text by Tea Hacic
When I was just a little kid I learned a song in music class called “Big Big Dreams.” The chorus was, “big big dreams, lots of big dreams, things I wanna do some day, big big dreams, lots of big dreams, big dreams are OK.” I went home that day and sang the song to my mother and told her that I had written it. I knew that she knew that I didn’t, but I lied about it anyway. I saw shame in her eyes as I sang the phrases. I think of that moment often, about how embarrassing that must have been for her, to think she gave birth to a shithead. When I look back on that moment I wish it hadn’t happened, because since that moment I’ve tried not to lie. If that moment hadn’t happened, I may have become a talented liar by now. Maybe I’d be an entrepreneur or at least run a shabby-chic (yet efficient) Airbnb in LES that always has beer in the fridge and beautiful neighbors who are DTF. But I fucked that up.
SMALL TITS BIG DREAMS is a story about impostor syndrome. It’s about finding yourself in a new country, situation, job or curse you can’t find your way out of. You don’t know who you need to be so you violently push yourself to the limits in order to find out. It’s about dating an illiterate drug dealer only so he’ll invite you to parties and then hating all of your clothes so much that you take them off once you get there. It’s about having a goal and doing whatever you must to reach it, even if “whatever you must” means stealing your best friend’s wallet. It’s about Milan, a city that was sleeping until noon, spending all its money on shoes and falling into k-holes by midnight. But the city is changing … !
There is a new collective in Milan messing stuff up, flipping all the pizzas upside-down, cheese side on the ground, turning the aesthetic around! They are bored of fashion parties, fancy aperitivos and bars that exist only to show football games. They are inventing a new reality in the city that never weeps!
NO TEXT AZIENDA are a dude duo with a rebellious artistic agenda. Part of the GrossoMondo movement, a creative agency and magazine (with Yosephine Melfi and Carolina Amoretti), NO TEXT are video makers and “culture-jammers.” I first met them years ago on the streets of Pta. Ticinese by accident and immediately felt compelled to stalk interview them. A lot has changed since then (mostly, my hair) but they’re still best friends (and according to half the city, a gay couple). Alvin Sonic and Ignoro Disoncelli are the types of swoon-worthy boys who seem like they get twelve hours of beauty sleep, then skateboard from bed to a swimming pool and back to bed. In reality, they work so hard they show up to your SMALL TITS BIG DREAMS shooting straight from a party—they haven’t eaten for days but they let you steal their first meal (a Big Mac) right out of their hands, for the sake of a scene. There’s a reason these kids have worked for Sterven Jonger and Nike! You’ll see!
If you’ve ever found yourself roaming the streets like a lunatic, searching for meaning (or at least a Zara sale), this film is for you. If you’ve caught yourself wondering when everyone will be as obsessed with you as you are, this film is for you. If you’re an exhibitionist, this film is for you (and so is WOVO a concept sex shop in Milan run by the film’s stylist)! If you want to hear an original track by RIVA this film is lasagna for your ears! If you love pigeons, hate taxes, feel hungry all the time, miss your parents, fantasize about your professors, think coconut water tastes like cum…this film was made for you! So what are you waiting for?
No matter who you are or what you’re into, remember Big Dreams Are OK…as long as you’re honest about them.
Text by Tea Hacic. Follow Tea on Instagram here. Follow Autre Magazine: @AUTREMAGAZINE