In October 2010, The New Sound Karaoke was invited to host Art in General’s annual Halloween fundraiser. For the occasion, Waterfall and Service debuted a mash-up of Taylor Dayne’s Tell It to My Heart, transformed into an entirely new song by underground musician and producer Ava Omega Jardin. The piece marked the duo’s launch into the “pop music stratosphere,” pushing their fictional marriage saga into the cult of celebrity.
The video featured a hand-drawn digital animation by artist Kinho Karsyn, who digitally traced and painted images from an original photo shoot. Alongside The New Sound, artists Jeanine Oleson, June Fagley, Khaela Maricich, Michael O’Neil, and Ben Coonley presented original karaoke videos and live performances.
A couple of years earlier, I discovered Kinho Karsyn’s videos on YouTube. At the time, he was a young mega-fan of Britney Spears from Brazil who re-created her music videos frame by frame using a simple digital paint program. I was obsessed with the wonkiness, distortions, and bright colors. After much convincing, he finally agreed to create the artwork for our video — as long as we supplied him with a fresh set of photos. The rest is all Kinho.
Kinho’s art
Photos from the AIG fundraiser event:
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