Last night I Sang Karaoke with Bill Murray

You’ll never believe it, but last night, photographer Stephen Kenny sang karaoke with Bill Murray. Oh and you’ll never guess what else he did. Yup, he only played bingo with Scarlett Johansson!

Last night I sang karaoke with Bill Murray
Last night I sang karaoke with Bill Murray

If these anecdotes sound a bit too good to be true, sadly that’s because they probably are.

Last night I played bingo with Scarlett Johansson
Last night I played bingo with Scarlett Johansson

Instead, these bold and false claims are among the pieces in Kenny’s forthcoming print show at Lomography East London Gallery, Last Night I Sang Karaoke with Bill Murray.

Today I baked cookies with Anna Wintour
Today I baked cookies with Anna Wintour

The works are all themed around the idea of a ‘fantasy lifestyle’, executed using traditional woodblock and letterpress techniques.

Stephen Kenny print
Stephen Kenny print

Kenny’s work is inspired by Victorian posters, the French Surrealists of the 1920s, contemporary music and literature to design clever typographical posters, according to the gallery.

Woodblock
Woodblock

In a cute twist, the first print in the series was inspired by an event that did actually happen to Kenny. However, the nature of the true claim remains a closely guarded secret…

Last Night I Sang Karaoke with Bill Murray runs from 5 – 30 September at Lomography East London, 117 Commercial Street, London, E1

 

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