caroline contillo

One night I was watching Grey Gardens with my friend Alana. Alana said, during the scene where Little Edie Beale comes down the stairs in order to dance around with an American Flag, “It looks like she’d dancing to Madonna.” So I made a video wherein i spliced scenes of Grey Gardens together and set [...]

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CN Mystic Pizza Sign.jpg, originally uploaded by corvar.

So I filmed a spot for the show Cinematherapy, where Chuck Nice from Best Week Ever therapizes women on an inflatable couch, using a classic chick flick as [...]

For those of you who might be, for example, a relative who googled my name in an effort to figure out just what exactly it is that I’m doing in New York, allow me to provide some updates, academic and otherwise.
I’m currently wrapping up my my Junior year at Hunter. I’m taking five courses [...]

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kristen stewart… when will you come out of the closet?, originally uploaded by ccontill.

Leila Waddell (1880-1932), Crowley’s most famed Scarlet Woman, is a powerful historical figure in magic and Thelema in her own right. Immortalized in The Book of Lies and the Confessions and familiarly addressed by Crowley as Laylah, she was a writer, magician, musician, daughter of Irish immigrants to Australia, mother, and founding member of the [...]

Expressionist exotic dancer and actress in German silent movies, Anita Berber epitomized for many the decadence of Weimar-era Berlin (1918-1933). However, recent scholars have re-evaluated her as an icon of unfettered sexuality and a precursor of modern-day performance artists.
more.

Vivien was born in London, England to a wealthy British father and an American mother from Jackson, Michigan. She grew up in Paris and London. Upon inheriting her father’s fortune at 21, she emigrated permanently to France.
In Paris, Vivien’s dress and lifestyle were as notorious among the bohemian set as was her verse. She lived [...]

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walking down 11th ave at magic hour, originally uploaded by ccontill.

indefinite and dumbfounded
spineless luminescent blobs
And armored scuttling featherweights
rest their nervous systems.
Silt extending as far as the
Fan can grow.
Vents of noxious tendrils
Shooting grit
And
sand.

in an effort to update more, i will be doing a Lady of the Day post.

Solita Solano was born in New England in 1888. Both in youth and maturity she was strong-willed, inquisitive, and independent. Expressing her dislike for educational systems and her love of travel early in life, she spent three years in the [...]

I’ve always been fascinated with art made by non-artists. Dance is a particularly compelling one. This project where scientists competed to dance their theses is pretty awesome. videos are found at the link below.
The 2009 AAAS/Science Dance Contest