23
Jun
2010
23
Jun
2010
James Joyce. No, the other one!
For once we’re not going to talk about the author, but the artist. No matter what people say, James Joyce is a London-based artist and designer. His client list includes Levi’s, Nike, Orange, Guinness, Carhartt, Soho House, GQ France, Wallpaper* and even major EMI Music Publishing. Pretty impressive, huh? Check out why. Between 2006 and 2010 he did 7 exhibitions
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22
Jun
2010
The Schöneberg Bear
There is something about this homo ursus If you’re visiting Berlin soon and are determined to go hunting, there are some crucial facts you need to know about the rear Berlin bear breed. Legend: 1. Buzz haircut, 1.3 cm. length 2. Trimmed beard; style and length directly correspondent to sexual preferences 3. Armband tattoo, silent homage to porn star idol
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22
Jun
2010
I Don’t Watch Football, But…
My friend Monika has a mission (impossible) this summer: Teach me football, teach me World Cup and other butch stuff like that. Although I am not an expert in football (yes, dear US readers, it’s football, not soccer, duh!) terms yet, there is certainly no lack of study motivation after I saw the following photo session with some of USA’s
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22
Jun
2010
Towel For Your BUTT
It wasn’t long ago, when BUTT announced their super secret summer project. Readers suggested what this might be and their wild suggestions included cooking show, roadtrip, gay karaoke and clothing line. The latter was the closest. BUTT and American Apparel joinet forces to create five special-edition furry summer beach towels guaranteed to give you pleasure whenever you need drying off.
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17
Jun
2010
The Grateful grapefruit Interviews: Evan Roth
Evan Roth is 32 and a bad ass motherfucker. At least that’s what you have to type into Google if you want to find out more about his revolutionary art projects. In 13 days and 11 hours he made his name (and his site) the top search result for that query. He figured this legitimately entitled him to printing “Bad
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14
Jun
2010
Marc Da Cunha Lopes
I don’t really like photoshopped images. Color adjusting and grading is one thing, but raping and image and turning it into a sick imagination’s playground is just way too boring for me. That’s at least what I thought until I saw the work of Paris-based photographer Marc De Cunha Lopes. For an artist with such complicated and long name, Marc
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14
Jun
2010
John Clang
John Clang is actually Ang Choon Leng ( 汪春龙). By the age of 21 he is exhibiting photographs at art galleries in Singapore. Clang first exhibited his work as a member of the controversial (and now defunct) Singapore art group 5th Passage Artists. His work has been shown at Proud Galleries, London; Bank Art Gallery, Los Angeles; and Galerie Colette,
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27
May
2010
Gio Black Peter Wuz Here
Gio Black Peter can’t contain himself. His creative force and talent explode on stage, walls and screens coming directly from his “heart, guts and balls”. You don’t really wanna mess with Gio – he is not just a hyperactive performer and ubercreative head, but also embodies your wildest New York wet dreams. His manic/maniac performances tell one part of the
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25
May
2010
Morgan Tepsic [VIDEO]
live from Oklahoma, USA Morgan Tepsic takes a couple of minutes to chat to Grateful Grapefruit about the year of traveling and naked jumping he will embark on today; about his porn ambitions and Oklahoma (where he originally comes from). He also promised to visit Berlin coming winter. The shot you see above is the last from his home town
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21
May
2010
Robyn – Dancing On My Own
She is really dancing on her own in her latest video. Robyn just did the last editing to the video and posted it right away on vimeo and her blog. It’s a non-pretentious video with nice shots, cool stop motions and the usual overflow of positive energy we expect from Robyn. The mix is a bit different from the album
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21
May
2010
Gerry Visco
Gerry Visco is hysterical. Gerry Visco is ridiculously insane. Gerry Visco is the photographer who gives the most intimate perspective of the New York night life. When you look at her party pics you’d think it’s still the 80s and they have all been taken in Studio54. She regularly covers parties, events, and the arts for New York Press in
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