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[maubauu]

[Humanity’s Grief: All At Once]

~~Context~~

I drew this following the prompt “transformation.” This is a key point in a narrative that I’m working on where the world ends when this strange glowing being appears. The main character, Huā, is transformed from his human form (as seen above) to the cat form more commonly depicted. Similar occurrences happen to other people, but I'll get into that at some point later. The strange being, fueled by grief and bitterness at the modern world, puts a hold on humanity’s current order and crumbles it to start anew. More will be revealed as I make more art and as I develop this narrative and my following, so stay tuned :D

~~Symbolism~~

This thing is jam-packed with all sorts of symbols, which I'll list.

-Forehead Stuff: The being's forehead is a simple void of purple, which is meant to represent a cynical view of the world, the wish for complete destruction and renewal, and intimidating emptiness. Huā’s third eye represents the mind's eye and imagination, strangeness, and mysticism. In its current eclipsed state, it represents extreme intensity and strangeness.

-Clothing: The Being’s ribbon represents restriction and obligation and the makeup is a reference to Chinese opera. The clothing/neckline is a reference to Hanfu.

-Colors/Values: I wanted everything to be super dreamy, ethereal, and intense. I kept everything super glowy with nothing too saturated other than the yellow to draw more emphasis to that ethereal glow.

-Expression: Huā’s expression is supposed to be the onset/happening of a panic attack. Everything is supposed to be intense and that being was born from an intense moment.

~~ References and Inspiration~~

I was heavily inspired by Everything, Everywhere, All At Once for this. It's my favorite movie and I reference it a lot in both my art and my writing. The sticky note on the right with the circle, the being's forehead marking, and Hua's eye-eclipse situation are all based on the motif of nothingness depicted as a black circle in EEAAO.

I also referenced performance art, specifically the last act of Swan Lake (The Dying Swan) and Chinese/Peking opera. The Dying Swan was referenced in the being's pose, foreshadowing the end of the world. Chinese opera was referenced in the being's makeup and eyelash things. I chose Chinese opera because it is such an intense artform. I think it depicts the emotional intensity of the being's conception properly. Its clothing is more or less just hanfu inspired, nothing too special about it reference-wise.

The shirt Huā is wearing is loosely based on Mitski's song "Last Words of a Shooting Star" because of the comet designs on it. I also reference her love for checklists on a sticky note. Ty Mitski for putting me on to task planning.

I included a lot of my personal trinkets in this as well. My iPad, my old stylus, my plant, my desk, my sketchbook, my lamp, even my blinds. It's all stuff I own.

The posters are also references. The one on the left is a simple Lunar New Year-themed one and the one on the right is a reference to Carol & the End of the World because I loved how it depicted the apocalypse.

The musical inspirations for this (looping songs is part of my process) are:

-The Deal by Mitski

-Opera Fight by Son Lux and Surrija

-Evelyn All At Once by Son Lux

[sailermoon]

can’t believe this is a real song

[janelui]

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#haveyouheard: “Barcelona” by Surrija.

Available online here.

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(Surrija)

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Everything Everywhere All at Once has a score by Son Lux with a soundtrack including Mitsky, Moses Sumney, Randy Newman, Surrija, David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu, weatherman Rob Moose, and André 3000 playing the flute ! Movie of the year

[lightning-storm-studies]

89/100 Days of Productivity

🐷 I attended all lectures (online)

🐷 Finished a Numerical Methods II assignment

🎧 Surrija - Nothing Love

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Listen to David Byrne and Mitski's duet on 'This Is A Life'

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Listen to David Byrne and Mitski's duet on 'This Is A Life'

David Byrne and Mitski have released a new collaboration today (March 8). Listen to ‘This Is A Life’ below.

The song features on the soundtrack for the new A24 film, Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Son Lux have scored the sci-fi action film by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The film is released in the US on March 25 (UK date TBA), while the soundtrack lands on April 8.

Other contributions on the soundtrack come from Andre 3000, Randy Newman, Moses Sumney, Nina Moffitt, Chris Pattishall, Rob Moose, yMusic, Surrija, and actor Stephanie Hsu.

Listen to ‘This Is A Life’ here:

Sharing a statement about their work on the project, Sox Lux said: “Even though we knew from the moment Daniels asked us to score this film that it would push us in new and unexpected directions, we couldn’t have predicted how much we’d learn from the project.

“What emerged was our most ambitious undertaking to date, over two years in the making, resulting in two hours of new music. It was an opportunity for us to play, to infuse humour into our work, and to experiment from and beyond our various musical backgrounds.”

You can see the full details of the soundtrack here:

Everything Everywhere All At Once original soundtrack:

01. ‘This Is A Life’ (Extended) [ft. Mitski and David Byrne] 02. ‘Wang Family Portrait’ 03. ‘Very Busy’ 04. ‘Vvvery Busy’ 05. ‘What Are You Thinking About?’ 06. ‘What A Fast Elevator!’ 07. ‘Switch Shoes To The Wrong Feet’ 08. ‘Nothing Could Possibly Matter More’ 09. ‘A Choice’ 10. ‘Chapstick’ 11. ‘The Fanny Pack’ 12. ‘Jobu Tupaki’ 13. ‘The Alphaverse’ 14. ‘The Mission’ [ft. Nina Moffitt] 15. ‘Deirdre Fight’ 16. ‘Waymond Cries’ 17. ‘I Love You Kung Fu’ 18. ‘My Life Without You’ [ft. André Benjamin] 19. ‘The Story Of Jobu’ [ft. Nina Moffitt] 20. ‘Rendezvous At The Premiere’ 21. ‘It’s You… Juju Toobootie’ [ft. Chris Pattishall and Nina Moffitt] 22. ‘Everything Bagel’ 23. ‘You’re Living Your Worst You’ 24. ‘The Boxcutter’ [ft. André Benjamin] 25. ‘Send Every Available Jumper’ 26. ‘Opera Fight’ [ft. Surrija and yMusic] 27. ‘Dog Fight’ [ft. André Benjamin] 28. ‘Drummer Fight’ 29. ‘Plug Fight’ 30. ‘Pinky Fight’ [ft. André Benjamin] 31. ‘I Have Been Watching’ [ft. Rob Moose and Nina Moffitt] 32. ‘Somewhere Out There In All That Noise’ 33. ‘Jobu Sees All’ 34. ‘The Temple’ 35. ‘Evelyn Everywhere’ 36. ‘Evelyn All At Once’ 37. ‘This Is How I Fight’ 38. ‘In Another Life’ 39. ‘It All Just Goes Away’ 40. ‘Clair de Lune’ (Pied au Piano) [ft. Chris Pattishall] 41. ‘Come Recover’ (Empathy Fight) 42. ‘Your Day Will Come’ (Empathy Fight) 43. ‘Let Me Go’ 44. ‘Specks of Time’ 45. ‘This Is A Life’ [ft. Mitski and David Byrne] 46. ‘Fence’ [ft. Moses Sumney] 47. ‘Now We’re Cookin’’ [ft. Randy Newman] 48. ‘Sucked Into A Bagel’ [ft. Stephanie Hsu] 49. ‘I Love You’

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André 3000, Mitski, and Moses Sumney, and More Feature on Soundtrack to New A24 Movie Everything Everywhere All at Once

André 3000, Mitski, and Moses Sumney, and More Feature on Soundtrack to New A24 Movie Everything Everywhere All at Once

André 3000, Randy Newman, Moses Sumney, David Byrne, Mitski all contributed to the new soundtrack for Everything Everywhere All at Once, an A24 film scored by Son Lux. Mitski and Byrne duet on “This Is a Life,” and André 3000 plays flute on the record. Other contributors include Nina Moffitt, Chris Pattishall, Rob Moose, yMusic, Surrija, and actor Stephanie Hsu. See the full tracklist below. The…

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Try not to pee in your pants but First single NOTHING LOVE drops FRIDAY 1/10/2020!!  It goes first because it's become a kind of declaration. This album is the boldest things I've ever made and it was the natural and surprisingly easy choice to open the album with. It's blunt, confident, and definitely resolute. Features some seriously mind-blowing riffs by Matt Chamberlain and Christine Tavolacci. I hope you hear fireworks. I hope you hear what sounds like mobs cheering and getting lost to the same beat. #albumSurrija #sophandmaxgetfb #surrija (at The Mind Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5_AfaspgL9/?igshid=6ykvloxu4nh0

[janelui]

This one means a lot. An enormous thank you to @audiofemme’s Jason Scott for this deeper look into Sylvette, the record, and life in general. And here SYLVETTE exclusively on the article for the next couple days! ⁣LINK IN BIO. ⁣ Ps. Her real name is Lydia Corbett. “Sylvette 1954” is the portrait which @likewatchwork and I wrote this after. ⁣ ⁣ #albumsurrija #surrija #newmusic #newmusicalert #newsingle #singersongwriter #electro #pop #artpop #poprock #indiemusic #indieartist #record #album #picasso #lydiacorbett https://www.instagram.com/p/B9VdGVkpzxj/?igshid=xk5g0n3ow4e7