VEILED_EYES: THE BOOK by Maryna Russo Exhibition opening on Thursday 19th March at 6 pm, with live programme and drinks

Maryna Russo is a Berlin based visual artist, musician and poet, primarily working in analog formats. Sometimes known as Sweetmeana or Lesley Shadow, is skilled in songwriting, concept art, book making, painting, drawing & collage, production, video directing, curating & facilitating.

“Veiled Eyes was founded in 2015, originally as an art project against Instagram and its hashtag culture. Having to adapt to the fast-growing social media and marketing platform, Veiled Eyes was born. The concept was to hide (or veil) the subject’s eyes and show no locations. At the time the project began, users were unable to have more than one account per registered email. Over time, after updates and several iPhones later, I was blocked and locked out of the Veiled Eyes account. After many attempts to regain access, I simply gave up. In collaboration with dtan Studio, I transformed the original concept into the analog form you currently hold in your hand.” – MR

SCREENING OF “WE DON’T CARE ABOUT MUSIC ANYWAY” (2009)

15TH MARCH – 8 PM

Motto Wedding (at Institut Für Alles Mögliche)

From radical turntablism (Otomo Yoshihide) to laptop music innovation (Numb), via classical instrument hijacking (Sakamoto Hiromichi), Tokyo’s avant-garde music scene is internationally known for its boldness. While introducing some of the greatest musicians of this scene, “We Don’t Care About Music Anyway…” offers a kaleidoscopic view of Tokyo, confronting music and noise, sound and image, reality and representation, documentary and fiction.

“We don’t care about music anyway”… In other words, “we make it and that’s

all”. Beyond the music and beyond its performance, the future and mode of existence of a city, and society as a whole, are in motion.

“Rather than a film about music, we like to think We Don’t Care… as a film about sound and its perception. An eulogy to raw and spontaneous creation, below codes and industry, creation as an animal way to express a rage that can not be put into words.” – Cédric Dupire & Gaspard Kuentz

Starring: Sakamoto Hiromichi, Otomo Yoshihide, Yamakawa Fuyuki, L?K?O, Numb, Saidrum, Takehisa Ken, Shimazaki Tomoko.

Screen play ; Cédric Dupire, Noa Garcia-Kisanuki & Gaspard Kuentz

Editing : Charlotte Tourrès

Sound design and sound edition  : Jacob Stambach

Camera : Cedric Dupire

Musical coordination  : Noa Garcia-Kisanuki

Director Assistant : Charles Lamoureux

Design : Arnaud Dufour

Special effects: Gregg Langlois

Sound Mix: Julien Cloquet

Production Director  : Jérôme Aglibert

Music : Sakamoto Hiromichi / Otomo Yoshihide / Yamakawa Fuyuki / L?K?O / Numb / Saidrum

/ Umi No Yeah !! / Kirihito / Gothtrad / Hiko

Produced by: Studio Shaiprod in 2009

Motto Wedding (at Institut Für Alles Mögliche)

Schererstr. 9

13347 Berlin Wedding