Still from 'The End of Eating Everything,' A film by Wangechi Mutu
The night before the shoot, I swung by the cavernous Clinton
Hill studio to spritz and stretch the winkles out of the green screen, set up
the makeup station – complete with black latex body paint, and thread the room
with extension cords.
The next morning, Wangechi and Santigold discussed the
creature they were forming. Wangechi, pregnant in a skull t-shirt, and
Santigold, decked in shimmering bronze makeup, growled at each other until
Santigold took the form of the beast Wangechi had birthed. She snarled and
hissed, reared and snapped and became the face that Wangechi would build an
animation around.
I was the Production Manager for this video, ‘The End of
Eating Everything,’ which was just accepted to Sundance in the Shorts category.
Some of the crew are on their way to the launch. If you’re skiing in Utah, slide
in to see a screening in Salt Lake City January 17th through the 25th.
