420 vibeout 24/7: a discourse
Read MoreCAVE CASTLE VIBEOUT 24/7 + A TIMELY MEDIA BLACKOUT
WRAPPING UP 2017
DR. NASTYA VALENTINE'S ABRIDGED KEYNOTE SPEECH FROM NUCLEAR CASTLE
Nuclear Castle was an apocalypse-themed high concept art show held on December 15th, curated by Valentine Enterprises, and shared with my dystopian comrades.
All of the photography in this post is shot by, and courtesy of, the incredible MJ Katz. She's a fantastic photographer and even more fantastic person.
TW: if you have a faint heart about abusive relationship trauma, skip ahead to the pink text where I talk about physics!
Read MoreON A RARE TOUR OF NATURE, THE TRUE SEROTONIN SPA
It has come to my attention that I should open a spa. I love the spa. As Valentine Enterprises gets closer to opening a physical location, there's certainty and clarity in the vision of it being a spa(ce).
Read More9 DIY LUXURIES YOU CAN EXPECT AT SPACE CASTLE
Space Castle is a conceptual art party curated by Valentine Enterprises that follows the grand opening of the first luxury spa on Mars once Elon Musk colonizes the planet in the 2050s. It's a bona fide spa(ce) party. Get the feck out of shitty 2017 and get into the fabulous (20)50s!
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NOT DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS: AN UNCHILL PERSONAL HISTORY OF MY EATING DISORDER THAT IS NOW KIND OF CHILL BECAUSE IN 2017 I'M FINALLY, BARELY, CATEGORICALLY KIND OF OKAY WITH MY BODY IMAGE
2015 and 2016 were highly productive years for me. I started my company, curated my first gallery show, went on two tours, traveled to Russia, released three albums, drove a Tesla. All important milestones in my life. However, the most important and most productive thing I've done these two years is almost completely exorcise my eating disorders.
Read MoreVALENTINE'S DAY 2017 PHOTO DIARY
Happy Valentine Enterprises! Today is my day to totally take advantage of this famous day that the ancient druids named after me.
Read More2016 BY THE NUMBERS
As a numerology expert and math genius, it is my honor and pleasure to decode what this year has meant for me within this extraordinary top ten list of numerical phenomena.
Read More25 SELFIES I HAVE TAKEN AFTER TURNING 25 AND HOW THEY PREDICT THE FUTURE OF THE NEXT 100 YEARS
Using a combination of divination techniques including tao te ching, aleatoric hermeticism, Wikipedia, ancient druid shamanism, and Elon Musk quotes, I have seen in my crystal 8 ball what will happen in the next century. Bow to my grown-up womanly wisdom.
Read MoreA GHOST FULFILLS ITS HAUNT: "SO LONG" PHOTO SERIES BY MJ KATZ
Infinity Room's website reads, "Her work is made eerie by nature of its transitory state from dwelling to ruin, capturing a site in the process of losing its quality of home by no longer providing a safe space for the artist. A butterfly no longer needs its cocoon; a ghost fulfills its haunt; MJ Katz says “So Long.” "
Read MoreI GAVE A RARE INTERVIEW
In a Voyage LA interview, I gave some nuggets of wisdom like "I wish RuPaul was my mom" and "I eventually saged the bad influences out of my life and started Valentine Enterprises, dedicated to female soul power and quality boundary-pushing DIY production."
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PARTY CASTLE: MALL MAGIC
Valentine Enterprises is celebrating its ✨ one year anniversary✨ as an international conglomerate of arts, tech, and glamour..... with the unveiling of the exquisite Party Castle Mall!
The event is a themed gallery experience which will mimic the appearance and structure of a mall.
Read MoreVODKA, VOLGA CRUISES, & VAPORWAVE: MAKING RUSSIA MOVIE🇷🇺
Many pics of Russia from this summer's work/vacation trip.
+ Boat Movie, a new Saint Valentine visual album ~starring me~ shot on iPhone 6 on a boat.
I hear Kanye West hires a videographer to film him 24/7 for legal/personal/artistic/narcissistic reasons. Perhaps Mr. West should consider putting me on his video team, I mean, I have so much practice!!!!!
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BELLY BELT: SXSW TOUR PHOTO DIARY💖👯📷
Belly Belt went on tour through the enchanted South By Southwest this March! During those 10 days I kept a photo diary and a real life diary. 📚
💌 Here it is, digitized:
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#VRLA 😋
A playground for adult nerds? A thrilling and incomparable immersive experience? A study of consciousness experiencing itself digitally, spiritually, metaphysically, on all planes? An experiment in which the boundary between the User and the Scientist is eradicated? Further, a state in which the boundaries of all Realities altogether are eradicated, or at least loosened?
Read MoreI GAVE A RARE INTERVIEW
Recently, I gave an ultra rare interview about my life in LA, my photography, and what constitutes my perfect date, to travel/lifestyle website joieride, who asked me some basic questions (what kind of camera do you use?), some reaallyy basic questions (what's your sign?) and some intriguing food for thought (where do you go to get inspired?). Read the full article for true highlights and secrets to my soul. ;(
Read More12 PICTURES I TOOK OF MY CAT WITH MY iPHONE THAT ARE REINVENTING AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY
This, directly presented to you now, is art. This is a signifier of three separately directed gazes which intersect in a manner most subtle, yet effective. This is a scientific inquiry into the eyes of existence itself. This is the rebirth of expressive sensibility. This.... is Russell.
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WHY DEATH VALENTINE* HAS TO LIVE
Growing up, my dream was to be a dank, dark, princess musician, who lived in a trippy mirror world, making beautiful and warped ethereal songs without any insecurities and pretensions, and not giving a fuck about what haters think (yes, me as a five-year-old girl was saying all this). It's emo as fuck being a girl... in the big, bad music world. Anyone who’s had significant artistic oppression and opposition understands the importance (and in many cases, difficulty) of standing up to the haters. Death Valentine needs to exist because there isn’t enough representation for ~weird divas~.
Read MoreVALENTINE ENTERPRISES: WHY I AIM TO BE A VISIONARY ENTREPRENEUR
Surreal and transcendental themes are crucial to my work and my life. I do meditate and tend to my spiritual skillset by expanding my consciousness. I have found my own ways of meditation since high school, to this day keep copious dream journals that inspire me creatively, and consider myself as in tune with the forces of the universe as I am with technological workflow. The trajectory of spirituality + technology, often unexplored, can occupy my brain for hours. I wish to keep exploring scifi themes throughout my career.
Read MoreA SERIES OF CHIROPRACTOR SELFIES
Naturally, I documented my medical microdrama with selfies. (See, this too is work in a way, right? This has intent. Hospital chic is so on-trend, anyway. And people like selfies more than actual artist art. This selfie series is then literally the Sistine Chapel images' 2016 incarnation. Am I being productive enough?)
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