Wake up to the reincarnation of Cleopatra as a CGI karaoke temptress for the information age, created by French artist Marguerite Humeau, in this excerpt from ‘Cleopatra:’That Goddess’.  As part of this year’s Serpentine Marathon inspired by the theme of extinction, Humeau, with the help of language specialists to decipher Cleopatra’s voice to sing a love song in nine extinct […]

If you thought Sia’s conceptual video for ’Chandelier‘ was amazing + afterwards thought, ‘I wish I could get that one move down’, thankfully, NOWNESS is here to help.  Check out the instructional video above, by none other than choreographer Ryan Heffington, the master behind the moves.  Of course, Heffington was channeled beautifully through 11yo dancer, Maddie Ziegler in […]

Fashion Film ‘Fruits De Mer’ Shows A Twisted Side Of Adultery

When it comes to adultery, usually the lover is the one that plays tricks on their married paramour for various reasons but for the most part, it’s usually for more attention or more ‘hush gifts.  In fashion film ‘Fruits de Mer’, filmmaker Hala Matar flips the script on that aspect of adultery.  In it, we […]

Victoria+Jean: Divine Love on Nowness.com Get inspired to romance the tragedy of love with Anita Fontaine’s film for Victoria + Jean’s latest release ‘Divine Love’.  Drawing inspiration from science fiction films from the 70s + dating shows from the 80s, with both having these kind of fake sets that look like they are falling apart, as […]

JR & José Parlá: Wrinkles of the City on Nowness.com Wake up + take a trip to Havana, Cuba with longtime collaborators José Parlá + JR in film short, ‘Wrinkles In Time’.   Commissioned by the 2012 Havana Biennale, it’s part of a global series of public art installations + expressionistic murals centered around enigmatic portraits of the residents in each metropolis, […]

The Magic Gap on Nowness.com Wake up to ‘The Magic Gap’ by fashion photographer + director Guy Aroch, part of the #DefineBeauty NOWNESS series which explores that much talked about subject about the space between women’s legs.  A topic that’s compromised many women’s body image, as if to say, ‘the bigger the gap, the thinner […]

Natasha Khan: Under the Indigo Moon on Nowness.com Sunny glazed films are far better than glazed donuts, especially when it’s YMC-styled fashion film ‘Under The Indigo Moon’ by Bat For Lashes songstress Natasha Kahn.  Inspired by Patricia Arquette’s trashy, playful, US motel aesthetic in film ‘True Romance’, Kahn captures her sepia-coated road trip, driving along the snaking […]

Crème Caramel on Nowness.com Part Three of the NOWNESS #DefineBeauty series, in ‘Crème Caramel’, directed by Canada, we get to witness how a man sees the woman of his obsession.  Canada’s Nicolás Méndez + Lope Serrano deconstructed the sensuality of the female form from the mundane to the profane + the obsession behind it.  As […]