🇺🇦 On The Ground — In #conversation with @alanbadoev#AlanBadoev: “When bombs hit your country, when your friends die, you can not stand uninvolved. You must be on the light side, where the truth is.”
A week ago marked the fifth month of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of #Ukraine. Since then, millions of people have been displaced, thousands have died and cities have been completely destroyed. A statisic by Statista shows that since the start of the invasion, around five million #Ukrainians have crossed the Polish border as refugees. When sitting in a safe place in Germany, the pain most Ukrainians are going through is unimaginable and unthinkable and the urge to help steadily increasing while the sense of utter helplessness is constantly creeping up on you. Since February, Ukraine has been dominating the news, but five months in, the news cycle is slowly moving on, and other horrible things are making headlines. But doesn’t mean that the war is over. Russia is committing war crimes almost on a daily basis, with unspeakable videos emerging and stories being told, that are so horrible you can’t believe they’re real.
KALTBLUT had a long conversation with the #Ukrainian#film#director and producer Alan Badoev, who is currently working on a documentary film about the war. The documentary features videos sent by ordinary people documenting their experiences, both devastatingly sad and happy. Alan is one of the most well-known filmmakers in #EasternEurope, having directed well 600 music videos.
read it here https://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/alan-badoev-en/
Thanks to @katerynakhotieieva for organising and translating the interview.
interview by @johannaurbancik
Photo credits: @dmytrokomissarenko
Style: LUVI
Hair: Sergey Trosko
MUA: Nata Strilchuk
I’M BISEXUAL! WHAT’S YOUR SUPERPOWER?!
A KALTBLUT exclusive starring Dildolette – bisexual dragqueen, non-monogamous superheroine. Photography by Jacek Narkielun. Dildolette – a bisexual #warrior from Rainbow Queer Planet, comes to Earth. Concerned by the current situation, she decides to save her #queer sisters and brothers from extermination. Inspired by the heroines from #comic books and B-class sci-fi erotic movies she jumps in the cosmic sex bomb costume to fight on behalf of the moral and sexual liberation of the #LGBTQ+ community. Her mission is to remove from power the vengeful and intolerant leader (of the country) and his people.
https://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/im-bisexual-whats-your-superpower/
Model is @dildolette
Art director, postproduction, superpowers: @dildolette
& @bisexualtopboy
Photography by @narkielun
Costume by @anna_mestwinowa
Makeup by @blackdiva_queen
Wig by @madame.meduse
Choreography by @redjuliette.burlesque#dildolette#bisexual#lgbt#dragrace#comic#superpower#superhero#dragqueen#dragqueenpoland#dragartist#polishdragqueen
The Vices offer talented bands an international stage
“Today we launch the official Play at ViceFest campaign. Play at #ViceFest is a unique opportunity for talented new #artists to showcase their #music to an international audience. The winner will get to perform at all four editions of The Vices’ own ViceFest, set to take place in #London, #Groningen, #Antwerp and #Berlin.”
@vicefestofficial@wearethevices#reel
Video Premiere: @_voidie – ‘Pushing Daisies’
After several years of writing #music behind closed doors, Voidie releases his new heartfelt EP Claustrophobic alongside a video for the lead #single ‘Pushing Daisies’. Director Ollie Steer explains that ‘Pushing Daisies’ is a “#dark and morbid take on a generally light and happy genre. Following our last #video, this one fills the role of evil twin and offers a harsh contrast to the previous release. This nightmarish yet charming story unfolds giving an insight into mine and Voidie’s minds. We strived for a piece of art: a collaboration, a duality – and that’s what we achieved”.
A photo project & an #interview by @emilhusaint with the creator of ‘HEN’ – @johannybert
Created by Johanny Bert (Théâtre de Romette, France) and inspired by Sweden’s #gender-neutral pronoun, @hen.show is the name of a #hybrid character who transforms and plays male and female images with #sarcasm and insolence at will.
Puppet figure manipulated by two actors, HEN is full of life, exuberant, enraged, and virile #diva in #heels who expresses themselves by singing love, hope, bodies, and sexuality with a lot of freedom. At the time of a search for identity or a desire to define everything, HEN is an extraordinary character who does not seek to be standardized.
Before taking #photos of HEN during the #show, Emil Huseynzade interviewed the creator Johanny Bert a couple of hours before the start of the final show of ‘HEN’ in Teatro do Bairro in frames of FIMFA Lx22 – Festival Internacional de Marionetas e Formas Animadas.
read the interview here: https://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/a-photo-project-an-interview-by-emil-huseynzade-with-the-creator-of-hen-johanny-bert/
#art#kaltblutmagazine