Dominican Photographic Narratives depicted by MELANIE GONZALEZ ART
PHOTOGRAPHY by MELANIE GONZALEZ ART:
in collaboration with "YELAINE NYC"
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Fine photography + Video by MGA
1. "Ezili Dantor, Freedom & The African Diaspora" - link
2. "BLACK IS US | 27th Concurso de Arte Eduardo Leon Jimenes, Museo Centro de Leon, Santiago, Republica Dominicana | 2018" - link
3. We Are All Here Because We Are Not All There" - link
4. "Shango - We Are Here Because You Were There | 2017" - link
5. "Yemaya - We Are Here Because You Were There | Performance at the American Museum Natural History | One Step Beyond 10th Year Season Finale | 2017 " - link
Modeling
1. "Maman Brigitte - We Are Here Because You Were There | 2017 " - link
Original analog photographic commissions by Melanie Gonzalez Art:
- Film photography
- Outdoor + Studio lighting
- Art direction/Director of Photography
- Analog post-processing + scanning
- Photo editing
- Set design/scouting
[Visual concept and designs by YELAINENYC, visual artist 2015-2018.]
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FINE PHOTOGRAPHY and VIDEO projects by Melanie Gonzalez Art in collaboration with “YELAINENYC”:
"Ezili Dantor, Freedom and the African Diaspora: We are here because you were there" | 2018
Original color medium format analog photography, art direction and experimental post-processing from the studios of Melanie Gonzalez Art.
"Ezili Dantor: Freedom and the African Diaspora", Yelaine Rodriguez, Melanie Gonzalez, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, 2018.
Featuring Nia Fields, Allie Mikko, and dancers.
[wave hill photography by Stefan_Hagen ]
“... Yelaine Rodriguez creates an installation of wearable art, video, and photography—a project she began developing during Wave Hill’s 2018 Winter Workspace…” Fine photography of Yelaine’s wearable art produced by Melanie Gonzalez Art.
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MGA for your fine photographic solutions...
"Black Is Us" | 27th Concurso de Arte Eduardo Leon Jimenes, Museo Centro de Leon, Santiago, Republica Dominicana | 2018
Original black and white portraiture, studio lighting and analog film processing by Melanie Gonzalez Art, New York City, 2018.
Featuring Edwidge Danticat, Felipe Luciano, Xiomara Henry, Melanie Gonzalez (photographed by Jacqui Kuraj), Rich James, and Richard.
In collaboration with YelaineNYC: “...Black Is US focuses on contemporary activists and artists from New York City of the pan-African Caribbean Diaspora. Influenced by The Last Poets poem “Black Is,” The Black Panther Party, and The Young Lords Party, Black Is Us is a Photo - Graphic series of those creatives/activists with roots in the Caribbean sea such as Edwidge Danticat Haitian American author, and Felipe Luciano from The Young Lords…”
Original black and white film studio photography by Melanie Gonzalez Art.
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Post-production film photography, printing, location scouting with SP...
"Maman Brigitte - We Are Here Because You Were There" | 2017
[Project by “YelaineNYC”]….inspired by a quote by cultural theorist Stuart Hall, is a commentary of the existence of a new Black culture created from The New World. Shot in Cuba, featuring Melanie Gonzalez as model, 2017. Film processing and projection recordings, gallery post-production photography by Melanie Gonzalez Art.
Image: Melanie Gonzalez as MAMAN BRIGITTE by YELAINENYC, photographed in Habana Cuba, 2017 by Alex Muñoz. Experimental analog film post-production by MGA.
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Live event video projections, editing and special events by MGA...
"Yemaya - We Are Here Because You Were There" | Performance at the American Museum Natural History | One Step Beyond 10th Year Season Finale | 2017
“...a performance piece and commentary [by “YELAINENYC”] of the existences of a new Black culture generated from The New World focusing on Yoruba Orisha Yemaya, ruler over the seas, mother, goddess of the home, fertility, love, and family. ...Live video projections, recordings, and photography and editing productions by Melanie Gonzalez Art.
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Portrait photography and commissions by MGA...
Shango - We Are Here Because You Were There | 2017
“...Rodriguez sources syncretic religious traditions found in African diasporic communities, such as Vodou and Santeria, to conceptualize wearable art and costume design...” Original photography and recordings produced by Melanie Gonzalez Art at the Siwanoy Trail in The Bronx, NY, 2017. ...Dominican singer and performer Carolina Camacho as Shango.
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Professional fine art photographic solutions by MGA
We Are All Here Because We Are Not All There: Rituals of an Ancestral Romance | 2016
“[Series] introducing a Three-Pointed Zemi inspired sculpture... Translated into “Sacred Things,” Zemis were rooted in ancestor worship during the Areitos ceremonies… Studio photography production by Melanie Gonzalez Art.
- Digital photography
- Studio lighting
- Art direction
- Post-production
Rodriguez, Gonzalez, Bainbridge collaborations:
1. "Maman Brigitte: We are here, because you were there", Longwood Gallery, Bronx, NY 2017
2. "Ezili Dantor: Freedom & The African Diaspora, Wave Hill, and The Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, NY
"Maman Brigitte Activation: We are here, because you were there", 2017 is a site-specific installation at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos by Bronx-based collaborative Yelaine Rodriguez, Melanie Gonzalez, Benton C Bainbridge.
This activation was performed on December 05, 2018.
For the exhibition finissage, Maman Brigitte comes alive in a projected environment of translucent fabrics. The performance is inspired by a quote by cultural theorist Stuart Hall and is a commentary of the existences of a new Black culture created from The New World.
Concentrated in Haitian and Dominican roots and traditions this performance looks at Maman Brigitte, the death loa in Hoodoo, the protector of cemeteries and graves. She guards spirits in the transition from life to their death. Maman Brigitte is from an ongoing series which celebrates the loa in costume, dance and events.
Rodriguez, Gonzalez, Bainbridge make mixed media, installations, and performances at the intersection of wearable art, performance art, and media art. Conceptual design/sculpture by Yelaine Rodriguez, Cinematography and Video Projection visuals by Melanie Gonzalez, Media Design by Benton C Bainbridge. 'Maman Brigitte' performed by Gina Goico. "Swing Forward While Swaying Back" exhibition curated by Amanda McDonald Crowley.
Melanie Gonzalez, Director of Photography
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Benton C Bainbridge, Media Artist
https://www.feed.art/
Yelaine Rodriguez, Interdisciplinary Artist and Scholar
http://www.yelainenyc.com
2015-2019
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