Gugenheim Becomes Creative Director: Bodyart, for Sony Music's new video "Messy Love"

Gugenheim was made Creative Director (Bodyart) for NAO’s “Messy Love” music video.

A gorgeous still from the otherwordly set of “Messy Love”. The dancers from start to finish were spectacular, working overtime to make sure each step was on point despite intensive choreography, multiple takes where sand had to be smoothed and reset, and the heat of the studio lights. Full list of credits for each dancer is below the post proper. Do take the time to check them out, you won’t be disappointed.

NAO’s otherworldy aesthetic is one that Victoria found especially beautiful, and was delighted to be a part of this female led creative team, working alongside dutch artistic director Lisette Donkersloot, who has a meticulously keen eye for detail, as demonstrated by the beautiful rolling shots.

Everything on set was Covid safe, with everyone being rapidly tested on site prior to a single brush stroke being applied. Despite the world being demi-apocalyptic, the show must go on!

You can Watch NAO’s Messy Love music video, below (sadly embedding isn’t permitted, but you can watch it by clicking and going to YouTube:)

All colours here were provided by the ever wonderful Cameleon Paint.

The blue top coat used was “Victoriouse” the metallic blue bodypaint named after Victoria Gugenheim, and used for Mystique in X Men and at the X Men premiere:

“Victoriouse” Bodypaint, named after Victoria Gugenheim. The finish is a mid deep metallic blue, as featured on Mystique in the X men premiere. Check out new products, meet the team, find the latest bodyart releases and more at https://www.cameleonpaint.eu.

Full list of credits and instagram are available to download, or you can link to any of these extremely talented people below, via instagram. Credit where credit is due.

FULL CREDITS:

DIRECTOR LISETTE DONKERSLOOT @lisettedonkersloot

MOVEMENT DIRECTION SHAY LATUKOLAN @shaylatukolan

DANCERS SHANNELLE ‘TALI’ FERGUS @tali_1301

NICEY BELGRAVE @niceybelgrave_

BELEN LEROUX @belen_fab18

DUJA SINADA @dujasinada

KITZ KATIKA @kikzkatika

MELODY SINCLAIR @melodysinclair

NICOLE HASTINGS @nicolehastings_

ROBIA MILLINER @robiamilliner

PRODUCTION COMPANY CAVIAR @caviar.tv

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DANIELLA MANCA @daniellamanca

PRODUCER LAUREN MILLS @lauren.thrills

MANAGING EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SORCHA SHEPHERD @scorchshepherd

COMMISSIONER KAT CATTANEO @kat_catt

RECORD LABEL SONY MUSIC @sonymusicuk

ARTIST MANAGEMENT SAM STUBBINGS @samstubbings

MANAGEMENT COMPANY NATIVE MANAGEMENT @nativemgmt

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY AARON REID @aarondop

PRODUCTION DESIGNER ASH HALLIBURTON @ashkhalliburton

1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MARK GILLESPIE @markollepsy

HAIR STYLIST, NAO EDMUND BOSSMAN @edmundbossmanhair

MAKEUP ARTIST, NAO MATA MARIÉLLE @mata_marielle

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, BODY ART VICTORIA GUGENHEIM @victoriagugenheim

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT MOYIN SAKA @moyiiin

2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CARLOTTA BECK PECCOZ @carlottabeckpeccozfilm

RUNNER PHOEBE MULVHILL @phoebemulvihill

RUNNER EDMUND BASSETT @paintliquor

STEADICAM OPERATOR GRANT SANDY-PHILLIPS @grantskg      

1st ASSISTANT CAMERA MURAT AKYILDIZ

2nd ASSISTANT CAMERA JACK LIGHTFOOT @lighty_foot

DIT RISHI RAO

GAFFER LAURENT ARNAUD @sparkswars

LIGHTING DESK OPERATOR JACK RYAN @jackryanlx

ELECTRICIAN ANNA BROOKS-BECKHAM

@Anna Brooks-Beckman

ELECTRICIAN KRUNAL SAADRANI @krunalsaadrani

LIGHTING RIGGER CHARLIE BRYANT

CHOREOGRAPHY ASSISTANT & DANCER SHANELLE ‘TALI’ FERGUSON @tali_1301

STANDBY ART DIRECTOR MIKA LAPID @mikalapizza

SET ASSISTANT MARTHA HOWE @martha.howe

SET ASSISTANT DARRYL OTTEN @darrylotten

STYLIST, NAO RAMARIO CHEVOY @ramariochevoy

COSTUME DESIGNER, NAO MAYA SCARLETTE @mayascarlettex

BODY ART ASSISTANT SUZANNE EDWARDS

HAIR STYLIST, DANCERS SHAMARA ROPER @shamara_roper

HAIR STYLIST ASSISTANT, DANCERS SHEREE-JOURDAN @x_sjourdan

COVID TESTING & MEDIC E&T MEDICAL

EDIT HOUSE TRIM EDITING @trimediting

EDITOR LAURA CAIRNEY-KEIZE @laura.c.k

POST PRODUCTION HOUSE, VFX BUTTERSCOTCH POST @butterscotchpost

VFX POST PRODUCER FATIMA OUKLILANE @powerffleur

VFX COMPOSITOR ROBERT CHANDLER 

VFX COMPOSITOR CHRISTOPHER JAMES BROWN

POST PRODUCTION HOUSE, COLOUR THE MILL @millchannel

COLOUR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CHARLIE MORRIS @charlesedmorris

COLOURIST ALEX GREGORY @alexgregorycolour

CAMERA KIT SUPPLIER ONE STOP FILMS @onestopfilms

LIGHTING KIT SUPPLIER GLO FILM LIGHTING @glofilmlighting

RIGGING EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER TRADITIONAL FILM RIGGING

SCISSOR LIFT SUPPLIER MEDIA ACCESS SOLUTIONS @mediaaccesssolutions

STUDIO AND CATERING SUGAR STUDIOS @sugarstudiosgreenwich

SPECIAL THANKS TO JO WALLACE @joeydovetail, SALVADOR GOMEZ-LOPEZ @ @glofilmlighting, MARGAUX BARUCH @mags_bch, WPA @wpagency & SILVERBACK CREW @silverback_crew

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Gugenheim Joins International Bodypainter Filippo Ioco for PINK London

PINK London is a fantastic fundraising event, part Body Art exhibition, part cocktail party, auction, and everything inbetween created by Ioco Benefits , a venture that work alongside the Pink Ribbon Foundation created by the Face Off guest judge, Filippo Ioco, to raise funds for breast cancer charities. At this star studded event including a multitude of  X Factor celebrities, Victoria was a copainter for the entire evening, helping to create the iconic pink ladies featured accross Europe at every PINK party and more. The event was generously sponsored by Flamingo Candles at the chic Bar Zebrano and all proceeds raised go straight to the charities that need it. Now returning to London for its 4th year, Victoria is set to paint alongside the inimitable Filippo Ioco once more. 

As ever, Victoria is sponsored by Cameleon Paint. Let's paint the world Cameleon! 



 

Victoria Creates #99RedBalloons in Solidarity with Perseucuted Atheists at International Secular Humanist Conference

#99RedBalloons was a Protest art installation standing in solidarity with persecuted atheists and blasphemers from across the globe, involving notable atheists including David Silverman of American Atheists.

The first of her protest installations, Victoria Gugenheim wants to carry on making bigger and bolder works of art in solidarity with those persecuted simply for nonbelief.

Each blood red balloon in the installation had the name of an atheist who had been persecuted or killed simply for their nonbelief, along with their reason for conviction and death or persecution date; akin to a toe tag on a cadaver.

The meaning of this was to bring an immediacy to the fact that atheists are persecuted, punished, taken away from their families, and killed accross the world, notably in Islamic states. But when a problem happens overseas, it's all too easy for people to see the problem as problem "over there". When one is holding something linking them to the event, it creates an immediacy; evidenced by one of the attendees breaking down crying at the "power of the protest". Another ended up holding a balloon with the tag of his friend on it: he found out on that night, that his friend had been assassinated.

Victoria believes that these pieces of work are vital in creating empathy and solidarity with those suffering under oppressive regimes, and that they encourage others to take action in fighting for the rights of people to not believe in any religion, with much more of her works coming up relating to this.

See her personal account of the work over on her instagram.


Watch the video here, or check out the photo's of the event below.