MUTAGENiCS STUDiOS is an Ottawa-based creative team that produces dark and twisted art. They are comprised of Owner TiMOTHY BACON, and Partner/Photographer PAUL GREEN, who for the last three decades have worked in broadcast media, interactive media, advertising and branded entertainment as writers and creative directors. They have had numerous screenplays & original television series optioned, and in 2006 formed MUTAGENiC STUDiOS to “explore photography and develop their own art styles that would allow us to go beyond the written word, create unique imagery and push the boundaries of our storytelling.” Their photographic artwork has appeared in the Montreal Mirror, Guerilla Magazine, Rue Morgue Magazine, just to name a few.
Recently this amazing duo launched another exciting project called Babylon Smith: An Illustrated Novel. To get a sense of the story-telling these imaginative two do, picture if you will, a character by the name of Babylon Smith, a freelance Regulator working the mean streets of the mega-city, struggling to make ends meet. It’s the stuff of comic book fans dream of and without a doubt you can tell TiMOTHY and PAUL are true fans of this art form. In every photo I happened to see gracing the walls of M-STUDiOS I could see the dedication in every shot, in every character they dreamed up.
With all of this said – I graciously and very excitedly accepted M-STUDiOS invitation to partake in another project currently on the go, a series of short stories/graphic novels. This kind of thing really excited me because although I could never claim to be a DiE-HARD COMiC NERD in the truest sense of the title I did grow up very into comics, and the escapism involved in that particular sci-fi sphere. What appealed to me about comics when I was young was the opportunity to use your imagination to be taken away to another time and place, and it just so happens these guys know how to create these worlds and characters with respect for the genre. Hence why I had no trouble considering this as a worthwhile project. I’ll take any opportunity I can to escape my own reality – especially in the hands of TiMOTHY and PAUL. They gave me a story line and a character to embody – and I took this direction and ran with it.
That said – here are a few photos from this morning when we united at their headquarters, although for any further information on who I play or what this particular story is about, I’m afraid you are gonna have to wait. Come on, you know you love a little mystery now right? What I can say is that its gonna come out looking pretty dark, gritty and in short, pretty darn slick if you ask me.
I’ll keep you posted on any developments but in the meantime check out their website for more:
http://mutagenicinteractive.blogspot.ca/?zx=d7d0886bcf06641c
