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Artists and longtime collaborators José Parlá and JR traveled to Havana, Cuba for Wrinkles of the City, a global series of public art installations and expressionistic murals centered around enigmatic portraits of the residents in each metropolis, from Berlin to Shanghai. This leg acted as a homecoming for Brooklyn-based Parlá, whose own parents emigrated from Cuba to Miami where he was born. Commissioned by the 2012 Havana Biennale, today’s self-directed film captures the duo’s citywide project that ran from Old Havana to Vedado, offering both artists the opportunity to engage with a city that has profound personal resonance. “Using any kind of media to express myself has always been key to my work,” says the Paris-born, NYC-based JR. “I’m glad we made the film to better understand our journey through this fascinating place that is La Havana.”
You’re both multilingual expatriates with similar backgrounds—what impact does that have on your art?
José Parlá: JR’s work is a commentary that is sharing something positive with the present or with history. Working together as we have has been organic because we both think alike. If I can't make something happen, JR steps in, and if he can’t, then I communicate it. In Cuba we spoke Spanish, Portuguese, French and Japanese, inventing ways to share.
JR: José and I have that in common, we always feel language is not a barrier. I guess it’s because we speak with our own hands a lot.
How does your work in one discipline inform the other?
JP: The stories of walls are the memories of society. If I use photography it is to document places and people that later inform my paintings as well, with regards to colors and the mood or history of a painting’s direction. When I paint very layered and large-scale calligraphic paintings, the language is informed by gestural, free-associative movements, which I think of as a dance that envelopes the work.
What’s your favorite highlight from the trip? Francis Ford Coppola is a filmmaker who needs no introduction. A quintessential innovator in American storytelling, Coppola shifted paradigms with his two ‘70s epics, each of which proposed a distinct thesis on the state of the human condition. Widely regarded as one of the greatest works in cinematic history, The Godfather is an intricately woven Shakespearean narrative that transcends the genre of crime film. Riveting and infinitely quote-able, The Godfather (and it’s subsequent sequels) taps into themes that extend far beyond the particularities of the Sicilian-American mafia subculture, addressing monstrously large questions about the very nature of family and power. Trading fedoras for combat helmets, Coppola again shook audiences with Apocalypse Now, a psychedelic journey through violence and insanity that takes place at the close of the Vietnam War. A winding descent into the jungle set to the music of Jim Morrison, the film treads across the outer limits of the social consciousness, exploring the darkness of man in a state of nature. In the decades that followed his cinematic breakthroughs, many members of Coppola’s family—such as Sofia Coppola, Nicolas Cage, and Jason Schwartzman—have become influential figures in Hollywood in their own right. Known for encouraging all children to write and perform one-act plays at his family gatherings, Coppola has played a major role in developing a new generation of storytellers. With additional achievements as a wine-maker, hotelier, and restaurateur, Coppola’s legacy has grown to become larger-than-life. He has created what can only be described as an American dynasty. timothée verrecchia: You played a critical part in the rise of new American cinema. Do you have any favorite memories from that time? francis ford coppola: I can remember when I finally persuaded the executives of Warner Seven Arts to allow me to direct my thesis film, You’re A Big Boy Now as a full-length feature ILAST is a prototype of an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) training system for post-operative therapy treatment after knee injuries. The training system uses basic game-like experiences simulated in fully immersive virtual environments which motivate patients to perform dedicated movement tasks mobilizing and strengthening their lower limbs. Situated virtual learning environments based on presence and social interaction. Exploring and Modifying the Sense of Time in Virtual Environments. Interactive virtual environments for Objective evaluation of Psychophysical Effects based on bRain Activity. This project investigate how Virtual Reality can support motor-rehabilitation of patients suffering from stroke consequences. 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It f Dylan Verrechia is an award-winning Auteur-Director, Producer, and Veteran Cinematographer with ankylosing spondylitis from Saint-Barthélemy, French West Indies, including Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at Slamdance for “Tijuana Makes Me Happy”, Special Jury Award for Best Mexican Feature at Morelia Film Festival for “Tierra madre”, Best Mexican Feature at Rosarito Film Festival, and Best Director at the Swedish Academy of Motion Pictures for “La Pura Vida”, Red Nation Film Award of Excellence for Best Documentary Short at Red Nation Film Festival, Environmental, Social, Economic, Political Justice Award for Indigenous America at Latino & Native American Film Festival, and Honorable Mention for Best Mexican Documentary at Shorts México for “Kumeyaay Land”, Best Feature Children’s Advocacy at Artivist for “Kids of the Majestic”, and IFCT World Tour Award for Best Director for “The Laughter of God”. Executive Producer of Troopers Films (Audience Award for Best Documentary at Brooklyn Film Festival for “Arakimentari” directed by Travis Klose), of Palenque Filmaciones (Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic at Sundance for “Padre nuestro” directed by Chris Zalla), and of 25th Frame (Audience Award for Best Documentary at Milano Film Festival for “Picture Me” directed by Sara Ziff). He completed recently his fourth feature film “Pégame”, winner Best Mexican Feature at the 13th Rosarito International Film Festival. Verrechia Films LLC has its headquarters in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Verrechia Films is responsible in the making of music videos with Wu-Tang (“People Say”), Kanye West (“Wolves” with Kim Kardashian), Terence Trent D’Arby (“I Wanna Breathe”), Rihanna & Paul McCartney (“FourFiveSeconds”), Flume & Chet Faker (“Drop The Game”), Plies (“Fucking or What”), Rae Sremmurd (“Up Like Trump”), Tim Bendzko (“Programmiert”), Arty, Beck, Olu Bliss, Bronzon, The Calling, Nick Cannon, Darnaa, Deuce Eclipse, Dirty South, D Original, Gareth Emery, FK
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