The second exhibition at 12Mail Paris will open on friday 11th december, the artist is a young illustrator currently living in New York called Elisabeth Arkhipoff. Elisabeth works a lot in the music (M83, Dj Medhi, Hell, Dirty) and fashion fields (Anna Sui, Swarovski, ShowSTUDIO, Vogue US & Japan...). Elisabeth asked Arkhipoff 10 international musicians to record a track for an imaginary band called "Sport Hit Paradise". She gave the title of each track as well as the general direction and worked on some pieces based on the songs (drawings, collages, posters). the pieces will be showed at the gallery and 300 numbered cd's of the first "Sport Hit Paradise" album will be produced...
Musicians : Munk (Munich), Villeneuve (Paris), Discodeine (Paris), Satanicpornocultshop (Osaka), Ricky Hollywood (Vitry), In Flagranti (Berlin), Henning Specht (Toulouse), Baris K (Istanbul), Davide Balula (Paris), Gavin Russom (Berlin).
SPORT HIT PARADISE
A word that describes something extremely romantic
01. Bikini ballet (feat. Discodeine)
02. Je viens avec toi (feat. Satanicpornocultshop)
03. Christel graffiti (feat. Villeneuve)
04. 221 hours of fear (feat. Henning Specht)
05. Sunshine ou Noir (feat. Munk)
06. J'aime n'importe qui (feat. Ricky Hollywod & Liz Bastard)
07. Le Livre Rose (feat. Gavin Russom)
08. A number bigger than the biggest number imaginable (feat. Baris K)
09. Made of summer (feat. Davide Balula)
10. University of jeans (feat. In Flagranti)
ELISABETH ARKHIPOFF / SPORT HIT PARADISE "You In Me"
12Mail Paris from 11/12/09 to 12/02/10
Opening friday 11/12/09 from 6pm to 9pm
12 rue du Mail, 75002 Paris, France
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