CASTING CALL? CLASHING CALL
Clashing Call is a production rooted in accepting talent for who they are and their story with self-love. Being yourself is the best thing you can be, and we’ve scouted talent embracing that mentality. CLASHING CALL, for the BOLD, the CREATIVE, the TALENT OVERLOOKED.
Image & Video Credits: JAGMODELS, ANTI-AGENCY, TEEN VOGUE & FENTY SKIN
The Inspiration
The Inspiration
CLASHING CALL is a spin on words for Casting Call, which is the process of casting talent in commercial and theatrical productions.
Representation in the Twin Cities modeling and commercial scene matters! CLASHING CALL was produced to clash the industry standard, celebrate diversity, and guide new talent stepping into the industry. Through this production, the talent left with a new set of digitals, photos for their portfolio, and a step towards finding representation for future bookings.
This production took four months to concept, cast, plan, and execute. Completely funded by myself and fueled by wanting to see underrepresented talent thrive. 🖤
Also inspired by my experience working in the field.
KIRA
For me, self-love is based on honoring my body, mind, and community. Being kind to myself gives me space to be healthy and loving as much as possible. I also work with other young Dakota and Ojibwe youth to teach cultural resources to heal families, which in turn heals my own self and my family.
Looking for representation!
MEKHI
My journey with "self-love" has been a long process. Growing up, I always depended on others to give me that validation that I sought... to feel like I was valued... to feel like I was worthy, to feel seen and heard. But as I got older and dug deeper, I discovered more about who I am and who I was. Through my independence, I started to love my thinking and not only that but the passions that I was beginning to love and explore more for myself, that I wanted to pursue. My eyes were truly beginning to see myself in a whole new perspective, it was a whole new world. I started to see my value and my worth more and more. I no longer felt that I needed someone else to bring that for me, but myself. I took all my past life experiences, negative and positive and I've evolved into a new me.. a new me that I love, that no longer needs approval from others.
Now signed with Liz J Models
KYLIAH
It's hard for me to actually put this into words because I feel like there are so many parts to it. I've always masked my insecurities by being overtly confident and just faking everything. Being biracial, parts of me have always been invalidated by people who think they know everything like how I'm "too white" or “too black”. Between that and literally faking my every move pretending to be some perfect person I literally had no idea who I was. Eventually, when the pandemic hit, I actually had to face the way I was actually feeling about myself. And with hella time to be alone that kind of grew to healing and actually asking myself why I felt this way. I still have so much further to go and am only a fraction of the woman I will become, but up until now, there’s been a major shift in my life, and I now feel like I actually have a sense of who I am and what I stand for and I ACTUALLY like the person who I am and am becoming which is cool.
Now signed with Privileged Model Management
