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Kate Marshall is a UK based artist who likes to flirt between painting and drawing, using loose, wet lines on pale grounds to create images of femininity inspired by china figurines, dated porn, Boucher and gossip magazines.
It’s a question that comes to mind all the time. Who among living artists will continue to be famous a century or so from now? Who will continue to seem important and powerful? The Barnes Foundation is full of Jules Pascins, once a name that every art lover knew. Now he’s one so obscure it wouldn’t be fair as a Trivial Pursuit question. John Steuart Curry? He used to be big, back in the 1930s, when the American regionalists were winning the art wars for a while against the Modernists. Now? He still has murals in Kansas and D.C., and he turns up in a few museum collections, including the Whitney. But it takes a long wall card to remind people of who he was. I was reminded of this because my blogger colleague Tyler Green has begun playing an art history list game, one that actually forces you to think about your taste and judgments, once you start toying with it. The game? Name the ten truly great artists in each century. So for the 20th, let’s say Matisse, Picasso, Duchamp, Bonnard, Miro, Mondrian, Pollock, Bacon, (David) Smith, Warhol. But now I’ve left out Malevich, Kandinsky, Brancusi, Beckmann, DeKooning, Rauschenberg, Johns, Hesse and Serra, all of whom changed the terms of the game in some way. And Klee! (A kingdom unto himself.) Green throws in a photographer, Arbus. But if you’re going to do that I don’t see how you can leave out Cartier-Bresson, at least for the work in the 30s that was some of the greatest Surrealist art of the decade. And then there’s Robert Frank. Maybe it’s easier to start with the seventh century, when Anonymous was the only name to be reckoned with, at least in the West. And further on the topic of fickle fame, the U.K. daily The Guardian has published the results of a survey of 6400 Brits who were asked to name their top ten “arts heroes”. You’ll be pleased to know that Leonardo made the cut, but probably because he’s that guy in The Da Vinci Code. I don’t know how you’ll feel about the news that Banksy scored higher than Picasso.
Links of The Daily
Yay or Nay: Baby doll dresses…Gratuitous celeb swag…Airport manicures?
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
(NEW YORK) Sunglasses: The last affordable luxury [International Herald Tribune]
Who says you can’t have couture within your budget?
Baby Blues: The Hideous Trend that Must Be Stopped [NY Post]
“I used to yell at the girls in my office to dress up more. Now, I have 50 girls running around in baby-doll dresses.”
Beauty Treatments On the Fly [NY Sun]
The perfect way to deal with a layover
The Paparazzi: Love Them or Hate Them, But Fashion Needs Them [Portfolio]
Free swag for photos
The Marrying Kind [Style.com]
It’s that time again, here’s the wedding season’s must-haves.
Stefani confirms Bryant Park for September
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
(NEW YORK) After taking a three-season sabbatical from the runways of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Gwen Stefani is poised to come back with a vengeance. Her L.A.M.B. line has confirmed that it will stage a full-scale runway show at Bryant Park on the first day of New York’s Fashion Week, September 5, at 8:00 p.m. in the largest venue available, The Tent, sliding right into the fashion calendar ahead of Tommy Hilfiger’s show. Stefani will be in good company, with the likes of Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, and Michael Kors all showing their collections in the same locale later that week. This will be Stefani’s second runway show, her ninth L.A.M.B. collection, and despite all the success (with a fragrance from Coty to boot), she’s not content to rest on her laurels. Once she’s taken her runway bow, the Grammy Award winner is jetting to Hamburg, Germany for her “Sweet Escape” European tour, performing at the Color Line Arena.
Like something straight out of the mind of Jules Verne or H.G. Wells, the Steampunk design culture has been around for a long time. In a recent Wired feature we see that the movement is alive and kicking. Using strongly contrasting elements such as Victorian refinement and industrial grit, imparting a distinct sense of old technology vs. new, the aesthetic is both beautiful and unique. Steam and clockworks replace silicon logic, brass and copper stand in for titanium and plastic and airships replace spaceships. Rather than simply read about and imagine this future world, today’s steampunks are creating and building that beautiful aesthetic through use of modern technology mixed with industrial metals in a very classical style. See the Wired article here.
Video: Justin Timberlake “LoveStoned/I Think She Knows”
By: Julianne Shepherd
POSTED: 12:26 EST, June 18, 2007
Timberlake’s new video: White Noise for real.
Don’t suppose you remember that movie White Noise starring Michael Keaton, where legions of deceased spirits are talking to us through the airwaves, and trying to kill humans via the television. Its tagline was “The dead are trying to get ahold of you,” according to IMDB.com. “Lovestoned” is Justin Timberlake trying to get ahold of your equalizer (smell me), while “I Think She Knows” is the part where he “crosses over,” serene in a white suit and twinkle in his eye, slow-mo like dude just popped an ambien. Check it:
Gianfranco Ferré, perhaps best known as the “architect of fashion” for his sculpted shapes, structured forms, and for his groundbreaking career at Christian Dior, died Sunday evening after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage. The Italian designer was 62. (full story)
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Oasis check out The White Stripes at Hyde Park
Jack and Meg kick off the 02 Wireless Festival
14.Jun.07 10:37pm
The White Stripes were watched by the likes of Oasis and The View as they kicked off the London leg of the 02 Wireless Festival at Hyde Park tonight (June 14).
After two ‘warm-up’ gigs in the UK capital this week, Jack and Meg White played their festival show in front of a crowd that included Oasis bandmates Noel Gallagher and Gem Archer and The View’s Kyle Falconer. (continue reading)
Madonna ‘more powerful’ than Rolling Stones
Elton John and Jay-Z also among the world’s most influential
2 hours ago
American magazine Forbes has produced its annual Celebrity 100 list for 2007, and it has crowned Madonna as the most powerful musician above the likes of The Rolling Stones.
Forbes generated the list by analysing celebrity earnings, in addition to monitoring media metrics such as Google hits, press mentions as compiled by Lexis/Nexis, TV and radio mentions from Factiva and the number of times an A-lister appears on the cover of major consumer magazines.
Featuring third on the overall list, and reaching the top of the musician pile, Madonna came in above The Rolling Stones, Elton John and even rock giants U2.
The musicians list is as follows:
3. Madonna
4. The Rolling Stones
7. Elton John
9. Jay-Z
18. Bon Jovi
20. Celine Dion
22. U2
32. 50 Cent
34. Justin Timberlake
43. Sean Combs
57. Will Smith
60. Jessica Simpson
The list itself was topped by Oprah Winfrey.
See Forbes.com
for the full list.
Pitchfork:
Sly Stone, Rapture, Hot Chip Play Lovebox
Also: Patrick Wolf, Junior Boys, Fujiya & Miyagi, Diplo, Bonde do Role
The second (to our knowledge) of this year’s festivals with a love metaphor for its name is the Lovebox festival, though “Lovebox” has more of a Sarah Silverman ring to it than “Italia Wave Love Festival.”
Lovebox 2007 will feature sets from the Rapture, Hot Chip, Sly and the Family Stone, Blondie, Patrick Wolf, Junior Boys, Super Furry Animals, Diplo, Blondie, Bonde do Role, Maurice Fulton, Daddy G of Massive Attack, Fujiya & Miyagi, the B-52’s, Toots & the Maytals, Digitalism, Switch, New Young Pony Club, Pull Tiger Tail, Blood Red Shoes, Rub N Tug, Nouvelle Vague, Spirit Catcher, Felix Da Housecat, the Presets, Tiga, Kissy Sell Out, Tunng, Good Shoes, Black Strobe, and more.
Lovebox will take place at London’s Victoria Park on July 21 and 22 and at Dublin’s Malahide Castle on July 21.
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Because we’re never gonna survive, unless. His Label 2.0 is set to launch with a different revenue model: free music supported by ads on the site. Considering iTunes rewrote how music is sold–with individually downloadable songs–this might work too. But, it have some popular artists signed to draw enough advertisers to pull it off. Names draw sponsor interest, otherwise, they’ll be selling ad space to the local pizza joint or lowermybills.com. (Napster tried this at first too, but eventually had to go to a fee-based service. Difference there was that they were giving away someone else’s music.)
Another thing to consider is that since something like half of all music now has not been purchased, rather, shared among friends, this could be a possible solution to curb music piracy–why worry about illegal downloading if it’s free and if the label can still make money off ads? (Thing is, will advertisers want to sign up on a site where content will be shared somewhere else–kids with CDs of mp3s distributed while they’re at school for example–away from the ‘reach and frequency’ of their message?)
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So now Live Earth is coming up, Al Gore’s other wet dream. I appreciate the sentiments surrounding the global warming issue, but doesn’t this event feel like it’ll just blend in with the white noise of past agenda-driven concerts? Live 8, Band Aid, Live Aid, Farm Aid, Bar Maid, LemonAde, First Aid. Where does it end? All of those were supposed to ‘solve’ their respective problems.
They didn’t though.
So bands moved on to the next issue. I don’t see this one ‘solving the climate crisis’ as their mission statement indicates. Guess I always had a problem with the notion that if a band played guitar that the problem goes away instantly. Bono sings and suddenly AIDS disappears. Instead, why not settle for raising awareness like Gore did it with his Alfomercial/doc. (Ironic that Woodstock had no political agenda beyond peace, yet to this day it’s still the one concert most people remember, and likely the greenest of all of them too.) And if going green is so critical to the mission, how much energy will be expended to raise awareness this time around?
I’ve been waiting for these American Apparel slacks for the longest time. Finally, a jean that isn’t too tight, too low -i nteresting colors, like mustard and peacock blue, is a great bonus.
Pissed off about the ending….I was…
Here is a theory that makes me second guess my initial frustration…
Post from Coolhunting:
Lighter, faster and half the size of its predecessor (the Classic), the new SteriPEN Adventurer uses UV light to sterilize sketchy water in under a minute. Ensuring safe drinking water where ever your travels take you, I would not have survived without it on my recent travels to countries like Cambodia and Laos.
Just press the button and place the lamp end in the water and stir. If you prematurely take the lamp out of the water, the purifier will warn you with a red light that the water is not ready to drink. There is no need for chemicals or harsh treatments that leave your water tasting like metal. Using the same sterilization technique as hospitals, the Adventurer can purify 16 ounces of water in 48 seconds, killing bacteria and viruses related to Dysentary, E. Coli, Salmonella, Cholera, Typhoid Fever and Giardia, among others—ailments could ruin your trip or even worse.
A must have for summer travels, the Adventurer SteriPEN is available at Amazon for $130.
Brands are walking on thin ice when the experience they promise is mostly make believe. But some brands go beyond thin ice and try to walk on water, promising pure fiction to keep themselves afloat. click here for more
Very interesting story on homelessness and the struggle to fight drug addiction and mental illness…click here for the story
Much has been written about the myriad ways in which technology and the Internet are changing our culture. But a new book submits that the most important change being wrought is a decidedly negative one: the devaluing of real talent in favor of a mindless celebration of DIY culture. Are we, through YouTube and other online innovations, “celebrating the amateur to the point of absurdity”? Perhaps, but it’s also likely that “the pendulum will swing…(click here for more)
“A new study suggests only a small chunk of the brain, called the dentate gyrus, is responsible for ‘episodic’ memories–information that allows us to tell similar places and situations apart. Déjà vu is a memory problem, occurring when our brains struggle to tell the difference between two extremely similar situations. As people age, déjà-vu-like confusion happens more often–and it also happens in people suffering from brain diseases like Alzheimer’s.”…
The EVACcitywide On-line Show
EVACcitywide announces an Artists’ Call For Entries for The EVACcitywide On-Line Show, a juried exhibit to showcase original works of art in all static visual media representative of contemporary directions in art, including installation and post-modern art. For our inaugural show, we are pleased to announce that our juror is Jeff Fleming, the Director of the Des Moines Art Center. We will be celebrating EVAC’s latest endeavor with a reception and presentation of selected artwork at the Des Moines Art Center at 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on July 19, 2007
Thanks Garrett…
Do all of humanity a favor….
with squishy, ventilated, cheesy rubber socks of love,
* Ambush * if you’re in the know, you already know
Maybe you’ve been to an Ambush production?
*Big Hairball 2007 - DJ Rich B, DJ Solarz, Isisserettes, 6 Salons (Bella, Blondies, Halo, Marc Stephens, Salon Bliss, Sacred Skin & Hair), Robert Canada (Glamour Puss), MC Lenny, Sexy go-go dancers, video installations by On Purpos (onpurpos.com) + Flatform (flatform.net), much more…
*Art Noir - After Dark events (in conjunction w/Liza Kindred -lizakindred.com)
*YPC @ the Opera
*YPC @ the Symphony
*YPC @ Gateway Lofts - DJ Solarz - Pearl Vodka -
*Fresh Breath - Howl Jame Brown - Host Robert Canada (performance of Glamour Puss), Dj Dave Culpepper, FloorSpiders, Ms Vee, Mic (Check), Chandra (Raw Emotion), many other talented performers
*YPC/Metro Arts Two Rivers Preview Party + After Party @ Vertigo -Floor Spiders, J Bromell (Live Performance Art), Oxygen Bar, Dj Retro P
*Warhol Ball - Art Noir-Des Moines Art Center - The Autumn Project (Sound + Visual), DD Sparks, DJ Raj all in The Factory
*Grey Market 1 (After-Party) - DJ Phase II
*Fresh Breath - Mars Cafe - Robert Canada - Dj Dave Culpepper
*515 Alive Afterparty - Dj Retro P lead the efforts but ambush offered consultation
* LoveStruck - Des Moines Most Eligible Singles -Runway show w/Dj Rich B - sexy Ambush models - Opera Singer Kim Fitch -W Salon - much more… www.mosteligibledsm.org
*Naughty New Years (2006) - Runway Fetish Performance
*Glamour Girl Charm School @ Aura
Featured: Floor Spiders, What? Dancers, Isiserettes, Napoleon Dynamite, Handsome Boy Modeling School
*Big Hair Ball 2005 - Des Moines Art Center
*bu boutique 1st Fashion Show @ Aura -
Featured: CT from the Real World, Dialekt (L.A. Breackdancer), What Dancers, Ambush Runway Models
PS - If you’d like me to plan your next event - please contact me @ ambushdsm@gmail.com
The Des Moines Art Center & Art Noir Present:
Catalyst State - Iowa Design Weekend
Nov 16 & 17
More details coming soon:
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Young art lovers plan to showcase Iowa design this fall
by Tim Paluch
juice staff writer
02/28/2007 email this print this
Nathan Hewitt and Art Noir have big, bold plans for 2007.
Namely, for a weekend in November when the Des Moines Art Center’s Art Noir Presents: Catalyst State Iowa Design Weekend.
The two-day event will showcase Iowa’s design talents and will be the culmination of nearly a year of planning by Art Noir, a young professional organization started nine months ago as a way to promote the Des Moines Art Center to a new generation. The event is still in the planning phases.
Hewitt, the 27-year-old co-president of Art Noir, said Catalyst State is a huge undertaking that will feature Iowa (or former Iowan) designers. The focus is on four main components of the design field: fashion, graphics, built environments and objects. There will be lectures from top professionals in the industry, fashion shows and an award ceremony.
With the Iowa Caucuses just a few months later, Hewitt sees the event as a chance to capitalize on interest in Des Moines and really make a splash.
“We want this to get national attention,” he said. “We want people from New York and L.A. at the event.”
Interest in Art Noir has exceeded expectations so far. Hewitt said there are about 150 members. While many members work or dabble in the arts or creative outlets, bankers and lawyers and people in all walks of life are joining.
“There is a lot of energy, a lot of fresh energy,” he said. “There are a lot of young people involved in the arts and creative community in Des Moines, and we are the people who could really help shape the future of Des Moines in those areas.”
As for benefits, Hewitt said members get early previews to art exhibits and often get to meet artists and curators the public may not receive. There are also occasional social events.
If you’re an active member of the Des Moines Art Center, you can be a member of Art Noir. Eventually, there may be separate membership fees, but right now the $35 annual Art Center membership fee is the only cost to join the organization.
What they do: Promote the Des Moines Art Center to young professionals in Des Moines and encourage creative and artistic endeavors in Des Moines.
Membership: About 150.
Requirements: Must be an active Des Moines Art Center member, which costs $35 a year. Most members are in their 20s and 30s.
How often they meet: Monthly board meetings and social events, often timed around an exhibit at the Art Center. Art Noir often has exclusive, early access to artists and exhibits.
How to join: Go to the Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave., go to an Art Noir event, go to desmoinesartcenter.org or email artnoir@desmoinesartcenter.org.
Go to an event: The next Art Noir event is the Black Maria Film Festival at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Art Center’s Levitt Auditorium. The film festival is a juried competition of bold, contemporary films that stops in cities across the country. Art Noir hosts an afterparty at 25th St. Cafe.
11 June 2007
Albums and singles released in the UK today
11.Jun.07 8:00am
Queens Of The Stone Age head up the list of releases today (June 11).
The band release ‘Era Vulgaris’, the follow up to 2005’s ‘Lullabies To Paralyze’.
Releasing debut album are Calvin Harris, who releases ‘I Created Disco’ and Tiny Dancers, who release ‘Free School Milk’.
Releasing singles today are Editors, who return with ‘Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors’, The Fratellis, who release ‘Old Black N Blue Eyes’, The Gossip release ‘Listen Up’ and The White Stripes, who release the much-anticipated ‘Icky Thump’.
Albums releases:
Calvin Harris - ‘I Created Disco’
Tiny Dancers - ‘Free School Milk’
Static-X- ‘Cannibal’
Bon Jovi - ‘Lost Highway’
Queens Of The Stone Age - ‘Era Vulgaris’
Bob Sinclair - ‘Soundz Of Freedom’
Singles releases:
Andrea Corr -’Shame On Shame’
Siobhan Donaghy - ‘So You Say’
Kelly Rowland - ‘Like This’
Editors - ‘Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors’
The Fratellis - ‘Ole Black N Blue Eyes’
The Gossip - ‘Listen Up’
Maximo Park- ‘Books From Boxes’
The White Stripes- ‘Icky Thump’
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Gwon Osang takes hundreds of photos when he is creating a piece. He then takes bits and pieces of the photographs and sculpts a 3-D version of the subject. Elements of realism mixed with distortion makes the audience see the reflections from the fuzzy lens we peek through. In the Korean art world, Gwon has been widely recognized as someone working in photography; not once has he been called a sculptor. The artist, who graduated from the Hong-ik University sculpture department, calls himself a sculptor. Gwon was born in Seoul, 1974 lives and works in Seoul.
His art is described as “A new technique of illusions making tiny but visible cracks in the territory of the Korean art scene established by the 1990s.” Gwon’s photo-sculptures require a tedious process to create his quilted tapestry of human attributes. After different parts of the model’s body are shot with the same light source, the film is developed and the prints are pieced together to form a sculptural body (made without looking at the model). The fact that Gwon used this process to achieve a sculptural end-result is without precedent in the history of contemporary art.
With his project, The Flat, Osang cut out pictures from magazines to make sculptures and captured them by camera. His sculptures are lightweight and rarely does he work with traditional heavier sculpting material such as clay or bronze. As a student his motto was “never make anything that a friend and I can’t easily move.” He participates in many exhibits all over the world and you can get a taste of this interesting work here at his gallery.
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Seonna Hong’s latest series of paintings, Our Endless Numbered Days, are suggestive of impending doom, what with black birds, bears and horses, but perhaps one that represents change or a move forward. Trees fall and branches are cut, but just as often as not the protagonist is the one that effects the change. Hong adds embroidery to her work, along with cut pieces of canvas, to hone in on the details.
Artist: Seonna Hong
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This can be but a brief introduction to Zhang O’s photography and her various culturally significant series of works. Hair is group of photos that uses black hair as a reference to the traditional art of Chinese calligraphy, where O uses the hair as the brushstrokes. Horizon examines the lost girls of China by way of 21 photographs of peasant girls captured at different angles to the camera and horizon.. Daddy & I is a look at an East -West perspective, but of course, appears a little more disturbing than it should be. Zhang O’s work is worth further exploration in order to give more time to both her themes and her capabilities.
Artist: Zhang O
+ ozhang.com
100 Years of Fashion Illustration by Cally Blackman offers up over 400 images of fashion as a comprehensive survey from the past century. Not only a collection of illustrations, but a traipse through the history of fashion as well, this book is easy on the eye and makes everything old seem new again, reminding us of the value of traditional techniques and perspectives. The glamour of fashion has always been very much present, but so has a combination of its levity, simplicity and elegance.Paperback, 384 pages. Laurence King 2007, $26.40 at Amazon.
Here’s a nice varied portfolio of work by Polish photographer Jacek Jedrzejczak (who thankfully also goes by the name Konrad!)
Image by Scott Foltz
Here’s the latest in our ongoing series of Model Appreciation links. Model Mandy has an impressive portfolio of work with some very talented artists.
If you don’t like to rough it, can’t do without the conveniences of home, or just need a base camp to recharge your camera or MP3 player after a day on the trail, the Eureka N!ergy tents have three 12-volt plugs to charge your accessories. A concealed wiring system strategically places glowing outlets throughout the tent for easy access. Hook up a fan on warm nights, a reading light, alarm clock, DVD player, perhaps a computer. The only downside is that you need the Eureka E Power Pak, a portable and rechargeable battery source, which is sold separately.
Available in three different sizes, purchase the eight-person, three-season version for $200 here.
Japanese-born and Barcelona-based, product designer Hiroshi Tsunoda recently launched a new brand called Design Code. We first mentioned Hiroshi’s distinctive lighting designs in reviewing the design store L’appartement, where he exhibited last year. Design Code is a collection of Tsunoda’s well-known designs such as Flamp and Table Emotions (below right), as well as new products such as the beautiful Folklore lamps. (Pictured below left.)
We particularly love Tsunoda’s new Joyn design (above right). These small hexagonal modular pieces can be joined together to create a dividing screen of limitless dimensions. This seems very much influenced by the Bouroullec brothers’ similar Algae and Twigs designs for Vitra but Tsunoda brings his own sense of simplicity and geometry to the concept. What’s more, Design Code’s products are ecologically made; they are all lightweight, made from recyclable materials, mostly paper and plastic, and manufactured in Barcelona. Design Code products can be bought online from Vinçon.
We’ve seen the pop-up store, but a pop-up club? Kubrik is a modular open-air club located in Barcelona, Berlin and Lisbon for this summer only. Designed by Modular Beat and Light Life, the club is an open construction of light-up plastic boxes that make up the walls, hallways, DJ station and bar. Featuring a variety of European DJs, the clubs will be open until September 2007.
For more info on your respective city including address, events and featured DJs, visit Kubrik Barcelona, Berlin or Lisbon.
The Mechanical Music Box: “Make your own music box melodies with this mechanical music box set. Comes with hand-cranked music box, one pre-punched music strip that plays the “Happy Birthday” song, 3 unpunched strips (48cm), a hole punch, and instruction manual to have you creating your own music box melody in minutes.” About $15.
– via Cool Hunting
BBC broke the news yesterday: “Researchers from Mid Sweden University have constructed an interactive paper billboard that emits recorded sound in response to a user’s touch. The prototype display uses conductive inks, which are sensitive to pressure, and printed speakers.”
After some digging and struggling with Swedish (the ways one navigates pages in completely unfamiliar languages would make an interesting usability study), I fished out some details and links.
The “billboard”, it seems, is part of this Paper IV project that’s been going on at Mid Sweden University: “We believe that the technologies that will be developed initially will be of interest to popular magazines and newspapers, and we will focus our attention there to start with. However, we will also study, in parallel, the feasibility of implementing these technologies in billboards and product displays of various types.” Here’s a video showing the technology at work (the above picture is a screengrab of this). Also see some other related projects the group is working on.
Blu Dot / Dwell Chair Design Competition
Blu Dot has teamed with Dwell to sponsor an open competition for legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years of age to design the ultimate lounge chair. Just design something that’s comfortable, sustainable, efficient, honest, and affordable. With their seal of approval, the winning chair—possibly your design—will go into production and join the Blu Dot collection at ICFF in 2008.
The winner will receive a $5,000 cash reward. Finalists will receive a $1,000 cash reward in addition to $1,000 credit at bludot.com. The Dwell Lounge will then go into production and will be introduced by Blu Dot and Dwell at ICFF in 2008. Deadline for entries is 6:00 p.m. on 2 July 2007.
Visit the site for details and entry form.
Love how the guy explains the logo and is totally full of shit… I was in a meeting one day with a local “Young Professional” and he kept talking about how he was looking at things from 10,000 ft high and how he had such visionary plans - but then when it came down to it - he didn’t do a thing…except do more talking….
It’s important to see through the smoke and mirrors…
Interesting post from Marketing Guru Seth Godin:
I can’t believe this - these two are up to 4 children already…All I gotta say is Hollywood Divorce?
Pret-a-porter which is french for ready to wear…
Check out this site
When you have a good idea, people will steal it…
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| Video art burst onto the international art scene in the mid-’60s and since then its presence has only intensified. Inexpensive and highly versatile, video’s flexibility renders it an ideal artistic medium, capable of bringing the impossible (or images of the impossible) within reach. Mobile and reproducible by design, video became even more accessible with the advent of digitalization; media can now be shown and shared in festivals and galleries both real and virtual. This summer promises video to the max, online and in the flesh.
LOOP, Barcelona’s annual video art festival founded in 2003, runs through early June. Throughout the city’s center, screens flicker as museums, shops, and schools transform into uniquely localized exhibition spaces. This year’s event features more than 800 artists and numerous special programs. Highlights include the first Barcelona screening of Matthew Barney’s five-part Cremaster Cycle, an allegorical series exploring processes of creation; the debut of a brand-new piece by Beckett-esque UK artist Ceal Floyer; and LOOP Maghreb/Pakistan, an initiative encouraging small migrant-owned businesses to host artworks from their home countries. LOOP presents a three-day video art fair at the tail end of the festival, with participation from 45 international galleries. Among them, New York’s Luxe Gallery offers a solo show about facial distortion and masking by Finnish artist Pia Lindman, and Frankfurt’s Galerie Anita Beckers screens Irish artist Clare Langan’s prizewinning Metamorphosis, an experimental piece centered on landscape. e-flux video rental (EVR) is a traveling rental shop and public screening room as well as a rapidly expanding film and video archive, operated under the auspices of New York’s electronic flux corporation since 2004. Installed as a stylishly minimalist, glass-faced boutique, EVR’s globetrotting shop boasts a formidable inventory of videos, any of which can be borrowed, or sampled on the premises, at no cost. The collection includes works from the late ’50s to the present day, with contemporary titles ranging from RE: The Operation, a Paul Chan piece about prewar life in Baghdad, to Laleh Khorramian’s Sophie and Goya, a colorful animation that follows its wistful protagonist through a succession of striking environmental shifts. With previous appearances in Antwerp, Budapest, Miami, Seoul, Istanbul, and the Canary Islands — to name only a handful of geographical locales — EVR is currently moored in Paris through mid-July. Perpetual Art Machine (PAM), founded in 2003, bills itself as “the video art portal” and supports an online video art community, gallery, and database as well as a related traveling video installation. Artist videos submitted to PAM’s website are categorized according to a list of keywords, which can be used to “auto-curate” the group’s exhibitions. Installations comprise a grid of up to 16 videos from the database playing simultaneously, and viewers may manipulate the theme or enlarge a single image if they so desire. Cacophonous juxtapositions give way to calming abstractions as video works, and reworks, its magic. (SK) LOOP Video Art Festival runs through June 3 in Barcelona, and the related LOOP Video Art Fair takes place from May 31 through June 2. e-flux video rental is currently in Paris through July 15, and Perpetual Art Machine has a project on view at House of Campari in West Hollywood through May 31. |
Comedians create the Frat Pack…
I’ve decided to put some time and energy into blogging… I come across some cool stuff and am looking for an outlet to show it off…
In other news Lindsay might be on her way back to rehab…
If you’d like to join Art Noir - please send an e-mail to Paula @ artnoir@desmoinesartcenter.org
Young art lovers plan to showcase Iowa design this fall
by Tim Paluch
juice staff writer
02/28/2007
Nathan Hewitt and Art Noir have big, bold plans for 2007.
Namely, for a weekend in November when the Des Moines Art Center’s Art Noir Presents: Catalyst State Iowa Design Weekend.
The two-day event will showcase Iowa’s design talents and will be the culmination of nearly a year of planning by Art Noir, a young professional organization started nine months ago as a way to promote the Des Moines Art Center to a new generation. The event is still in the planning phases.
Hewitt, the 27-year-old co-president of Art Noir, said Catalyst State is a huge undertaking that will feature Iowa (or former Iowan) designers. The focus is on four main components of the design field: fashion, graphics, built environments and objects. There will be lectures from top professionals in the industry, fashion shows and an award ceremony.
With the Iowa Caucuses just a few months later, Hewitt sees the event as a chance to capitalize on interest in Des Moines and really make a splash.
“We want this to get national attention,” he said. “We want people from New York and L.A. at the event.”
Interest in Art Noir has exceeded expectations so far. Hewitt said there are about 150 members. While many members work or dabble in the arts or creative outlets, bankers and lawyers and people in all walks of life are joining.
“There is a lot of energy, a lot of fresh energy,” he said. “There are a lot of young people involved in the arts and creative community in Des Moines, and we are the people who could really help shape the future of Des Moines in those areas.”
As for benefits, Hewitt said members get early previews to art exhibits and often get to meet artists and curators the public may not receive. There are also occasional social events.
If you’re an active member of the Des Moines Art Center, you can be a member of Art Noir. Eventually, there may be separate membership fees, but right now the $35 annual Art Center membership fee is the only cost to join the organization.
What they do: Promote the Des Moines Art Center to young professionals in Des Moines and encourage creative and artistic endeavors in Des Moines.
Membership: About 150.
Requirements: Must be an active Des Moines Art Center member, which costs $35 a year. Most members are in their 20s and 30s.
How often they meet: Monthly board meetings and social events, often timed around an exhibit at the Art Center. Art Noir often has exclusive, early access to artists and exhibits.
How to join: Go to the Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave., go to an Art Noir event, go to desmoinesartcenter.org or email artnoir@desmoinesartcenter.org.
Go to an event: The next Art Noir event is the Black Maria Film Festival at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Art Center’s Levitt Auditorium. The film festival is a juried competition of bold, contemporary films that stops in cities across the country. Art Noir hosts an afterparty at 25th St. Cafe.
2007 is sure to be a great year!
Thursday March 15th - Fresh Breath - Howl James Brown @ Vaudeville Mews 8pm
Saturday May 12th @ The Des Moines Art Center - Big Hairball 2007
November 16 & 17 - Catalyst State - Iowa Design Weekend - Des Moines Art Center/Art Noir
Much much more….
So it’s the weekend and you are trying to figure out what to do in Des Moines? Sick of going to all the clubs & bars that you’ve visited a hundred times…
Ambush is your source for the hottest special events and parties in Des Moines.
From special Art Gallery previews, couture runway shows, exclusive underground parties, Ambush is the source.
When you are looking for that special to do, Ambush is either involved or knows where it’s at…
Like it or not, your appearance defines you.
You won’t exchange a word with most people you meet, but
with a glance they’ll assume everything from your
social class to your career to your marital status.
Men’s fashion has loosened up to include a broader
range of styles. But this opportunity for
self-expression brings with it an overwhelming number
of choices.
Nathan Hewitt, a local business stylist and fashion
show producer, shares his insight on how to define
your personal clothing style.
Who are you?
“Rule number one is to be yourself,” Hewitt says.
“There are more unique styles and subcultures than
ever before. You should be proud of who you are and
let your clothes represent your uniqueness.”
When you’re comfortable and confident in your
clothes, you will look good. If you’re a farm boy at
heart, find ways to tip your hat to your roots. It
could be as simple as wearing a huge belt or work
boots (preferably clean ones) when you go out. Or
think about wearing a canvas work shirt under a blazer
on a casual office day. You can strut your style
without looking like you’re about to step into a rodeo
ring.
If you would rather be touring with a band than
marking time in a cubicle, find some close fitting
screen printed t-shirts. You can wear this attire with
a pair of designer jeans for a last minute get
together. Or you can layer a t-shirt over a button up
shirt and top them off with a jacket or a cardigan
sweater.
The deal is “cool” and “uncool” don’t exist past
middle school. There’s you and your style. As you
recognize who you are and live it out, you will look
good and project your true personality.
Who do you want to be?
You are who you say you are—and that includes what
you say with your clothes. If you want to move up the
corporate ladder, dress up. Observe what your boss or
other successful professionals in your company wear.
You shouldn’t show up to answer phones in a
three-piece suit. But it can’t hurt to wear a buttoned
up shirt and khakis instead of jeans and a t-shirt. As
you project a confident, capable image, people will
start perceiving you that way.
You may have other aspirations—perhaps rock star or
president or hottest guy out on Friday night. Whatever
you want to achieve, your clothes help create that
reality. Develop your style and stick to it. As you
try out different clothing combinations, you’ll learn
what makes you feel comfortable.
How do you learn about men’s fashion?
If you need a major overhaul, consider hiring a
business stylist or asking a well-dressed friend for
help. Sometimes it takes an objective outsider to help
you ditch old favorites and make room for new friends
in your closet. If you think you have some style sense
but need some inspiration, magazines can help with
fresh ideas.
“Educate yourself on men’s fashion by subscribing to
magazines like Details, GQ, and Nylon (the men’s
version),” Hewitt says. “Pay attention to trends,
understand classics, and let your inner American
Gigolo or Richard Gere do the rest.”
In Des Moines, you can check out stores like Fabrik,
Smash, and Sarto for items to update your wardrobe.
For an up-close-and-personal view of fashion this
November, check out the Fabrik show produced by Ambush
Production in Des Moines.
Where do you begin?
“Start with the basics,” Hewitt says. “You can’t go
wrong with black belts and shoes, a couple of quality
suits in black, gray or navy, and some button ups and
ties.”
The key is mixing and matching. Once you have a solid
foundation of classic pieces that fit you well, you
can add in current accents. “Have a couple pairs of
killer jeans—it’s worth the extra money to buy
boutique jeans—and grab some great screen printed
tees,” Hewitt says.
The lines between professional and casual clothes
have completely blurred, so anything and everything in
your closet is fair game. Sometimes it’s simply a
matter of presentation. “If you’re going out for
cocktails after a day in a cubicle, wear a V-neck
undershirt beneath your button up,” Hewitt says. “Once
you get to your car, loose your tie and unbutton the
first couple of buttons on your shirt. Also, make sure
to ditch your security badge, and don’t use your cell
phone belt clip.”
What do you wear now?
Gone are the days of clothes that could double as
parachutes in case of emergency landings. “Slimmer
fits are in for the fall,” Hewitt says. That means
well tailored suit coats are a must. Also look for
sweaters that actually fit you and show a bit of cuff.
Rich earth tones ground the current men’s fashion
scene, so look for pieces in gray, black, and brown.
If you prefer a bit more color, consider layering a
brighter shirt beneath a neutral sport coat. In terms
of textures, leather has the upper hand this fall, and
in the accessory world, gold rules.
Most of all be real and be confident. Men have more
fashion opportunities than ever before. Take advantage
of your fashion freedom.
Nathan Hewitt does personal business styling and runs
Ambush business styling & runway theater. Contact him at
ambushdsm@gmail.com
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*Metro Arts Two Rivers Preview Party + After Party @ Vertigo
Floor Spiders, J Bromell (Live Performance Art), Oxygen Bar, Dj Retro P
*Warhol Ball - Des Moines Art Center
*Grey Market 1 (After-Party)
*Fresh Breath - Mars Cafe
*Pink Flamingo Lounge - Des Moines Art Center Downtown
* LoveStruck - Des Moines Most Eligible Singles www.mosteligibledsm.org