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PARIS KAIN: OCTO-PUSSY

Paris Kain: Octo-Pussy on Nowness.com.

The Outré Designer Delves Into the Mystic In His Entangling Short Film

Stepping into the role of High Priestess, muse and artist Taiana Giefer gets intimately acquainted with a writhing octopus in multimedia artist Paris Kain's gnostic short film. A frequent runway collaborator of Alexander Wang and Francisco Costa, Kain is best known for his talismanic jewelry line Abraxas Rex, founded in 2007, in which he embeds materials including meteorites and dinosaur bones into gold and platinum-silver alloy. With Octo-Pussy he expounds upon his favored themes of mysticism and the occult. "In tarot, the octopus represents insight and esoteric vision. It is in constant motion, waxing and waning to the moon and guided by its goddess the High Priestess," he says.

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FREE ADMISSION TO THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART



The Whitney Museum of American Art provides a full range of twentieth-century and contemporary American art, focusing on works by living artists. Enjoy FREE ADMISSION Friday Jan. 21, 2011, 6-9pm.

Just pay what you like.

Whitney Museum of American Art

945 Madison Avenue

(212) 570-3600

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WALKING TOUR

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The Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Walking Tour in Historic Harlem

The MLK Junior Tour will put you at the center of African-American history and culture. Harlem is one of New York's most significant neighborhoods, featuring a wide array of historic churches, theaters, clubs and homes. Stops could include: Abyssinian Baptist Church, Striver's Row, the Big Apple Night Club, and sites associated with the Harlem Renaissance, W.E.B. Du Bois, Madame C.J. Walker, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and many others.

Today January 17, 2011 1pm-3pm
Schomburg Center for Black Culture
515 Lenox Avenue
(212) 491-2200

Meet: Northwest corner of 135th Street & Lenox (Malcolm X) Avenue D in front of the Schomburg Center

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
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