CELINE HOMME
BOY DOLL
PARIS, FRANCE
JANUARY 2022
DIRECTED BY HEDI SLIMANE
MUSIC
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FOR CELINE
« FAVOURITE THING » PERFORMED BY SHITKID WRITTEN BY ÅSA SÖDERQVIST PRODUCED BY LUKE REILLY
COMMISSIONED AND CO-PRODUCED BY HEDI SLIMANE FOR BOY DOLL
CASTING, STYLING AND SET DESIGN HEDI SLIMANE
HAIR STYLIST ESTHER LANGHAM
MAKE-UP AARON DE MEY
BOY DOLL WAS FILMED BY HEDI SLIMANE IN PARIS. THE VIDEO WAS SHOT IN ONE OF THE MOST EMBLEMATIC VENUES IN PARIS.
L’OLYMPIA IS THE OLDEST MUSIC HALL IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL. THE HALL FIRST OPENED IN 1893 AS A SPACE FOR COUNTLESS OPERA, BALLET AND MUSIC PERFORMANCES.
L’OLYMPIA HOSTED A GRAND VENUE RE-OPENING IN 1954, WITH FRENCH PRODUCER BRUNO COQUATRIX AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE SPACE BECAME AN IMPORTANT STAGE FOR VENERATED ARTISTS. L’OLYMPIA HOSTED A PLETHORA OF SHOWS, INCLUDING FRENCH MUSIC PERFORMANCES FROM LÉO FERRÉ (1955), JULIETTE GRÉCO (1958), SERGE GAINSBOURG (1959) AND ESTEEMED INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANS SIDNEY BECHET (1955), BILLIE HOLIDAY (1958), LOUIS AMSTRONG (1959), ELLA FITZGERALD (1963), THE BEATLES (1964), THE ROLLING STONES (1965), JIMI HENDRIX (1966), BOB DYLAN (1966), JAMES BROWN (1967), DAVID BOWIE (2002) OR MORE RECENTLY THE STROKES (2020).
MUSIC
SHITKID
ONE OF SWEDEN’S MOST ENDURINGLY FASCINATING PUNK EXPORTS OF RECENT YEARS.
SHITKID MANAGED TO LEAVE HER DISTINCT MARK ON THE GLOBAL INDIE MUSIC SCENE IN A WHIRLWIND FIVE YEAR LONG BLAST. THE BRAINCHILD OF SINGER-SONGWRITER ÅSA SÖDERQVIST, THE SHITKID CATALOGUE SHIFTED SHAPE AT EVERY TURN, FROM THE THRILLINGLY RAW THRASH-POP OF HER EARLY EPS THROUGH TO HER ECLECTIC, GUITAR-DRIVE RUSH OF DEBUT ALBUM FISH, 2019’S SCINTILLATING ODE TO HER TEENAGE POP-PUNK LOVES, DETENTION, AND THE ELECTROPOP POLISH OF 2020'S 20/20 SHITKID, COMPLETED IN LOCKDOWN.
BANKS VIOLETTE
HEDI SLIMANE MET AMERICAN ARTIST BANKS VIOLETTE IN NEW YORK CITY IN 2005. BANKS HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED FOR MANY DIFFERENT EXHIBITION PROJECTS, INCLUDING HEDI SLIMANE’S SHOW AT THE FOAM MUSEUM, DURING THE SUMMER 2007. BANKS VIOLETTE´S WORK IS QUINTESSENTIAL OF THE EARLY 2000’S AND CONTINUES TO BE A STRONG INSPIRATION FOR THE CURRENT ART SCENE.
BANKS VIOLETTE
UNTITLED (FLAG), 2006
NO TITLE (HORSE/INVERTED), 2021
NO TITLE (HORSE), 2021
GALLERY: GLADSTONE GALLERY
ARTISTS GROUP SHOW
ED BRONER
LOST PARADISE, 2020
HATE PASTE
CRYING DISCO MAN, 2018
SHARADA TOLTON
I KNOW I AM BUT WHAT AM I?, 2019
STEVE REINKE
UNTITLED (THEY DID NOT HAVE THE MUSIC IN THEM), 2020
GALLERY: ISABELLA BORTOLOZZI
TOMMY COLEMAN
MID NIGHT THOUGHT, 2020
VIANDEBLEUE
CRYBABY FOREVER, 2020
JADE MONTSERRAT
DANCING TO A TUNE OF RADIANT EXHAUSTION, 2016
SPECIAL THANKS TO
L’OLYMPIA BRUNO COQUATRIX
LE MANSART
PILE OU FACE
SISTER MIDNIGHT
ALL COVID-19 HEALTH MEASURES WERE RESPECTED AND ENFORCED THROUGHOUT THIS PRODUCTION.