You can hear her EP “Sex Rock” and see her videos here and find her Instagram here (1 Million + followers).īy attempting to achieve actual celebrity despite her DIY fully self-made and self-funded working girl status, she’s sharing what she’s learning about female performance and celebrity and what is and isn’t allowed in the mainstream (and art), all the while sharing her music, pro-sex feminist message, and celebrations of life, art, and sexuality. She started the project with the question: Is it possible to create a celebrity as an intentional art practice? What would that even look like? She is striving to make a real world celebrity so she can (among other goals) successfully appropriate her own image into her art while also investigating how, in the digital age, everyone is conducting their own “celebrity project.” Schrager’s ongoing celebrity-as-art-practice project is called ONA, set to run from 2015-2020. Self-Made Supermodels in The Wrong Digital Biennale, 2018 My 2017 Update on the Celebrity Project Thoughts on Me Too in The Huffington Post, 2017 On Instagram Celebrity and Female Representation in Rhizome, 2016 Perhaps (un)surprisingly, this ostracism comes from all genders, identities, and political leanings. Creating provocative work has opened my eyes to the incredible amount of censorship, jealousy, and hate directed at women who choose to use their bodies provocatively. I was told by the most powerful dealer in the world that he couldn’t show me because the art market is too “conservative,” had a large commission revoked citing the “me too movement” and been told flat out that my image is embarrassing by another well known gallerist. Ona has managed to get me kicked out of “Open” Studios, banned from the /art subreddit, ejected from stores, blacklisted off art patronage platforms, and shadowbanned or deleted from social media and financial platforms, among other acts of cancellation. One of the most enlightening aspects for me of the Celebrity Project was the degree to which my work was met with resistance from various corners of the art, mainstream, and commercial worlds. PAPER caught up with the model to talk sex, more sex and rock ‘n’ roll.” – Paper My Related Writings Living publicly as a SW has seen everyone from family members to former classmates weigh in on her lifestyle… While it seems like movement to reclaim female sexuality is progressing in leaps and bounds, there’s still a long way to go, ONA asserts, but she is more happy to be in the trenches. Of course, this life does not come without sacrifice. While the paparazzi may not be camped outside her Brooklyn, New York apartment like a traditional celebrity, ONA is certainly famous by 2018 standards…. “ONA - an objectively stunning woman who has worked her angles into hundreds of thousands of dollars, millions of followers, and a viable independent career. “Lullaby sweet vocals with a cyber soundtrack … an ‘extreme selfie model’” – Wonderland “Beautifully orchestrated, featuring melodic piano lines, ferocious crashing high-hat drums, and most notably Ona’s gorgeous, breathy alto vocals…one of the better tracks I’ve heard in a while…this record will undoubtedly be making our year end list.” – Audiofemme So, let’s start your weekend off right: do yourself a solid and enjoy the undeniable sexiness of her one woman self-made photoshoot.” – Playboy And as you’ll see on her Instagram or hear from her songs on Spotify, she’s a singular talent. Perhaps it’s time you add another name to that list: Ona. “There are few singers and artists who are so unique, so individual, so highly talented that they’re known by just one name. “If you’re not familiar with ONA’s music, buckle up…The song cooks and its uptempo, driving indie rock showcases promise that goes beyond her traditional modeling.” – Pure Volume
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