Ithaka Darin Pappas

Interdisciplinary artist Ithaka Darin Pappas also known as Ithaka photographer sculptor filmmaker author musician and actor was raised in Southern California He has traveled widely having lived and worked in Japan Greece Portugal Mexico and Brazil where he dedicated ten years to creating at his jungle studio AkahtiLândia located in the State of São Paulo In addition to producing short films and videos Ithaka has released nine albums of original spokenword and ambient hip hop music One of his tracks Escape From The City of Angels was included in the feature film The Replacement Killers directed by Antoine Fuqua His spoken word poem So Get Up initially recorded in Manchester England in 1992 is recognized as one of the most remixed vocals in musical history with renditions by renowned DJs such as Fatboy Slim Carl Cox Linear North David Guetta Armin Van Buuren and Dimitri Vegas Like Mike His shortstory series Fishdaddy Chronicles has been published in surfing magazines worldwide and released as individual minibooks His photographic subjects in the realms of sports arts and entertainment have included notable figures such as Brian Wilson Chaz Guest artist Chuck Liddell Dr Dre Eazy E Giancarlo Esposito Ice Cube Jerome Lagarrique artist Keith Morris Circle Jerks Lea Thompson NWA PM Dawn Sheryl Lee Ralph Takashi Murakami and Teddy Reilly Additionally his abstract photographic art and sculpture collection known as The Reincarnation of a Surfboard has been exhibited internationally