Christelle Oyiri-K
Christelle Oyiri (also known as CRYSTALLMESS) is a French music producer, DJ and multidisciplinary artist based in Paris.
1. Saucy Santana
I was growing increasingly bored of rap being polished and contained and then Miami rapper Saucy Santana shook the 2019 table with their single ‘Walk Em like A Dog’. The revenge bop every femdom fantasize about – and add to that a New Orleans bounce beat and you won me over! Also I do believe Saucy Santana is going to be the first LGBTQ and non-binary rapper to break out in the mainstream.
2. Steven Traylor
I receive Steven Traylor’s work with no disclaimer, no resistance. Whether it’s a frenetic and mysterious low res video juxtaposing lusty twerk moves and car rodeos in slow motion, or candid black and white portraits of his community or as an editor and consultat for BLACKNEWS by Khalil Joseph exhibited at 2019 Venice Biennale – generosity is always the key. Nonetheless, this profuseness has its limits. Indeed, the 23 year old polymath from Los Angeles also questions the relationship gen X has with the consumption of inner-city black youth lifestyles. Indeed, the average hip-hop fan has unlimited access to narratives and artefacts, so they are able to fetishize the culture without experiencing it. This is the concept Traylor came up with for Vince Staples’s groundbreaking video “FUN!”.
3. Louvre Removes Sackler Family Name From Its Walls
On a sunny afternoon of July this year, my friend Manon Lutanie and her daughter went to Le Louvre for what I believed to be a candid and conventional daughter and mother moment. It turned out she was taking her to one of the most crucial political events that has happened in the art world these recent years. A protest against the Sackler family, owners of the OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, linked to the opoid crisis in the United States, was led by collective P.A.I.N and photographer Nan Goldin. The plaques acknowledging the family donations were removed by the Louvre the same day as the protest and just like that my friend’s daughter could witness the power of activism. Credit Saucy Santana