Looking For Langston

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OLFACTIVE PUBLICATION 11 — 19

A Film by Isaac Julien
A Fragrance by Yann Vasnier

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»A lyrical exploration and recreation of the private world of poet, novelist and playwright Langston Hughes — notes of celebration while mourning.«

Texture | BAROQUE, EMBROIDERED, SPARKLY
Feeling | MYSTERIOUS, REVERENT, SENSUOUS
Outline | AMBERY, SPICY, FLORAL

MATERIALS
TRANSPARENT FLORAL, INDOLIC FLORAL, LEATHERY NOTES, MUSK, SPICES

LOOKING FOR LANGSTON, THE FILM
Released in 1988, "Looking for Langston" is Isaac Julien's groundbreaking exploration of the private world of Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and his fellow Black artists from the Harlem Renaissance. This fragrance was released in concert with the film's 30th-anniversary exhibition at Tate Britain.

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OLFACTIVE PUBLICATION 11 — 19

A Film by Isaac Julien
A Fragrance by Yann Vasnier

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»A lyrical exploration and recreation of the private world of poet, novelist and playwright Langston Hughes — notes of celebration while mourning.«

Texture | BAROQUE, EMBROIDERED, SPARKLY
Feeling | MYSTERIOUS, REVERENT, SENSUOUS
Outline | AMBERY, SPICY, FLORAL

MATERIALS
TRANSPARENT FLORAL, INDOLIC FLORAL, LEATHERY NOTES, MUSK, SPICES

Issac Julien is an accomplished filmmaker and video installation artist. His multi-screen installations and accompanying photographic works for museums and galleries explore fractured narratives of memory and desire, often uniting elements from dance, painting, sculpture, theater, and music. His 1989 film, Looking for Langston is a poetic treatment of gay black poet Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance. His multi-screen installations, A Marvellous Entanglement (2019) traverse a collection of Lina Bo Bardi's most iconic buildings; offering a meditation on the work and legacy of the visionary modernest architect and Ten Thousand Waves (2019) investigates China's ancient past and changing present through interwoven narratives.

www.isaacjulien.com