The Launch Of Love Infinity
Words Shemaiah Gold
The launch of the remarkable Love infinity, the first art film of it’s genre, created in London by Oscar winner and Chinese multidisciplinary artist Tim Yip started a few nights ago at The National Gallery, with an evocative taster of the film and a panel featuring Louisa buck, Maryam Eisler, Daniel Lismore and Phillip Colbert.
Image credits to Dave Benett @davebenett
Image credits to Dave Benett @davebenettFrom the moment I walked into The National Gallery, I was surrounded by an array of character. The whole evening was very dreamlike, very artistically curated and depicted the film exceptionally. As soon as I arrived, I was met by Katy Wick who put the night together, looking beautiful in a bright purple overcoat who then led me into the main gallery space where I was given some white wine by the very smartly dressed waiters. Anyone would have been inspired whilst being in the space, it was the perfect location for such an event being surrounded by the greatest collections of paintings in the world, many from the 16th century renaissance period. I was very excited to spend the evening in conversation with some of the icons that emerged from the East London creative scene celebrating the release of the film series produced by Iranian-born, London-based artist and photographer Maryam Eisler and designer and conceptual arts curator Mei-Hui Liu.
I was particularly intrigued when speaking to Phillip Colbert one of the current leading NFT artists about ‘The Lobsters’ following his first NFT auction which took place recently at Bonhams auction house with special guests amongst Tinie Tempah and more. In a dreamlike merging of the fantastic and the real, Love Infinity takes some of the greatest characters East London can provide, pushing the boundaries on what is ‘real’ life and what is art.
Historically, the east end has been a place of poverty and hardship but also of new beginnings in the words of Tim Yip himself. The bold cinematic art film brings to the foreground societal themes of identity, diversity and freedom, and sees Yip turn his camera lens towards London at a period of economic uncertainty, political division, and environmental crisis, to create raw intimate footage of untold narratives.
Shot over the span of two years, the two films are set against the backdrop of the unique cultural scene of East London. The nearly three-and-a-half hour long “Memorandum for The Next Golden Age” is a semi-documentary, in which Yip revisits the history of East London through interviews with some of the key players of the local scene, from fashion designer Vivienne Westwood to artistic duos Gilbert & George and Philip and Charlotte Colbert.
Image credits to Dave Benett @davebenett“I love how the film brilliantly captured all these beautiful bubbles of creative individuality; as humans we have the possibility to make our own reality, and for me all these brilliant creative forces are a shining light of the power of self-expression.”
“Tim has such lovely energy and I love how he poetically navigated and inspired everyone he met on his acid trip style journey through the creative rabbit holes of east London. I love how it’s shot and edited."
“The film really is a beautifully realist absurdity which is the essence of life.”
Comments from Phillip Colbert
