Luis Soares's Blog, page 14

Requiem

A concert for the spirit, with star performers: Verdi’s Requiem at the Hollywood Bowl in 2013 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (LA Phil) conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. The soloists are Juliana Di Giacomo (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (bass), with singing by the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

Giuseppe Verdi’s (1813 - 1901) Messa da Requiem can be considered the most musically rich requiem mass that the classical-romantic er...

Eikoh Hosoe

Eikoh Hosoe (細江 英公, Hosoe Eikō, born 18 March 1933 in Yonezawa, Yamagata) is a Japanese photographer and filmmaker who emerged in the experimental arts movement of post-World War II Japan. He is known for his psychologically charged images, often exploring subjects such as death, erotic obsession, and irrationality. Through his friendships and artistic collaborations he is linked with the writer Yukio Mishima and 1960s avant-garde artists such as the dancer Tatsumi Hijikata.

Corporeal

Storm Factory - Corporeal (2021) (Single Edit) // Giulia Gallina & Rui Maia

Denis Sarazhin

Denis Sarazhin was born in Nikopol, Ukraine in 1982 . He attended the Kharkov Art and Design Academy, graduating in 2008. He specialized in painting and was a pupil of Ganozkiy V. L., Chaus V. N., and Vintayev V. N.. Sarazhin was awarded with the 1st Degree Diploma Award for Excellence in Painting from the Ukrainian Art Academy. Since 2007 he has been a member of Kharkov's section of the association of Ukraine's Artists' Alliance.

A Dozen Eggs

Commissioned by Apple. What happens when you take a dozen eggs, add iPhone 13 Pro and throw in the inventive mind of Michel Gondry? The simple becomes cinema.

Made of Gold

Ibeyi - Made of Gold feat. Pa Salieu

On le fait?

Make sure they hear us
Feel it
We are the anger and the hunger.

Dale!

Holy Water
Crying at the altar
Ignite your desire
Freedom for the mare, mare

Fire
Burning at the altar
Rewriting sacred scripture
So we could be together, together

My Spell made of Gold, Gold, Gold
Meet me at the altar

Prayer
Kneeling at the altar
Gathering our power
Heat is getting higher, higher

I have dreams
My Forefather told me « Complete mission now »
They ain’t really broke us
The...

Audre Lorde - A Litany for Survival

For those of us who live at the shoreline
standing upon the constant edges of decision
crucial and alone
for those of us who cannot indulge
the passing dreams of choice
who love in doorways coming and going
in the hours between dawns
looking inward and outward
at once before and after
seeking a now that can breed
futures
like bread in our children’s mouths
so their dreams will not reflect
the death of ours;
 
For those of us
who were imprinted with fear
like a faint line in the center of our foreheads
learning to...

Voir

From executive producers David Fincher and David Prior, VOIR is a series of visual essays celebrating Cinema and the personal connection we each have to the stories we see on the big screen. From intimate personal histories to insights on character and craft, each episode reminds us why Cinema holds a special place in our lives.

I'm Afraid of Americans

"I'm Afraid of Americans" is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released as a single from his 1997 album Earthling. The song, co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno, was originally written during Bowie's studio sessions for the 1995 album Outside but was not released until a rough mix appeared on the soundtrack to the film Showgirls, and was subsequently remade for Earthling. A top 20 hit in Canada, the rework also peaked at number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 16 weeks on that...

Etel Adnan

Over the course of a lifetime that spans almost a century, Etel Adnan’s creative and intellectual vision has taken many forms. In addition to being a visual artist, she is a renowned poet, a prominent journalist, and the author of one of the defining novels of the modern Arab world. Adnan’s biography is notable for its rich convergence of cultural influences. She was born in Beirut in 1925 to a Greek mother and Syrian father; grew up speaking French, Arabic, and Greek; and as an adult has liv...