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RIP Maxi Jazz /  by JoFF Rae

Maxwell Fraser (14 June 1957 – 23 December 2022), better known by his stage name Maxi Jazz, was a British musician, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. He is best known for his role as the lead vocalist of British electronic band Faithless from 1995 to 2011 and 2015 to 2016.

4 x short videos on the sticker scene... /  by JoFF Rae

episode #1

"I can collect stickers from a handful of my favorite artists from around the world hit the street and get them up, and I feel I am part of this family, in a way its like a collaboration..."

episode #2

"For me especially at the time and place I grew up, one of the most iconic stickers, believe it or not, was a fucking bumper sticker ...and it says: 'skateboarding is not a crime'." -Scott Bourne - Paris Many artists born in the '70s and '80s will tell you that one of their first graphic shock and influence were skateboarding brand stickers.

episode #3

"The big brands use the street, so why not, if you're an artist, use the street to let people see your work." DB BURKEMAN - NYC What makes stickers so great is that they help you to customize your environment and make it yours.

episode #4

"The medium is the message. Just doing something that encourages other people to take action, that democratize things in general and makes the world better... " Shepard Fairey - Los Angeles This is the 4th and final episode of the documentary, "Stick To It," an inside look at the worldwide culture of sticker art.

BOB FOSSE choreography... /  by JoFF Rae

Bob Fosse is one of my favourite dancers and choreographers. His groundbreaking jazz steps are influenced by the cake- and the camel walk, historical performed by great vaudeville dancers like Joe Frisco and Jack Cole, counteracted by his own inventions, the chick walk, the fan kick, the hinge walk and the drag step.

+ taking some time to appreciate Jazz Choreographer Bob Fosse...

Pitching French Films To Hollywood /  by JoFF Rae

Would French cinema masterpieces stand a chance in Hollywood? In order to present French Cinema as a unique movie experience, we pitched iconic French films to Hollywood heavyweights. Here's what they had to say.

Pitching French Films To Hollywood

Hollywood heavyweights reject top French films in an Ogilvy & Mather Singapore experiment

An aspiring French filmmaker sits down with Hollywood's top producers of big budget blockbusters to pitch his seemingly eccentric movie ideas. It doesn't go well. Unbeknownst to them, the scripts he describes have already been created and released to critical acclaim, even winning The Palme d'Or, the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film
Festival.

This is the crux of new short films released by Alliance Française de Singapour, part of the leading global network promoting French language and culture, in support of their efforts to promote French cinema to audiences in Singapore and around the world and grow its popularity.

What the experiment showed is that even the very best French cinematic masterpieces wouldn't have had a chance in Hollywood as they don't fit the traditional formula.

1 Giant Leap /  by JoFF Rae

1 Giant Leap is a collaborative video project for the 21st century which fuses music, words, sounds, rhythms and images from over 25 locations in 20 countries around the globe to celebrate diversity of musicians, story-tellers, authors, filmmakers, artists, entrepreneurs, artists, and thinkers from many different cultures. 1 Giant Leap is a title, a philosophy, a leap of faith that sprung from the minds of visionary UK musicians/visual artists Jamie Catto (Faithless) and Duncan Bridgeman. It is the embodiment of the unity in human diversity and a cross-cultural exploration of universal truth that is a global journey unto itself. 1 Giant Leap features: Kurt Vonnegut, Dennis Hopper, Ram Dass, Tom Robbins, Anita Roddick, Brian Eno, Michael Stipe (REM), Robbie Williams, Neneh Cherry, Speech (Arrested Development), Stewart Copeland, Baaba Maal, and many more.