It would be a second death, after all, most insects undergo a pupal transformation--most notably Lepidoptera--the cocoon stage, I believe this to be the actual model for the ancient Egyptian mummy. They weren’t trying to preserve the mortal body, rather they swaddled it, cocoon-like, knowing that at some point the outer casing would decay and free the immortal soul to go into it’s ...
‘A Game Called Zoo’, is a set of neuro-linguistic triggers. If you are reading this, you are already playing the game…
Dear_____ The news of your wedding came this afternoon. How the world has changed. I think of you and the summer we met. You and the Shepardess and Keith and Colin—and Mitch and mini-Mitch (and a host of co-workers whose names don’t come to mind readily…) You sneaking off to see Run Lola, Run; taking the early afternoon train to Pennsylvania—your broken heart; the under-pay; the string of ...
Memories the Brooklyn Navy Yard triggered: Abandoned since 1966. I walked past The ghosts of the Navy Yard transmitted to me Here is what I transmitted back… For my friend, Nicholas. Number 3 in an ongoing series of pieced together “snapshots” that double as a sort self-portraiture. The series ‘Instantanés pays homage to the collection of short fiction of the same name ...
Valentine’s Greeting for FZ: The Human Valve—listen for yours this Valentine’s Day. Created by Onome Ekeh for Featurezoo. Music: “One Million Years Ago” From the album ‘Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age’ (R.I.P. Trish Keenan) Read the “Valve Notes”: http://featurezoo.net/wordpress/?p=1623
contemplating the emptied out cobblestone streets, outsize graffiti monuments, barbed wire fences...
Inspired by the blizzard of 2010: as a child there appears a luminous gash in time in space this unravelling world a shivering kaleidoscope: let the trembling commence a grashopper in the snow an angel in full thrust glitter outside my window a snowverse snowverse by onome ekeh music: ‘ash’ by shuttle358/ from the album ‘chessa’ number six in an ongoing series of ...
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Couture Postcard for Haider Ackermann Fall 2011 Part of an ongoing series of couture postcards by Onome Ekeh. Stills via Style.com. Soundtrack: ‘You are a Bore’ written and performed by Fiji from the album ‘Fun Factory’ Fiji | Sandra Knecht @Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona ©2011 onome ekeh / http://featurezoo.net
A Paean to Rick Owens FALL 2011 Menswear Collection: Rick Owens Fall 2011 menswear collection. Re-imagined. Part of an ongoing series of couture postcards by Onome Ekeh. Stills via Style.com. Soundtrack: ‘Concrete Purgatory Part 3’ by Fellirium http://fellirium.wordpress.com/ ©2011 onome ekeh / featurezoo.net
Scene 1 from Intimate Relay by onomé ekeh Dramatis Personae (In Order of Appearance) Lucretia, our heroine Miss Eleggua a.k.a. “Legsy”, a young girl and our sometime referee Viktor & Rolf, the dandies next door Edgar & Violet a couple Britannicus & Octavia, twins in the garden Baron Samedi Great Aunt Brigitte A Baby SCENES: “A No-Man’s Land”; Viktor & Rolf’s Living Room; ...
‘A Game Called Zoo’, is a set of neuro-linguistic triggers. If you are reading this, you are already playing the game… Here are some instructions: