Premiere October 22nd 2013 on Channel 4 Random Acts Featuring original music by Diplo, with tracks by Actress and Plaitum
Protein present the directorial debut film by the New York-based artist and filmmaker Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic, the powerful, poetic and beautifully haunting SCRIPTURA VITAE, commissioned by Protein for C4 Random Acts.
Premiering on Tuesday October 22nd 2013 on Channel 4 the film is a hypnotic visual story exploring the dualities of life and death, art and artist featuring Japanese actress Miho Nikaido.
Showcasing original music by the Grammy nominated Diplo, with supporting tracks by London’s acclaimed avant-garde producer Actress and emerging electronic duo Plaitum. Lauded sound designers LISTEN supply a driving score, seamlessly blending together Diplo, Actress and Plaitum’s productions.
Art shares the screen with the two painted performers; the ethereal Butoh dancer Maki Shinagawa and acclaimed Japanese actress Miho Nikaido, best known for her role in the once banned cult classic, Tokyo Decadence (1992). A film written by the subculture novelist Ryu Murakami and scored by Yellow Magic Orchestra’s pioneering composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto. With Miho Nikaido’s performance in Tokyo Decadence aptly preceded by a three year apprenticeship under the iconic founder of Butoh himself, Kazuo Ohno.
The Cannes Grand Lion award winning agency Fake Love interpreted Mestrovic’s artwork and breathed life into the flowing, calligraphic visuals of the film. As Co-director Shane Annas lends his signature editing style giving rise to SCRIPTURA VITAE.
Tuesday 22nd October 2013 on Channel 4: Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic?s ?SCRIPTURA VITAE?
WATCH THE TRAILER: www.SCRIPTURAVITAE.com
About Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic
Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic is a Designer, Calligrapher and Creative Director of the New York and London based label Earnest Endeavours. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Mestrovic is a graduate of both PRATT Institute and TEMPLE University of Japan, and has lived and worked in New York and Tokyo.
He has collaborated extensively with KANYE WEST and his creative team and worked with the legendary Parisian fashion house KENZO, most recently for their Paris Fashion Week runway show. He has exhibited in New York, Tokyo, London, Miami Art Basel and was chosen by Beck’s to introduce a new Artist Series collaboration alongside five other creative luminaries, including M.I.A. He was named by the UK’s Dazed & Confused Magazine as a Top Young Creative in 2010 whilst showing at Dietch Project’s spinoff gallery, The Hole NYC, and has also collaborated with contemporary art icon Jeff Koons & Kiehls.
Aerosyn-Lex was recently honored and awarded a Rising Star as part of the Top 40 Alumni from the prestigious Pratt Institute.
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