{"id":56105,"date":"2017-03-30T12:03:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/?p=56105"},"modified":"2017-10-17T11:30:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T09:30:21","slug":"henrik-purienne-exclusive-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/2017\/03\/listen\/henrik-purienne-exclusive-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Henrik Purienne &#8211; Exclusive Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u201c<\/b><i>Henrik Purienne\u2019s photography has the unmistakable mixture of ethereal natural and physical beauty, with a warm and often exotic ambience. All this is interwoven with domestic and voyeuristic sexual imagery, which converge at a point between provocation and profundity<\/i><b>\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">Photographed for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLB_CXOyhpgjnBYYqY9YvPSW1Kqzz9lxfy\"><span class=\"s2\">Hot Stream<\/span><\/a> from February 2<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><sup>nd<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> to March 31<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><sup>st<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> 2017<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLB_CXOyhpgjnBYYqY9YvPSW1Kqzz9lxfy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>In your opinion, how can you combine visual art and music?<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span class=\"s1\">I think it\u2019s called \u2018a film\u2019? Although I do confess that at some point during film school I was somewhat of a \u2018video art\u2019 connoisseur.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><strong>Do you remember the first picture you ever took? Would you share it here?<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">I sent a telegram to my mom in South Africa to try locate it, but turns out Lord Kingsbury destroyed all our family photo albums when he ran away from home. I did; however, locate this relatively early work in the archive. It is a picture of an inter-racial blind couple in pre-94 South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56116 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/validation.maisonkitsune.bird.eu\/mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Purienne-photograph-300x450.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Does music inspire your work?<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">I always pimp dat 50 cent on set to get a club vibe going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><strong>If your art was a song, what would it be? Why?<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe Sound of Silence\u2019 by Simon &amp; Garfield. Since my art is like all 2D and shit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could shoot one artist for its album cover, who would it be?\u00a0Why?<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span class=\"s1\">Philip Glass. I would make a glass sculpture of him then shoot a silver bullet through it capturing a freeze frame on a high speed camera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there a song on Kitsun\u00e9 Hot Stream you think would have been great for your to depict?<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span class=\"s1\">I prefer if music and images are combined randomly. All abstract.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><strong>Now that you have linked your pictures with music, what other art would you like to explore?<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Sitting in a dark room crying for 3 days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Discover all his work:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.purienne.com\/\">Website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/purienne_\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHenrik Purienne\u2019s photography has the unmistakable mixture of ethereal natural and physical beauty, with a warm and often exotic ambience. 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