A KALTBLUT exclusive. Photography by Pasquale Vino. Art Direction & Styling by Giorgia Grasso. The desire to realize utopia makes the latter the essence of what can only exist on a theoretical and ethical level. Without the awareness of attending a constructed show, every discourse would be ideological, current events become a natural condition and the foundation of an ethic.
Fiction is opposed to the need for the concrete, wrestling is the elaboration of the existing: thus aesthetics changes into an act of production that has transparency, immediacy, and action as its objective. In this perspective, Antagonismo d’intesa is proposed not as the spirit of a world without spirit but as the lie with which fiction justifies itself by demonstrating that, alongside the usefulness of entertainment, it also has a soul.
The image must have an immediate use value, dialogue must act as a weapon: only the action that brings the body into play is real. The dialogue is only a fallback, the theatrical vision, the refusal of compromises, and the metaphorical image of the two armies facing each other are positioned in a place where a certain extreme of reality and a certain extreme of fiction become indistinct. It tries to introduce new content within the old forms, the heroic action and the dialogue are the signs of an authentic existence that contrast the true activity with the activity that has as its purpose the reproduction of existence; for this reason, the story does not correspond completely to the anecdotal truth of the WWE world but ‘imitate’ has never meant ‘copy’: it aims at the same target, the dualisms between individual and history, right and duty, being and having to be disappear. One must not simply criticize the limited nature of the show by referring to the reality on which it depends, but also the limited nature of the reality of which this show is a manifestation. It is not the only reality that judges the contents, but also the contents that judge the insufficiency of reality itself, the presence within the described universe of another ethic that comes to life through the fight challenging the very limits of that reality to create its magic.
The errors, the escapes, the time, and every nuance are nothing but an alibi, a source of ambiguity, of sweet melancholy through which the wrestler does not deviate from the extremes put in place, through his own visual identity a dimension is born that becomes tangible through dialogue, a manifestation of the unawareness on the part of those who live this universe, fictional despite everything, of moving within fiction. But the latter is not only a puppet, he is also the one who uses his body as a means to tell his story.
Antagonismo d’intesa also invites and encourages you to re-establish a connection with your inner child, much freer and without restrictions to regain, through wrestling, a dimension in which you can imagine, free from the constraints of the present.
Photography by Pasquale Vino / Instagram: @pasquale.vino
Art Direction & Styling by Giorgia Grasso / Instagram: @giooiggr
contributing makeup artists & hairstylists are
Arianna Miante / Instagram: @ariannamiante
Emanuele Sofia / Instagram: @_emanuelesofia_
Marzia Infantino / Instagram: @infantinomarzia.mua
Sara Bedin / Instagram: @sarabediinmakeup
Tania Rosa / Instagram: @rosatanyaa
styling assistants are
Linda Menegoz / Instagram: @ndalimeee
Veneranda Lamberti / Instagram: @v_enerandalamberti
models are
Buyant signed at Guys MGMT / Instagram: @buynamun
Yifan signed at Boom Models Agency / Instagram: @ivan.yao_model
Anna signed at Wonderwall MGMT / Instagram: @annaklouckova
Zalan signed at Guys MGMT / Instagram: @zazureichardt
Daria signed at Brave Models / Instagram: @daashyla_
Sumin Lee signed at Wonderwall MGMT / Instagram: @soo.many
Anointing signed at The Lab Models / Instagram: @anointingefe
Elisa signed at Tank Agency / Instagram: @elisasophies
Gino signed at The Lab Models / Instagram: @ginoonecares
Saray signed at Wave MGMT / Instagram: @sara_crison
Sem signed at Guys MGMT / Instagram: @sem.cmns
Anna signed at Wave MGMT / Instagram: @anna__barber
Jhony Bae signed at Independent MGMT / Instagram: @jhonygirl
Friedrich signed at Guys MGMT / Instagram: @friedrich.303
Enni signed at Wonderwall MGMT / Instagram: @enniviitasaari
Omolara signed at Brave Models / Instagram: @omolaraahmed
Anaru signed at Independent MGMT / Instagram: @anaruwilson4real
Lauren Frost signed at No Logo MGMT / Instagram: @laurenfrostt
Tobias signed at Independent MGMT / Instagram: @thirup_tobias
Lola signed at The Claw Models / Instagram: @lolamrch
Davì signed at The Lab Models / Instagram: @imlopesdavi
John signed at Wonderwall MGMT / Instagram: @johntagliaferro
Candice signed at Wonderwall MGMT / Instagram: @candiceribera
Filippo signed at Guys MGMT / Instagram: @filomarsi
Aliou signed at Guys MGMT / Instagram: @latyr_cg
Mitchel signed at Guys MGMT / Instagram: @mitchelboonstra_
Sabira signed at The One Models MGMT / Instagram: @sabira.610
Emin signed at Wonderwall MGMT / Instagram: @eminozsut
Angelina signed at Wonderwall MGMT / Instagram: @angelinaewa
Vlada signed at Tank agency / Instagram: @tsurk_
Fashion Credits
Brands used are: Adidas, Aenema, Burlington, Benetton, Birce Avcu, Blumarine, Bottega Veneta, Brunello Cucinelli, Burberry, Calzedonia, Christian Louboutin, Crocs, Cyber Shells, Dolce&Gabbana, Elena Romagnoli, Etro, Fred Perry, Galliano, Golden Goose, Gucci, Intimissimi, John Richmond, Lemaire, Levi’s, Livia Tanasa, Marni, Marsèll, Mattia Ventrucci, Miu Miu, Moncler, Moschino, New Rock, Nike, Paris Texas, Pirelli, Prada, Purple Brand, Raf Simons, Ride Away, Sporty & Rich, Stone Island, Stroili, Swarovski, Tezenis, Thom Browne, Tod’s, Tricot Chic, Vannotensa, Vans, Versace, Vivienne Westwood.
Instagram name of each brand:
@adidasoriginals
@aenema__
@benetton
@birceavcu
@blumarine
@newbottega
@brunellocucinelli_brand
@burberry
@calzedonia
@louboutinworld
@crocs
@cyber.shells
@dolcegabbana
@etro
@fredperry
@goldengoose
@gucci
@intimissimiofficial
@officialjohnrichmond
@lemaire_official
@levis
@liv.tns
@marni
@marsell.official
@miraljeem
@miumiu
@moncler
@moschino
@newrock
@nike
@paristexas_it
@prada
@purple_brand
@rafsimons
@sportyandrich
@stoneisland
@stroiliofficial
@swarovski
@tezenisofficial
@thombrowne
@tods
@tricot_chic
@vans
@versace
@viviennewestwood
