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[the-blind-geisha]

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As a heads up about this blog, I am mainly an insert blog but do my own original characters and original worlds on the side here and there. I'm BIG on monsters, Demiurge and Albedo from Overlord, Jujutsu Kaisen, Legend of Zelda, nearly anything Final Fantasy, original content, and right now, Swatch from Deltarune.

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Keep up with my goings on: To-Do List

Fics with Demiurge I'm currently doing: ♥ The Tome of Ashurbanipal ♥Amnesia: A Dreamer’s Requiem ♥In Another Life, We Could Have Been Lovers ♥ The Demon King of the Desert

Other Current fics I'm Doing: ♥A Love Most Profound ♥Within The Dream Temptation (Main) Places I be: ♥Instagram ♥Twitter ♥Tumblr

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This week, I'll be working on 2 different requests asked of me for Tome of Ashurbanipal as well as a commission in private and an art piece of Swatch this week when I have the time and more importantly, the energy. ♥

I hope you enjoy your stay~.

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Drunk [Bobby]

Paring: Bobby x reader

Genre: Fluff

Word count: 1,645 words

Warnings: none

A/N: Hi! I wrote this a few days ago and I hope you like it. Requests box is still open ^^

(I do not own this gif, credits to ikonis)

“Come on (Y/N) you can’t stay like this forever.” Your friend said and rolled her eyes. “It has been like what?... three weeks? Since that little piece of…” you looked at her with a sad expression on your face. “That…guy broke up with you. Come on, let’s go clubbing or to Yunhyeong’s Café. You clearly need fresh air. Look at your skin all pale and those dark circles under your eyes. This is not you.”

She was right. You have been locked in your apartment for about three weeks but there was a reason behind this. Yes, you were dumped by your boyfriend…well, your fiancé. And it hurt you a lot, you were getting married in two months and suddenly he decided to dump you, just like that.

“It’s not you, it’s me.” Of course it was him and that freaking trip he really wanted to do. He met a girl, he liked her and he fell for her. You were dumped because at the end, you were not the love of his life as he used to say. Now you had this beautiful dress in your wardrobe, a party happening in two months and your friends has their bridesmaids dresses ready for something that it was not going to happen. Oh your friends, they spent so much money in those dresses.

“Girls, I’m going to sleep.” You announced and walked to your room.

“I don’t know about you girls, but I can’t see her become this…thing. I’m taking her out even if she doesn’t want to.”

“What’s the plan?”

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“I can’t believe I call you my friends.” You said looking at them still hesitating if you should go in or just go back home.

“It’s going to be fun. Trust me. We’ll just get some drinks and then we are leaving if you want to.”

You didn’t move so your friend dragged you into the club.

Instantaneously, the loud music filled your ears. People were dancing here and there holding glasses with colored drinks. At the back and upstairs there were some tables and lounges. One of your friends guided you through the crowd, to the lounge available right next to the restrooms. Nice.

“Where’s Hana?” you shouted and looked around but of course you couldn’t see her, there was so many people.

“She will be back, don’t worry.” You nodded and you both sat at the same time also taking your phones out of your purse.

Your looked around once again, now you were taking your time scanning the place. You had a nice view from where you were sitting since it was kind of an upper level but still in the first floor. You looked at your right side and saw a couple leaving and a group of six people taking the spot that was vacant next you. They all looked handsome and fancy, you know; the kind of guys that think they’re kind of deities and that stuff. You realized you were still looking at them when one of the guys waved at your direction taking you out of your thoughts. You blinked a few times and frowned. Then you scanned the guy; he was wearing a black stripped pants that fitted him perfectly and a white shirt.; his hair prettily messy.

He waved at you again.

“Yah, (Y/N)!” you friend called you so you turned. “Do you know him?”

“What?” you frowned.

“The guy just waved at you.”

“No, I don’t. Why?”

“Well, I don’t’ know. BECAUSE HE WAVED AT YOU.”

“Oh, that. I think I just stared at him for too long.” You said casually. Your friend didn’t say a word.

After a few minutes, Hana came back with a guy and four drinks. She was holding two glasses, and the other guy was holding the other ones.

“Hi.” Said the guy handing you a glass.

“What is this?” you asked the guy.

“I don’t know, she just asked me to give it to you.” He said and then sat next to Hana.

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“What. Have. We. Done?” asked Anna.

“Well, we help her with the depression she was in. That’s what we wanted, right?”

Both of your friends were watching you from their seats while you were dancing here and the, evidently drunk. People looked at you weirdly and then the move to another place. To be honest, you were being pretty annoying.

“Look.” Anna looked at the table next to yours. One of the guys stood up. He said something to his friends and then left them. “He is the guy who waved at (Y/N) before.”

“No way!” Hana hit Anna’s arm.

“Yah! That hur…Oh Lord.”

The guy that just stood up, was now walking towards you. Your friends were shook but they were not going to intervene unless he tried to do something bad.

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This morning you had a terrible hangover but after spending most of the morning on your bed, your friends agreed that it was time to go out and recover from last night.

“Let’s go to Yunhyeong’s Cafe, you need it.” Said Hana.

You nodded. Actually, for the first time in a while, you didn’t want to stay at home.

“I’m so thirsty.” You whined.

“Of course you are, girl. Do you have any idea of how much you drank last night?” you shook your head. “Well, you don’t wanna know though. Here.” Hana gave you a bottle of water.

After drinking the whole bottle of water in a matter of seconds, you three headed to the café. When you arrived, you sat close to the restrooms, just in case, you know. Yunhyeong welcomed you and handed you the menu.

“I’ll be back in a few minutes to take your order, girls.” He said, and then he stopped in another table.

“I feel terrible.” You whined and laid your head on the table. “I feel nauseous and this headache is slowly killing me.” Hanna caressed your hair.

“But what a great night, huh?” Anna smiled funnily.

“Tell me, did I do something I shouldn’t have done?” You sat straight and turn your head to the front door when you heard many voices; voices that made the headache unbearable. “Why are they being so noisy?”

“Oh Gosh.” Hana and Anna said at the same time also looking at the guys just entered the café.

Yunhyeong came back to your table and took your order. “Is she okay?” Hana giggled.

“She drank so much last night; she has a hangover” your friend explained. Yunhyeong looked surprised but didn’t say a word about that.

You sat there and drank your coffees. Your friends were talking about last night but you just wanted them to shut up, every little noise was annoying for you. You threw your head back and tried to remember what happened last night but you just had flashes which didn’t help that much. You remember being with your friends, then you were not with them anymore. Instead, you were dancing with a guy but you couldn’t remember his face, it was blurred. You just remembered he had a piercing on his left eyebrow, pretty sexy to be honest. You sat properly** but you felt dizzy and nauseous immediately because of the sudden move.

“Can you please, please, pretty please tell me what did I do last night? It’s driving me crazy.” You pouted.

“Hi.” You three turned to look at the guy standing in front of your table. Your friends couldn’t hide their shock and you couldn’t understand why. You frowned and looked at him. “Don’t you remember me? Were you that drunk?”

“Excuse me?” You said still confused. Who was thi... Woah.

“I can tell you remembered me.”

“I was dancing with you last night!” you said full of surprise and excitement.

“Well, (Y/N) I wouldn’t say you just danced last night.” You looked at Hanna with eyes wide open.

“Did I…”

“What? No! Of course not! You were drunk and I wouldn’t force someone to do something being in the conditions you were. You…you…well, you kissed me. Don’t you remember?” He giggled.

“Did I? I’m so sorry….”

“Bobby, my name’s Bobby.” He smiled.

“Bobby. I’m sorry, I don’t remember anything.” You excused yourself and looked at him sadly.

“Can we talk?”

Your friends looked at each other and then looked at you. They stood up from their chairs and said goodbye to you and Bobby leaving the both of you alone. You looked at Bobby and then you stared at the empty chair in front of you.

“Do you want to sit?” you asked and he nodded taking the chair where Anna was a few seconds ago. “Before you say anything, I really want to apologize for whatever I did last night.” You said. “I was drunk and my friends convinced me to go to that club and…gosh, I feel so embarrassed. I’m sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable; I didn’t mean to.” You covered your face with both of your hands.

“Yah, it’s okay.” He said taking your hands off of your face. “I didn’t feel uncomfortable, if that’s what worries you the most.” He paused. “To be honest…I liked it.” A playful and shy smiled appeared on his lips. Cute. “I saw you were here and I really want to meet you. You seem to be a very funny person.” He giggled.

For the first time in a few years, someone new wanted to meet you, and maybe this was an opportunity to finally let go of your ex. Not something like trying to replace him but it was true, you needed to do something to forget about him and being at home was not precisely the best option. Maybe this boy sitting right in front of you will help you to keep yourself entertained with something else.

“I’m in.” you smiled.

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BTOB

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BTOB (비투비, Born TO Beat) is a 7-membered boygroup under Cube Entertainment. They debuted on the 21st of March, 2012 with the music videos for “Insane”.

Fandom: MELODY.

Sub-units: BTOB BLUE.

Music video(s): Insane, Father, Irresistible Lips, WOW, Lover Boy, 2nd Confession, When I Was Your Man, Thriller, Beep Beep, You’re So Fly, You Can Cry, The Winter’s Tale, WOW (Japanese), It’s Okay, Way Back Home, Mirai (Ashita), My Girl, Remember That, Pray (I’ll Be Your Man), Dear Bride, L.U.V, Christmas Time, MOVIE, Missing You, MOVIE (Japanese), Brand New Days, Only One For Me.

Social media: YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Daum Café, vLive.

EUNKWANG — 은광

Birth name: Seo Eunkwang — 서은광.

Birth date: November 22, 1990.

Birth place: Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Nationality: South Korean.

Blood type: A.

Height: 173 cm — 5′8″.

Weight: 62 kg — 136 lbs.

Sibling(s): One younger brother — Seo Eunchong.

Position: Leader, vocal.

Social media: Instagram, Twitter.

Language(s): Korean, Japanese.

Instrument(s): Piano.

Ideal type: Someone with a kind heart, goes to church, has double eyelids, medium sized beautiful eyes, thick lips, long straight hair, and he likes it when she puts one side of her hair behind her ear.

Collaborations: Love Virus (with Yoo Sungeun), Fingertips Love (with B1A4, Hur Youngji, A-JAX, April, Oh My Girl, Kassy & fellow bandmember Changsub), So Do You (with NC.A), Let’s Meet Once (with Kim Bokyung), I Miss You (with Miyoo), Goodbye Sadness (with fellow bandmembers Changsub & Ilhoon), For You (with fellow bandmembers Minhyuk, Changsub & Ilhoon), Ambiguous (with fellow bandmembers Hyunsik & Sungjae).

Musical appearances: “The Count Of Monte Cristo” (2013), “Bachelor’s Vegetable Store” (2013), “Hamlet” (2017), “Ah! My Goddess” (2017), “Three Musketeers” (2018), “Barnum: The Great Snowman” (2018).

Drama appearances: “I Live In Cheongdam-dong” (2012), “Monstar” (2013, cameo), “When A Man Falls In Love” (2013, cameo), “The Village: Achiara’s Secret” (2015, cameo).

Owns, alongside a friend, a Korean café in Singapore named “+82″, which is South Korea’s country code.

His mother’s name  is Hwang Soonok.

MINHYUK — 민혁

Birth name: Lee Minhyuk — 이민혁.

Also known as: HUTA.

Birth date: November 29, 1990.

Birth place: Seoul, South Korea.

Nationality: South Korean.

Blood type: A.

Height: 173 cm — 5′8″.

Weight: 61 kg — 134 lbs.

Sibling(s): One older brother — Lee Jungmin.

Position: Rap, dance, vocal, visual.

Social media: Instagram, Twitter.

Language(s): Korean, Japanese.

Instrument(s): Piano.

Ideal type: Cute smiley eyes, has a small face with a body proportion of 1:8, has complete self management, firm and elastic figure from exercising, occasionally revealing the expression like a kitten of puppy, a well-liked person who is kind and knows how to show cuteness. Has clean and clear skin and neat teeth, someone who can watch ball games together, go to amusement parks together, go to famous tourist attractions for holiday, traveling on trains and travel anywhere.

Collaborations: I’m OK (with Postmen), 2Limes (with Inoran & fellow bandmembers Peniel & Ilhoon), You To The Bone (with Song Yubin), For You (with fellow bandmembers Eunkwang, Changsub & Ilhoon), Past Days (with Yong Junhyung, Ha Yeonsoo & fellow bandmembers Changsub, Hyunsik & Sungjae), After Time Passes (with Yong Junhyung & fellow bandmembers Changsub, Hyunsik & Sungjae), First Love (with Yong Junhyung & fellow bandmembers Changsub, Hyunsik & Sungjae), No (with Minah), After the Show Ends (with CLC’s Elkie & fellow bandmember Changsub).

Drama appearances: “I Live In Cheongdam-dong” (2012), “Reckless Family 2″ (2013), “Fantastic Tower” (2013, cameo), “Monstar” (2013, cameo), “The Heirs” (2013, came), “When A Man Falls In Love” (2013, cameo) “Love And War 2: Her Choice” (2014, cameo), “A New Leaf” (2014), “Sweet, Savage Family (2015), “The Village: Achiara’s Secret” (2015, cameo), “Nightmare Teacher” (2016), “Oh My God Tip” (2016), “After The Show Ends” (2016), “Unexpected Heroes” (2017).

Movie appearances: “Halfway (KitKat Micro Film)” (2017), “The Swordsman” (2018).

CHANGSUB — 창섭

Birth name: Lee Changsub — 이창섭.

Birth date: February 26, 1991.

Birth place: Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Nationality: South Korean.

Blood type: O.

Height: 177 cm — 5′10″.

Weight: 64 kg — 141 lbs.

Sibling(s): One younger sister — Lee Jungeun.

Position: Vocal.

Social media: Instagram, Twitter.

Language(s): Korean, Japanese.

Instrument(s): Piano, drum, bass, guitar.

Education: Howon University.

Ideal type: Someone with a small, egg shaped face, with long straight of wavy hair, wears sports shoes, is about 165 cm tall, has an s line body, smiley eyes, someone who is more lively than him and thinks before acting, doesn’t put on thick make-up, milky white skin, someone who leads him on, someone who will go with him to Busan’s Haeundae to look at the sea and eat sashimi, to go to awesome places to have coffee together and eat pork soup with rice at night.

Collaborations: The Love Of Fingertips (with B1A4, Hur Youngji, A-JAX, April, Oh My Girl, Kassy & fellow bandmember Eunkwang), Be Alright (with Yang Yoseob, G.NA & Gayoon), Bye Bye Love (with HIGHLIGHT’s Yang Yoseob & Dongwoon & fellow bandmember Ilhoon), Past Days (with Yong Junhyung, Ha Yeonsoo & fellow bandmembers Minhyuk, Hyunsik & Sungjae), After Time Passes (with Yong Junhyung & fellow bandmembers Minhyuk, Hyunsik & Sungjae), Goodbye Sadness (with fellow bandmembers Eunkwang & Ilhoon), After The Play Ends (with CLC’s Elkie & fellow bandmember Minhyuk), For You (with fellow bandmembers Eunkwang, Minhyuk & Ilhoon).

Drama appearances: “Monstar” (2013, cameo), “The Heirs” (2013, cameo), “When A Man Falls In Love” (2013, cameo), “The Village: Achiara’s Secret” (2015, cameo).

Musical appearances: “Boys Over Flowers” (2017), “Napoleon” (2017), “Edgar Allan Poe” (2017), “Dogflight” (2018).

Has a couple of tattoos.

HYUNSIK — 현식

Birth name: Im Hyunsik — 임현식.

Birth date: March 7, 1992.

Birth place: Seoul, South Korea.

Nationality: South Korean.

Blood type: A.

Height: 177 cm — 5′10″.

Weight: 66 kg — 145 lbs.

Sibling(s): One older brother — Im Yoonsik.

Position: Vocal, dance.

Social media: Instagram, Twitter.

Language(s): Korean, Japanese.

Instrument(s): Guitar, piano.

Ideal type: Extraordinary, someone who is more special than him, someone who is very adorable but will be very sexy when she is next to him, someone who is not too boring. Someone who is willing to give but knows that she is lacking, a woman who compliments him.

Collaborations: Playground (with Eden Beatz), “Baby Ride” (with Woodz), Eating Alone (with Woodz), Cream-like Wave (with Im Jisoon), Rainy Apgujeong (with Yoon Gun), Past Days (with Yong Junhyung & fellow bandmembers Minhyuk, Changsub & Sungjae), After Time Passes (with Yong Junhyung & fellow bandmembers Minhyuk, Changsub & Sungjae), First Love (with Yong Junhyung & fellow bandmembers Minhyuk, Changsub & Sungjae), Ambiguous (with fellow bandmembers Eunkwang & Sungjae).

Drama appearances: “I Live In Cheongdam-dong” (2012), “The Heirs” (2013, cameo), “Monstar” (2013, cameo), “When A Man Falls In Love” (2013, cameo), “The Village: Achiara’s Secret” (2015, cameo).

Has a couple of tattoos.

Composes a lot of songs for BTOB, as well as for other artists.

His father is Im Jihoon, who is a singer as well.

PENIEL — 프니엘

Birth name: Peniel Shin.

Korean name: Shin Donggeun — 신동근.

Birth date: March 10, 1993.

Birth place: Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Nationality: South Korean.

Blood type: AB.

Height: 175 cm — 5′9″.

Weight: 63 kg — 139 lbs.

Sibling(s): One older sister — Jennifer Shin.

Position: Rap, vocal

Social media: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube.

Language(s): Korean, English, Japanese.

Instrument(s): Guitar.

Ideal type: A girl with a beautiful smile, must definitely not smoke. Hopes she would be either pretty or adorable, someone who is positive and is able to fit in well.

Drama appearances: “The Heirs” (2013, cameo), “Monstar” (2013, cameo), “When A Man Falls In Love” (2013, cameo), “The Village: Achiara’s Secret” (2105, cameo).

Collaborations: 2Limes (with Inoran & fellow bandmembers Minhyuk & Ilhoon).

Former JYP Entertainment trainee.

Allergic to watermelon and cats.

Suffers from hair loss, that’s why he shaved his head.

ILHOON — 일훈

Birth name: Jung Ilhoon — 정일훈.

English name: Michael Jung.

Birth date: October 4, 1994.

Birth place: Seoul, South Korea.

Nationality: South Korean.

Blood type: B.

Height: 176 cm — 5′9″.

Weight: 64 kg — 141 lbs.

Sibling(s): One older sister — Jung Minjoo; singer JOO.

Position: Rap, vocal.

Social media: Instagram, Twitter.

Language(s): Korean, Japanese.

Instrument(s): Piano.

Ideal type: Long eyelashes, big eyes, s line figure, slender body. It doesn’t matter if she is tall or short, has a white skin, has brown colored pupils. It would be nice if she had a short bob style hair.

Collaborations: My Love By My Side (with Heo Gayoon), Baesisi (wih Jisook), Unripe Apple (with HyunA), Nightmare (with 2YOON), Oops! (with G.NA), Just Pass By (with Sumin), 2Limes (with Inoran & fellow bandmembers Minhyuk & Peniel), Roll Deep (with HyunA), Wind Clock (with Wax), Chamisma (with CLC), You Seem Busy (with Melody Day), One (with Samuel), Bye Bye Love (with HIGHLIGHT’s Yang Yoseob & Dongwoon & fellow bandmember Changsub), Goodbye Sadness (with fellow bandmembers Eunkwang & Changsub), For You (with fellow bandmembers Eunkwang, Minhyuk & Changsub).

Drama appearances: “I Live In Cheongdam-dong” (2012, cameo), “The Heirs” (2013, cameo), “Monstar” (2013, cameo), “When A Man Falls In Love” (2013, cameo), “The Village: Achiara’s Secret” (2015, cameo), “Webtoon Hero: Tundra Show” (2015).

Composes a lot of songs for BTOB and other artists.

Has a couple of tattoos.

SUNGJAE — 성재

Birth name: Yook Sungjae — 육성재.

Birth date: May 2, 1995.

Birth place: Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Nationality: South Korean.

Blood type: A.

Height: 180 cm — 5′11″.

Weight: 68 kg — 149 lbs.

Sibling(s): One older sister — Yook Sungyoung.

Position: Vocal.

Social media: Instagram, Twitter.

Language(s): Korean, Japanese.

Instrument(s): Guitar, bass.

Ideal type: Suzy. A girl that has droopy shaped, big eyes, black and straight long hair, someone who is sexy but will show him her cute side. She would have a belly button that looks good, a slender figure and is glamorous. He wants to put his arm around her waist and walk along the beach together, watch a movie, etc.

Collaborations: Photograph (with APINK’s Namjoo), Playing With Fire (with NC.A), On The Four Lane Road (with Geeks’ Louie), Past Days (with Yong Junhyung & fellow bandmembers Minhyuk, Changsub & Hyunsik), After Time Passes (with Yong Junhyung & fellow bandmembers Minhyuk, Changsub & Hyunsik), First Love (with Yong Junhyung & fellow bandmembers Minhyuk, Changsub & Hyunsik), Curious (with CLC’s Seunghee), Love Song (with Park Hyesoo), Ambiguous (with fellow bandmembers Eunkwang & Hyunsik).

Drama appearances: “Monstar” (2013, cameo), “The Heirs” (2013, cameo), “Reply 1994″ (2013), “When A Man Falls In Love’ (2013, cameo), “Plus Nine Boys” (2014), “Who Are You: School 2015″ (2015), “The Village: Achiara’s Secret” (2015), “Guardian: The Lonely And Great God” (2016-2017).

Appeared on television show “We Got Married”, where he was paired to Red Velvet’s Joy.

Was a member of parody group Big Byung.

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LA / HIGH BEAMS

HIGH BEAMS January 4 - January 26, 2020 Opening Reception: Saturday, January 4, 2020 from 7-10 pm

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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles is pleased to announce an exhibition titled HIGH BEAMS featuring work by Chris Burnside, Christopher Dunlap, Kate Harding, Sarah Heinemann, Gyun Hur, Gabriel Hurier, Andy Kolar, Ryan Scails, and Karen Tepaz curated by Lacey Fekishazy, the founder/director of SARDINE in Brooklyn, New York. There will be a reception for the artists Saturday, January 4, 2020 from 7-10 pm and the show will be on view through Sunday, January 26, 2020.

The title HIGH BEAMS is a literal reference to the setting of an automobile's headlights, which brighten a longer distance in front of the car. This setting is particularly useful on dark roads to avoid accidents and improving vision and therefore driver response. While these beams clarify the more distant road on clear nights at higher speeds, they can also blind other drivers or reduce the vision and speed of the driver in fog, rain, or snow. Curator Lacey Fekishazy chose the artists in this group exhibition for their intuitive insight, long haul dedication to process, and their ability to brighten of the future in a darkening world. While the work is an illumination, it can also accent the invisible just before us.

HIGH BEAMS is part of #ArtistRun2020, a year-long exploration of artist-run spaces from all around the country organized by Tiger Strikes Asteroid and Trestle Gallery. SARDINE is one of 11 artist-run projects asked to curate an exhibition at our various locations with the intention of building relationships and expanding our collective networks. Founded in 2011 by Lacey Fekishazy, SARDINE is a contemporary art gallery in Brooklyn, New York presenting solo exhibitions, small group shows and occasional limited editions by featured artists. SARDINE's modest size is a key asset in the construction of a contemplative, intimate space which has been used to showcase carefully curated collections of work as well as immersive, site-specific installations. What started as a small enterprise has grown into more than 8 years of operation and approximately 69 events and exhibitions. SARDINE has been featured in ArtNews, Artsy, Maake Magazine, The New York Times, Time Out New York, The New Yorker and Hyperallergic. 

Chris Burnside was born in Seattle, Washington. He received his BFA from the University of Washington and his MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. He has had solo exhibitions at the Gross McCleaf Gallery (Philadelphia, PA) Washington Art Association (Washington, CT) Nexus Foundation (Philadelphia, PA) and the Alpan Gallery (Huntington, NY). His work has been exhibited in various group shows including the National Academy Museum (New York, NY), SOIL Gallery (Seattle, WA), Kresge Gallery at Ramapo College (Mahwah, NJ), and Outside the Time Zone at Camel Art Space (Brooklyn, NY). Burnside lives and works in Seattle.

Christopher Dunlap was born in Pullman, Washington. He received his BFA from University of Washington and his MFA from Massachusetts College of Art. He has had recent solo shows at Hiromart Gallery in Tokyo, Japan in 2019 and at SARDINE in 2017 and 2019. His work has also been exhibited in various group shows including Albada Jelgersma Gallery (Amsterdam, NL), Transmitter Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), No Place Gallery (Columbus, OH), Site 131 (Dallas, TX), Mckenzie Fine Art (New York, NY) and Spring Break Art Fair (New York, NY). He has been reviewed in The New York Times, ArtFCity and Travel Magazine. Dunlap lives and works in Harlem, New York City.

Kate Harding is an artist living and working between Los Angeles, New York City and Missouri.  Harding received an MFA in Art Practice from School of Visual Arts (New York, NY) in 2014, a BFA in Fine Arts from Otis College (Los Angeles, CA) in 2003, and an AAS from Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, NY) in 2001. Solo and two-person exhibitions have included: 3A Gallery, The Chelsea Hotel (New York, NY); SARDINE, Grace Space (Brooklyn, NY); Track 16 (Los Angeles, CA); East Central College (Union, MO). Selected group exhibitions, performances and screenings have included Art in Odd Places, La MaMa, International Print Center New York, Electronic Arts Intermix, MoMA, Vanity Projects, CP Projects (New York, NY); SARDINE, SoHo20, Invisible Dog (Brooklyn, NY); Rosamund Felson, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Circus Gallery, SeeLine Gallery, Echo Park Film Center, Statler Waldorf Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). Her work has been written about in The Brooklyn Rail, ArtFile, The Huffington Post, American Artist: Drawing Magazine, Fiberarts Magazine, Notes on Looking: Contemporary Art From Los Angeles, ArtScene, and The Missourian among others. Her writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, The Tool Book Project, Café Dan Graham Poetry Slam vol. 3, and the upcoming Mapping Meaning Journal #3. Harding is the creator and host of the weekly internet radio show Bicoastal Carpool on WPIR Pratt Radio and is currently part-time faculty at Parsons, The New School in and Pratt Institute.

Sarah Heinemann is a painter based in Brooklyn. Originally from Chicago, IL, Heinemann attended Smith College in Northampton, MA., and holds a BFA in painting from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently a graduate candidate at CUNY Hunter, class of 2022. Recently included in the show ‘Another Matter’ at Lazy Susan Gallery curated by Gisela Guieros, she has shown with the Knockdown Center, SARDINE, ATM Gallery in New York as well as Mass MoCA’s 28 Holden Gallery in North Adams, MA. Heinemann is slated to have a solo show at SARDINE in 2020. She has worked for the studio of Sol LeWitt since 2000 realizing LeWitt wall drawings for museums, galleries, and private collections.

Gyun Hur was born in South Korea, she moved to Georgia at the age of 13. Hur is a New York based, interdisciplinary artist and an educator whose experience as an immigrant daughter deeply fuels her practice. She was recently an artist-in-residence at NARS Foundation (Brooklyn, NY) and an AIM 38 fellow with the Bronx Museumand is currently a professor at the Parsons School of Design (New York, NY). She has performed and exhibited in Canada, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Turkey, and the United States. Gyun completed Pratt Fine Arts Residency, BRICworkspace, Danspace Project Platform Writer-in-Residency,  Ox-Bow Artist-in-Residency, Vermont Studio Center, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She is the recipient of The Hudgens Prize, Artadia Award, and Joan Mitchell Foundation Scholarship. Her works have been featured in Art In America, Art Paper, Sculpture, Art Asia Pacific, Public Art Magazine Korea, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Yahoo! Tech, Huffington Post, Brooklyn Street Art, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Pelican Bomb, Creative Loafing, Jezebel, and The Atlantan. She was listed as the Best Emerging Artist by Creative Loafing and selected in Oxford American’s “100 Under 100: Superstars of Southern Art” issue. Her interest in art making in public space led her to various artist presentations at the TEDxCentennialWomen, the international street art conference Living Walls: The City Speaks, the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and many others. She recently contributed as an artist writer to fLoromancy September Issue 36, The Brooklyn Rail and The Forgetory.  

Gabriel Hurier was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and lives and works in Newburgh, New York. He studied painting and printmaking at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Hurier has participated in numerous group shows in the greater New York area including Gallery 128 (New York, NY), ATM Gallery (New York, NY), Matteawan Gallery (Beacon, NY), Space Create (Newburgh, NY) and more in Chicago, Cincinnati, North Adams, San Diego, Singapore, and Zagreb. Hurier has had solo shows at SARDINE in 2012 and 2014. He is currently exploring shapes in maps and color relationships in landscapes observed as a traveler and a father. His work often utilizes everyday materials leftover from construction and 15 years of realizing wall drawings for Sol LeWitt. 

Andy Kolar was born in Spirit Lake, IA. He is a LA based artist represented by Walter Maciel Gallery with whom he has had two solo shows (2017 & 2015). Kolar received his MFA in Drawing and Painting at California State University, Long Beach in 2007 and earned a BFA in Painting & Printmaking at Minnesota State University, Makato, MN. Kolar has been included in numerous exhibitions in Southern California including the recent shows ‘Edge to Air’ at Denk Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), ‘Painting Architecture’ at UCR Arts Block (Riverside, CA), ‘6018 Wilshire’ at Edward Cella Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), ‘Wall Painting 2013’ and ‘FORMS OF ABSTRACTION’ at the Irvine Fine Arts Center (Irvine, CA) and ‘De Stil' at Andrew Shire Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). In 2010, Kolar was one of 45 artists included in the California Biennial curated by Sarah Bancroft at the Orange County Museum of Art.  He was previously represented and included in solo and group shows at Carl Berg Gallery.  Kolar’s works are included in several private and corporate collections including the recent acquisition at Pimco Corporation in Orange County. 

Ryan Scails was born in Danbury, CT. Scails’ most recent exhibitions include a solo show titled ‘Another Now’ at SARDINE, ‘Here Today | Gone Tomorrow’ at Space Create (Newburgh, NY) curated by Lacey Fekishazy, ‘Able Bodies’ at 287 Gallery (Danbury, CT), and ‘Object Lessons|Adaptive Research’ at High Desert Test Sites HQ (Yucca Valley, CA). In between shows Scails has also participated in residencies at MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA), A-Z West (Joshua Tree, CA), and will be a JMKAC Arts/Industry (Sheboygan, WI) resident in the Summer of 2020. Scails received his BFA from Cooper Union in 2014. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Karen Tepaz, born in Los Angeles, CA, holds an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University School of Art and a BFA in Ceramics from California State University, Long Beach.  Recent exhibitions include solo shows at SARDINE, (Brooklyn, NY) Thomas Hunter Projects (New York, NY) CACTTUS gallery (Long Beach, CA), and group shows at Underdonk (Brooklyn, NY) Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) Copyright Berlin (DE) The Shirley Fiterman Art Center, BMCC (New York,NY), The Gallery ATLAS (Newburgh, NY), BOMB POP-UP (Brooklyn, NY) among others. In 2018 Tepaz co-curated ‘Flat Touch’ and ‘In Between the Lines’ in Steuben Gallery at Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY). She is the recipient of the Art Farm Nebraska Residency, and will be attending Yaddo this winter 2020. Tepaz lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

About the curator:

Lacey Fekishazy is an artist, curator, gallerist, and draftsperson for the Estate of Sol LeWitt with roots in the Hudson Valley and NYC art communities. After a decade in NYC, Fekishazy currently lives and works in Newburgh, New York with her young family. She has organized the outdoor sculpture/installation show ‘Glenlily Grounds’ (GLG) as part of Newburgh Open Studios for the past 6 years. In 2019, She was invited to co-curate the inaugural exhibition of the Newburgh Sculpture Project at SUNY Orange. Fekishazy earned her MFA at Queens College CUNY in 2010 after working at Dia:Beacon and for the Estate of Sol LeWitt for many years. She holds a BFA in Painting from SUNY New Paltz and an AAS degree in Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology. Fekishazy has shown her own artwork at Art 101, Possible Projects, Small Black Door (Brooklyn, NY); ATM Gallery, The Puffin Room, (New York, NY); Dorsky Gallery (DGCP) (Long Island City, NY); and Mass Moca (North Adams, MA).

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The Academy announced the list of  774 new members including actors Rupert Grint and Tom Felton

Actors:

Riz Ahmed – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Nightcrawler”

Debbie Allen – “Fame,” “Ragtime”

Elena Anaya – “Wonder Woman,” “The Skin I Live In”

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – “Jodhaa Akbar,” “Devdas”

Amitabh Bachchan – “The Great Gatsby,” “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…”

Monica Bellucci – “Spectre,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”

Gil Birmingham – “Hell or High Water,” “Twilight” series

Nazanin Boniadi – “Ben-Hur,” “Iron Man”

Daniel Brühl – “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” “Inglourious Basterds”

Maggie Cheung – “Hero,” “In the Mood for Love”

John Cho – “Star Trek” series, “Harold & Kumar” series

Priyanka Chopra – “Baywatch,” “Barfi!”

Matt Craven – “X-Men: First Class,” “A Few Good Men”

Terry Crews – “The Expendables” series, “Draft Day”

Warwick Davis – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Harry Potter” series

Colman Domingo – “The Birth of a Nation,” “Selma”

Adam Driver – “Silence,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

Joel Edgerton – “It Comes at Night,” “Loving”

Chris Evans – “Captain America” series, “Snowpiercer”

Luke Evans – “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Girl on the Train”

Fan Bingbing – “I Am Not Madame Bovary,” “Cell Phone”

Elle Fanning – “The Beguiled,” “20th Century Women”

Golshifteh Farahani – “Paterson,” “AboutElly”

Anna Faris – “Scary Movie” series, “Brokeback Mountain”

Tom Felton – “A United Kingdom,” “Harry Potter” series

Rebecca Ferguson – “The Girl on the Train,” “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”

Lou Ferrigno – “The Incredible Hulk,” “Hercules”

Gal Gadot – “Wonder Woman,” “Fast & Furious” series

Charlotte Gainsbourg – “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer,” “Melancholia”

Jeff Garlin – “Safety Not Guaranteed,” “WALL-E”

Spencer Garrett – “Public Enemies,” “Thank You for Smoking”

Domhnall Gleeson – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Ex Machina”

Sharon Gless – “The Star Chamber,” “Airport 1975”

Donald Glover – “The Martian,” “Magic Mike XXL”

Judy Greer – “Jurassic World,” “13 Going on 30”

Rupert Grint – “Moonwalkers,” “Harry Potter” series

Noel Gugliemi – “Lowriders,” “The Fast and the Furious”

Jon Hamm – “Baby Driver,” “The Town”

Armie Hammer – “The Birth of a Nation,” “The Social Network”

Naomie Harris – “Moonlight,” “Skyfall”

Leila Hatami – “A Separation,” “Leila”

Anne Heche – “Rampart,” “DonnieBrasco”

Lucas Hedges – “Manchester by the Sea,” “Moonrise Kingdom”

Chris Hemsworth – “Thor” series, “Rush”

Ciarán Hinds – “Silence,” “Munich”

Aldis Hodge – “Hidden Figures,” “Straight Outta Compton”

Bryce Dallas Howard – “Jurassic World,” “The Help”

Bonnie Hunt – “The Green Mile,” “Jerry Maguire”

Jiang Wen – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Let the Bullets Fly”

Dwayne Johnson – “Moana,” “Central Intelligence”

Leslie Jones – “Ghostbusters,” “Masterminds”

Keegan-Michael Key – “Don’t Think Twice,” “Keanu”

Aamir Khan – “3 Idiots,” “Lagaan”

Irrfan Khan – “Life of Pi,” “Slumdog Millionaire”

Salman Khan – “Sultan,” “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”

Rinko Kikuchi – “Pacific Rim,” “Babel”

Zoë Kravitz – “Divergent” series, “Mad Max: Fury Road”

Sanaa Lathan – “Out of Time,” “Love and Basketball”

Carina Lau – “Infernal Affairs 2,” “Days of Being Wild”

Tony Leung – “The Grandmaster,” “Lust, Caution”

Rami Malek – “Short Term 12,” “The Master”

Leslie Mann – “Funny People,” “Knocked Up”

Kate McKinnon – “Ghostbusters,” “Office Christmas Party”

Sienna Miller – “The Lost City of Z,” “American Sniper”

Janelle Monáe – “Hidden Figures,” “Moonlight”

Michelle Monaghan – “Patriots Day,” “Gone Baby Gone”

Viggo Mortensen – “Captain Fantastic,” “The Lord of the Rings” series

Ruth Negga – “Loving,” “Warcraft”

Franco Nero – “The Lost City of Z,” “Django”

Elizabeth Olsen – “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Martha Marcy May Marlene”

Deepika Padukone – “xXx: Return of Xander Cage,” “Piku”

Sarah Paulson – “Blue Jay,” “12 Years a Slave”

Robert Picardo – “Hail, Caesar!,” “TheMeddler”

Amy Poehler – “Inside Out,”“Sisters”

Chris Pratt – “Guardians of the Galaxy” series, “Jurassic World”

Zachary Quinto – “Star Trek” series, “Snowden”

Édgar Ramírez – “The Girl on the Train,” “Joy”

Phylicia Rashad – “Creed,” “For Colored Girls”

Margot Robbie – “Suicide Squad,” “The Wolf of Wall Street”

Maya Rudolph – “Maggie’s Plan,” “Bridesmaids”

Hiroyuki Sanada – “Life,” “The Twilight Samurai”

Henry G. Sanders – “Selma,” “Whiplash”

Rodrigo Santoro – “300,” “Love Actually”

Rade Šerbedžija – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1,” “The Quiet American”

Nestor Serrano – “The Insider,” “Lethal Weapon 2”

Amanda Seyfried – “Les Misérables,” “Mean Girls”

Molly Shannon – “Other People,” “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”

Anna Deavere Smith – “Rachel Getting Married,” “Philadelphia”

Hailee Steinfeld – “The Edge of Seventeen,” “True Grit”

Kristen Stewart – “Café Society,” “Twilight” series

Omar Sy – “Inferno,” “The Intouchables”

Wanda Sykes – “Snatched,” “Evan Almighty”

Channing Tatum – “Hail, Caesar!,” “Foxcatcher”

Aaron Taylor-Johnson – “Nocturnal Animals,” “Kick-Ass”

Lauren Tom – “The Joy Luck Club,” “Cadillac Man”

Jeanne Tripplehorn – “The Firm,” “Basic Instinct”

Paz Vega – “Kill the Messenger,” “Sex and Lucía”

Dee Wallace – “Grand Piano,” “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”

Ming-Na Wen – “Mulan,” “The Joy Luck Club”

Betty White – “You Again,” “The Proposal”

Rebel Wilson – “Pitch Perfect” series, “Bridesmaids”

Mary Elizabeth Winstead – “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “Swiss Army Man”

B.D. Wong – “Mulan,” “Jurassic Park”

Shailene Woodley – “The Spectacular Now,” “The Descendants”

Donnie Yen – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Ip Man”

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★ Salman Khan invited to be a member of the Academy Awards !

Film Academy Invites Record 774 New Members, From Gal Gadot To Betty Whiteby

Pete Hammond | June 28, 2017

UPDATED with Cheryl Boone Isaacs interview:  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have unveiled 774 new members (although 30 0f those names are duplicates over several branches) invited to join the Oscars organization, bringing the total membership closer to 8,500 -ish.  This is a record number, up from last year’s  683. The invitees come from 57 countries, the organization says in unveiling its list, with the list comprising 39% female and 30% people of color (poc), both numbers increasing overall totals in those categories which has been a focus of AMPAS over the past couple of years. AMPAS now boasts overall female membership to 28%  and poc  to 13%, both marking incremental increases year to year on the Academy’s stated journey to doubling those areas by 2020.

Elle Fanning is the youngest invitee at 19, while Betty White at 95 is the oldest. The list of actors also includes Wonder Woman‘s Gal Gadot along with other superhero types like Chris Evans , Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson,Chris Pratt and more. SNL is heavily represented with current and former cast members invited including Amy Poehler, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Maya Rudolph , and Molly Shannon . There are quite a few veteran TV names not known for movie work in the class including Sharon Gless, Lou Ferrigno, Debbie Allen (who choreographed the Oscar show for several years though) and White. It seems some of the branches dug deep to come up with names for this year’s list  which also includes 24 Oscar winners and 91 nominees already. Among directors, Get Out contender Jordan Peele, Moonlight’s Barry Jenkins, the Russo brothers, and  Tom Ford are on the list which is heavily dominated by international names. The latter development is for me the most impressive in terms of this continuing membership drive. It appears the Academy is really trying to become the United Nations of cinema and if they keep  going at this rate they just may succeed.  How this extremely diverse new membership list affects the Oscars is anyone’s guess, but I would say the old ways of trying to predict how Oscar voters would behave are quickly fading  as a heavily globalized organization just could continue to shake things up.  When I spoke to outgoing AMPAS President Cheryl Boone Isaacs about this shortly after the list was revealed she wasn’t thinking so much about its ultimate effect on Oscar outcomes. “All of our members are professionals at the top of their forms, every last one of them. And I believe that they vote based on their knowledge of particular skill sets , and that’s what they look for .  What’s most important is that each year more  people are actually  looking at more films and really taking a dive into the film , both from their branches and areas of expertise as well as the film itself , and that is certainly what the voting for Oscars is , but it also involves  more people getting involved in our Nicholl Fellowship screenwriting awards, or the Student Academy Awards , or the Sci Tech area,  all of what we do. It’s not just the Oscars,” she said.

As for the record number of invitees this year , and the ongoing membership drive, she said she is not necessarily counting on it being this big each year. “We are not looking at numbers in that way. What we are looking for is inclusion. Whether the numbers will continue to be at these levels we will know each year, but probably not. We are not looking to grow the organization. We are looking to have our organization more representative of men and women, here and around the world who are participating in the art form,”  she said adding there are a lot of factors involved and that includes a larger global footprint. “We are not looking to increase membership. The goal is instead to increase a diverse membership that represents us around the world.”

Actors

Riz Ahmed – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Nightcrawler” Debbie Allen – “Fame,” “Ragtime” Elena Anaya – “Wonder Woman,” “The Skin I Live In” Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – “Jodhaa Akbar,” “Devdas” Amitabh Bachchan – “The Great Gatsby,” “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…” Monica Bellucci – “Spectre,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” Gil Birmingham – “Hell or High Water,” “Twilight” series Nazanin Boniadi – “Ben-Hur,” “Iron Man” Daniel Brühl – “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” “Inglourious Basterds” Maggie Cheung – “Hero,” “In the Mood for Love” John Cho – “Star Trek” series, “Harold & Kumar” series Priyanka Chopra – “Baywatch,” “Barfi!” Matt Craven – “X-Men: First Class,” “A Few Good Men” Terry Crews – “The Expendables” series, “Draft Day” Warwick Davis – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Harry Potter” series Colman Domingo – “The Birth of a Nation,” “Selma” Adam Driver – “Silence,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Joel Edgerton – “It Comes at Night,” “Loving” Chris Evans – “Captain America” series, “Snowpiercer” Luke Evans – “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Girl on the Train” Fan Bingbing – “I Am Not Madame Bovary,” “Cell Phone” Elle Fanning – “The Beguiled,” “20th Century Women” Golshifteh Farahani – “Paterson,” “AboutElly” Anna Faris – “Scary Movie” series, “Brokeback Mountain” Tom Felton – “A United Kingdom,” “Harry Potter” series Rebecca Ferguson – “The Girl on the Train,” “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” Lou Ferrigno – “The Incredible Hulk,” “Hercules” Gal Gadot – “Wonder Woman,” “Fast & Furious” series Charlotte Gainsbourg – “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer,” “Melancholia” Jeff Garlin – “Safety Not Guaranteed,” “WALL-E” Spencer Garrett – “Public Enemies,” “Thank You for Smoking” Domhnall Gleeson – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Ex Machina” Sharon Gless – “The Star Chamber,” “Airport 1975” Donald Glover – “The Martian,” “Magic Mike XXL” Judy Greer – “Jurassic World,” “13 Going on 30” Rupert Grint – “Moonwalkers,” “Harry Potter” series Noel Gugliemi – “Lowriders,” “The Fast and the Furious” Jon Hamm – “Baby Driver,” “The Town” Armie Hammer – “The Birth of a Nation,” “The Social Network” Naomie Harris – “Moonlight,” “Skyfall” Leila Hatami – “A Separation,” “Leila” Anne Heche – “Rampart,” “DonnieBrasco” Lucas Hedges – “Manchester by the Sea,” “Moonrise Kingdom” Chris Hemsworth – “Thor” series, “Rush” Ciarán Hinds – “Silence,” “Munich” Aldis Hodge – “Hidden Figures,” “Straight Outta Compton” Bryce Dallas Howard – “Jurassic World,” “The Help” Bonnie Hunt – “The Green Mile,” “Jerry Maguire” Jiang Wen – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Let the Bullets Fly” Dwayne Johnson – “Moana,” “Central Intelligence” Leslie Jones – “Ghostbusters,” “Masterminds” Keegan-Michael Key – “Don’t Think Twice,” “Keanu” Aamir Khan – “3 Idiots,” “Lagaan” Irrfan Khan – “Life of Pi,” “Slumdog Millionaire” Salman Khan – “Sultan,” “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” Rinko Kikuchi – “Pacific Rim,” “Babel” Zoë Kravitz – “Divergent” series, “Mad Max: Fury Road” Sanaa Lathan – “Out of Time,” “Love and Basketball” Carina Lau – “Infernal Affairs 2,” “Days of Being Wild” Tony Leung – “The Grandmaster,” “Lust, Caution” Rami Malek – “Short Term 12,” “The Master” Leslie Mann – “Funny People,” “Knocked Up” Kate McKinnon – “Ghostbusters,” “Office Christmas Party” Sienna Miller – “The Lost City of Z,” “American Sniper” Janelle Monáe – “Hidden Figures,” “Moonlight” Michelle Monaghan – “Patriots Day,” “Gone Baby Gone” Viggo Mortensen – “Captain Fantastic,” “The Lord of the Rings” series Ruth Negga – “Loving,” “Warcraft” Franco Nero – “The Lost City of Z,” “Django” Elizabeth Olsen – “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Martha Marcy May Marlene” Deepika Padukone – “xXx: Return of Xander Cage,” “Piku” Sarah Paulson – “Blue Jay,” “12 Years a Slave” Robert Picardo – “Hail, Caesar!,” “TheMeddler” Amy Poehler – “Inside Out,”“Sisters” Chris Pratt – “Guardians of the Galaxy” series, “Jurassic World” Zachary Quinto – “Star Trek” series, “Snowden” Édgar Ramírez – “The Girl on the Train,” “Joy” Phylicia Rashad – “Creed,” “For Colored Girls” Margot Robbie – “Suicide Squad,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” Maya Rudolph – “Maggie’s Plan,” “Bridesmaids” Hiroyuki Sanada – “Life,” “The Twilight Samurai” Henry G. Sanders – “Selma,” “Whiplash” Rodrigo Santoro – “300,” “Love Actually” Rade Šerbedžija – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1,” “The Quiet American” Nestor Serrano – “The Insider,” “Lethal Weapon 2” Amanda Seyfried – “Les Misérables,” “Mean Girls” Molly Shannon – “Other People,” “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” Anna Deavere Smith – “Rachel Getting Married,” “Philadelphia” Hailee Steinfeld – “The Edge of Seventeen,” “True Grit” Kristen Stewart – “Café Society,” “Twilight” series Omar Sy – “Inferno,” “The Intouchables” Wanda Sykes – “Snatched,” “Evan Almighty” Channing Tatum – “Hail, Caesar!,” “Foxcatcher” Aaron Taylor-Johnson – “Nocturnal Animals,” “Kick-Ass” Lauren Tom – “The Joy Luck Club,” “Cadillac Man” Jeanne Tripplehorn – “The Firm,” “Basic Instinct” Paz Vega – “Kill the Messenger,” “Sex and Lucía” Dee Wallace – “Grand Piano,” “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” Ming-Na Wen – “Mulan,” “The Joy Luck Club” Betty White – “You Again,” “The Proposal” Rebel Wilson – “Pitch Perfect” series, “Bridesmaids” Mary Elizabeth Winstead – “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “Swiss Army Man” B.D. Wong – “Mulan,” “Jurassic Park” Shailene Woodley – “The Spectacular Now,” “The Descendants” Donnie Yen – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Ip Man”

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P.S. He still has to expect the invitation.

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Roma honra a Campeggi, el último gran ilustrador de los años de oro del cine

Gonzalo Sánchez Roma, 25 oct (EFE).- El florentino Silvano Campeggi, fallecido el pasado verano, ilustró a mano con su inconfundible estilo los carteles de la Edad de Oro del cine, y ahora es recordado en un íntimo documental proyectado en la Fiesta del Cine de Roma. El director Simone Aleandri estrenó en el certamen la cinta "As time goes by: L'uomo che disegnava sogni" (Mientras pasa el tiempo: El hombre que dibujaba sueños), un retrato que Campeggi no llegó a ver completado, pues falleció el pasado 28 de agosto a los 95 años de edad. El cineasta romano recuerda al maestro como "el último gran dibujante del cine" pues, con sus diseños a mano, "contribuyó a crear el imaginario de la Edad de Oro del cine". "Con sus carteles, expuestos en las calles, hacía que los filmes comenzaran antes de su proyección y ya al verlos la gente empezaba a soñar", relató Aleandri en el estreno, al que asistió la viuda, Elena, visiblemente emocionada. Con su cámara, el realizador repasa la trayectoria de Campeggi y ofrece un viaje a los años prodigiosos del cine de Hollywood, entre los cuarenta y sesenta del siglo pasado. Y es que Nano, como firmaba, diseñó los carteles que anunciaban títulos inolvidables que harían historia, como "An American in Paris" (1951), "Ben Hur" (1959), "West Side Story" (1961), "Exodus" (1960) o "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961), entre muchos otros. En la pantalla, el artista aparece hojeando meticulosamente su obra en su estudio, con una imponente vista de la bella Florencia, mientras apura un cigarrillo y silba casi de forma compulsiva. Pero sobre todo dibuja incansablemente a pesar de su avanzada edad, con las manos tiznadas de carboncillo y la estancia repleta de pedazos de papel en los que en algún momento bosquejó una idea. El dibujante nació en la Florencia de 1923, una ciudad que después dejaría para recorrer mundo e instalarse en Estados Unidos, y adquirió la pasión por el diseño de su padre, un tipógrafo al que recuerda regresando a casa con las manos manchadas de tinta. Su primer retrato, explica un narrador durante la cinta, fue el de su abuela a los seis años de edad y desde entonces emprendió una carrera que le llevaría a ponerse a las órdenes de grandes productoras como la Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Universal, Paramount o Warner Borss. Una vocación que ni siquiera la Segunda Guerra Mundial detuvo sino que de alguna manera impulsó, ya que con la liberación de la ciudad en el verano de 1944 aquel joven pintor logró ser contratado para retratar a los soldados estadounidenses hospitalizados. Aquel fue definitivamente el inicio de una historia apasionante, que estuvo unida a los Estudios de Cinecittà, en los que durante la contienda se alojaron los desplazados y que con la paz se convirtieron en la nueva Meca del cine mundial, acogiendo los rodajes de aquellas historias heroicas de "espadas y sandalias", el péplum. Solo en el año 1946 desembarcaron en Italia unas 600 producciones estadounidenses y llegó a dibujar seis carteles por semana, después de asistir a su proyección previa e inspirarse con aquellas escenas en blanco y negro con diálogos ininteligibles, pues aún no hablaba inglés. "El cine fue la religión del siglo XX y nosotros éramos como los pintores de las iglesias", sostenía. Su estilo creó escuela: dinámico, como si fuera un boceto, y con fondos de colores vivos para contrastar y potenciar la imagen, como los cuatro caballos rampantes en fondo rojo que ideó para "Ben Hur". En sus décadas entre tinta, carboncillo y papel mostró a grandes figuras del celuloide como Anthony Quinn, John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Audrey Hepburn... o su preferida, Elizabeth Taylor: "Sus ojos violeta eran apetecibles para mis lápices", rememora. El documental sirve también para empaparse de aquella Roma en ebullición, con estrellas paseándose por los cafés de la Vía Veneto, como Ava Gardner, que llegó incluso a sugerir al pintor florentino que la acompañara a su hotel. Pero si hubo una diva que le impactó esa fue Marilyn Monroe, de tal modo que dibujaba su rostro "en serie", según reconoce. La conoció cuando promocionaba "The prince and the showgirl", una comedia romántica de 1957 con Laurence Olivier, pero su encuentro más próximo fue en Los Ángeles, adonde fue para retratarla y esta le concedió una hora para su arte. "Me dijo 'maestro, ¿debo desnudarme? Me siento más libre' y se desnudó", hace memoria Campeggi, mientras traza sobre el papel los labios rojos de la icónica rubia. La trayectoria del dibujante sufre un repentino revés en 1966, cuando un aluvión provocó cuantiosos daños en el inmenso patrimonio artístico de Florencia, arruinando también muchos de sus dibujos. Y el desastre, paradojas del destino, coincidió con el final de una época, ya que los carteles a mano empezaban a caer en desuso y las grandes productoras de cine estadounidenses abandonaban Italia. EFE gsm/ah