It’s ok to feel sad in the city, especially when that city is London. Cloudy skies, grey buildings and mean (and lean) men might be bringing you down. Local or tourist, just follow these five steps and dry those eyes sailor, you’ll be fine: Quit Quit smoking, quit your job, quit Facebook, quit bad friends, quit fast food…go out and
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Have you met Jimmy? He’s been around for about 4 issues now and doesn’t plan on going anywhere. JIMMY is one of a few zines from LA focusing on queer culture while stroking a hairy chest. The zine’s creators Jimmy (quite egocentric to call the zine after yourself, don’t you think?) and Brent Freaney. After they reached out to me and
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It’s beyond doubt that only strong feelings tay beyond destruction if people are involved – hatred, love, envy. However, William Miller wasn’t driven by any of those while creating his collection of Ruined Polaroids. It was all due to circumstances, chance and maybe even luck. Enough ranting, I think he put it best in his own words: “These are Polaroid pictures run
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Last night I watched an excellent lecture (twice! first watched, then went to bed last night listening just to the audio) by London artist James Bridle. The, title as he explains, does have a reference to Rhianna, even though he messed up the wording a little bit. Here he talks about fascinating ideas of coded spaces, bot intimacy, gay cyber cruising,
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I personally know 3 women who would immediately strip to pose for Pascal Möhlmann. But that’s not the point. Although you might think otherwise, Möhlmann doesn’t see his work as erotic and based on fetishes. He doesn’t see a narrative in there either. Pascal ended up living in Zürich after he met his now wife at a party in Basel some years
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When I think about it, I really remember more gloomy days and more darkness than light in Berlin. It’s a pity on the one hand, but on the other it’s a thriving environment for all those moody artists who find their creative fuel in the overcast skies over Berlin. Here’s maybe the best proof for my theory. His name is
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While I was sick, there has been a lot going on in the fashion reality. I definitely had to catch up on that one featuring Zombie Boy. We are in a huge fabric hall. An exposed and obviously uncommon character sits there on a couch. German photographer Nadine Elfenbein will soon continue taking pictures of him. He smokes his cigarette while making
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Right before he boards the plane to Europe – visiting Paris and Berlin, Justin sent me his latest photo shoot done with instant film and emulsion transfers using a 4×5 Sinar studio camera and Konica Instant Press. The result is both stunning and brings a vintage erotic feel. Some of them look like paintings, don’t they? The shoot also features
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CityScape is a collection of three collages that depict the most characteristic parts of Copenhagen that almost appear as separate cities within the city. Created by Daim Yoon, Mette Lyckegaard and Marcin Ignac, the trio used the pictures of the city as as a graphical landscape mosaic that represents the feel they have to them. The urban landscape of Copenhagen is flat and homogeneous
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Aurelien and I share the same suspicion and doubt about the fashion industry. We’re also in a love-hate triangle with fashion magazines. The French native from Bordeaux is now based in Barcelona, where he continues his work with mixed media, photography and graphic design. My personal pick from his intriguing portfolio is called Surface – a very personal photographic réflexion on
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During my recent visit in New Zealand, I’ve been delighted by great natural scenery and interesting architecture. This was particularly true in Wellington, its underrated capital. Seriously, if you ever go to New Zealand, do not miss Wellington where Maori and imperial cultures mix very… well (yes, I love alliteration). To do justice to Wellington, you will need at least
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Philippe Poupet is an ambitious man. He’s also an installation artist from France who decided to take on Barranquilla, an industries city on the Northern Caribbean coast of Colombia (it’s also where Shakira was born). From a simple exercise, a procedure previously agreed by all, Philippe proposes a group of people, artists and/or students to participate for several successive meetings in
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