Issue 5 | Canvas Magazine

Canvas Magazine

october 2015

issue 5

WHERE’S THE DIVERSITY? EXPLORING ITS ABSCENCE WITHIN THE ART COMMUNITY

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Editor in Chief Patrick Kiel

P Head Writer Precious Kirby

M Art Director Michelle Lorduy

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Special thanks for making this issue possible: Michel Monegro, Shane Fuller, Soren Byrce, Melina Weger, Julia Kalvik, Andre Uncut, and the members of Me & the Julios

contents

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Songs of a Siren/Soren Byrce

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Our Vimeo Playlist

Where’s the Diversity in the Art Community?

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Me and the Julios Breathe, a poem by Melina Weger

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Interview with Them Cloud Kids founder Shane Fuller

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Black Excellence Still Exists: Andre Uncut

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The Movie Soundtrack Playlist

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songs of a siren Soren byrce

Singer-Songwriter Soren Bryce is a new, young act from Texas that is rocking the indie-pop scene.

Her EP dropped this August with her new record company, Washington Square. The EP is marked by its eclectic mix, truly showcasing the range of vocals and instrumentation Soren is capable of.

Raised in Texas, Soren has been immersed in music her whole life. From an early age, she listened to her dad’s classic rock records which kick started her love for music.

Soren, a classically trained violinist, learned to play the guitar to impress a guy she liked back in middle school. Because of this, she fell in love with songwriting and quickly became aware that California was the place for her. On her decision to move, Soren said, “[it] felt like it happened really fast, mostly because the idea just felt right. My parents were a huge part of the process and definitely helped make everything possible for me.”

Once in California, Soren began adjusting to life living with her grandparents. Grabbing any opportunity that presented itself, Soren took many acting gigs for various commercials and indie films, including an acting gig for Xbox. But she kept her mind on her love for singing and songwriting and actively pursued these dreams. She says, “If you believe you are good at something and are passionate about it, you should dedicate your time and energy to developing what you love and turning it into a career.” Soren continuously worked at her trait, fine tuning her skills by writing hundreds of songs.

Soren’s love for music stems from the beautiful melodies and stories that artists share. She explains her music taste can become, “very weird at times, but overall most of the artists I listen to are amazing storytellers. Bands like Twenty One Pilots, City and Colour, and Daughter to name a few.” To her, these bands offer colorful lyrics full of stories which Soren hopes her music takes listeners on a journey as well.

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Soren’s EP delivers on this hope. The lead single, Siren’s, is a indie-pop ballad with strong vocals that attests Soren’s artistic confidence.

Adding to the eclectic mix is “Newport”. Newport is a slower, folk influenced song with lyrics such as, “bad decisions made, silent ringtone on the phone, great redemptions paid, lost my love I lost my soul”. The beautiful, melancholic song speaks to the heart of any listener. Oddly, Soren wrote Newport the night of her senior prom which just shows Soren’s dedication to always find time to write songs, regardless of how busy she might be. Another hit off the EP is “Chariot”, which is beautifully composed and describes the painful end to a relationship. It adds alluring diversity and emotion to the EP, showcasing what Soren Bryce is capable of.

To produce this EP, Soren enlisted the help of crowdfunding to pay for the production costs. She worked with David Khane, who has worked with everyone from Paul McCartney to the Strokes to Lana Del Rey, and who she describes as, “a lot of fun. He's very organic in his method of creating and I love how quickly he works. He has an amazing ear and taught me a lot about the importance of a song's structure.” Khane helped Soren break the music down into its purest form and build the tracks up to support Soren’s beautiful voice.

It’s incredibly strong and powerful for an 18 year old, seemingly filled with knowledge beyond her years and too many heartbreaks for someone her age. She explains this command as a, “mixture of storytelling and drawing from my own experiences. I like to paint a picture while also relating to topics a lot of people deal with.”

We can only expect more great things from Soren.

“The future holds an array of songs filled with the same amount of heart, but some twists and turns that I feel will allow me to explore and grow as an artist,” she says. And that is what Soren needs the most - a stage to grow upon. At only 18, Soren is making waves with accolades from NPR and Billboard, and I can only imagine of what the future holds for this blossoming singer.

-patrick kiel

Make sure to see Soren before she hits it big. If you are on the west coast, you can catch her touring with Mr. Little Jeans throughout November. Ticket and venue information is all up on her website. For the unfortunate who cannot catch her live, make sure to get her EP off of iTunes or check out her work on Spotify and Soundcloud. http://sorenbryce.com/ http://geni.us/sorenbryce

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our vimeo playlist

Short films, like their feature counterpart, can be of many genres. The more popular ones, and some of our favorites, are narrative, drama, and comedy shorts. There are no dull moments since they pack a story into a short amount of time, and generally leave the viewer emotionally connected to the work. Vimeo, an artsy Youtube, hosts thousands of great short films that are critically acclaimed in short film festival circuits. Here’s a list of some of our favorite Vimeo shorts and a brief explanation why they are our favorite.

Last Minutes With Oden Eliot Rausch This moving film follows Jason Woods’ last moments with his beloved dog, Oden. Beautiful cinematography layered with a Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner soundtrack makes this film an instant tearjerker.

Lake Cushman - Caleb & Shawn The beautiful Pacific Northwest layered with Ben Howard’s soothing voice is a perfect film to watch on a lazy, rainy day. The delicately graded film, a strength of Caleb & Shawn, encapsulates the picturesque adventures that the PNW is famous for

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California: Stay or Go - Sean Benik

Commissioned by Surfing Magazine, Sean Benik takes viewers on a trip with incredible California surf.

Unlike many surfing films, surfers and non-surfers alike will enjoy this short for its beautiful imagery and story cut between incredible surfing shots.

ReMake Detroit - Dark Rye

Before the assembly line, before Detroit’s imagination took a backseat to its specialized emphasis on cars, cars and a few more cars, we mustn’t forget that it was imagination itself that turned the key in that original ignition. It’s the conviction that making and building exist as desires in the very structure of our DNA that inspired Nick Britsky to dream up and create i3 Detroit, “a collaborative environment for people to explore the balance between technology, art and culture.”

Half Wet- Sophie koko Gate

When we’re born, our bodies are 75% water. As we get older our bodies reduce to 54%. On the eve of his 25th birthday our protagonist Gus has a revelation.

Incredible animation and odd allusions, Gate’s video is mega trippy and weird at the surface, but it’s definitely worth watching.

Where’s the Diversity in the Art Community?

Gerhard Richter, Jasper Johns, Richard Serra, Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman, and Ellsworth Kelly: The six greatest living artists according to Vanity Fair, just two years ago in 2013. What do all of them have in common? They’re all artists. And they’re all white.

by Daniel Bello Photos by Michael Monegro

The lack of racial diversity within the art industry has been at the forefront of discussion among artistic media for some years now. Jillian Steinhauer at HyperAllergic sarcastically commented: “Crazy, right?! No one saw any of these coming. The fact that this list is all white, five-sixths male, and five-sixths American is totally unsurprising!” Priscilla Frank with The Huffington Post dug deeper into the subject, using the Whitney Biennial of 2013 (a list of artists to be featured at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s most popular exhibition) as her background. She found that of the 103 artists to be featured in the exhibit, only “7.4% of artists represented were of Asian descent, 3.7% were Latino and 1.8% hailed from the Middle East”

And in the two years since the controversial article and the Whitney’s list, not much has changed. A quick dive into the demographics of the art industry is telling of an astounding lack of diversity within successful artists. England’s Art Council published a comprehensive study of the statistics on equality and diversity in the arts within Britain, and it found that from 2005/06 to 2012/13, “ attendance and participation in the arts by Black and minority ethnic people has shown no statistically significant change and the gap in arts engagement between Black and minority ethnic people and white people 14

has actually widened because of increases in arts engagement among white people.”

Why is this the case? There are various reasons that are cited by would-be minority art aficionados, the main one being a lack of inclusion, and the feeling that one is out of place. This is not a new feeling. For ages, minorities have been the groups that suffer for arbitrary reasons that hurt social progress. One of the most damaging is the one based around skin color, and we are still feeling the repercussions of this way of thinking today.

In the case of blacks: slavery, Jim Crow, even modern events like Ferguson, the idea of separation of ethnic groups is pervasive. In the art industry, it is somewhat the same, albeit possibly unintended.

Another reason is that art is an expensive hobby. Ages of separation have displaced whole communities like the blacks into poverty. Art isn’t readily available, or could be even completely out of reach for people of lower income. As the Art Council stated: “Research suggests that the most common reported barriers to participation and attendance among people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds are... the cost of attending or participating and concerns about feeling uncomfortable or out of place.

Black and minority ethnic people are more likely than white people to be part of lower socio-economic groups and are more likely to live in socio-economically deprived neighbourhoods. According to Department for Work and Pensions’ households below average income statistics , around two-fifths of people in the UK from ethnic minority backgrounds live in low-income households, twice the rate for white people...”

The roots of the diversity problem extend much further than just the art industry, and they find their source in areas of incorrect thinking, followed by actions based on that thinking. Minorities tend to have less access to higher education, housing, jobs, and general stability in their societies. However, there is little to nothing being done to encourage minorities’ involvement in the arts. On the contrary, the current stigmas and norms that cause a lack of diversity are being reinforced on a constant basis. Articles like Vanity Fair’s “Greatest Living Artists” or the Whitney’s Biennial do not help to end the exclusiveness to whites that the art industry has.

What can be done? That’s a question that doesn’t have a simple answer. Ultimately, it lies on people’s mindsets that have caused the gap between minorities and whites for eras now, in all styles of industry and society. These mindsets have put a roadblock on the progress of humanity as a whole, from democracy to the art sector. It is up to each one of us to end racism and the segregation that exists within our minds, for a better world tomorrow, and a more diverse art industry in the future.

It’s not all bleak, and it can get better. Diversity is as essential for growth in the art market as it is in any industry. As ArtNet CEO Jacob Pabst put it: “[Diversity and equality in the art business] is essential both internally and externally. The art world is becoming ever more diverse as it expands globally… diversity is an essential success factor in attracting and retaining the very best talent. ”

Our corresponding writer and photographer Julia Kalvik interviews the Norwegian band “Me and the Julios.�

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Q&A with

by julia Kalvik

How did you come together as a band?

Sigurd and Herman established something that was supposed to be a singer-songwriter project, where Sigurd brought in his own English “make out and cry” songs. Suddenly Me and the Julios excited, after Henrik, the drummer, joined the first practice ever. The first 6 months or so they played some songs with Norwegian lyrics and some in English, and the sound developed to become some kind of folk rock. Luckily enough Sverre appeared, the lead guitarist, and made sure the indie rock could blossom with his smooth and weird riffs. So, we decided to play rock with Norwegian lyrics, and brought in Pia as an extra singer a couple of months later.

And then Me and the Julios was alive and established! (Just a few weeks ago our drummer had to leave for a year to serve our King as a drummer, so for the next year we’ll have the eminent Martin Falsen as a step in drummer.)

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For how long have you been playing together?

The band has existed for about two and a half year, and all together as the band is today we’ve played together for two years. (Except for Martin of course.)

Any releases?

We released our first EP Synd for deg about a year ago, and have released 3 singles after that. The last one Jarle Klepp was released a month ago, and our new EP Ingen sjans mot livet will be released in late October!

You’ll find it all at Spotify, Tidal and iTunes.

How would you describe the genre and themes in your songs? What is the message and who are you trying to reach out to?

The genre is indie rock, with a snitch of traditional Norwegian singer songwriter lyrics. The songs are mostly about love, life of teenagers and the frustration of being young. It’s songs about everyday life, with a poetic twist. Life as a teenager is not always easy, and we all have our struggles, even tough they

might seem like I-land problems from time to time. Love is hard to understand, and hard to deal with, and hard to do right, but at the same time it’s so beautiful and fascinating. In quite a few songs we’re trying to put words and music together to describe these frustrating feelings. In others songs it’s more about the general life of teenagers, and sometimes we’re trying to touch lightly into some political issues.

We’re mainly trying to reach out to youths who can relate to our songs, but we’ve come to understand people in the 50´s ++ also can relate to our music somehow, so we might reach broader than we originally thought. Which of course is awesome.

How often do you guys perform? Have you ever performed at some really big events or scenes? For what kind of audience are you usually performing?

We perform quite a lot. We try to play as many concerts as possible, and we also try to play in different locations and cities. We have performed some concerts that have been really big for us as a band. One of them was the concert we played at John Dee in Oslo. This was the first concert that wasn’t a part of some bigger event. People came to see us perform. For us, seeing friends, family and strangers actually showing up to our show, was a great boost for our confidence as a band. It’s to easy to say what kind of audience we you perform for, but we have played a lot of gigs for the youths.

With the term “youths”, we are talking about those who aren’t old enough to go to the concerts with 18 years as the age limit. We love playing for young people, because they are full of energy, sing along and dances(a lot of dancing!). On the other hand we feel respected by the older people, that comes to watch us play. We have played several gigs with 18 years as the age limit, and a lot these gigs have been amazing. As a conclusion to that last question we would say that we are usually performing for people that actually appreciates our music, and for that we are truly grateful.

Which concert has been the best so far and why?

Well, our best concert so far was probably the split- gig with Iffy Orbit at Musikkflekken in Sandvika. The crowd was amazing and people we played for, had actually spent a lot of money buying a ticket for our concert. That meant a lot to us.

Do you practice a lot?

We try to practice a lot, but it’s never enough practicing.

We always have a great time practicing, and that’s really important. We make jokes, jam a lot and play the songs we already have over and over again. It’s always a good atmosphere at practice.

Have you attended to any competitions?

We have attended one huge competition, which we actually won! A music store in Norway called 4sound had a competition where bands could upload a demo, and get people to vote for the song. The top five bands got to play at Parkteatret, a very credible location in Oslo.

We practiced everyday in a month on those two songs we got to play, and we somehow managed to impress the jury enough to win the whole thing. As the winner of the competition we got a really nice amount of money, which we used to record our first EP. Where are you as a band to find in the media? Any commercials, campaigns or music videos?

We are to find on Facebook, Twitter(not too active), Instagram(FOLLOW US, we are really funny!!) and Spotify. We have been played at some student radio stations around the country. We have a music video on Youtube for the song Natten før igår, check it out! Just recently, we made a song for a youth organization that fights for children’s rights called «Press». The song is a part of a campaign against discrimination towards young people who wants to influence the politics and speak their mind about important cases.

What are your future plans as a band?

Our future plans are to release our second EP, go touring around the country, play a LOT of gigs, be funny on Instagram and try to make our amazing fans happy!

How is it like backstage before a concert, and what do you usually do after the concert?

[Laughs]. Well Herman, Sigurd and Pia has this game where they are encouraging each other to scream “HEY, WHAT’S UP?!” as a loud as they dare. Sverre is warming his hands up, because they’re always cold.

Henrik is probably eating and stresses a lot less then the rest of us. We don’t know how Martin is going to backstage yet, because we haven’t played a gig with him. Maybe he’ll take Henrik’s “chilled out”-role, who knows?

Sigurd Hollen Elgenes (18) Oslo, Norway Lead Singer, acoustic guitar How do you spend your days?

Currently finishing upper Secondary School where I study music at Edvard Munch School in Oslo. I work at a toy store twice a week, and I am also an arranger at different scenes in Oslo. I spend lots of time hanging out with friends too, so you could say I am quiet busy.

Now a days I read a lot, and I also write and compose music for our band.

Which of your own songs is your favourite?

My favourite song of ours is Jarle Klepp! The lyrics are very personal to me and I love playing it live.

What are you listening to besides your own music?

Other bands I listen to at the moment are: Mew, Say Hi and The Smashing Pumpkins. My all time favourites are Sondre Lerche and Vampire Weekend.

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Herman Friis (19) Oslo, Norway Bass Pia Alette (19) Oslo, Norway Backing vocal

How do you spend your days?

I am taking a year off, trying to find a job and I take piano lessons. Other than that I practice and play with the band.

Which of your own songs is your favourite?

Jarle Klepp is my favourite. It is so full of emotions and I find my self in the lyrics. Ikke ring meg has the same effect on me, I love singing them both.

What are you listening to besides your own music?

I listen to a lot of different music, but at the moment it is mostly my dad’s old LPs and jazz I listen to.

How do you spend your days?

I work full time as a service technician, play in two different bands and hang out with my friends a lot.

How do you spend your days?

I am currently playing drums in the army, His Majesty the King's Guard.

Which of your own songs is your favourite?

Vil du danse med meg nå!

Which of your own songs is your favourite?

Vil du danse med meg nå, because this is the song we connect the best with with both each other and the audience. I love playing that song.

What are you listening to besides your own music?

Dave Weckl, jazz, funk, rock, blues etc.

What are you listening to besides your own music?

I listen to a lot.

Henrik Løvmyr (19) Oslo, Norway Drummer

How do you spend your days?

I work at a grocery story and play in this band.

Which of your own songs is your favourite?

Ikke ring meg, because I love to play it!

Especially my solo.

What are you listening to besides your own music?

I listen a lot to Radiohead at the moment.

Sverre Fuglevaag (19) Oslo, Norway EL-guitar

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breathe

by Melina Weger

Isn’t it the soft wind that lets us breathe in dark times?

Isn’t it nature around us that is loyal like nobody else?

My hands stroke through blossoms, my eyes gaze after the last sunbeams, my heart smiles to the waves, my lungs breathe the world’s beauty.

I am a wanderess, a drop of free water.

My soul is unstoppable.

Rooms cage me like a cell, and it’s nature’s call that frees me.

I’ve learnt that daydreams are dangerous.

Long time ago, they made me wish for things I could never have.

Now there ain’t nobody who knows me better than nature.

My soul is dancing inside of my body but the people around me are standing still.

They are caught waiting for a freedom they never had.

But freedom waits outside, outside of our heads in the green unknown.

The magic awaits us in the forest, in the mountains and the sea.

But freedom is rare, and so is time.

I tell you don’t waste it.

Touch the years last sunlight, listen to the song of nature, drink the rain. over and over and over.

We can only hold a little time in our hands, nature is fleeting, storming, passing away.

But if we use it wisely there might be a way to let it stay.

Breathe the world’s beauty, and it will stand still for you.

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photos by Melina Weger @melourra

Them Cloud Kids

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Them Cloud Kids is a nonprofit organization that’s creating a future based on the South African teachings of Ubuntu, where kindness and compassion reigns. They aim to inspire our peers to become better role models for the youth.

Shane Fuller, founder of Them Cloud Kids Interview by Precious Kirby

How does it feel to be a black male in business with all of the various stereotypes that target african American Males?

I feel great as a black male in business despite the stereotypes that target my people because those do not define me. I started my business at age 19 and that within itself shows that black males can achieve whatever they dream. Race and ethnicity does not define success, hard work does. I hope that I can be viewed as a role model or testimony to other black males who want to go into business.

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What inspired you to start your business?

My sophomore year I took a leadership course called Social Foundations of Urban education and it changed my life. The course taught me the importance of creating a future that's impossible without me being in it, and that's what motivated me to start my business. I met my co president Jewell Palmer in the course and we grasped the concept so well that we decided to come together to make our dream a reality. One night amongst friends we had a discussion about the state of today's society and how the majority of people complain but remain complacent. The youth are often overlooked so we thought what better way to empower them through something we all need, Ubuntu. The four founders of them cloud kids committed themselves to the mission to unite uplift and empower all people through Ubuntu.

In what ways does your nonprofit assist with combating the negative stereotypes that youth have to fight against in the 21st century?

Despite our generation being referred to as negative, there are so many of us that are doing positive things in their communities.The youth have limitless energy and passion that can be used to improve their world. The members in my organization are prime examples of young successful youth leaders who want to bring for change. They are using their influ-

ence to appeal to adults but more importantly mentor and guide the youth behind us.

Through peer mentoring we are unifying and uplifting the current and future generations of youth. Rather than having adults facilitate our programs we give Youth the opportunity to be leaders and create. One project we are having is a blog that is ran by youth so they have a space where their voice is heard. Readers will be able to dispel any myths when they can understand that the youth have opinions on the state of the world If you had one word to describe your business what would it be ?

Ubuntu which is the South African philosophy of human kindness and compassion that we advocate. Ubuntu is a community based philosophy that bring all different types of people together and creates space for people to be treated equally.

Words of advice would you give to other young people who aspire to start there own business?

For the young people that want to start their own business I say go for it. The only thing stopping you from achieving your dreams is you. Reach above the clouds and for the stars, anything is possible when you put your mind to it. Don't be afraid to ask for help and utilize those around you.

“Them Cloud Kids (TCK) is a Pro-People Service organization that aims to Unite, Uplift and Empower all people through Ubuntu. Ubuntu is the Nguni Bantu South African philosophy of human kindness and compassion. TCK strives to embed the values of Ubuntu into our everyday lives in order to create a positive and open-minded society. Our generation has a lot of power and we believe that by coming together we can utilize that power to bring forth change. We capitalize on using social media for the greater good and we've created a hashtag, #TCKUBUNTU. TCK stands for Them Cloud Kids but it also stands for Togetherness, Compassion and Kindness, three values of Ubuntu that we are pushing out into the world. Through our events TCK strives to foster a positive and resourceful relationship between Colleges/Universities and their communities.

We currently have a mentoring program in at Cityview Landing in partnership with PennRose.

We provide an hour of homework help and an hour or mentoring to 5-10 youth who live in the surrounding low-income housing development.

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We are currently working with Newark Arts High School and Eastside High School to develop a curriculum for a mentoring program that will begin in Fall 2015. Our program explore the mission of the organization, the meaning of our hashtag and empowers youth to give back to their community. We teach sustainability and want community member to know that they are a sustainable resource for their community.

We host various intergenerational events in the community that bring out 80-120 people each time. TCK creates spaces where anyone can come out and learn regardless of age, gender, sex etc. We host a civic engagement event known as Hashtag Lunchbag on a monthly basis. Hashtag Lunchbag was a movement started in California by a few friends who wanted to address the issue of homelessness and hunger. The movement has spread nationwide and like us, various people and groups have picked up the movement to raise awareness. We invite people to come out to Rutgers and make 500 lunches for the community and pass them out.

Participants decorate the bags with kind words and are given a chance to connect with the community by complete an act of Ubuntu. We also host various intergenerational artistic events such as our Future Cloud and Cloudy Thoughts.

Our Future Cloud Event is an intergenerational open mic that allows high school and college students to express themselves in a supportive space that fosters growth. We invite a seasoned artist (Poet, singer, painter) to come out and headline the show to empower the youth and assure them that they have a voice.

Our Cloudy Thoughts discussions are created to clear our minds of pollution and express true feelings. Our first Cloudy Thoughts was a discussion on self-love and vulnerability and featured workshops that helped teach how to be vulnerable. The event allowed people to relate to each other based on past experiences and struggles and allowed for peers and adults to teach other methods of self love. Future Cloudy Thoughts will continue on a monthly basis hosting various topics that will allow for peers to educate each other.�

-Shane Fuller

BLACK EXCELLENCE STILL EXISTS

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andre uncut and Good Breed Films

Diversity is crucial for the arts to thrive. People of different ethnicities add unique touches to art, keeping the art community alive and thriving. While searching for diverse artists to interview, I came across Andre Uncut. Andre is a videographer and photographer, he’s part of a company that focuses on showing black excellence. Andre is the type of person we need within the minority community who work to embrace diversity among different ethnic groups. In this interview, Andre talks about starting in filming and photography, and also gives some helpful advice to aspiring videographers. Here’s a look into the world of Andre Uncut.

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Andre Uncut Age 21 Brooklyn, NYC

I started filming around 2008 after leaving Elementary school I used to go on sets of music videos with my Uncle, he's a stylist. My work in photography came years after, I initially never liked it being that everyone else was doing it but I felt it needed a old school touch, plus I was getting over a breakup at the time so I needed to be occupied. I use a Canon 5D Mark II with a Carl Zeiss 50mm and Canon 24mm-105mm lens, Sony Betamovie BMC-110, and a Polaroid SX-70. I use different lights from time to time like ring and flood lights. If you're a videographer trying to get great quality I recommend you use any Canon Mark Series. However if you have the money you can go on and get a BlackMagic Design Ursa EF 4K, it gives the best quality money can buy and it has interchangeable sensors which is a win win. If you don't have the money then make use of something that's affordable. It's not about the quality all the time, it's about what the eye can do.

Good Breed Films is a company that shows that black excellence still exists.

Everything but people of color behind and front of the camera that shows an audience what talent really is. The goal of the company is not yet determined, right now it's going with the flow within the visual art world. My work is quite very diverse being that I just don't do one job. I take pictures of different categories like portraits, events and scenery.

Same as video, I do music videos, interviews, short films and also web shows. One day I can be doing an interview for AfroPunk TV then streetstyle for Opening Ceremony. As a people of one we need to basically have coalition starting in the community.

Check out Andre’s website, goodbreedfilms.com for more of his work.

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GOLDENEYE

THE MUTE ,

TINA TURNER

RADICAL FACE

“GOLDENEYE”

UNDER YOUR SPELL, DESIRE

CHERRY WINE,

“DRIVE”

TAKE MY BREATH AWAY, BERLIN

I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU STEVIE WONDER “THE WOMAN IN RED”

DANGER ZONE,

HOZIER HOLOCENE, BON IVER THE OBVIOUS CHILD,

movie soundtracks PAUL SIMON

KENNY LOGGINS

“WISH I WAS HERE”

“TOP GUN”

WRITING’S ON THE WALL, SAM SMITH “SPECTRE”

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DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) SIMPLE MINDS “THE BREAKFAST CLUB” EYE OF THE TIGER GHOSTBUSTERS SURVIVOR RAY PARKER, JR. “ROCKY III” GHOSTBUSTERS

NEW SLANG THE SHINS “GARDEN STATE”

image: michel monegro

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