About this project
SoftRock
FIRST 2 Completed VIDEO PIECES are here: SOFTROCK 1 & 2
NEW NEW "Post New" Interview (about SoftRock) CLICK TO SEE!
New GREEK Interview on ACTUALLY!
"The "sex" thing happens because it is the purest element with the most complicated connotations...It is a very rich and giving yet dangerously fickle master. The secret to my control (in art) is the fact that I give a lot of control away in other areas of my life."
I, Actually Huizenga, and my collaborator Socrates Mitsios are creating a series of video pieces entitled SoftRock. We want to fund the final 2 (of 4). We are working with the Norwegian novelist Edy Poppy, and British designer Simon Preen. Sound is by me, ACTUALLY and my bandmate Chaz Windus.
We hint at a dialogue, a script and plot, but let ourselves fall into the total resplendence and chaos of physical relations. As an exercise in the photogenics of "sexuality," we explore the power within the act, both social and aesthetic, male, female, and in between. We objectify ourselves in a blatantly beautiful and visually pleasing environment; all the cliches of "love" offered on a golden platter. Using the veil of romance we present the very human traits of desperation, confusion & abandon.
The first two SoftRocks have recently been shown in the ASVOFF program at the George Pompidou Center:We were discovered by ASVOFF through a performance we did in Greece ("ATHENIAN ROMANCE," which combined the ideas of romance and willing bondage through marriage...as well as a performance by my pop-self Actually which led to Socrates being led as a bound groom to share a giant cake with me in front of a screaming audience (during the Greek riots!)
Prizes!
Still from First Scene SoftRock3
So Many Prizes
(just specifiy which poster(s) you want--if/when we win our goal)
"Socrates in Crete" 4 X 6 mini poster! On the back: recipes for my favorite SoftRock drinks! $ 7
"Actually in Crete Cottage-SoftRock I" 4 X 6 mini poster! On the back: recipes for my favorite SoftRock drinks! $ 7
ORIGINAL ACTUALLY DRAWINGS-
SPECIAL KICKSTARTER OFFER $225
"It's like Prison Art...without having to go to Jail"
1. Riding the Wave- Horse on Horse
2. Romancing the Pool- Man on Gator
5. Inner Tubing - Woman on Pliosaur
There is a Prize that you can get in which I will PERFORM for you----personally or at your house party!!!
DO IT!
Reviews/Links:
LA WEEKLY
VICE
Notion UK
Gozamos, Chicago
http://www.lifo.gr/mag/features/2328
THANK YOU & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Yours truly & sexually, ACTUALLY HUIZENGA
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If Everyone on my FaceBook just gave $2 ....I would be over my goal. Doesn't everybody need at least a little SoftRock in their life? I just want to give it to you. Read my Latest Interview in Athens' OUGH!
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Your name on the site with an animated gif
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4 X 6 Mini SoftRock Poster! On the back are recipes for my favorite SoftRock drinks!! (plus the above)
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DIGITAL DOWNLOAD which includes SoftRock exclusive photos and a New Year's music mix by me (music from my friends' bands from all over the globe--most exclusive) + party/ a special thank you on the official website.
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HOME MADE THANK YOU CARD delivered to you through snail mail! Plus online thanks-gif! AND free entrance to Cheetahs Goal Party Show February 18th, 2012, Los Angeles P.S. Let me know your sexual preference and I will design the card accordingly
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DVD OF THE COMPLETED SOFTROCK SERIES (upon completion) + party/ a special thank you on the official website.
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DVD OF THE COMPLETED SOFTROCK SERIES (upon completion) + Digital Music Download Package + 2 New, Never before heard ACTUALLY MP3s + party/ a special thank you on the official website.
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DVD OF THE COMPLETED SOFTROCK SERIES (upon completion) + a signed SoftRock poster (perfect for your dorm room or dungeon!) + V.I.P party/a special thank you on the official website.
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Original used Socks worn by Peter Moran, Renata Raksha and Actually Huizenga
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A small piece of Socrates' hair and Actually's hair in sealed plastic +DVD OF THE COMPLETED SOFTROCK SERIES (upon completion) + Digital Music Download Package + a signed SoftRock poster (perfect for your dorm room or dungeon!) + V.I.P. Party/ a special thank you on the official website.
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A pair of underwear (woman's or man's-you choose) that have "SoftRock" sewn across the ass + DVD OF THE COMPLETED SOFTROCK SERIES + Digital Music Download Package+ V.I.P. Party/ a special thank you on the official website.
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A disposable camera ('party and sleeping series') that you have to develop which will have secretly taken pictures of the cast partying and sleeping + DVD OF THE COMPLETED SOFTROCK SERIES + Digital Music Download Package+ V.I.P. Party/ a special thank you on the official website.
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A small piece of Socrates' hair and Actually's hair in a jar OR the 'party and sleeping series' disposable camera + A pair of underwear that have "SoftRock" sewn across the ass + DVD OF THE COMPLETED SOFTROCK SERIES (upon completion) + Digital Music Download Package + Very V.I.P. Party/ a Very special thank you on the official website (with multiple gifs).
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$150 A personal tour of LA's oldest cemeteries-and pictures of you there (with cast members) using disposable camera + DVD OF THE COMPLETED SOFTROCK SERIES (upon completion) + Digital Music Download Package + Very V.I.P. Party (instant access to the Cheetah's After Party)/ a Very special thank you on the official website (with multiple gifs).
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ORIGINAL ACTUALLY DRAWING 1. Riding the Wave- Horse on Horse
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ORIGINAL ACTUALLY DRAWING 2. Romancing the Pool- Man on Gator
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ORIGINAL ACTUALLY DRAWING 3. All Ways- Man on 'A'
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ORIGINAL ACTUALLY DRAWING 4. Wet Look- Woman on Beer
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ORIGINAL ACTUALLY DRAWING 5. Inner Tubing - Woman on Pliosaur
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A private ACTUALLY performance in your living room (or any other room you choose) with the SoftRock cast (travel expenses not included) + DVD OF THE COMPLETED SOFTROCK SERIES (upon completion) + Digital Music Download Package + total Very V.I.P. at Party/ a Huge special thank you on the official website (with gifs). (the extra 25 goes towards catering for the ravenous cast members)
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Photoshoot by Socrates Mitsios (art directed by me) of you and/or someone you love (in LA or London- you choose/ travel expenses not paid) + DVD OF THE COMPLETED SOFTROCK SERIES (upon completion) + Digital Music Download Package + Totally V.I.P. at Party (we are going to pour a bottle of champagne on you)
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You can be in a scene BEYOND V.I.P. (Plus Digital Download, DVD OF COMPLETED SOFTROCK SERIES, Party, piece of my hair, mini poster & signed SoftRock poster)
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ACTUALLY is a musician-performer-video artist located in Los Angeles. Her work focuses on power-play, fantasy, the stranger side of the occult (no relation to "witchhouse") and, most importantly, Sex. It's mostly about giving everyone, herself and you, a really good time.
Her first solo record "Wet Look" is due out very soon and her pop porn video pieces (SoftRock 1 & 2) have just been shown (in October through the ASVOFF film festival) at the George Pompidou center. SoftRock3 is currently in production as she also plans her band's world tour!
