Here’s a really nice Levi’s advertisement that I spotted down on Old Street. The ad is made up of different styles of real 501 jeans cut into the shape of butterflies. Check it out before it flies away!
John Alexander
Posted on Wednesday, 8th of October 2008 Permalink Comment (3)
Christian Marclay has some new cyanotypes on show at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York until the 11th. Standing in front of these wall-sized blueprints of unspooled cassette tapes is an immersive experience – these tiny images really don’t so them justice. Here both subject and reproduction are legacy, analog formats and the resulting images are stunning and ethereal.
Also on show is “Looking for Love”, a video work in which a close-up camera is trained upon a record-player needle which is forcibly skipped around vintage pop records, trying to find any mention of love. Mesmerising.
David Rainbird
Posted on Saturday, 4th of October 2008 Permalink Comment (3)
Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo.
Becoming briefly the most stylish stuntmen ever, Noah Sakamoto and Patrick Rizzo don suits by Adam Kimmel and hurtle down an open road in Claremont, CA. The white-knuckle ride, promoting Kimmel’s Spring Summer ’09 collection, is directed by the Sonoma artist Ari Marcopoulos. Hang on to your lunch as you watch them dodge traffic in both directions and trade the camera between them. (via The Moment)
David Rainbird
Posted on Monday, 29th of September 2008 Permalink Comment (0)
I have got something for all you synthesizer anoraks out there!
AQ Interactive has come up with an amazing little program that converts
your Nintendo DS into a Korg DS-10 synthesizer. The Korg DS-10 program boasts a two analog simulator, drum machine and a 6 track sequencer.
What more could you ask for!
Sadly, it is only available in Japan at the moment. I am hoping that it will get a full release in the UK. I will keep you posted.
John Alexander
Posted on Thursday, 25th of September 2008 Permalink Comment (0)
The V&A was awash with con’s by the end of this years Village Fete. And what a sorry looking bunch of miscreants you all were – Dance Floor Murderers, Fraudsters, Racketeers, Fashion Criminals and Nuclear Arms Dealers all rubbed shoulders with the other law-abiding visitors.
Criminality saw no boundaries as offenders young and old queued up to have their fictional Civil Liberties stripped. Some followed in the footsteps of other dynamic-duos and chose to be photographed with a partner-in-crime, others took the wrap for themselves and stood in the docks alone. Either way we caught some real hardened crims and did our part at ridding the streets of some of society’s most dangerous transgressors.
Our thanks goes to all those who took part and kept us busy for the entire event. And, if there are any of you felons reading this who received a Fibre Criminal Record, can you send us a scan of the picture side of your cards so that we can add it to our files.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Tuesday, 29th of July 2008 Permalink Comment (0)
It’s that time again folks, the Village Fete at the V&A is back! This year we’re giving punters the chance to show their darker side with a replica vintage Criminal Record:
“Impress your friends with the Fibre Correctional Facility Criminal Record. Walk in the footsteps of your celebrity heroes - Steve McQueen, Bill Gates, Hugh Grant, Bob Fossil - and get your very own bespoke Criminal Record complete with mug-shot, finger-prints and all your personal details, without the need to spend a second at Her Majesty’s pleasure.”
More details here. Hope to see you there!
Nathan Usmar Lauder
Posted on Friday, 25th of July 2008 Permalink Comment (0)
In conjunction with the Street Art exhibition at the Tate Modern, various works
have appeared in the area surrounding the Fibre studio.
Artists from Spain, Italy, France and Brazil were all showing works at the gallery
and in the nearby streets. Some placed legally, some appear to have been done
without permission. Either way, the message would seem to be the same:
Street art’s ok so long as the perpetrator’s not from Britain.
In a decision I support, the gallery purposefully excluded Banksy in an attempt
to draw attention to other just as accomplished artists and aspects of the art
form. Just a shame I think not to celebrate some more of our own emerging
and already established talent.
There is a map of the route available for download on the Tate website.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Monday, 16th of June 2008 Permalink Comment (2)
On my way back to Elephant & Castle train station yesterday I came across the most amazing sculpture of a “Stag”, standing in the centre of a construct site. The “Stag”, by Ben Long, is 35ft tall and made solely from scaffolding poles. This the fourth in a series of scaffolding sculptures, and it will be on be on display until July. Check it out while you can!
John Alexander
Posted on Tuesday, 20th of May 2008 Permalink Comment (1)
Perhaps the most amazing, creative and ambitious stop frame animation I’ve ever seen by artist Blu from Bologna
Soon to be appearing on walls of Tate modern.
Dave Brown
Posted on Thursday, 15th of May 2008 Permalink Comment (1)
Quite a nice music video (audio however is an acquired taste) using the Mac OSX Leopard desktop by a digital filmmaker Dennis Liu.
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Monday, 12th of May 2008 Permalink Comment (1)