{"id":115959,"date":"2020-03-09T19:31:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T18:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=115959"},"modified":"2020-03-09T19:31:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T18:31:25","slug":"stripping-the-audiovisual-culture-with-matt-lambert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/stripping-the-audiovisual-culture-with-matt-lambert\/","title":{"rendered":"Stripping the audiovisual culture with Matt Lambert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Lambert opens up a voyeuristic lens of intimate moments in the lives of young people with changing sexual identities that redefine love and sexuality in the modern era. By subverting masculinity and recycling gender clich\u00e9s, he has underscored more than ever his iconic LGBT status in the world of film and photography. Set the lens to see through Lambert’s shots.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Queer eroticism<\/strong> and gay intimacy<\/strong> in the 21st century<\/strong> become the main themes of the film by the Berlin-based<\/strong> L.A. filmmaker and photographer. His background in fine arts and animation, as well as his experience as a commercial director in NY, have influenced his infinite artistic portfolio that portrays from youth communities<\/strong> in Berlin to Yves Saint Laurent<\/strong> campaigns.<\/p>\n

Already in 2015 Lambert<\/a><\/strong> was named one of the ten filmmakers of the future<\/strong> by The Tribeca Film Festival, while Dazed nominated him in its list of the top 100 creative influences. A year later, he represented PRETTYBIRD<\/strong> on the ‘Make Some Room’ panel at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Tilda<\/p>\n

One of the most outstanding works of the creative, who won the award for “best cinematography in a music video” at the Camerimage Festival in 2016, was the full-length clip ‘High School Never Ends’<\/strong><\/a> by Mykki Blanco<\/strong>, in which he projected an adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, ‘Romeo and Juliet’. After several works together, Lambert is today the only creative director of the visual production<\/strong> of the american rapper who is a reference in the LGBT community<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Pleasure<\/p>\n

In this neo-visual universe of films and images, art direction and fashion become essential languages in Lambert’s reading. As in his list of photographic books<\/strong><\/a>, in which we find shots like ‘Keim’<\/strong>, ‘Home’<\/strong> or ‘Pleasure Park’<\/strong> that capture the intimacy of gay youth in an explicit way, without censorship<\/strong>. In them, the sweat of the bodies is highlighted by neon lights that impregnate the halo of the sequence; the same sequence that is repeated in short films like ‘His Sweat’<\/strong> or ‘We are lovers’<\/strong>.<\/p>\n