What Came First?

Decidastyle — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:04:14 +0000

People who call themselves norm-critic and mistrust other people who have non-academic knowledge? Knowledge didn't come from the University - IT STARTED IT!

The Chicken Or The Egg?

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The Stylosopher: Rita-Levi Montalcini

Decidastyle — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:40:23 +0000

"Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them. "

– Rita Levi-Montalcini

Above all, don’t fear difficult moments.

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Black Face and Sweden

Decidastyle — Sat, 12 May 2012 11:17:25 +0000

- a discussion about stereotypes, entertainment and strategies of Anti-Racism.

UTMÄRKT Kulturnyheterna feat. två 2FACED1s; min gamle klasskamrat och Kim + organisatören Nathan ang. paneldiskussionen, nya voguing filmen "Leave It On The Floor", Tribunal 12 idag.

a discussion about stereotypes on Sunday (kl 15 på Bio Rio)

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Show Time @ Selfridges

Decidastyle — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:38:44 +0000

I created a performance for Selfridges and Swedish Hasbeens in Mars, featuring some amzing dancers and gymnasts from both Sweden, London and Australia! Above you se Therese who's not here for her good looks - the girl is multiple Swedish Champion in Rythmic Gymnastics, below Voguer/ Waacker Bianca, Circus-artis Rhiannon and the dancers! As dim as it might sound - I don't have video of this...But Pernilla said she became teary-eyed so you'll have to trust her nerve for sentimentality hehe! Music once again maestro Jocke Åhlund and I'm also thanking superassistant Jonas, Hair-Herman, Make-Lou and assistants for a great contribution!

I created a performance for Selfridges and Swedish Hasbeens in Mars

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Champagne Coast

Decidastyle — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:40:42 +0000

Like it always is, I've had a secret muzak crush on Mr Devonté Hynes (formerly in Test Icicles), and the Blood Orange project for a while. And kept it for myself as the asshole I sometimes am. But then just to see his new video feat. people I know, and know of...! One of last years best mash up film/music was, yes, Blood Orange's Champagne Coast vs. Vanilla Ice's movie "Cool as Ice" - the act of genius in putting them two together makes it hard to look at the new official video in an honest light, and I really like it too! The thing is that Vanilla Ice's love affair feat. MB's, horses, hot gear, drama, sunset and fields is ALL you ever wanted to remember your first love like.

The new one directed by Haley Wollens. Oh yes, and Mr Hynes got his share of love for the long coats too!

ALL you ever wanted to remember your first love like.

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Moonspoon Saloon: Preview

Decidastyle — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:30:27 +0000

A little preview from my phone of what we did in Copenhagen in Mars, campaign for Denmark / L.A. based label Moonspoon Saloon AW 2012, the lovely designer Sara Sach's creative outlet. The collection had the one and only Prince (I want a laptop with a Prince-sign-button on my keypad!!!) as a muse, so Sara knew she had to call me in! Lil Wayne ordered two pieces recently and it's also been seen on Lauryn Hill, Björk, Rye Rye (via José!) among many others!

Other than that check out Spike Lee's new trailer Red Hook Summer (I don't get the soundtrack here though..?)

And follow me via Instagram( @decida ) when I go to Paris tomorrow (+ you can spot something of what I did in Berlin the day before yesterday!)

Campaign for Denmark / L.A. based label Moonspoon Saloon

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On The TLC Tip

Decidastyle — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:53:30 +0000

Ooooooooh.....On The TLC Tip and I still to this days can't sit still!!!

Gets the shivers, this is so much a soundtrack to Gränbyskolan in the early 90's, I copied it to tape from Selvija in my parallel class, and just danced, danced and danced. This is definitely a ground stone in the Decida Style of Motion right here hehe. I wonder if Dessa still remembers any of the choreographies we taught them Gränby kids, and I wonder if the kids remember! TLC was perfect in your headphones back then, i e His Story and Hat 2 Da Back felt like feminist anthems for us and that's the underpinning mode of the whole album.

Hat 2 da back I gotta kick my pants down real low
That's the kinda girl that I am, that's the kinda girl that I am

Yesterday it was 10 years since one third of the group, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, past away and ESSENCE talks to Chili and T-boz over at their web, abot Left Eye and VHI's upcoming biopic.
The tomfoolery in feeling protective over an artist that's not even longer alive...stupid as it might be, I hate when I'm like this...getting frustrated over people not knowing what's really up blogging....oh lord I'm too old for this...Anyway today an other real TLC fan hits Sweden; Gina! Will meet up with her and Lina, a funny anecdote: Lina did cut her hair like T-Boz in -94 and then some months later a certain Robyn has her breakthrough and suddenly people starts calling Lina "Robyn", Lina gets pissed and keep telling people about T-Boz, but noone really listen. Fifteen years later Robyn herself confirms that the classic Robyn bob cut anno 1995 was inspired by, yes you're right; T-Boz!

Skip over to Essence now.

In I'm Every Woman with Whitney

In House Party 3

And btw, it still waaay to few videos like this one:

Yesterday it was 10 years since one third of the group, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes

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Could You Blame Her?

Decidastyle — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:17:07 +0000

To see Lauryn in Stockholm in January wasn't joyful, at all, felt her fury in every word she sang, I couldn't stop myself from thinking about how Pop Culture treats it's women. I didn't even write anything about it here.

And she was my numero Uno hero when Blunted On Reality came out.

Plus. Shit that gays say when they talk about the best rappers in the world and you mention Lauryn Hill: "But she's a singer". Damn right, but as a rapper she can still chew and spit out your favorite rapper any day. Like her being a singer does matter, like her being able to sing make her a less talented rapper? #WhenGaysWritesTheHistory

(Come to think about one of my best of best flows from L-Boogie, how she sneaks upon the beat 2.30 in How Hard Is - just to totally kill it in the end.)

Who can blame her for her rage?

These newly taken photos of one of the most stylish woman ever comes from Ebony.

Ps. Also read: "Taking the Painful Cake - Reconsidering the Swedish Ministry Art Nightmare"

#WhenGaysWritesTheHistory

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Music Video / Film Director Needed

Decidastyle — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:49:32 +0000

2FACED1 is doing a whole lotta fun stuff at the moment. Right now I'm looking for an extremely sharp collaborative well-renowned Music Video / Film Director that could work tight together with me for a pretty unique music video/short film. This person should fully understand the 2FACED1-idea (perspectives), and preferable be based in London and have experience and being very good at working with kids too. Hit me up with a mail if that's you or recommendation if you know her / him at decidastyle @ gmail.com

- David, are you reading my blog?

I'm looking for an extremely sharp collaborative Music Video / Film Director

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White Like Me

Decidastyle — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:35:03 +0000

Have been spending the weekend with:

- Re-reading Oivio Polite's "White Like Me". Oivvio Polite is a writer and journalist born in Sweden 1972 and was one of the first people that made me look twice at the Fine Arts / Cultural pages in a Swedish newpaper. His writings has always circuit around identity and ethnicity (or race, the way you use it in American English), his father is Afro-American and his mother Swedish, and he's one of few that I belive could come close in grasping nearly the full spectra of the most interesting issues concerning cake-gate...NY Times or Guardian or any other major paper should beg him to write about the complexity of this. (Hela hans arkiv av artiklar på svenska finns nu uppe igen på Oivvio's Arkiv. LÄS!)

- Becoming quite amazed about how many (usually) thinking writers have totally missed the Transnationai, Internet-dependent and Pop Cultural aspects of "Cake-gate".

- Thinking about if there is something unique in the Black-Swedish-Experience (black concerning cake-gate, usually I'd say every other ethnicity), something that is of interest of the rest of the world. Cause I find it just utterly sad when people honestly think Makode Linde is a victim of internal racism. Now Sweden is far from Olof Palme's Sweden (Sweden's Prime Minister who was assassinated in 1986) but has there historically been room for critical thinking and solidarity in an unusual way? Maybe there is since I know such a big amount of truly prominent Swedish people of mixed and other than Swedish heritage. 2FACED1s. If this society yet have find a way to use all their brilliance is another question, a question that has everything to do with the existence of 2FACED1.

- Reading an article about Artist Michael Ray Charles:

Charles argues that the once ubiquitous existence of these characters are virtually unknown to blacks. He believes that graphic depictions of infantile, shiftless, and baffoonish black men and women are artifacts that shed needed light on the conflict the black people have in society today. As both a reminder and as a way to co-opt these negative portrayals, Charles, 31 years old, a painter and professor at the The University of Texas at Austin, recasts ugly stereotypes in huge, satiric paintings that challenge the language of institutional racism.

- Reading "Whether the digital era improves society is up to its users – that's us! Social media in particular has inexorably changed the world, driving openness and fear – but it is not beyond our control. (it's all connected yoooo)

- Rekomenderar "Att färgas av Sverige" av Victoria Kawesa, Adiam Tedros and Viktorija Kalonaityté för alla i maktpositioner som inte redan har den egna erfarenheten.

- Honor my mom on her birthday, a very prominent intellectual who's done an incredible social class journey.

- Watching the Marley trailer

- Enjoying the new Major Laxer song "Get Free".

- Seeing Zhala perform filling my heart with credence.

Ovvio Polite's book, A Black-Swedish-Experience, Fear in The Digital Era, My Mom and Zhala

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