SEKSUVISION

This short film was shot on black and white 16mm way back in 1996. Written and directed by Jean Ibrahim, shot and edited by Kevin Sukho Lee, starring Lisa Saaf and Joe Bolan, featuring the voices of Boris and Lydia Kuniavsky. Never screened or entered in any festivals. This is kind of a spoiler but be sure to pay close attention or else you may miss the subtle difference between the two stories which affect their outcomes.

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This is a cut down 4 minute “music video” version of The Secret Life of Cartoons, re-edited to a song by Foetus (which is actually a remix/cover of a Raymond Scott song called Powerhouse). The original version of this video was 19 minutes and featured live audio by Steev Hise. It was a collaborative project conceived and performed for a live multi-media event called Noise-a-Palooza II, held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on August 12, 1994 by the Ann Arbor Film Co-Op. Here again the video editing technique was the same Sukho used on The End Times video. However, this re-edit was done on an actual editing console as opposed to a VCR.

One interesting fact about this collaboration between Steev and Sukho was they did not see or hear what each other was doing until the night of the performance/showing. The only organization was a timing sheet where themes were agreed upon in advance.

Again, this is the shortened version and does not include Steev Hise’s audio – the full piece is probably too long to post here at this time.

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This is an early ’90s music video made by Sukho for a shock rock band called The Spo-It’s. The technique was similar to Sukho’s The End Times video – using two VCRs to edit two separate collages and mixing them together in a studio. The difference here is the use of not just found footage but live band footage as well.

By the way, if you are easily offended by nudity, bondage, etc. you may want to avoid watching this.

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Here’s an old (early ’90s) video Sukho made using two VCRs and lots of VHS tape. Two collage tapes were edited and then “mixed” live at a studio, so the layering and juxtapositions are pretty much random – though occasionally there are some nice happy accidents. The only festival this was screened at was the very first Chicago Underground Film Fest back in 1994. It was also in conjunction with a short-lived cable access TV show in Ann Arbor, Michigan called The End Times. Maybe we’ll post some clips from that show at some point? It was a mix of live footage of underground bands, shorts made by underground filmmakers, and Sukho’s own video collage/cut-up video. The highlight of the show was getting angry callers to call in and denounce it.

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