I Want To Break Free

Queen - I Want To Break Free 1984

A hymn. A song that always reminds me of the work of McDermott & McGough. The reason why it is okay to wear a cow-pattern leotard, pointy tits and sing while vacuum cleaning. The reason why it is okay to be Lady Gaga. And why we should never forget where we are coming from.
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Mrs. Carter's Non-Collaborateurs, In Non-Chronological Order

1. Herb Ritts Andie MacDowell in Hawaii, 1984
2. Leonor Fini The Ends Of The Earth, 1949
3. Marylin Minter Splish Splash, 2005
4. Irving Penn Issey Miyake, 1991
5. Man Ray Le Violon d'Ingres, 1924
6. Herb Ritts El Mirage, 1990
7. René Magritte The Lovers, 1928
8. Guy Bourdin In Between, 2010
9. René Laloux Fantatsic Planet, 1973
10. Erwin Blumenfeld Vogue, 1950
11. Robert Mapplethorpe Lisa Lyon, 1980

For her self-entitled #VisualAlbum 'BEYONCÉ', Beyoncé has been seeking expressionist advice from French surrealism and its tradition in film and fashion photography.

Beyond well-established motifs of modern and contemporary art, the content also reflects something soft-political: feminist speech clashes with sexist slang ('Bow Down Bitches') and masochistic submission ('I Cooked This Meal For You Naked.'). A work on rough love, drunk love, jealousy. Not an artwork though - but a commercially valuable, visual-acustic product.
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Work Bitch

Britney Spears - Work Bitch 2013

I am sorry to break it to you but this is going to be history. The bitch is back. And she is working it. Reversed triangle platforms (Silent Hill), desert car scenes (Spice Girls) and bisexual slave action (Madonna) are interwined in Britney's self-referential pop mesh. Add a perfume bottle product placement and pop becomes POP.
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A Short History Of Anime In Popular Culture (Interlude)

Michael Jackson % Janet Jackson - Scream 1995

The opening scene of the most expensive video of its time. A better version of 'The Scream'. And a reminder that everything that will be has been. I am looking forward to it (the future).
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A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture III

1. Philippe Caza Les Montres Du Placard, 1970s
2. Two Tom Untitled, 2007
3. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2010
4. Kylie Minogue Confide In Me, 1994
5. Comme des Garçons Shirt Spring/Summer 2013
6. Comme des Garçons Shirt Spring/Summer 2011
7. Gosha Rubchinskiy Spring/Summer 2013

The split screen comic grid. Allowing us to present several images within one. A multiplication of time, actions and thus, senses. The ideal principle of storytelling in a world dominated by CPA. A technique perfectly mastered by Pop and Fashion - in particular: Kylie Minogue and Rei Kawakubo.
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