In the Basement
2015-08-15
"Der Keller ist in Österreich ein Ort der Freizeit und der Privatsphäre. Viele Österreicher verbringen mehr Zeit im Keller ihres Einfamilienhauses als im Wohnzimmer, das oftmals nur zu Repräsentationszwecken dient. Im Keller gehen sie ihren eigentlichen Bedürfnissen nach, ihren Hobbys, Leidenschaften und Obsessionen. In unser aller Unterbewusstsein ist der Keller aber auch ein Ort der Dunkelheit, ein Ort der Angst, ein Ort der menschlichen Abgründe." - Ulrich Seidl
© Stadtkino Filmverleih
Still from the movie In the Basement, written and directed by Ulrich Seidl, 2014, 85 minutes, Austria.
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A different kind of love message from 2015
2015-08-15
"I guess I was just seeing so much love and free spirited craziness around me that I wanted to be able to remember it forever.” - Gioia de Bruijn
"Chanty and Jaco in Frankfurt" photographed by Gioia de Bruijn [series Weekend Warriors], courtesy of Flatland Gallery Amsterdam/Paris.
Youth. Raw. Bertolucci's The Dreamers. Teenage spirit. The Berlin I know. Just to name a few reactions I had when I saw Gioia's images. Cannot wait to see what comes next. Her work will be on display at Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam, between 18-20 September, 2015. Source: Dazed
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A message from 1904
2015-08-12
"My little Angel, I’m constantly thinking of you ... I would not have thought to be so madly in love, but those two eyes of yours... I cannot wait to receive even just a few sentences from you.
Asking you kissing and kissing you asking, write me .. a lot. Julius." [published in the daily newspaper Pesti Napló on September 24, 1904]
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Window[pano]rama
2015-08-12
Cats are the real emperors of Amsterdam, taking their naps while we are on our way to work.
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Whatever
2015-08-11
Note to the viewer:
I thought I might use a visual cliche of our time – Magritte’s everyman – to express the idea that art is mystery, continuity and history.
I’m also convinced that in an age of computer manipulation, surrealism has become banal, a shadow of its former self.
The phrase ‘Art is whatever’ expresses the current inclusiveness that surrounds art-making – a sort of ‘it ain’t what you do, it’s the way you do it’ notion.
The shadow of Magritte falls across the central part of the poster a poetic event that occurs as the shadow man isolates the word ‘hat’, hidden in the word ‘whatever’.
The four hats in the poster suggest how art might be defined: as a thing itself, the worth of the thing, the shadow of the thing, and the shape of the thing. Whatever.”
Milton Glaser at TED1998
One of Milton Glaser's didactic posters created for School of Visual Arts [New York] in the nineties.
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Furiosa
2015-08-11
© Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Charlize Theron in a still from the movie: Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Splendid
2015-08-11
© Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Zoë Kravitz in a still from the movie: Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Ten Times Rosie
2015-08-09
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley photographed by Rankin for the publication Ten Times Rosie [2010], featuring 10 seasons of the label Thomas Wylde.
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Transcending ideologies, transcending time
2015-08-07
One of the most inspiring TED talks I have ever watched is "The playful search for beauty" by legendary ceramics designer Eva Zeisel (1906-2011), filmed in 2001.
Although the word "inspiring" does not really cut it.
Please watch it, if you haven't done it yet.
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Mica
2015-08-05
Mica Arganaraz photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for Vogue Paris August 2015's editorial: Sauvage Innocence.
Styled by Emmanuelle Alt. Hair by Odile Gilbert. Make-up by Val Garland. Source: the fashionography.
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June 17, 1978
2015-08-05
"This is what teenagers were like on this day, in this place, in this time. Substitute today’s clothes and hairstyles, and I think you’ll find teenagers doing pretty much the same things." - Joseph Szabo
Rolling Stones Fans photographed by Joseph Szabo.
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Amber
2015-08-05
Yohji Yamamoto Autumn-Winter 2000 catalogue.
Amber Valletta photographed by Craig McDean, styling by Alex White, art directed by M/M (Paris). Source: Dazed.
The iconic, crinkled paper-superhero mask was referenced in Maison Margiela's Autumn-Winter 2015 couture show.
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Hari
2015-08-05
Hari Nef photographed by Collier Schorr for Dazed. Styling by Robbie Spencer.
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Confronting the mainstream male image
2015-07-26
Photographed by Gianfranco Briceño for Brazilian-based publication Snaps Fanzine.
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Tactile
2015-07-26
Tactile board [Tasttafel aus Fäden] Otti Berger from 1928. Currently on show at Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin.
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“draped-in-haste” No.2
2015-07-22
Look 10 from Maison Margiela's Artisanal Collection Autumn-Winter 2015.
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“draped-in-haste”
2015-07-22
Look 10 from Maison Margiela's Artisanal Collection Autumn-Winter 2015.
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Radical bridal No.2
2015-07-22
Look 26 from Maison Margiela's Artisanal Collection Autumn-Winter 2015.
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Radical bridal
2015-07-22
Look 26 from Maison Margiela's Artisanal Collection Autumn-Winter 2015 in the making. [ Partially made of plastic ]
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Australiana
2015-07-21
Jenny Kee design photographed by Brian Morris, 1985.
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back from berlin
2015-07-21
Berlin's energy is mesmerizing.
Currently listening to Maceo Plex Boiler Room remix.
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Répons [1981-1984]
2015-07-21
"The title Répons refers to the Gregorian tradition in which a solo vocalist and a choir alternate with and respond to each other. Boulez also uses this technique, calling ‘répons’ a ‘container’ concept because it introduces various layers: we hear dialogues between the soloists and the ensemble, between the ensemble players themselves, between acoustic and electronic sounds, and between passages that are digitally transformed and those that are not. The sound travels through the space and is flung in all directions. Boulez plays a game with sounds: far away at times, close by at others; agitated rhythms; the piano suddenly demanding lots of attention; the sections flowing into one another yet immediately changing the atmosphere." - hollandfestival.nl
It has been a while ago, but I still cannot forget about it. Ensemble intercontemporain together with Matthias Pintscher staged Pierre Boulez' work Répons at Amsterdam's Gashouder. Twice. Right after each other and the audience was seated both times some place else, so that the travel of original sound and recorded sound could effect the listener differently. Add the circular shape of the venue to that.
We were first seated in front of the piano. I sometimes wanted to run out [no offense, it was just way to intense]. And then came the harp which resulted in a completely different listening experience. I just wanted to stay and listen to it from all possible perspectives.
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Roller Coaster
2015-07-17
"I urgently appeal, then, for a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all. The worldwide ecological movement has already made considerable progress
and led to the establishment of numerous organizations committed to raising awareness of these challenges. Regrettably, many efforts to seek concrete solutions to the environmental crisis have proved ineffective, not only because of powerful opposition but also because of a more general lack of interest. ... We require a new and universal solidarity." - Pope Francis @Pontifex
Quote from the Encyclical letter of Pope Francis on care for our common home.
Image of a roller coaster in the Atlantic Ocean, an after-effect of superstorm Sandy. Copyright Getty Images.
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Touching the nerve of Belgians
2015-07-16
cons: "One architect told me that someday I would end up with a suicide on my conscience because of my bullying. Another accused me of drastically changing his children's future by making him redundant as an architect. For all these reasons it's important to be able to communicate in the open."
pros: "Other people just think it's fantastic. The child of one owner jumped up and down in excitement when we rang and asked for permission to use their house in our book: 'I knew you'd come, at last!'"
Photography by Hannes Coudenys for his project and blog, Ugly Belgian Houses.
I admire the fact that he saw something not quite right happening in Belgian landscaping and took action on it. Obviously he did divide an anyway divided enough country even more, but that is what's so great about it. Initiating a change perhaps?
... and some houses making it to his blog are not even ugly, on the contrary, quite remarkable ...
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Lingerie piece for a man
2015-07-15
We often talked about how a sophisticated piece of lingerie for men would actually look like? Maybe something like this? Specially commissioned items by Another Man magazine, from Autumn-Winter 2007. Photography by Nick Knight, styling by Alister Mackie
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