A Doll's History

This side of memory
The great forgetting
The beautiful and the unseen
The last to last.

Performed by Jessica Rogers

A DOLL'S DAY

Face The Body

Mirror The Dress

Money The Message

Car The Call

Guy The Workout

Angst The Dream

Slim The Eat

Hair The Look

Drive The Day

Window The Eyes

Performed by Ava Vassileva

Life Of A Doll

Life Of A Doll

Deoro
Cicgu
Niamar
Nogaerref
Sobs
Sehmer
Dapra
Eclod
Roet
Nyiffat
agirulb
Allcavia
Inovalten
Endif
Ittogabi
Orode
Life
Of
A
Doll

Dreaming Los Angeles

"It's the third time that I work with Brit Newton. Here she performs as a doll at Griffith Observatory, dreaming of Los Angeles.
It's a dream of plastic, viewpoint monument, wildfire and an iconic movie star.
The motionless doll and the mirror movement of the lyrics -
that's what interested me here."
Eckhart Schmidt

Roma Amor

Eckhart Schmidt about “RomaAmor”

“Rome is the place of my new photo project. It’s about stone, marble, iron and love. I shot it on spectacular and legendary Roman places like the Via Appia Antica, Piazza del Popolo, Castel Sant’Angelo and the Stadio Dei Marmi that Mussolini built between 1927-32. It’s a walk through the history of the Eternal City, starting off in the times BC – and it’s a photographic poem with dreaming girls on stone, marble and iron.”


L’ADDIO

Andare via
Con la pietra mutulata
Andare via
Con la terra santa
Andare via
Con il sogno eterno
Andere via
Con il sonno grande
Andare via
Con i fiori feriti
Andare via
Con l’ombra degli alberi
Andare via
Con la neve nera
Andere via
Con la strada infinita
Vestiti bianchi
Bambola della luna

UNA VITA NUOVA

Ho bisogno della forza dell’acqua
Ho bisogno del potere del leone
Ho bisogno del desiderio monumentale
Ho bisogno delle mure prottetive
Ho bisogno dei piedi di pietra
Per questa vita nuova

AMORE AMARO

Ti giuro
Ti prego
Ti aiuto
Ti amo
Ti credo
Ti adoro
Ti perdo
Ti prometto
Ti odio
Ti stringo
Ti abraccio
Ti bacio
Ti sequo
Ti guardo
Ti condanno
Ti perdono
Ti dimentico
Ti ricordo
Ti sento
Ti voglio
Ti ascolto
Ti conosco

INMARMORATA

Adesso
Mostrare
Per il vento del tempo
Per un momento della eternita
Per la verita del cuore
Per la notte del silenzio
Il mio primo amore
Il mio primo amore inmarmorato

AMOR DETTO ROMA

Fuori
Di me
Del tempo
Del sogno
Del spazio non proibito
Delle citta
Della guerra
Della spiaggia di solitudine
Fuori
Di te
Per sempre
Amor
Detto
Roma
RomaAmor

In RomaamoR performed Nilowfer Awan (2-5) and Marzia Mancini(1)

German Media Review "Mulholland Drive"

We are happy to report that reviews for the current showing of "Mulholland Drive" at Stephen Hoffman Gallerie in Munich is a big success.



The influential Sueddeutsche Zeitung published a photo sequence:

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/65/479554/bilder/


And Germany's largest daily Bild followed suit:


http://www.bild.de/BILD/regional/muenchen/aktuell/2009/07/14/erotischer-fotoroman/in-der-galerie-hoffman.html

Window Girls Coming To Venice Beach

Eckhart Schmidt’s “Window Girls” Book and Show Are Coming To Venice Beach!

The exhibit will run at the world-famous Equator Books in Venice, CA from July 25 – September 12, 2009.
Opening Reception with the artist
July 25, 2009 from 7 – 11 pm.

Equator Books
1103 Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, CA 90291
310-399-5544
mail@equatorbooks.com

A limited edition catalog (retail $75) of the exhibit will be available throughout the show.

Mulholland Drive - Opening Scenes

David Lynch, Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Michael Stipe, Vladimir Nabokov, David Hockney and more - a long list of artists have contributed work to the myth that is Mulholland Drive.

In the words of writer David Thomson it is an iconographical road from which God and the Devil cast their eyes upon one of the most fascinating cities in the world: Los Angeles.

Mulholland Drive, not only home to stars and billionaires but also a place of love and adventure – 55 miles atop the hills between Hollywood and the ocean.
Its wild canyons a place where many girls fall victim to crime.

Eckhart Schmidt’s latest photo project is an "art photo novella“.
In eleven "Opening Scenes“ Schmidt describes the beginning of eleven girls’ destinies.
A photographic tale about girls stranded on Mulholland Drive.
How the stories end is up to every observer’s imagination.

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Opening Scene One

"We had a fight about absolutely nothing. The usual. He stopped the car. He got out and took the keys with him"

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Opening Scene Two:

"Never go with a stranger, my mother told me. He took me to Mulholland Drive to meet some friends. But out of the blue, he changed his mind"

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Opening Scene Three

"This is what Jack Nicholson calls a pool party?! He invites 20 girls, has them picked up by drivers, looks them over and decides who stays. I had to leave"

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Opening Scene Four

"Hell! No! Not me! I hate these cameras that catch every move you make. A John called. He has seen my ad in LA weekly. The one that says: I´m the one that will make you happy."

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Opening Scene Five

"What is wrong with a blind date? I´m 24 and I haven´t had a boyfriend in 5 years."

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Opening Scene Six

"Perhaps I should earn my money as a hooker."

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Opening Scene Seven

"I´m just coming out of rehab, but I don´t happen to be a star"

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Opening Scene 8

"They think I´m mad. And maybe I am, completely crazy. Read an ad in LA Weekly: Ophelia wanted. No pay."

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Opening Scene 9

"Go to the cops right now and tell them what I did? Nope!"

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Opening Scene Ten

"What can I say? I just love it out here. Only one thing irritated me lately, when Steve made like a funny remark about my boyfriend seeing other men."

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Opening Scene Eleven

"I´m going to tell the detectives what I did. In the media I´m going to be the bitch that betrayed her lover. I know I have to live with it."


The End/ Das Ende.

Georgie Moments In The Lives Of Brit And Ava

Brit: Just hanging out! I feel really lonely. I wonder what Ashton is up to. I can’t get him out of my mind. He’s so hot!

Brit: I love nature. I can really relate to my favorite tree. We are both twisted and blown apart by the wind of time, gnarled and injured. Thank heaven my pants are comfy.

Brit: I am soooo drowsy. Got to get some oxygen in my brain!

Gotta change my mood. White, Let the light into my life. Ah, the ocean breeze, the sun on my skin. I know I’ll see Ashton again.

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Girl Fight:

Brit to roommate Ava who shows up on Ocean Blvd.:
What are YOU doing here? I can’t believe you have the nerve to wear my blue Georgies. You know they are my favorite pants.

Brit: How dare you wear my blue Georgies? Because of you I had to grab these Georgies. They are much to long for me.

Ava: I´m going to wear those Georgies too if you don´t stop bitching, baby.

Brit: Don’t you call me baby! You stop bitching, bitch! Don´t think I don´t know that you met Ashton behind my back.

Ava: Only to protect you, hon! And by the way, I didn´t call him. He called me. And just so that you know: we made out.

Brit: yeah right, you kissed Asthon as a kind of sacrifice to protect me. Sure!

Ava: Exactly, hon. To show you what kind of guy he is.



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Girl Reunion

Ava: You´re still too young for love.

Brit: Did Ashton say that?

Ava: No, but I do. He´ll break your heart and throw you away.

Brit: What if I want my heart broken and want to been thrown away?

Ava: Don´t be silly.

The girls hang out. Brit thinks about everything that Ava said.

Brit: Perhaps you´re right, I´m young. I am only 17 and never had a real boyfriend.

Ava: Let’s get a new perspective!

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Girls' Night Out

Ava: Funny, you´re wearing the white Georgies. I´m wearing the blacks.

Brit: Yep, you´re the devil.

Ava: And you´re the angel, hon.

Still friends. Still best friends.

Ava and Brit: Let’s toast to being BFFs!

Georgie Girls Unite!

Performed by Britney Newton and Ava Vassileva.

Eckhart Schmidt Photography

The End.