Dear remixers,
today I want to introduce you to the amazing work of an artist called:
Kasumi
Gif taken from her tumblr.
Kasumi is an artist who works in a broad range of media: directing and producing short and feature length experimental films, performing live shows and VJ, creating looping electronic sculptures, designing motion graphics and animated gifs, producing immersive 360 virtual reality pieces and making fine art prints through glitch and data moshing.
Taken from her vimeo profile.
Music video for Y-Love: "FOR MY PEOPLE"
I first discovered her work on vimeo while looking for public-domain footage. The following musicvideo is completely made out of footage from the Prelinger Archives.
Prelinger Archives was founded in 1983 by Rick Prelinger in New York City. Over the next twenty years, it grew into a collection of over 60,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films.
FOR MY PEOPLE from kasumi on Vimeo.
Y-Love is a "jewish gay MC making positive hiphop". You can find him at twitter and facebook.
THE FREE SPEECH ZONE (REDUX)
Another interesting work, I found while digging deeper, is the following piece called "The free speech zone".
The Free Speech Zone (Redux)A fusion of multi-layered polyphonic sampling, heavy, relentless beats, and scorching satire, “The Free Speech Zone”, a psychedelic Dada/techno opera, is a scathing condemnation of the American government’s quest for world domination through unrelenting mind control.
TED-Talk
In 2015 she did a special TEDxCLE-Talk, a combination of TEDTalks video and live speakers "to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group".
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Meme | Kasumi | TEDxCLE
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Artist Statement
Here is a small excerpt of here artist statement to get an idea of her motivation:
"My work is about the echo chambers of memory - a perpetual feedback loop that creates consciousness. I use the symbols, images, and gestures that encode meaning and form the units from which we tell our stories, and that paradoxically both limit and expand human possibility."
SHOCKWAVES
Her most notable work might be a movie called SHOCKWAVES, which you can rent on vimeo on demand.
"Koyaanisqatsi meets Natural Born Killers."
More Infos and Links
Kasumi is a true multimedia artist, besides being a video-artist, she also worked as a musician and writer:
Previously, Kasumi was a musician who performed twice at Carnegie Hall and who has recorded four LP albums; a designer, illustrator and painter, and a published author. While in Japan, her soundtrack performance of Oginsama was nominated for an Academy award. Her written work includes two published books, over 50 newspaper and magazine articles published worldwide.
From here website, where you can find links to all her other social media profiles.
