On ne va pas y aller par quatre chemins, le réalisateur Vladimir Baranovky est un petit génie de la mise en scène. Ce garçon aux mille talents nous a complétement bluffé avec son film OUSEMANE produit par Soldats Films et Incendie Films. A l’image de ces deux sociétés de production, le film est un carambolage émotionnel, une percussion sentimentale, une secousse passionnelle et osons même l’écrire une commotion amoureuse.
En plus d’avoir compris ce qu’allait être l’esthétique du XXIe siècle, Vladimir pose là un savoir faire sans prétention, avec énormément d’élégance puisqu’on a l’impression qu’il fait tout par amour et pour l’amour. Et forcement, quand c’est cette motivation première qui vous fait vous lever le matin pour réaliser un film, le résultat peut-être estimable. Avec au casting, l’excellent rappeur anglais Crave Moore comme personnage principal (qui a aussi composé la musique du film) et Juliette Lamet qui joue sa femme dans ce huis clos hallucinant autour du couple.
Inspiré par Hype Williams et Spike Lee pour réaliser ce court-métrage, Vladimir Baranovky garde cependant toujours à l’esprit des photographes que l’on aime ici autant que lui tel que Jamel Shabazz, William Eggleston ou encore Alex Prager.
En signant ce choc narratif de moins de 3 minutes, Vladimir Baranovky vient déjà d’être récupéré, sans le savoir encore, par tous les annonceurs en quête de pertinence qui voudront toucher la jeunesse dans les années à venir. Sans mensonges, sans artifices et droit au but, c’est le minimum aujourd’hui pour ne plus prendre la nouvelle génération pour des idiots.
Vladimir Baranovky est un artiste important et la société de production Soldats a su le voir avant les autres. C’est donc elle qui va représenter dans le monde ce professionnel de l’imaginaire. Mais aujourd’hui ce n’est pas encore le sujet. Place tout de suite donc à OUSEMANE. Frissons garantis, que vous soyez avec votre téléphone dans votre lit ou dans votre bureau face à votre écran d’ordinateur.
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![The intersection of persona, product, propaganda, and profit. In 2021 is the brand Supreme any different than the brand GAGOSIAN? No. They are both strategic entities focused on valuations, cultural and capital. Each bestow status on their investors. What I am fascinated by is that they both trade in Dead Data. I find no intellectual difference between a Supreme x John Woo collaboration as GAGOSIAN exhibiting Harmony Korine’s paintings. In each case the two of them are basing the products social influence and exchange value on established [Dead] [Data] information. Both are DOA. Each of the artists and brands chosen for the first exhibition STUPID and the second DROPS are attempting an impossible narrative, to raise dead informational bits. What I find Intellectually horrifying is the scale of the audience and the financial market for this morbid display. The culturally transgressive destroys established values. The works in STUPID and DROPS are intellectual crimes in that they present what has already lost all meaning and value and the propaganda creates an altogether false meta-value. The transgressive preserves creative innocence by exposing the inherent corruption of the status quo.
MARK EVEN x STEVE OKLYN
2021](https://scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/196860070_809654653271496_8575323350180795315_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=2kEA3TgIjMkAX9lNu_N&_nc_ht=scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=e046febcb596990ebe7a9b30c15de67d&oe=610DE249 "The intersection of persona, product, propaganda, and profit. In 2021 is the brand Supreme any different than the brand GAGOSIAN? No. They are both strategic entities focused on valuations, cultural and capital. Each bestow status on their investors. What I am fascinated by is that they both trade in Dead Data. I find no intellectual difference between a Supreme x John Woo collaboration as GAGOSIAN exhibiting Harmony Korine’s paintings. In each case the two of them are basing the products social influence and exchange value on established [Dead] [Data] information. Both are DOA. Each of the artists and brands chosen for the first exhibition STUPID and the second DROPS are attempting an impossible narrative, to raise dead informational bits. What I find Intellectually horrifying is the scale of the audience and the financial market for this morbid display. The culturally transgressive destroys established values. The works in STUPID and DROPS are intellectual crimes in that they present what has already lost all meaning and value and the propaganda creates an altogether false meta-value. The transgressive preserves creative innocence by exposing the inherent corruption of the status quo.
MARK EVEN x STEVE OKLYN
2021")
![Mark Even American artist
Born 2000 Mountain View, CA.
Mark Even was convicted of a cybercrime in 2015. He was sentenced to ten years to be served at a new Federal prison: BALSEC ONE specifically for cyber criminals. It is located in Steele City, Nebraska.
Mark has used his time to develop an algorithmic based [Code art also known as code generated experiments] creative practice. He refers to BALSEC ONE as his Marfa. The BLACK POWER series is his newest work.
Note: Mark has no access to a computer in prison. He writes down the instructions of the work which are given to his lawyer who gives those directions to a member of the MLF [Mark Lombardi Faction] who have assisted him on a number of projects. Mark is currently thinking of releasing the BLACK POWER works as individual NFTs.
STEVE OKLYN
443 Institute
Thimphu, Bhutan](https://scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/172246940_241775834361086_412793993617799165_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=jG9d19jLvwEAX9i0sas&_nc_ht=scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=4c312d092188b476c5c2558916132686&oe=610EC175 "Mark Even American artist
Born 2000 Mountain View, CA.
Mark Even was convicted of a cybercrime in 2015. He was sentenced to ten years to be served at a new Federal prison: BALSEC ONE specifically for cyber criminals. It is located in Steele City, Nebraska.
Mark has used his time to develop an algorithmic based [Code art also known as code generated experiments] creative practice. He refers to BALSEC ONE as his Marfa. The BLACK POWER series is his newest work.
Note: Mark has no access to a computer in prison. He writes down the instructions of the work which are given to his lawyer who gives those directions to a member of the MLF [Mark Lombardi Faction] who have assisted him on a number of projects. Mark is currently thinking of releasing the BLACK POWER works as individual NFTs.
STEVE OKLYN
443 Institute
Thimphu, Bhutan")
