Mark is one of Alberta’s best kept secrets. Also one of my best kept secret interviews. It had to feel right to publish it. And now the time has come. I took this interview while Mark was touring with his band Woodpigeon and all the text below happened on the trains between Berlin, Oslo and Torino. For detailed info
Read MoreWoodpigeon are an independent rock band from Calgary, Alberta, consisting of eight core members: Mark Hamilton (on the picture above; vocals, guitar), Kenna Burima (piano, vocals), Michael Gratton (bass), Annalea Sordi (accordion, flute, vocals), Daren Powell (drums), Peter Moersch (electric guitar, vocals), Foon Yap (violin), AJ Benoit (vocals). To date, the band have released three studio albums, and a number of EPs to critical
Read MoreIt’s obviously video Monday here on Grateful Grapefruit. That would be the case if I only told you about the amazing video to the first single of Woodkid. Don’t get me wrong, the video is a piece of art. But let me fill you in on the music project, too. Woodkid will undoubtedly is the first surprise of
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DERVISHES IN SPACE is the new amazing project by Riese Farbaute, a young film production company from Hamburg, Germany. They produce mainly fashion films and art films. DERVISHES IN SPACE is a three-part fashion film series directed by Cristian Straub. The “Science Fashion Film Saga” merges elements from High Fashion, Science-Fiction, Music Video and Art Film into one cosmic (fashion) film
Read MoreWhile picking my picks on Pitchfork through their Spring preview of what is about to be released in 2011, I remembered that after the Adidas + Justice hype wore off I hadn’t really heard the track itself. I still haven’t stopped the loop – Civilization has been going on all day climbing quickly in my personal Spring Hot Top. I couldn’t really
Read MoreJared and Hans are good boys. Some of you may think “how dare they” or “umm, wtf?!” when you see their project “Dear blank, please blank” The guys are well aware of it that’s why they have categorized the posts on their project as “you’re a duche”, “umm, wtf?!” and “how dare they” That’s how Hans and Jared are explaining
Read MoreIf you knew me better, you would know that I love taxidermy. I don’t just like to stroke the fur of stuffed animals, I go to bed with them. Since my cat Topi died, it’s become even worse. I would buy fur hats, pretend they’re him (my cat) and talk to them in bed until I fall asleep. Enough about that,
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I spent long time wondering what BL33N actually is supposed to be. Thanks to Diane Pernet, I found out that BL33N is the new collaboration child of Matthias and Donovan Vriens-McGrath. Matthias Vriens was one of the founders of DUTCH Magazine, a publication that influenced media and fashion during the 90s and 00s and used provocation as a weapon for riding their
Read MoreI can’t believe I am going to introduce you to someone who is first of all, born in 1990 and is already a professional and successful graphic artist working for giants like NIKE. Victor van Gaasbeek (21) is a graphic designer and illustrator from the Netherlands. He studied the Master Class Graphic Design at the Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam. And is
Read MoreSwedish artist/photographer Anders Krisar (1973) his obsessed with realistic textures and recreating human psychology, mostly skin. Yet he is deforming the bodies, leaving his finger prints in the arms of his artwork. I especially enjoy the last piece, a bronze cast attached to a heat isolator in close proximity to another cast made of beeswax. Anders is born and raised
Read MoreI have a confession to make. While everyone wanted to become an astronaut, policeman or fireman as a kid, i wanted to become an artist. Someone who has already fulfilled my childhood dream wants to fulfill their earlier dream – going in space. Their name is Inbred Hybrid Collective. Donate on kickstarter and help the Hybrid launch his rocket!
Read MoreI don’t really know how I feel about Lady Gaga’s new video. It’s done by the amazing Nick Knight, who shot Björk’s Pagan Poetry. Gaga’s video is a mish mash of references and recycled ideas from Superman, through the body modification artist Orlan, Goldfrapp, the Bible as well as the usual suspects – Madonna and Michael Jackson. Oh, she looks
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