A short film finalist produced for Melbourne 2011 48 hour film festival. A strung out nightclub owner, Arty Cosmo, navigates through a world of scantly clad burlesque performers, circus acts, midgets, and side show freaks in a race to find a missing set of jewellery before it’s underworld mob boss owner discovers its disappearence.
Set in the loathsome surrounds of an inner-city peep show booth. A sinister and apparently psychopathic man on one side, a vulnerable yet defiant woman on the other. The one way mirrored glass separating their cabins serves to keep them both apart, while simultaneously drawing them together. A polar dynamic of being seen and unseen,…
With mind bending meticulous detail, Usugrow’s work crosses the line between bad ass and refined elegance. While developing his vision and technique, Usugrow worked designing promotional graphics for Japan’s punk and metal scenes, Usugrows unique, stylized combination of traditional Japanese artwork and punk iconography soon made him the visual identity of Tokyo’s underground, But Usugrows’…
A mountain on Tokyo’s culture landscape, Yasumasa Yonehara or YONE is a publisher turned erotic photographer whose unique lofi “cheki” style has revolutionized editorial photography around the world. A short artist profile and interview highlighting his tequinique and philosophy.