Tuesday, November 12, 2019
(album Review) Ithaka's Somewhere South of Somalia (Ithaka Darin Pappas)
Review in BIG BAER-Urban Alternative Music Magazine (Nov.2001)
http://www.bigbaer.com/ithaka.htm
Somewhere South of Somalia
Let me start by telling you the ending: "…run, don't walk, and buy this CD! Don't miss out on one of the most original hip hop releases of the year!"
Somewhere South Of Somalia, the third album to be released from the artist ITHAKA, is the freshest compilation of hip hop beats, rap lyrics and spoken word that I have heard in a very long time. If you are feeling hip hop but are more than a little tired of hearing rappers spit about ho's and 4/Os; about twenty inch rims and all-nighters; if the thought of one more Jay-to-the-izzo causes you more pain than fingernails scratching mercilessly on the chalkboard, then Somewhere South of Somalia is for you.
The timing of this review is impeccable. I recently sat on a panel at an Urban Music conference where I addressed the situation of originality, or rather, the lack of it in much of today's urban music. Somewhere South Of Somalia is as original as they come, written on location in Kenya and Tanzania, it is an adventurer's diary, a hip-hop recollection of one man's soul-searching escape to the east coast of Africa. ITHAKA Darin Pappas is a visual artist and a writer. He is also a superb storyteller who explores the sometimes forgotten topic of escapism.
The album plays out like a hip-hop adventure journal. Somewhere South Of Somalia brings us stories of tribal folklore, urban dangers, epidemics and voodoo. It recalls life threatening experiences and human tragedy. It is funny; it is serious and at times wildly erotic.
There are nineteen tracks of songs and interludes on this very unique offering. Though written on location in East Africa, followed by a stay in Lisbon, Portugal, Somewhere South Of Somalia was recorded in Los Angeles with producer-engineer, Conley "Conman" Abrams (Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Queen Latifa, Heavy D, etc.), ITHAKA's distinctive laid-back but powerful rap style is complemented by first class original beats and vocal arrangements.
The overall production quality is first rate. It is obvious that a great deal of thought went into the production of each track. Almost as adventurous as the album's material itself, Somewhere South Of Somalia transports you from rap to spoken word, to trip-hop, all seamlessly done lending to a true sense of discovery.
Rana Linda is the story of a foreign war correspondent originally from Colorado who had been covering events in Rwanda and now struggles with the realities of difficult choices. Ugly American tells of a wealthy businessman who moves to the Kenyan coast, destroys forests, sexually abuses his maid and kills endangered species for fun.
Black Rock is a song based on Tanzanian tribal tradition of a black stone reported to save lives of those bitten by venomous snakes. The catchy chorus is sung by tribal children and backed by a thick base of tribal hip-hop rhythm.
Lapis Lazuli / Mother of Pearl is a spoken word proclamation of love with a melodically sung hook-line by IZREAL (from the song Rana Linda) and woven throughout by a beautifully muted trumpet jazz-like beats. The song adds to the diversity and richness of the album. Very well done.
Upendo is eight minutes and twenty-six seconds of superb and outrageously erotic, trip-hop. "Mr. Lapis Lazuli" receiving a language lesson from "Mother of Pearl" (50 ways to say I LOVE YOU in Swahili). For sheer mood enhancing power, Upendo stands tall in the company of Enigma's Principles of Lust (MCMXC a.D.) and Lonnie Liston Smith's Desert Nights from his hallmark Expansions album. I would buy Somewhere South of Somalia for this song alone.
Exploring the outskirts of Nairobi's notorious River Road, ITHAKA relates a tale of adventure-turned nightmare involving pimps, drug dealers and knife wielding gangs. It ends with ITHAKA sprinting for his life.
Mwajuma, tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a wandering nomad, ITHAKA, and a domestic servant to Nairobi's elite. The story unfolds from a light-hearted meeting to ITHAKA's discovery that his new friend has tested HIV positive. Her husband is already dead and she ponders about the future of her children while still showing great concern for ITHAKA's well being. Cynthia Denise Farmer sings the moving gospel chorus, building to a full choir ending. The song is a powerful reminder of the AIDS epidemic that is devastating much of Africa today.
ITHAKA's curiosity of places and people is revealed wholeheartedly in Somewhere South Of Somalia. His travels have taken him to Europe, Africa and the South Pacific. While in Lisbon, Portugal, a brief stint as a radio host landed him a record deal with a local subsidiary of EMI. In 1998 he released the ep, ESCAPE (Nortesul EMI/Portugal) which featured a remake of his hip-hop dance track "Escape From The City Of Angels" off of his first album. The song earned ITHAKA a SCYPE AWARD (European Radio Listener's Choice Award) and later appeared in the soundtrack of Columbia Film's The Replacement Killers starring Mira Sorvino and Chow Yung Fat.
Somewhere South Of Somalia is a continuation of ITHAKA's philosophy: live it, write about it, rap about it. It is an excellent hip-hop album as well as a true collector's offering. Now I can finish right where I began: run, don't walk, and buy this CD! Don't miss out on one of the most original hip hop releases of the year!"
review by
jack "papa" baer
november 19, 2001
Friday, September 6, 2019
Darren Carroll and Ithaka Darin Pappas at The Cure
Childhood friends; Darren Carroll of Goldenvoice and artist/photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas at the Pasadena Daydream Festival (August 2019) headlined by The Cure, also featuring The Pixies, Deftones, Mogwai, Throwing Muses, The Joy Formidable, Chelsea Wolfe, The Twilight Sad, Emma Ruth Rundle and Kaelan Mikla. Event produced by Goldenvoice, held at Brookside at The Pasadena Rode Bowl.
https://pasadenadaydream.com/event-info/
https://www.instagram.com/dc_creative/
https://www.instagram.com/_ithaka_/
Friday, August 9, 2019
O hip hop salgado de Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)
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Capa do CD Fishdaddy Flashbacks, do californiano Ithaka. Foto: Músico e artista californiano Ithaka acaba de lançar o disco Fishdaddy Flashbacks.
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Artist, Ithaka Darin Pappas Surfing Powerful Winter Waves in Greece
Greek-American contemporary artist and musician, Ithaka Darin Pappas surfing powerful winter waves in Greece. Photo: Giorgos Papandreou
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ithaka/69363540
https://store.cdbaby.com/artist/Ithaka2
https://www.instagram.com/_ithaka_/?hl=en
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5225987/
https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/ithaka-interview
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithaka
http://upmagazine-tap.com/en/pt_artigos/ithaka-2/
Annenberg photo exhibit Contact High featuring rare Eazy-E Photograph extended until August 25th
Due to popular demand, The Annenberg Space for Photography's exhibit Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop which was curated by Vikki Tobak, creator of the best-selling book that the exhibit is based upon. The exhibit has creative direction by Fab 5 Freddy. The museum has received over sixty-thousand visitors in just three months.
Among the one-hundred and forty historical images in the show, are extremely rare photographs of Eazy-E by Ithaka Darin Pappas extended until August 25th, 2019.
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video:
Watch the documentary: "Eazy E & Venice Locals (A Historic Day in the Brotherhood of Hip Hop and Skateboarding)"
#ithaka #contacthigh #annenberg#IthakaDarinPappas #eazye #skateboarding #Thrasher
A photographer who took a famous photo of rapper Eazy-E 30 years ago sued skateboarding magazine brand Thrasher for allegedly reproducing and selling the photo on shirts without his permission.
Ithaka Darin Pappas is an artist known for photographing the emerging West Coast hip-hop culture of the late 1980s. Pappas said he took an “iconic” picture of Eazy-E of the influential rap group NWA “cavorting with local skateboarders in Venice Beach, California” in 1989.
Pappas said he learned in 2017 that Thrasher was selling t-shirts and sweatshirts that included his photograph without his permission. Pappas said that defendant
Monday, July 29, 2019
On The Way To Ithaka - a documentary about artist Ithaka Darin Pappas (original title: Em Direção à Ithaka)
@_ithaka_ [][][] On The Way To Ithaka (Em Direção à Ithaka) artist documentary about Ithaka Darin Pappas made in Rio de Janeiro in 2006 #RioDeJaneiro #ContemporaryArt #IthakaDarinPappas
Watch here:
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Friday, July 19, 2019
Friday, July 12, 2019
"Urban Nektar" a short-subject art film by Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)
Another short subject film in the series of fotomentaries under ten minutes utilizing images of existing flat art to tell stories.
© 2019 Sweatlodge Films
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ithaka/69363540
https://store.cdbaby.com/artist/Ithaka2
https://www.instagram.com/_ithaka_/?hl=en
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5225987/
https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/ithaka-interview
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithaka
http://upmagazine-tap.com/en/pt_artigos/ithaka-2/
Thursday, July 11, 2019
"Taro Reef" surf-oriented photo surrealism by Californian artist, Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)
"Taro Reef" photo surrealism
by Californian artist, Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)
"TARO REEF" - a surrealist photography series by artist: Ithaka
(plant waves photographed by Ithaka Darin Pappas in Brazil)
The featured images were all photographed at Taro Reef during a single winter season. Taro Reef is located at AkahtiLândia, Ithaka's mini-ranch and art studio situated in the Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Rainforest) in the State of São Paulo (Brazil).
Although multiple attempts were made to continue the series, the taro patch at AkahtiLândia (Taro Reef) never again received ideal lighting conditions, nor did the curves of the leaves again emulate ocean waves as they had that one winter. The "Taro Reef" project is uniquely comprised only of the images on this presentation.
Galleries:
WOA-Way Of Arts (Europe)
Coffin Alley Gallery (North America)
Individual works (in order of appearance):
"Taro Reef #8"
"Taro Reef #9"
"Taro Reef #1"
"Taro Reef #4"
"Taro Reef #5"
"Taro Reef #11'
"Taro Reef #6"
"Taro Reef #3"
"Taro Reef #7"
"Taro Reef #10"
"Taro Reef #2"
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For prints, exhibits or licensing inquiries please contact: ithaka.official@gmail.com
Direction and edit: Ithaka ©2019 Sweatlodge Films
Song: Ithaka "Liquid Harmonics" album, Voiceless Blue Raven II
Note: all images in this presentation are under U.S. Federal and international copyrights ©2015, ©2019
#Ithaka #IthakaDarinPappas #fotografiasurreal
TOPES ILUSTRES "So Get Up"
TOPES ILUSTRES - AMÍLCAR RODRIGUES | GIN PARTY SOUNDSYSTEM
· POR BODYSPACE · 23 DEZ 2014 · 10:05 ·
"So Get Up" de USL com Ithaka Darin Pappas (letras e voz)
foto: João Barbosa
Os meus trinta pessoais:
01. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
02. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
03. Caribou - Our Love
04. Marissa Nadler - July
05. Linda Perhacs - The Soul Of All Natural Things
06. Future Islands - Singles
07. Kanding Ray - Solens Arc
08. Ought - More Than Any Other Day
09. Gala Drop - II
10. Roll The Dice - Until Silence
11. FKA twigs - LP1
12. Hauschka - Abandoned City
13. The War on Drugs - Lost In The Dream
14. Norberto Lobo - Fornalha
15. Jessie Ware - Tough Love
16. Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused
17. D'Alva - #batequebate
18. Einsturzende Neubauten - Lament
19. Perc - The Power & The Glory
20. Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate
21. Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
22. Shellac - Dude Incredible
23. Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean
24. Clark - Clark
25. Joan Shelley - Electric Ursa
26. Pharmakon - Bestial Burden
27. Taylor Swift - 1989
28. The Body - I Shall Die Here
29. Swans - To Be Kind
30. Millie & Andrea - Drop The Vowels
A lista dos GPSS:
1. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
2. Caribou - Our Love
3. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
4. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
5. Swans - To Be Kind
6. Ought - More Than Any Other Day
7. Taylor Swift - 1989
8. Todd Terje - It's Album Time
9. Ariana Grande - My Everything
10. Kate Tempest - Everybody Down
11. Moodymann - Moodymann
12. Rio Shock - Rio Shock EP
13. Ben Frost - A U R O R A
14. Sensible Soccers - 8
15. Allah-Las - Worship the Sun
16. Marissa Nadler - July
17. Gala Drop - II
18. Black Bombaim - Far Out
19. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
20. D’Alva - #batequebate
Outras cenas que curtimos em 1994:
2 Unlimited - Real Things
2 Brothers on the 4th Floor - Dreams
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Gigi D'Agostino - A Journey into Space
Paul Van Dyk - 45 RPM
Snap! - Welcome to Tomorrow
DJ Bobo - There is a Party
E-Type - Made In Sweden
Fun Factory - Nonstop! - The Album
USL - So Get Up featuring Ithaka Darin Pappas (lyrics & vocals)
Citação favorita do ano:
Haters mandam ódio mas em três tempos dançam na pista
Saturday, July 6, 2019
"Urban Nektar" A Surrealist Photographic-Art Series by Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) - Giant Hummingbirds In Mexico City
"Urban Nektar"
"Urban Nektar" A Surrealist Photographic-Art Series by Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) - Giant Hummingbirds In Mexico City.
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
UNSEEN 1988 PHOTOGRAPH of Ice Cube & Dr. Dre by Ithaka Darin Pappas
NEVER BEFORE SEEN image of Ice Cube & Dr. Dre just discovered in my deepest archives. Although we were mostly shooting black & white, this was from a lone color roll shot on a Hasselblad 500CE. It was November 11th 1988, the same day we made "THE MIRACLE MILE SHOT" ( aka the official press image for Straight Outta Compton "). This now historic session was made in my old apartment in The Miracle Mile area of LA when my roommates were out at their classes at UCLA
{watch vid here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa1HApBPD6U }[][]
Image is copyrighted: Please contact ithaka.official@gmail.com for more info:
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photo: Ithaka Darin Pappas © 1988
This was one of many shoots
That I did of Ice Cube and NWA for
Priority Records Between 1988 and 1991.
For more information about this image
Please contact: ithaka.art@gmail.com - Also see: @_ithaka_
Note: This image is not Public Domain, it is Necessary to acquire authorization
thru my Representatives at the Tack Artist Agency Group in Los Angeles
before reproducing in print, online or merchandising ... thank you.
Interview in Mass Appeal (Contact High Project)
http://massappeal.com/contact-high-ithaka-darin-pappas-on-photographing-a-bulletproof-vest-wearing-skateboarding-riding-eazy-e/
Interview in The Hundreds:
http://thehundreds.com/ithaka-interview/
Interview in Gerneral Admission:
https://www.generaladmission.us/blogs/news/eazy-e-and-ithakas-iconic-photo
http://massappeal.com/contact-high-ithaka-darin-pappas-on-photographing-a-bulletproof-vest-wearing-skateboarding-riding-eazy-e/
Interview in The Hundreds:
http://thehundreds.com/ithaka-interview/
Interview in Gerneral Admission:
https://www.generaladmission.us/blogs/news/eazy-e-and-ithakas-iconic-photo
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#nwa #drdre#icecube #beatsbydre #hiphop#gangstarap #straightouttacompton#themiraclemileshot#musicphotography#Dodgers#hiphopphotography#westcoast #compton #LA#raplegend #rapper#goldenagehiphop #hiphophead#thegodfatherofgangstarap#streetknowledge #streetart #biggie#hiphop_life #tupac #nas#fuckthapolice
Monday, July 1, 2019
N.W.A - Backstage In Phoenix (1989) The Last Photographs of N.W.A. - Very Rare Photos by Ithaka Darin Pappas
________________________________________________ The good times couldn't last. Ice Cube was the first to discover all was not right with N.W.A. - at the height of the group's popularity in 1989 when the tour hit Phoenix, Cube stopped the show. Pat Charbonet, then publicist for Priority Records and Cube's future manager had been asking Cube some questions about his financing...How much money had Cube been making off the songs he had written for Straight Outta Compton? Where was the money...and when would Cube get it in his pockets? Cube didn't have any answers - so he stopped the group dead in its tracks. - Dr. Dre: A Biography (2007) page 48
___________________________________________________ At Eazy's request, N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller flew to Phoenix with new contracts in hand and $75,000 for those who signed. The rest of the group complied, but not Cube. He told Heller he wanted a lawyer to review the contract.The others in the group ridiculed him for turning down so much money. Cube in fact discovered he did have good reason to feel he was getting ripped off. According to Rolling Stone magazine, N.W.A. grossed $650,000 for their 1989 U.S. tour, but Cube only received $23,000. By the end of the year, Straight Outta Compton and Eazy-Duz-It had sold a combined three-million copies. Although Cube had written or co-written about half the songs on both albums, he earned a total of $32,000. - Sager 1990, page 166
_________________________________________________________ Royalties, which typically take months to work their way from shops to distributors to record labels and on to artists, weren't arriving fast enough to keep tempers from boiling over. At a gig in Phoenix, Arizona each member was given a check, but only if they signed a contract. I refused to take my check, because I felt I would be admitting that I agreed with what I was being' paid, Cube told me in 2006. They thought I was crazy!, saying, '$75,000 is more money than we've ever seen'. - NME August 25th 2015 Photography, edit and music: Ithaka Darin Pappas
Songs: "Afflicted", "Warm Budweiser", "Butterly Boogie" from the upcoming album, Ithaka Voiceless Blue Raven II Text sources: Sager (1999), Dr. Dre: A Biography (2007), NME Magazine (2015) Executive producer: craig raidor dahl Note: all images in this presentation under U.S. Federal and international copyrights. ©1989, ©2019 Thank you. https://nwafotosbyithakadarinpappas.b... https://www.instagram.com/nwa_photos_... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo97z... https://www.facebook.com/NWAandEAZYEp... #NWA #HIPHOP #IthakaDarinPappas
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Surf na Ilha da Madeira - Ithaka Darin Pappas (Large Wave)
Os primeiros surfistas encontraram a Surf na Ilha da Madeira nos anos 70 e revelaram o potencial do arquipélago para o mundo. Múltiplas circunstâncias mantinham o surf na Ilha da Madeira escondido e inexplorado, apesar das temperaturas mornas e das excelentes condições, a ilha manteve relativamente inexplorado até os anos 1990s. Em 2001, um concurso World Big Wave foi realizado na Madeira.
Então muitos australianos, americanos e brasileiros começaram a aparecer. Muitos turistas começaram a aparecer na Ilha da Madeira com o surf como objetivo, e a partir desse momento o surf tornou-se um desporto conhecido, e as pessoas começaram a aceitá-lo como um desporto normal, como qualquer outro.
Foto: João Valente / Revista Surf Portugal
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| Ithaka Darin Pappas surfing na Madeira Jardim do Mar (1995) |
Então muitos australianos, americanos e brasileiros começaram a aparecer. Muitos turistas começaram a aparecer na Ilha da Madeira com o surf como objetivo, e a partir desse momento o surf tornou-se um desporto conhecido, e as pessoas começaram a aceitá-lo como um desporto normal, como qualquer outro.
Foto: João Valente / Revista Surf Portugal
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"The Miracle Mile Shot" mini-documentary as told by Ithaka Darin Pappas
About the mini-documentary: "The Miracle Mile Shot":
"The Miracle Mile Shot" is an experimental, non-dialogue short-subject documentary film by Greek-American artist-photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas. This is the third in his series of hip-hop Photomentaries almost entirely relying on his own archival imagery of West Coast rap artists.
"I begin seeing these incredible documentaries randomly at different times and places around the world, on planes, at friends houses etc. And it took me a minute to realize that all of this compelling story-telling; Jazz, The Civil War, and The National Parks: America's Best Idea were coming from the same source, Ken Burns. His projects can tell an entire story with only still photographs if necessary, it's amazing.
I realized that I was the creator of much of the kind of raw still photographic material that Mr. Burns uses for his projects, and it has inspired me to begin to edit and present these images in a film format to tell a story. The Miracle Mile Shot is my third short-subject film festival project. I have already completed earlier this year "Eazy E & Venice Locals (A Historic Day in the Brotherhood of Hip Hop and Skateboarding".
I call these projects Photomentaries, meaning at this point I am only using still photographs in movement, with sound and text to vocal communicate ideas. I am not sure I will ever incorporate narration, I am enjoying the closed-mouth communication direction of it all and think I'd like to take it to the next level and even try a much longer project, of up to an hour.
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Ithaka's "Lust The Power Supreme" art film/music video directed by João Paulo Simões
J.D. – Para além destes dois projectos, estás também envolvido como referiste um pouco atrás, nas filmagens do videoclipe do Artista, Ithaka, “Lust – The Power Supreme”?
J.P.S. – Sim, “Ithaka” é o projecto de hip-hop do norte-americano Ithaka Darin Pappas que viveu em Lisboa cerca de seis ou sete anos e que teve inclusive um contrato com a Valentim de Carvalho (lançou dois álbuns), no entanto penso que uma das razões que o trouxe a Portugal foram as ondas, porque ele faz surf. Aqui está mais uma mente brilhante que se expande por várias áreas. Ele é um fotógrafo genial, é escultor entre outras actividades a que se dedica. Quando saiu de Portugal, foi para Los Angeles e depois foi para o Brasil onde reside. Neste momento lança os seus próprios álbuns e é também ele que controla e gere a sua própria carreira. Ao longo do seu percurso e como alguém que cresceu e viveu em Los Angeles que é um sítio com muita cultura, teve sempre pessoas muito experientes e muito boas a trabalhar consigo.
Eu conheci o Ithaka Darin Pappas cá em Portugal, ainda antes de ir para Inglaterra, faz agora uns 15 anos, e ele tem vindo desde sempre a acompanhar a minha carreira, todo o meu progresso e a minha profissionalização, e sempre dissemos que gostaríamos de fazer coisas juntos. O trabalho dele na minha opinião transcende o hip-hop comum, e ele quis que eu filmasse este tema em particular, por causa do que já conhecia do meu trabalho e do que ele conhece da forma como abordo a questão da sensualidade. O Ithaka como não tem medo de qualquer tipo de controvérsia, que possa advir da forma como eu possa filmar a sensualidade que é um tema no qual ele expressa várias vertentes da luxúria nas relações humanas incluindo o devorar da espiritualidade que no fim de contas todos nós temos, deixou-me expressar livremente. O tema chama-se “Lust – The Power Supreme” e eu apresentei-lhe uma ideia com influências de banda desenhada japonesa (Manga), em termos de estética, mas filmado com pessoas reais, ideias das quais ele gostou muito. O vídeo era para focar períodos da vida de uma jovem e da sua evolução para o estado de mulher madura em que ela deixaria a sua luxúria tomar conta da sua vida, dentro do que é aceitável socialmente, mas depois acabei por (como já fiz no passado, por exemplo para o projecto Sieben no videoclipe “He Can Delve In Hearts”), de abordar múltiplas personagens em segmentos mais ou menos ligados e que neste caso mostram várias vertentes da luxúria. Não posso deixar de referir a presença numa parte deste trabalho de duas actrizes portuguesas fabulosas, a Sandra Rosado e a Sara Belo entre outras presenças. Começámos a filmar há cerca de um mês e a maioria já está feito. Trabalhar com certos actores tem sido um processo muito especial porque em alguns casos já trabalhei com eles no passado.
English Translation:
J.D. - In addition to these two projects, are you also involved as you mentioned a little while back, in the filming of the artist Ithaka's video clip "Lust - The Power Supreme"?
J.P.S. - Yes, "Ithaka" is the American hip hop project Ithaka Darin Pappas who lived in Lisbon forsix or seven years and even had a contract with Valentim de Carvalho (he released two albums here), however I think that one of the reasons that brought him to Portugal were the waves because he does surf. Here is another brilliant mind that expands through various areas. He is a brilliant photographer, he is a sculptor among other activities. When he left Portugal, he went to Los Angeles and then went to Brazil where he lives. At this moment he releases his own albums and he also controls and manages his own career. Along the way and as someone who grew up and lived in Los Angeles who is a culturally rich place, there are always very experienced and very good people to work with.
I met Ithaka Darin Pappas here in Portugal, even before going to England, it's been around for 15 years, and he's been following my career, all my progress and my professionalization, and we've always said that we would like to do things together. His work in my opinion transcends ordinary hip-hop, and he wanted me to film this particular subject because of what I already knew about my work and what he knows about the way I approach the issue of sensuality. The Ithaka as he is not afraid of any kind of controversy, which may come from the way I can film sensuality which is a subject in which he expresses various strands of lust in human relationships including the devouring of spirituality which in the end all of us we have, let me express freely. The theme is called "Lust - The Power Supreme" and I presented to him an idea with influences of Japanese comics (Manga), in terms of aesthetics, but filmed with real people, ideas of which he liked very much. The video was to focus on periods of a young woman's life and her evolution into the mature woman state where she would let her lust take over her life, within what is socially acceptable, but then I ended up (as I did in the past, for example for the project Sieben in the music video "He Can Delve In Hearts"), of approaching multiple personages in more or less connected segments and that in this case show several slopes of the lust. I can not fail to mention the presence in a part of this work of two fabulous Portuguese actresses, Sandra Rosado and Sara Belo among others. We started filming about a month ago and most of it is already done. Working with certain actors has been a very special process because in some cases I have worked with them in the past.
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