos N.

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CONTRIBUTOR BIOS

MENELAOU & RUEBERG

www.menelaouandrueberg.com

Konstantinos Menelaou is an artist working with video and film. His projects draw influence from a wide variety of sources, including horror cinema, fashion and popular media. By mixing diverse cinematic genres and incorporating commercial references into his art practice, Menelaou aims to reveal those mechanisms that constitute mass entertainment, as well as to evoke a sense of voyeurism and escapism out of often unpleasant imagery.

Menelaou moved from Greece to London in 2001 where he still lives and works. Parallel to his work as video artist, in August 2009 he launched Fashion Shorts, a Fashion Week film event that premiered in New York and moved to London in February 2010. He has recently completed his MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martin’s College in London.

Marlon Rueberg is an art director / producer working mainly with film and video. He worked in sample production in Saigon from 2004-2007 for D.O.M and in 2007, he moved from Germany to London to study Art Direction at Middlesex University.Since 2008 he has been a regular contributor in projects of the art direction company Timko & Timko and fashion designer Bruno Grizzo.

Konstantinos Menelaou and Marlon Rueberg have been collaborating since 2008. Their work is a combination of concept, art direction, styling, film, video and post-production. Inspired by art and fashion, and referencing avant-garde cinema, their aim is to subvert dominant styles and cinematic genres for the creation of an eclectic collage of moving images. Their list of collaborators includes Ilya Fleet, Charlie le Mindu, Ellesse, Machine-A, Oak NY, Maaike

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JAMIE BULL

Jamie is a very experienced editor, with a cv as long as your arm! Equally comfortable in a studio as an OB environment, he works in online, linear, and non-linear, using Avid Media Composer, Symphony, and Sony Digital Tape suites. He’s edited across a wide range of broadcast formats including documentary, adverts/promos, inserts, L.E, factual and sports. Jamie always produces the goods!

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CHARLIE LE MINDU

http://www.showstudio.org/contributors/43453

Charlie Le Mindu is a French-born hairstylist and headpiece designer, now based in London. After studying at the French Hair Academy, Le Mindu went on to establish himself as ‘Resident Hairdresser’ at Berlin nightclubs White Trash, RIO Club and Barbie Deinhoff’s after performing a series of ‘Live Cuts’.

Le Mindu now operates a salon from his East London home, and regular clientele include Carri Mundane, Peaches and Jodie Harsh. A regular contributer to Vogue Russia, Elle and French Vogue, Le Mindu launched his first wig collection in February 2009 and has shown as part of London Fashion Week.

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CHRISTINA K.

www.dieforlove.co.uk

Fashion by Christina K. is featured in Women Walking 2.

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PHILIPPOS N.

www.philioops-n.com

Philippos N is studying sound, makes trippy soundtracks & dance music, DJs and runs his own imprint Freshit recordings.

SUBLIMINAL REALITY

Subliminal Reality (1:21) is an animated photographic series, features the photography of Patricio Guillamon with motion graphics by Jesus of Noition Artes.  The imagery features Francesca Fiorentini and Patricio Guillamon, with the multimedia edit creative direction by Indira Cesarine and music by Hanschenklein.

In the words of the artist Patricio Guillamon regarding the creation of the imagery seen in Subliminal Reality, “Surrealism is a complex but common element of our daily lives.  We often daydream about impossible things, we mix that impossibility with real life, and then begin to believe in the possibility of everyday transformation. So maybe those sceneries, the bizarre and the juxtaposition of the imaginary and the real, are just parallel worlds of our unique imagination. I believe each and everyone of us has and needs a quota of surrealism in our lives to unplug from the routine: to have visions of creations, to then create those visions, and finally see where those creations take us. This is a piece of a surrealism from my life, to meet my quota.”

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CONTRIBUTOR BIOS

PATRICIO GUILLAMON

www.patricioguillamon.com

www.sureyeahwhynot.wordpress.com

As a photographer and artist, Patricio Guillamón’s work spans the worlds of fashion, photojournalism and pop art, highlighting both the real and imaginary and focusing intimately on the subject. Whether backstage, on the street, or in a remote mountain town, Patricio’s photography documents life through its most intimate and quiet moments, following a shadow, a glance, and the spaces between. Through experimental photography and psychedelic digital collages composed of distilled images of his own and others’ work, Patricio plays with symbols and meaning, offering up his own artistic and political commentary with series such as Weapons of Mass Seduction and works like Ayatollah Vs Uncle Sam.

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JESUS

Jesus came from very humble and hard working beginnings based in Denver. He attended the University of Colorado at Denver Digital Animation Center for a few years where he found his first internship. He started doing studio production and worked his way up to working on interactive design projects.

After that, he decided to move to New York with pennies in his pocket and ambition in his heart. After freelancing for a bit and bouncing from project to project, he began to quickly gain some momentum and respect in the industry. Jesus is now following his artistic mind, and God’s influence, to open new doors and meet new people. His work, like his inspiration will continue to grow as long as he is doing what he loves.

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INDIRA CESARINE

www.indiracesarine.com

Touted as a “photographic child protégé”, Indira Cesarine’s first solo exhibition was at the age of 16 at the Paul Mellon Arts Center. By the time she graduated high school she had exhibited 4 one-woman shows of her photographic work.  While finishing a triple major in Art History, French Literature and Women’s Studies at Columbia University, she began shooting for a variety of top modeling agencies including Elite, Ford, and Wilhelmina Models. Once she finished her degree, she went to London to pursue her interests in photography and journalism.  Within 6 months of arriving in London, she was appointed Editor at Large of the British magazine “Don’t Tell It”, and began shooting editorials for many magazines in England, the US and Europe.

Over the years her work has sparked the interest of some of the world’s top creative directors, having been commissioned for British Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Marie Claire, Tatler, The Times, In Style, L’Officiel as well as many other international publications and advertising campaigns. She is currently represented internationally with agents in New York, London, and Milan.

Her career as a director began with her first short film, “City of Love” being featured at Cannes Film Festival in 2007.  Since then she has directed, produced and edited numerous short films while maintaining an active career as a photographer. In 2009 she produced and launched the multimedia publication XXXX MAGAZINE, showcasing original multimedia productions of fashion and video art films. The launch issue, The Kaleidoscopic Issue, was brought together through the collaboration of over 100 creative contributors.

In January 2010, her work was exhibited in a solo show in Paris at Visionairs Gallery, presenting large scale photographic images juxtaposed with her video art productions she directed for XXXX Magazine.  Other recent exhibits include Motion Deconstructed Exhibit with Quintessentiallly Art, New York June 2010,  Soiree Au Louvre Video Art Installation at the French Embassy, June 2010,  New York Fashion Shorts at the Tribeca Grand in September 2009, London Fashion Shorts at Machine –A Gallery in February 2010, View Imaging exhibit in New York in December 2009, and The Distorted Beauty show in April 2010. Her photography has also been chosen to appear in Dolce and Gabanna’s 20^th Anniversary book curated by Fabien Baron, out in September 2010.

Indira and her work have been featured internationally on TV shows such as E! TV, Fashion TV, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, HBO’s Special “Ford Supermodel of the World”, MTV, and  “Make me a Supermodel” UK and US editions. Recent TV broadcasts include an episode photographing Tinsley Mortimer on her TV show ‘HIGH SOCIETY’.

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HANSCHENKLEIN

Hänschenklein is a collaboration between director Alex Herzog and musician Bernd Norbert Würtz and attempts to create music and a visualization of it.

The name of our “band” comes from a famous German nursery rhyme. The whole project started about 5 years ago – more or less as an experiment. The idea was to produce a musicvideo based on an audiovisual concept, which were to aplie for both sound and picture rather than scoring a finished film with a soundtrack or making a video for an allready existing music piece.  ? ?So far we’ve made 5 videos, which were and are still running on numerous film / art & media festivals, e.g.: the Impakt Media Art Festival in Holland in 2005, the New York Underground Film Festival in 2004 and the Independant Music Video Festival where Luftgitarre was voted number 1 by the Seattle screening audience in 2004. Luftgitarre and Don Quatro were also on rotation on 2 German music channels: Viva and Onyx. Don Quatro was also shown on Dutch TV as one of the Impakt favourites in 2005.Yinwanggitarre got a Jury mention at last year’s Independent Exposure. ? ?Encouraged by these numerous positive responses we decided to carry on, make more videos and realease the whole work as an DVD album, including a CD with extra music tracks.

TURNCOAT

Turncoat (3:00), directed and edited by David Evan Bowers and Justin Parker, is a conceptual vignette that looks into the subconscious of a deserting soldier and a past, forbidden love that haunts his every thought. As he carries his baggage in the form of a parachute, the visions become more intrusive and intimate until the soldier must finally succumb to the feelings of his heart rather then questioning what is physically real. Featuring actors Clint Snow and Jennifer Chen.

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CONTRIBUTOR BIOS

DAVID EVAN BOWERS

www.davidevanbowers.com

Born in 1983 right outside of New Orleans, David Evan Bowers is a graduate of Savannah College of Art & Design with a Bachelors degree in film and television with a concentration in film direction and cinematography.  David specializes in conceptual and experimental narrative films heavily based on visual imagery as well as improvisational documentary film techniques utilized by many of the early French New Wave directors. He is currently freelancing in Brooklyn, New York.

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JUSTIN PARKER

Justin Parker grew up in Long Island, New York.  He is a graduate of Savannah College of Art & Design with a Bachelors degree in film and television with a concentration in film direction and cinematography.  He also specializes in screenwriting. Justin is currently living in Savannah, GA.

LIVE ART! is performance art series directed by Indira Cesarine, with paintings by Deborah Freedman, body makeup by Bernadine Bibiano and music by Daniel Freedman. The series features 3 models, Taylor Bagley, Sharan Bala and  Mey Bun – each becoming part of a different contemporary art painting as it is created…  merging fantasy and reality into 1.

LIVE ART! No.1

The first part of series, Live Art! No 1, stars model Taylor Bagley from Ford Models. (2:28)

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LIVE ART! NO.2

The second part of series, Live Art! No 2, stars model Sharan Bala from IMG Models. (3:40)

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LIVE ART! NO.3

The third part of series, Live Art! No 3, stars model Mey Bun from New York Models.(4:21)

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BEHIND THE SCENES ON LIVE ART!

This behind the scenes look at the making of Live Art! was edited by Scott Peehl, and features interviews with the models as well as artist Deborah Freedman, Director Indira Cesarine and Make up artist Bernadine Bibiano.

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LIVE ART 1, 2 & 3

Directed & Edited by Indira Cesarine, Starring Taylor Bagley @ Ford Models, Sharan Bala @ IMG Models and Mey Bun @ New York Models. Paintings by Deborah Freedman, Music by Daniel Freedman, Body Painting & Makeup by Bernadine Bibiano @ Judy Casey Management, Cinematography by Indira Cesarine & Scott Peehl, Photography by Indira Cesarine, Assistants: Kaitlyn Barlow,  JP Zuviate, Jeffrey Gamble, Katie Thurber, lighting provided by K & M Camera.

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CONTRIBUTOR BIOS

INDIRA CESARINE

www.indiracesarine.com

Touted as a “photographic child protégé”, Indira Cesarine’s first solo exhibition was at the age of 16 at the Paul Mellon Arts Center. By the time she graduated high school she had exhibited 4 one-woman shows of her photographic work.  While finishing a triple major in Art History, French Literature and Women’s Studies at Columbia University, she began shooting for a variety of top modeling agencies including Elite, Ford, and Wilhelmina Models. Once she finished her degree, she went to London to pursue her interests in photography and journalism.  Within 6 months of arriving in London, she was appointed Editor at Large of the British magazine “Don’t Tell It”, and began shooting editorials for many magazines in England, the US and Europe.

Over the years her work has sparked the interest of some of the world’s top creative directors, having been commissioned for British Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Marie Claire, Tatler, The Times, In Style, L’Officiel as well as many other international publications and advertising campaigns. She is currently represented internationally with agents in New York, London, and Milan.

Her career as a director began with her first short film, “City of Love” being featured at Cannes Film Festival in 2007.  Since then she has directed, produced and edited numerous short films while maintaining an active career as a photographer. In 2009 she produced and launched the multimedia publication XXXX MAGAZINE, showcasing original multimedia productions of fashion and video art films. The launch issue, The Kaleidoscopic Issue, was brought together through the collaboration of over 100 creative contributors.

In January 2010, her work was exhibited in a solo show in Paris at Visionairs Gallery, presenting large scale photographic images juxtaposed with her video art productions she directed for XXXX Magazine.  Other recent exhibits include Motion Deconstructed Exhibit with Quintessentiallly Art, New York June 2010,  Soiree Au Louvre Video Art Installation at the French Embassy, June 2010,  New York Fashion Shorts at the Tribeca Grand in September 2009, London Fashion Shorts at Machine –A Gallery in February 2010, View Imaging exhibit in New York in December 2009, and The Distorted Beauty show in April 2010. Her photography has also been chosen to appear in Dolce and Gabanna’s 20^th Anniversary book curated by Fabien Baron, out in September 2010.

Indira and her work have been featured internationally on TV shows such as E! TV, Fashion TV, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, HBO’s Special “Ford Supermodel of the World”, MTV, and  “Make me a Supermodel” UK and US editions. Recent TV broadcasts include an episode photographing Tinsley Mortimer on her TV show ‘HIGH SOCIETY’.

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DEBORAH FREEDMAN

www.deborahfreedman.com

Deborah Freedman works and lives in New York City. She and her husband also have a home in the Catskill Mountains. The Pond, Ashokan and Waterfall series of paintings and prints are inspired and informed by that landscape.

Deborah attended New York University studying with Knox Martin, James Wines, Audrey Flack and Robert Blackburn. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums throughout the country and is included in major corporate and private collections including The Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Public Library, Prudential, NASA, New York State Facilities Corp., Citi , and IBM.

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BERNADINE BIBIANO

www.bernadinebibiano,com/

International makeup artist Bernadine Bibiano’s distinctive, provocative and playful style has graced fashion magazines, runways, advertising, music videos, red carpets and catalogs. Internationally, Bernadine has worked extensively with L’Uomo, Vogue Jewelry, Vogue, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Elle, Deutsch, and Rebel; styled runway for Red Valentino, Heatherette, Jennifer Nicholson, and Rosa Cha; and counts Banana Republic, Catherine Malandrino, Target, Izod, Polo, Levis, Adidas, and Saks Fifth Avenue among her advertising campaign clients.

In addition, Bernadine wrote the content and created the makeup styles for the book, The Body Shop’s Makeup: Fresh Ideas for Fantastic Looks and designed the cosmetic presentation for Neiman Marcus’ The Book.  She’s been the beauty consultant for Benefit Cosmetics, Sephora, Avon and Mary Kay Cosmetics and shaped the high concept look for the luxury European fragrance line Boadicea The Victorious.

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DANIEL FREEDMAN

www.danielfreedman.net

Drummer, Percussionist and composer Daniel Freedman was born and raised in New York City and grew up in a musical family. In high school he studied with masters Max Roach, Billy Higgins and Vernel Fournier and later traveled to study music in West Africa, Cuba and the Middle East. Daniel came up in the Smalls scene of the 1990′s and during that time was a member of Jason Lindner’s bigband and Omer Avitals sextet. He has played and recorded with many artists such as Tom Harrell, Wynton Marsalis, Sting, Claudia Acuna, Omar Faruk, Meshell Ndegeocello and Toumani Diabate. Daniel is a co-leader of acclaimed band Third World Love, and tours frequently with clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen’s band. Daniel is currently touring the world as a member of Grammy winning singer Angelique Kidjo’s band.
As a composer and producer for NY based jingle house Wicked Music, he has written many spots for television and the web.
Daniel recorded a new record of his compositions that will be released in 2010 with Avishai Cohen, Mark Turner, Lionel Loueke, Jason Lindner and Meshell N’degeocello.His record “Trio” (www.cdbaby.com/cd/freedmantrio)with Jason Lindner and Omer Avital and guests Myron Walden, Joshua Levitt and Tomer Tzur, on the Fresh Sound label received nine stars in Modern Drummer Magazine and he was featured in the same magazine in the article “Jazz Lions”.

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SCOTT PEEHL

www.videopainting.net

Scott Peehl wrote and directed his first film, Star Wars Goes Wester, at age 6. It was a 4-minute short starring Star Wars action figures and shot by his Father. Scott went on to work in all facets of the film/television industry, from production to publicity. Over the years he has worked for a range of clients fro Television, Fashion, Music, Art and Corporate. Highlights have included The Clinton Global Initiative, Madonna, NY Papal Visit, Spencer Tunick, L’Oreal Paris, The Real World, Microsoft, Pfizer and Amnesty International. His short films include YNYN, Late For Work, Pinky’s Fandance, the award-winning Mr. Christie, Peoplemovin.com and Curiosity. Scott’s work in video painting began in 2007 and has evolved into abstract and impressionist studies on reflection, motion, light, and shadow.

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TAYLOR BAGLEY

www.fordmodels.com

Raised in a suburb outside of Nashville, Tennessee, model Taylor Bagley is quite a fireball. Signing with Elite at age 16, Taylor entered a world that she was ready to take on. She left public school and began to home-school as she really began to work as a young model in Miami. Being so young in a such a contrasting environment, she fell into the dark spiral of parties and drugs. Elite believed very strongly in her but as they told her, Taylor was her own worst enemy. Nothing changed so Elite eventually dropped her and she later resigned with Wilhelmina.

Feeling restless and wanting to change her ways she left to go overseas. She lived in Australia, New Zealand, and Greece. It was her first time ever leaving the country and it was unforgettable as she was 18 and traveling across the world to live and work. Taylor worked very consistently and traveled for the next 8 months. She came back ready for the part in her life to begin. She ended up moving to Los Angeles and signing with Vision Models who she is still with today. She made a home there and worked very well, but still not feeling satisfied enough she decided it was time to go overseas again. Taylor left for Seoul, South Korea and worked there for 2 months. She recalls it being the most exhausting and demanding work but she got some absolutely beautiful tears. Having been in Korean Vogue and numerous magazines she was ready to head back to LA. Taylor’s friends were so stunned by all the work she did they insisted on her going to New York. And she did. She made the move in July of 2009, signing with Ford Models. She has been so fortunate to have worked with Ryan McGinley, David Gubert, Walter Chin, Ellen von Unwerth, since moving here.

Taylor has never been more serious about her career and is really opening up each and every time she has a shoot. She feels more expressive and alive than she ever has. She’s doing the things in her life now that make her happy, and it reflects in her photos. Part of expressing herself, she has numerous tattoos, one on her left wrist in Hebrew that means “Fulfill the Dream.” She also has one on her bicep that says “You’re So Cool,” from her favorite film True Romance. They are all reminders to her in everyday life.

Taylor’s family is very important to her and that is one of the loneliest aspects of this job, not getting to see them as often as she’d like. Without her family’s support she wouldn’t be where she’s at today. Taylor has learned that New York City can be tough but you’ve also got to breathe and treat everybody with love and respect.

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COCOON

Cocoon (2:15) is an animation multimedia film created by Bo Sul Kim with music by Thadeus Frazier Reed.

CONTRIBUTOR BIOS

BO SUL KIM

www.bosulkim.wordpress.com

Bo Sul Kim is a multi media performance director, video designer, animation filmmaker and painter.  She has her BFA in painting from South Korea, Hong Ik University and an MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts.  She has directed and video designed for “Shadow, My shadow”, “The Vibration of my Breath” and various shows with musicians dancers and installation artists.

Her work has been shown in South Korea, Mexico, Indonesia, Austria, India and throughout the United States at venues such as REDCAT, the LA Convention Center, Subterranean Art House, White Rabbit and Jack the Pelican Gallery in NY. Most recently, she was selected by 2011 Prague Quadrennial International Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture at the National Gallery of the Czech Republic to exhibit her work “Shadow , My Shadow”.  She performed with Jazz improviser and theorist Wadada Leo Smith, Vijay Iyer, Vinny Golia, ICU ensemble, David Rosenboom, and video installation artist Carole Kim. Her work  was shown at the Seoul Contemporary Museum, the Samsung Gallery, and the Art Insa Gong Gallery.

She has also had the unique experiences of working with Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Blue Man Group, 3LD Media and Theater Group, GMD Three Studios and Art Center Nabi in Seoul.  As a visionary artist, Bo Sul utilizes a multidisciplinary approach, working in different mediums to connect physical movements and visual creativity.

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THADEUS FRAZIER REED

Philadelphia born composer/performance artist Thadeus Frazier-Reed is involved with all aspects of interdisciplinary performance art. He studied Double Bass performance at Eastman School of Music before leaving to pursue his composition career. At the University of the Arts in Philadelphia Thadeus studied composition under Andrew Rudin . During this time his work was heavily influenced by close work with Curtis Bahn and Dan Trueman of Interface and Dawn Stoppiello and Mark Coniglio of Troika Ranch.

Thadeus went on to become one of the founding members of ArcheDream, a blacklight multimedia dance theater company, based in Philadelphia. He recently completed his degree at California Institute of the Arts under the tutelage of Mark Trayle, Michael Pisaro, Tom Erbe, James Tenney and Sara Roberts.

Thadeus’ work is concerned with the aesthetics and integration of different media in the interdisciplinary artistic community. Although the process of his art almost always uses his knowledge of the structure and timing of music, music is not always the medium. Thad’s artwork displays his background and interests in music performance, composition, ethnic instruments, dance, sculpture, audio/visual systems, electronics, technical theater, 3D graphics, computer programming, dynamical systems, bird flight and artificial life.

His current work tries to defy the static nature of classical music performance by designing and building instruments whose main focus is creating music and images through movement. He also attempts to express complex biologic systems as music and/or dynamic visual artwork. His works have been premiered/performed in Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Oregon, California and Darmstadt, Germany. When not working on his own music, Thadeus supports other performing artists by working as a technical director, mix engineer, sound designer and audio technician.

ULTRA VIOLET

In this 16 minute Documentary short, Ultra Violet, then and now, the iconic actress, artist and muse talks to XXXX Magazine about her artistic inspirations, her recent work and her history as the muse to Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol. A member of the Factory gang, Ultra Violet’s fame rose in the 60′s after numerous appearances in cult films by Andy Warhol as well as films such as Midnight Cowboy. After the death of Andy Warhol her book about her experiences at the Factory, “Famous for 15 Minutes, My Years With Andy Warhol”, became a best seller. Now she is a working contemporary artist with a highly spiritual inspiration.

Ultra Violet was directed By Indira Cesarine, with the interview by Gary V. Krimershmoys and video edit by John Paul Zuviate and Elizabeth Jones. Assistant to the director: Jeffrey Gamble.

PLEASE NOTE THERE IS PART 1 AND PART 2 OF THIS MOVIE…

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CONTRIBUTOR BIOS

INDIRA CESARINE

www.indiracesarine.com

Touted as a “photographic child protégé”, Indira Cesarine’s first solo exhibition was at the age of 16 at the Paul Mellon Arts Center. By the time she graduated high school she had exhibited 4 one-woman shows of her photographic work.  While finishing a triple major in Art History, French Literature and Women’s Studies at Columbia University, she began shooting for a variety of top modeling agencies including Elite, Ford, and Wilhelmina Models. Once she finished her degree, she went to London to pursue her interests in photography and journalism.  Within 6 months of arriving in London, she was appointed Editor at Large of the British magazine “Don’t Tell It”, and began shooting editorials for many magazines in England, the US and Europe.

Over the years her work has sparked the interest of some of the world’s top creative directors, having been commissioned for British Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Marie Claire, Tatler, The Times, In Style, L’Officiel as well as many other international publications and advertising campaigns. She is currently represented internationally with agents in New York, London, and Milan.

Her career as a director began with her first short film, “City of Love” being featured at Cannes Film Festival in 2007.  Since then she has directed, produced and edited numerous short films while maintaining an active career as a photographer. In 2009 she produced and launched the multimedia publication XXXX MAGAZINE, showcasing original multimedia productions of fashion and video art films. The launch issue, The Kaleidoscopic Issue, was brought together through the collaboration of over 100 creative contributors.

In January 2010, her work was exhibited in a solo show in Paris at Visionairs Gallery, presenting large scale photographic images juxtaposed with her video art productions she directed for XXXX Magazine.  Other recent exhibits include Motion Deconstructed Exhibit with Quintessentiallly Art, New York June 2010,  Soiree Au Louvre Video Art Installation at the French Embassy, June 2010,  New York Fashion Shorts at the Tribeca Grand in September 2009, London Fashion Shorts at Machine –A Gallery in February 2010, View Imaging exhibit in New York in December 2009, and The Distorted Beauty show in April 2010. Her photography has also been chosen to appear in Dolce and Gabanna’s 20^th Anniversary book curated by Fabien Baron, out in September 2010.

Indira and her work have been featured internationally on TV shows such as E! TV, Fashion TV, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, HBO’s Special “Ford Supermodel of the World”, MTV, and  “Make me a Supermodel” UK and US editions. Recent TV broadcasts include an episode photographing Tinsley Mortimer on her TV show ‘HIGH SOCIETY’.

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GARY V. KRIMERSHMOYS

www.quintessentiallyart.com

As Managing Director for Quintessentially Art, Gary Krimershmoys has been a passionate art collector and supporter of cultural institutions. In 2008 he completed coursework at Sotheby’s Institute and Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design. Previously his career included trading and sales and management in financial institutions in New York and London.

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JOHN PAUL ZUVIATE

http://www.johnpaulzuviate.com

http://www.tallfolkstudios.com

John Paul Zuviate is a multimedia artist, film director, independent print publisher, and Creative Director for Tall Folk Studios.

Zuviate is currently the Visual Arts Editor of XXXX Magazine and resides in New York while continuously working on new projects for future exhibitions and screenings.

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ELIZABETH JONES

www.elizabethtjones.com

Born and raised in Chicago, Elizabeth moved to the East Coast to study visual art and dance at Bowdoin College, Maine.  A multi media artist, Elizabeth brings together her various practices through dance films and multi media live dance performance. Most recently she has been focusing her efforts on photography, integrating her choreographic sensibilities into her photographs.

Since graduating, Elizabeth worked for a variety of creative professionals, from television producers and independent film directors to fine art and fashion photographers. Now in New York, Elizabeth has found the city to be the perfect place for collaboration, meeting other artists and joining forces in the effort to create beautiful and compelling work.

AMBIENT ENERGY

Ambient Energy (5:26) directed by Indira Cesarine, explores a surrealist landscape of fashion, creating a dreamlike world. Starring models Solange Wilvert and Nina De Raadt, the cinematography was by Indira Cesarine, video edit by Bernice Gonzalez of Industrial Color, and music “The Show End” by Chuckie Steel. Fashion editor Thea Lewis presents clothing from collections by designers including Aminaka Wilmont, Aqua, Bernhard Wilhelm, Chanel, Christian Louboutin, Coco de Mer, Craig Lawrence, Danny Tang, Dean Sidaway, Erickson Beamon, Georgina Goodman, House of Holland, Ioannis Dimitrousis, Lara Bohinc, Machine A, Made by Fam Irvoll, Missoni, Nerida Fraiman, Peter Pilotto, Rachel Freire, Temperley London, Tour de Force and Victoria Grant.

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CONTRIBUTOR BIOS

INDIRA CESARINE

www.indiracesarine.com

Touted as a “photographic child protégé”, Indira Cesarine’s first solo exhibition was at the age of 16 at the Paul Mellon Arts Center. By the time she graduated high school she had exhibited 4 one-woman shows of her photographic work.  While finishing a triple major in Art History, French Literature and Women’s Studies at Columbia University, she began shooting for a variety of top modeling agencies including Elite, Ford, and Wilhelmina Models. Once she finished her degree, she went to London to pursue her interests in photography and journalism.  Within 6 months of arriving in London, she was appointed Editor at Large of the British magazine “Don’t Tell It”, and began shooting editorials for many magazines in England, the US and Europe.

Over the years her work has sparked the interest of some of the world’s top creative directors, having been commissioned for British Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Marie Claire, Tatler, The Times, In Style, L’Officiel as well as many other international publications and advertising campaigns. She is currently represented internationally with agents in New York, London, and Milan.

Her career as a director began with her first short film, “City of Love” being featured at Cannes Film Festival in 2007.  Since then she has directed, produced and edited numerous short films while maintaining an active career as a photographer. In 2009 she produced and launched the multimedia publication XXXX MAGAZINE, showcasing original multimedia productions of fashion and video art films. The launch issue, The Kaleidoscopic Issue, was brought together through the collaboration of over 100 creative contributors.

In January 2010, her work was exhibited in a solo show in Paris at Visionairs Gallery, presenting large scale photographic images juxtaposed with her video art productions she directed for XXXX Magazine.  Other recent exhibits include Motion Deconstructed Exhibit with Quintessentiallly Art, New York June 2010,  Soiree Au Louvre Video Art Installation at the French Embassy, June 2010,  New York Fashion Shorts at the Tribeca Grand in September 2009, London Fashion Shorts at Machine –A Gallery in February 2010, View Imaging exhibit in New York in December 2009, and The Distorted Beauty show in April 2010. Her photography has also been chosen to appear in Dolce and Gabanna’s 20^th Anniversary book curated by Fabien Baron, out in September 2010.

Indira and her work have been featured internationally on TV shows such as E! TV, Fashion TV, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, HBO’s Special “Ford Supermodel of the World”, MTV, and  “Make me a Supermodel” UK and US editions. Recent TV broadcasts include an episode photographing Tinsley Mortimer on her TV show ‘HIGH SOCIETY’.

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SOLANGE WILVERT

www.nextmodels.com

At only 20 years old, Solange Wilvert has already made a major mark on the fashion world. At age 14, she was discovered when international modeling scouts visited her school in the south of Brazil. Only a few short weeks later, Solange boarded a plane to New York where a modeling contract awaited.

Solange made her runway debut at the Spring 2005 season with the Calvin Klein show. She has since walked the runway for virtually every top designer including Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs, Jil Sander, Dolce & Gabbana, Balenciaga, Alexander Wang, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Rodarte and Jean Paul Gaultier.

Since her start, Solange has had the opportunity to work with many of the world’s best fashion photographers including Steven Klein, Mario Testino, David Sims, Patrick Demarchelier, Juergen Teller, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Craig McDean, Paolo Roversi, Phil Poynter, Karl Lagerfeld, Karen Collins and Nathaniel Goldberg.

Solange has had her turn as the face of Calvin Klein, Fendi, Gucci, Stella McCartney, Yves Saint Laurent, D&G Ralph Lauren, and Valentino.

Solange has appeared in a range of fashion magazines around the globe including American Vogue, French Vogue, Italian Vogue, Japanese Vogue, British Vogue, German Vogue, Russian Vogue, Australian Vogue, Korean Vogue, Brazilian Vogue, i-D, V, W, French Revues des Modes, Deutsch, Stiletto, Wonderland and Allure.

Solange currently splits her time between homes in New York and Paris. When she’s not modeling, Solange enjoys visiting her boyfriend and family in her hometown of Florianópolis, Brazil.

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NINA DE RAADT

www.fordmodelseurope.com

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BERNICE GONZALEZ

Taking into consideration that the strongest medium of communication today is the moving image, Bernice decided to use it as her way of expression. From early on she embarked on the production, direction and editing of a local and independent TV show transmitted every Monday for the period of eight years from her hometown at the moment, San Juan , Puerto Rico, and which was dedicated to the local and international music, art and fashion scene. During that period she also worked as an editor for advertising for clients like Anheuser Busch and AT&T. She wrote an award wining script, which eventually became a short movie, TV LUV, screened at various festivals around the world, including the Short Film Depot at the Cannes Film Festival. She has collaborated with various artists editing video art projects in the like of Charles Juhasz Alvarado, Craig Cutler, Hans Gissinger and Indira Cesarine. She currently works as Senior editor for IC Motion in New York, the production and post production division of Industrial Color.

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CHUCKIE STEEL

www.myspace.com/chuckiesteel

Chuckie Steele is a Producer and DJ specializing in the experimental side of hip hop/rock /jazz and film music. His live DJ shows are a mash-up of all genres, mixed and scratched together in the style of acts such as DJ Yoda and DJ Shadow.

He got into hip hop when a friend came back from the US with RUN DMC’S TOUGHER THAN LEATHER album so he decided to tape it, playing it constantly.  This soon developed into a more profound love for the music genre after hearing Westwood on the Capital Rap Show, which in turn “made me want to scratch and learn how to put mixed tapes together…even though it took me about 12 years to actually buy some.”

After DJing for a bit and doing the “odd party” Chuckie finally decided go to music college so he could learn how to professionally create songs and beats—and he hasn’t stopped since.  Today he continues to create music for dancers, TV, films and for his own pleasure.  “I am not signed to a label and enjoy the freedom this gives me to choose what projects I wish to take and which ones I don’t.”

Chuckie has just completed a collaboration album entitled THE TWO FACES OF GOOD AND EVIL and is currently working on a solo project.