Danakil aka Cyrille de Vignemont,
Director/Photographer.
Since 2005, Danakil's photographs and
video-installations have been shown at the French Art Is Not Dead
exhibitions in Europe ; at the Lyon Biennale ; at the Museum of
Contemporary Art of Shanghai ; at Agnes B., Hong-Kong ; at the
Teen/Spirit show in Melbourne ; and in Paris at Galerie 208 and at the
Palais de Tokyo.
Since last year, he has directed
music-videos for The Micronauts, The Penelopes, Y.A.S/Mirwais, Poni
Hoax, Mohini Geisweiller...
His video for Poni Hoax’s Antibodies was
featured at the the 19th Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase
during Cannes Lions 2009. Danakil also won the Best New Director Award
at the Antville 2009 Music Video Awards, and The Best Narrative Video
Award in 2010 for Milk Teeth by Mohini Geisweiller.
Click on Danakil's photograph above to
got to his site for more information.
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Parisian Singer Mohini
Geisweiller
(and a creepy
thing on the floor, may be her inner turmoil)
From the Director, Danakil:
"In a house surrounded by trees, Mohini hyperventilates into
a paper bag to calm her anxiety - she is being haunted by
Christlike visions, vodka drinks, and a projection of her
soul as a strange creature. Alone in a car with this surreal
shape of her vital bodily functions, she attempts to escape
her darkness." Yikes! And we thought the Germans were
twisted. Mohini is a Parisian singer, recently championed by
fashion designer Mark Jacobs, who named her one of his "It
Girls" for 2011. She hasn't really broken in the U.S., and
it is hard to imagine that her brand of low-intensity techno
purring really has a place in the U.S. market. That's okay
though. Her soundtrack is entrancing even if you don't look
at the video, like Hamburger Helper without the hamburger.
But you add in that beef and you've got...I'm not sure.
Check it out.-RAR
Mohini Gesweiller
If
"Milk Teeth" didn't satisfy your need for low intensity techno, check
out "Sex in Dallas", which features the Mark Jacobs model having a hard
time escaping a photographer to get dressed for the video.
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Alka Balbir
While we are reviewing the music stylings
of 2011 "It Girls" (see Mohini Geisweiller above), why not an offering
from Alka Balbir, another of Mark Jacob's selections.
The Louis Vuitton model is also a film and stage actress, as well as a
singer.
