Μενελάου με τίτλο “Goldie Hawn” προβάλλεται αυτές τις ημέρες στο
φεστιβάλ της Diane Pernet “A Shaded View of Fashion FIlm” στο Κέντρο
Πομπιντού στο Παρίσι.
Η ταινία γυρίστηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη το Σεπτέμβριο
του 2012, σε σκηνοθεσία του Κωνσταντίνου Μενελάου. Πρωτότυπη μουσική
έγραψαν οι Άγγελοι Του Τσιτσάνη. Πρόκειται για μια ταινία μικρού
μήκους, που σε επίπεδο αισθητικής δανείζεται στοιχεία από γνωστά
fashion videos και μουσικά videoclip, σχολιάζοντας με ιδιαίτερο τρόπο
την πολιτική κατάσταση στην Ελλάδα και τις αναδυόμενες ακραίες
πολιτικές και ιδεολογικές δυνάμεις.
O Κωνσταντίνος Μενελάου γεννήθηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Από το 2001 ζει στο
Λονδίνο όπου εργάζεται ως σκηνοθέτης και επιμελητής εκθέσεων, που
έχουν σχέση με τη μόδα και το video. Έχει συνεργαστεί με σχεδιαστές
και οίκους μόδας όπως οι Elesse, Charlie Le Mindu, Rankin, Vauxhall
κ.ά. και έχει συνεργαστεί με τα περιοδικά/website
Showstudio, Dazed Digital, A Shaded View on Fashion και Vogue.
Προηγούμενες ταινίες του και πειραματικά βίντεο που έχει σκηνοθετήσεις
GOLDIE HAWN trailer from KONSTANTINOS MENELAOU on Vimeo.
έχουν παρουσιαστεί σε φεστιβάλ και γκαλερί στις Κάννες, στην Αυστραλία
(PICA), στο Μαϊάμι (Art Basel), στην Barbican Art Gallery του Λονδίνου
και στο BFI.
Goldie Hawn, trailer: http://vimeo.com/52882045
Πληροφορίες για το φεστιβάλ εδώ: http://www.ashadedviewonfashionfilm.com/
Festival 5, Centre Pompidou, Paris.
20:00 – PETITE SALLE, CENTRE POMPIDOU
15:30 – CINE 2, CENTRE POMPIDOU
aesthetically borrows elements from fashion and music videos and thematically
it comments on the current alarming situation that Greece is in.
Greek free spirit and culture, such as traditional Greek music, plate breaking
and zeimpekiko dance are being subverted by the use of nazi outfits, balaclavas
and blood shedding. What used to be the fun and liberating act of dancing in a
Greek taverna is shown here as imposed, negative and painful experience.
replaced by robotic mannerism and outfits (balaclava) that reference terrorism.
The traditional zeimpekiko song is mixed with disturbing sound effects in order
to show that the Greek spirit that once was sung freely is now broken. The mix
of skinhead outfits with cretean costumes reference the intrusion of fascist
beliefs into the greek parliament. The breaking of plates was once a joyful
act, but now represents the pain that derives from the Greek laziness and
indulgence in non-apologetic acts of pleasure in a time when Greece was a
better country.
work as powerful social and political connotations that are used in an
unconventional manner in order to ask questions about tradition, freedom and
their brutal
for encouraging both emerging and established artists to reconsider the way
that fashion is presented and for challenging the conventional parameters of
film. ASVOFF debuts in Paris during fashion week and tours the globe with
subsequent screenings at prestigious institutions and events like the Barbican,
the Guggenheim and Cannes Film Festival in a host of creative capitals such as
New York, London, Tokyo, Milan, Moscow, Mexico City – and in this January at
the Caixa Forum Barcelona in the Spanish city. ASVOFF is not only a competition
of short fashion, style and beauty films but also a travelling international
event showcasing feature films, documentaries, conferences, performances and
installations – making it a must-see on both the fashion calendar and the film
circuit. Genre-bending and groundbreaking, it has already brought together such
illustrious names as Chris Cunningham, Róisín Murphy, Nick Knight, Erwin Olaf,
Nobuyoshi Araki, Tilda Swinton, Steven Klein, Mike Figgis, Chloë Sevigny, Dita
Von Teese, Max Vadukul, Bruce Weber and Ryan McGinley as well as Yves Saint
Laurent, Gucci, Gareth Pugh, Sergio Rossi, Hussein Chalayan, Mr. Pearl,
Rodarte, Givenchy, Yohji Yamamoto & Thom Browne.
MENELAOU
Konstantinos Menelaou is an art and film director and
curator. He moved from Greece to London in 2001 where he still lives and works.
In September 2009 he completed his MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martin’s
College. Previous to CSM Menelaou had studied Contemporary Media Practice at
University of Westminster where he specialised in experimental film and
video.
Since 2005 he has
been working on short films and fashion projects and he has created work for
fashion designers, creatives and labels including Ellesse Heritage, Charlie le
Mindu, ON/OFF, Rankin, Vauxhall, Ilya Fleet, Erevos Aether, James Small and
Aqua. His work has been featured on Showstudio, Dazed Digital, A Shaded View on
Fashion and Vogue. His ongoing collaboration with Ellesse Heritage includes the
brand’s global campaign City portraits and Fab5 shot in New York, Shanghai and
Tokyo. He is also the London correspondent for
www.ashadedonfashion.com
His experimental
video and film work has been shown at film festivals and gallery shows around
the world including Cannes Film Festival, PICA Australia, Miami Art Basel,
Centre Pompidou, Barbican Art Gallery and the BFI.
His roles as a
film-maker and art director are interconnected and they are defined by his
practice as a writer, director, editor, curator and producer. Parallel to his
own practice, he produces and curates art exhibitions and events. in 2009 he
worked for The White Cube gallery and Christian Marclay and he then went on to
become the producer at large for Diane Pernet’s A shaded View on Fashion Film
Festival for 2010 and 2011. Since November 2011 he works as a curator and
producer for Fringe! Film and Art Festival in London.