Voici sur Fubiz le trailer du film issu de la tournée en Amérique du nord « Yeezus Tour » par l’artiste Kanye West. Une réalisation d’Hype Williams (All of The Lights, Heartless…) et des premières images impressionnantes à découvrir ci-dessous. Aucune date de sortie n’a été annoncée pour le moment.
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News: in this movie interview filmed for a documentary about Rem Koolhaas, rapper Kanye West talks about working with the architect’s firm OMA on a seven-screen cinema to show his first film and reveals that he’s working on a second movie.
In the interview conducted by Koolhaas’ son Tomas, director of the documentary, West also talks about ambitions for his design company DONDA and says that “music has really been a Trojan Horse to create art again”.
“I love Rem’s work,” said West while talking about how much he enjoyed working with the architect’s company OMA in 2012. “I just like that fact that I was able to take my position as a musician, as a rapper and as a celebrity, and be able to invest in a project with a company of that level.”
OMA’s pavilion design for West was a shaped like a pyramid and erected for the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, and during the interview the rapper revealed that he has been producing a new film that builds on the immersive experience for the past year and a half: “I’m working on a film and I’ve created a seamless version. There were seven screens and they were separated, and the new one is seamless.”
“When it happens and people see it, I think people will understand a bit better what I’m talking about or why I’m so frustrated,” he added.
West also discussed his creative company DONDA, which he set up last year. At the moment he initiates and funds all the projects himself, but the 36-year-old hopes that this will shift so his company is commissioned to create for others within the next four years.
“I’m paying for a lot of the projects that I wanna work on, but it’s like my own home [designed by Claudio Silvestrin], or a store design, or [the] pavilion I did with OMA,” he said. “I believe, just to will this into fruition, that when I’m 40 [DONDA] will have to turn down projects.”
“I’ve done basically everything I can do with the amount of finances I have,” West continued. “If I go and think about a new form of film making and I go through the entire process, I end up funding the entire thing myself because it’s too abstract of a concept for people to put a finger on.”
During the interview filmed in October he repeated the declaration of his design ambitions, which he first expressed during a rant about the subject while speaking on BBC Radio 1 in September.
“I went to college on an arts scholarship, I was the number one you know so music has really been a Trojan Horse to really create art again,” he declared. “What do you think I spend the most time on when I’m creating a tour? The visuals. I am more of a visual artist and a product person.”
“DONDA, with my company, we like to collaborate with firms,” West added. “We like to go and ask questions and say ‘for this job, who would be great to work on this?'” In addition to his collaboration with OMA, he is also working on a visual identity for his brand with graphic designer Peter Saville.
Since this interview took place, West addressed students at Harvard University about architecture and design last month. The negative response to the rapper’s design ambitions was declared “racist” by an African-American student activist from the institution.
Tomas Koolhaas is currently aiming to raise funds to complete his REM documentary on Kickstarter. The feature-length documentary will focus on how the architect’s buildings are used by people and will “comprehensively explore the human conditions in and around Rem Koolhaas’ buildings from a ground level perspective”. Watch the trailer below:
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News: the scornful response to Kanye West‘s recent pronouncements on architecture is part of the “long history of making fun of black people” in America, according to an African-American design student organisation.
“There’s a long history in the United States of making fun of black people that actually make it,” said Héctor Tarrido-Picart, co-president of the African American Student Union (AASU) at Harvard Graduate School of Design.
He told Dezeen: “We read it as him being mocked for being an ambitious black man.”
Tarrido-Picart made the comments after his organisation spent two hours discussing the lack of black representation in architecture with rap star West, who visited Harvard Graduate School of Design last week and gave an impromptu speech to students. “I really do believe that the world can be saved through design,” said West in the address.
The speech was the latest in a series of pronouncements on architecture and design by West, who has long been interested in the subjects but has recently started to engage with leading creatives, commissioning graphic artist Peter Saville to design a logo for him and hiring architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture to design a temporary cinema.
West also spoke of his passion for design in a recent interview with The New York Times in June and during an interview with BBC Radio 1 in September, in which he spoke of “going to the Louvre, going to furniture exhibits and understanding that, trying to open up and do interviews with this, learning more about architecture”.
However West also expressed frustration at the opposition he has faced: “Taking one thousand meetings, attempting to get backing to do clothing and different things like that. Like, getting no headway whatsoever.”
Tarrido-Picart believes the ridicule and resistance is due to the “remnants of the racist society that we have grown up in,” which prevent African-Americans crossing over into “higher realms of culture” such as art, design and architecture.
He pointed to figures from the American Institute of Architects showing that only one percent of registered US architects are African-American, despite making up over 12 percent of the total population.
“Why [does] racism still exist in an era where Obama is president and cultural figures like Jay Z and Kanye West create culture,” asked Tarrido-Picart. “But when it comes to trying to expand their creativity to other fields, [they] run into walls that could not be better described than remnants of the racist society that we have grown up in?”
West visited Harvard Graduate School of Design while in Boston for a concert, following an invitation from the AASU, who invited the star to meet them following West’s BBC Radio 1 interview.
“I have reached the glass ceiling – as a creative person, as a celebrity,” West said in the interview, adding: “When I say that it means I want to do product. I am a product person. Not just clothing but water bottle design, architecture, everything that you could think about. And I’ve been at it for 10 years, and I look around and I say, ‘Hey wait a second – there’s no one around here in this space that looks like me’.”
Tarrido-Picart said: “We were struck first by the depth of knowledge that Kanye West actually had on architecture and second, because of the real question that he raised, which is [that] when you’re a very clearly a very talented and creative person and you choose to expand that creativity to new fields, you run into a wall. And that wall isn’t a wall that’s revolving around your creativity but a wall that’s revolving around the colour of your skin.”
He added: “That resonated a lot with us and we decided to send out a personal letter to Kanye West in which we expressed the same concerns and reverberated and resonated with what he was saying in that interview.”
“He agreed with us in terms of us in identifying with the fact that he was a very creative person and wanted to start creativity in the realm of design and architecture, and he thought that the fact that the colour of our skin plays a very limiting factor,” said Tarrido-Picart. “It’s not just about under-representation but also an active question that racism is very much alive in the United States.”
“He questioned us about what culture is and trying to surpass that by going into higher realms of culture, so art, design, architecture,” he continued. “He sees that as the natural next step.”
The AASU has signed a non-disclosure agreement with West so cannot reveal the precise nature of their discussions with the star, but it is understood that they agreed to work together to raise awareness of, and tackle, the under-representation of minorities in American architecture.
“We’re going to try and maintain an active discussion with Kanye,” Tarrido-Picart said. “He expressed a deep interest in this being something that is not just short term, but actually long term in terms of actually shaping the future of landscape of what design and culture is going to be, not only in the United States but around the world.”
He added: “What we hope to do is to raise the question that Kanye has [raised in a] very serious manner in our industry.”
Below is a statement issued by the AASU following its meeting with West:
Why the African American Student Union met with Kanye West at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design
This past summer, members of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design’s African American Student Union (AASU) were stirred by a series of interviews with Kanye West referencing his growing interest in design.
Mr. West’s very public frustration with the limits experienced by Black designers and artists energized and excited the group, prompting a series of internal conversations. Framing these discussions was the fact that only 1% of licensed architects in the United States identifies as being African-American. We discussed how this severe under-representation of African Americans in producing the built environment which have a range of effects upon our collective lives.
Subsequent to these discussions, the AASU decided to reach out to Mr. West.
We were tremendously excited that Mr. West, well-aware of these challenges, desired to meet us as well. This Sunday, he met with the AASU privately to discuss how we might pursue meaningful change together. Mr. West is an artist at the center of this generation’s cultural production and shares in our group’s optimism that transdisciplinary design practice can – as he stated Sunday – impact the world in positive ways. One of these ways is by encouraging the development and legitimacy of African American designers in their professional and academic practices. We are fortunate that the GSD has provided us with a platform in which this dialogue can occur.
We look forward to continuing this conversation with Mr. West, and through these efforts, we aim to catalyse a more inclusive design culture.
Sincerely,
The Harvard University Graduate School of Design – African American Student Union
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News: rapper Kanye West has continued his architectural manifesto by telling students at Harvard University that “everything needs to actually be architected”.
West and fiancé Kim Kardashian made a surprise visit to the Harvard Graduate School of Design studios on Sunday, where the rapper jumped on a desk in the studios and addressed students about his passion for architecture and his design company DONDA.
“I really do believe that the world can be saved through design, and everything needs to actually be architected,” said West. “And this is the reason why even some of the first DONDA employees were architects that started designing T-shirts instead of buildings. But just to see the work be actualised.”
“I believe that utopia is actually possible,” he continued, blaming leaders and politicians for the fact that it hasn’t been achieved yet. He offered words of encouragement to students and praised their “willingness to learn and hone [their] craft”. He also presented them with 300 tickets to the Boston leg of his Yeezus world tour.
This appearance comes after the rapper told presenter Zane Lowe that he is “working with five architects at a time” during an interview on BBC Radio 1 in September. West is currently collaborating with graphic designer Peter Saville to create a new visual identity for the rapper’s brand.
Architecture blog Archinect published a full transcript of the rapper’s speech at Harvard:
Kanye West: …So after walking through here I decided that I wanted to make sure for anyone that didn’t have tickets tonight that you all could have tickets to the show. So anybody who wants to come tonight, you can have tickets for the entire office!
But I just wanted to tell you guys, I really do believe that the world can be saved through design, and everything needs to actually be “architected”. And this is the reason why even some of the first DONDA employees were architects that started designing t-shirts instead of buildings. But just to see the work be actualised.
If I sit down and talk to Oprah for two hours, the conversation is about realisation, self realisation and actually seeing your creativity happen in front of you. So the reason why I turn up so much in interviews is because I’ve tasted what it means to create and be able to impact, and affect in a positive way.
And I know that there’s more creativity to happen. And I know that there’s traditionalists that hold back the good thoughts and there’s people in offices that stop the creative people, and [who] are intimidated by actual good ideas.
I believe that utopia is actually possible, but we’re led by the least noble, the least dignified, the least tasteful, the dumbest and the most political. So in no way am I a politician, I’m usually at my best politically incorrect and very direct. I really appreciate you guys’ willingness to learn and hone your craft, and not be lazy about creation.
I’m very inspired to be in this space. Tonight, this show, if you come see it – um, I’m a bit self conscious because I’m showing it to architects. So the stage does have flaws in it. It’s an expression of emotion so give me a pass on that. And that’s basically all I have to say so thank you very much.
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News: rapper Kanye West has revealed he is frustrated he’s not taken seriously as a “real designer” and that he plans to move into architecture.
In an interview on BBC Radio 1 last night, West spoke to DJ Zane Lowe about how he wants to expand his creative field beyond music and fashion.
“I want to do product, I am a product person,” said West. “Not just clothing but water bottle design, architecture… I make music but I shouldn’t be limited to once place of creativity.”
The interview was originally intended to be about his latest album Yeezus but West spoke about his creative passions and ambition throughout: “I hang around architects mostly,” he said. “People that wanna make things as dope as possible.”
“I’m learning what I want,” he said. “This is the reason why I’m working with five architects at a time. The time spent in a bad apartment, I can’t get that back. But the education I can get from working on it is priceless.”
West has already established himself as a fashion designer, having released his Air Yeezy trainers for Nike in 2009 and showed his DW Kanye West womenswear collections at Paris Fashion Week. “I spend 80% of my time on [fashion design] and 20% of my time on music,” he explained.
He said he started designing trainers at the age of five: “I’ve got a very particular specific take on men’s footwear. No one can say I can’t design or don’t know how to design a guy’s sneaker.”
However, West was disappointed Nike didn’t extend his trainer line after 2011 even though pairs of his Air Yeezy trainers “eBayed for $90,000”. He also claimed to be knocked back by Fendi after taking his designs for tight leather trousers to the Italian fashion house.
West vented his frustration that as a musician he is not taken seriously in the fashion world. “I’m so frustrated,” he said. “I’ve got ideas on colour palettes, I’ve got ideas on silhouettes. I’ve got a million people telling me why I can’t do it, that I’m not a real designer.”
He spoke of his resentment that musicians’ forays into fashion design are limited to tour paraphernalia. “We’re making product with chitlin’. T-shirts, that’s the most we can make. T-shirts. We can have our best perspective on T-shirts but anything else and your Truman Show boat is hitting the wall.”
Design collaborations he mentioned included his Watch the Throne tour set design with production designer Es Devlin and the pyramid-shaped cinema by architects OMA, where his first short film was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
Last week graphic designer Peter Saville disclosed he is working on a new visual identity for West, saying the rapper “wants me to do a YSL”.
West announced he was to launch his own design company named DONDA early last year and hoped to assemble a team of architects, designers and directors to work with him.
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At the Global Design Forum on Monday night, graphic designer Peter Saville revealed that he’s working on a logo for musician Kanye West. In this transcript of the conversation Saville had with journalist Paul Morley, he discusses the project and what it’s like to work with the rap star.
Saville spoke at the V&A Museum on Monday for the forum, which is part of the London Design Festival. Saville was yesterday officially awarded the London Design Medal.
Earlier last year Kanye West announced via his Twitter feed that he is to launch a design company named DONDA and claimed to be assembling a team that will include architects, designers and directors. We’ve previously published Kanye West’s Claudio Silvestrin-designed apartment and a seven-screen pyramidal cinema designed by OMA to show his first short film at Cannes Film Festival last year.
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Here’s the transcript of the interview:
Paul Morley: I must just ask a question I think puts us in two degree of separation with Kanye West because Peter’s last engagement [before coming here tonight] was with Kanye West. I love that idea that you’ve gone on to do the Manchester thing [Saville has been working as creative director for his home city], gone off to do grown up things but that there are still loads quite high up in the pop culture world that are still chasing you for your imprint. What exactly are they chasing you for?
Peter Saville: He’s charming, he nearly came [here tonight]. I said I’ve got to go, I’ve got a gig at 5. He said where and I said somewhere called the Victoria and Albert museum. He said he’s doing [TV show] Jools [Holland] tonight. He would have come.
Paul Morley: So he’s your new mate.
Peter Saville: He’s not my mate. One thing that you learn, in music I learnt this, just because you’ve been to see somebody, doesn’t mean that they’re your mate. So when you get called to meet Paul McCartney or I got to do Roxy [Music] covers, I got to meet Brian [Ferry] who I’d spent my teens trying to be like or look like, but you’re not friends and don’t call us, we’ll call you. Some of the younger ones, the dynamic changes when you’re older than them, Kanye is kind of weird, he…
Paul Morley: I guess he’s interested in you doing design for him, he wants you to be a graphic designer.
Peter Saville: He wants me to be Cassandre. Today I told him all about Cassandre and Cassandre did the Yves Saint Laurent logo. Cassandre, France’s greatest graphic artist in a way of the early 20th century. Cassandre was friends with Christian Dior, I guess they were contemporaries and pals and young Yves worked for Dior as an assistant and when Yves was leaving to set up his own label, it’s quite sweet isn’t it? He asked Cassandre to do the logo for him and Cassandre just rattled off YSL, which was pretty good.
And Kanye said to me, you’re Cassandre, thats what I want. Kanye wants me to do a YSL. And he’s collecting people. He said today he likes great people and wants to put them together and get them to do some great things and get some great people to check the things by these great people and really end up with some great things.
Paul Morley: The other side of the membrane, does this still have value in the world that we’re going into? That is now being shattered into so many surfaces, does a logo or image like that have a value? Does it join the glut? Join the status quo itself no matter how stylish it might be?
Peter Saville: I think I can sometimes say I don’t know. I get asked things and I feel obliged to know something or have an opinion and actually some things I don’t know. It’s sort of significant. Depends how you work. Some people just do stuff and it’s cool. A lot of people just do cool stuff. Then there’s other people that are doing something but that’s how they do it. That’s how they work. They’re trying to achieve something. That’s the pathway by which they make something happen.
I tend to – this old-fashioned slightly analogue idea, there is a way a problem to solve and the problem to solve is as much the context of the now as the thing itself. What is a logo now, what might a logo be for Kanye in a particular context?
I mean I like him, I didn’t expect to like him. I didn’t meet him to do work. Someone said to me that he would like to meet you so I thought it would be rude to say I’m not available. So we met six months ago and had a cup of coffee and that was it. I didn’t know his music and I still don’t know his music. I met him as a person, who wanted to meet me and he was nice and intelligent and an astonishing energy and astonishing intelligence.
I mean he is alive, he’s super live and he has talents. Sometimes you meet people who are talented and they don’t have energy and you meet people with energy but no talent. Every so often you meet a talent who has energy. And Kanye without a doubt is a talent with energy. At the moment he said can I help him with something, and I said ‘I don’t know, I’ll try’.
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News: graphic designer Peter Saville is working on a visual identity for musician Kanye West.
Saville (pictured) revealed details of the collaboration at the Global Design Forum in London tonight, where he was in conversation with journalist Paul Morley.
“We’re looking at ways of writing ‘Kanye West’,” Saville told Dezeen after the talk, held at the V&A museum as part of the London Design Festival. “What does ‘Kanye’ and ‘Kanye West’ look like written down?”
The designer added the collaboration was open-ended, rather than a commission to design a logo or a specific artwork. “It’s very casual,” he said.
During the talk Saville, who is best-known for his 1980s record covers for bands including New Order and Joy Division, explained how he had discussed the project earlier that day with West, who is in London rehearsing for a performance.
The two talked about Adolphe Mouron Cassandre’s iconic 1961 logo for Yves Saint Laurent, featuring the overlapping letters YSL, Saville said. “He said to me: ‘You’re Cassandre’,” he told Dezeen. “He wants a YSL”.
Kanye West is an avid follower of architecture and design. In 2006 he commissioned minimalist architect Claudio Silvestrin to design his Manhattan apartment, and ordered pieces by designers including the Campana Brothers, Yves Behar and Maarten Baas to furnish it.
“He loves architecture and design, he loves Le Corbusier,” Saville said. “He’d get Le Corbusier to do a building for him if he could.”
Last year, West commissioned architects OMA to build a temporary, seven-screen cinema to host the preview of his first short film.
Saville is the recipient of this year’s London Design Medal. He will receive the award at a ceremony on Wednesday. Read our earlier story for more about the award, and for more details of the conversation with Morley.
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Zaven Najjar est un directeur artistique vivant à Paris et amoureux de hip-hop. Avec ce projet Rap Posters, il nous propose d’illustrer avec talent des paroles de différents MCs et chanteurs, allant de Kanye West à Oxmo Puccino en passant par Gil Scott Heron. Un projet nourri au quotidien à découvrir dans la suite.
Voici le prochain film de Martin Scorcese dans lequel Leonardo Di Caprio incarne un multimillionnaire génie de la Wall Street multipliant les folies et les excentricités. Un film inspiré de l’histoire vraie de Jordan Belfort dont l’excellent trailer est à découvrir dans la suite, rythmé par la musique « Black Skinhead » de Kanye West.
Jusqu’à la fin des votes pour les Fubiz Awards 2013 prévu le 14 mai 2013 minuit, nous vous proposons de mettre en avant les nominés de chacune des 8 catégories présentées. Découvrez dans la suite les 8 différents nominés de la catégorie Music Video en images, en partenariat avec HTC.
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