29.9.15
Daft Punk Unchained
The first ever documentary film on the most secretive duo in the world.
The epic story of two uncompromising artists. With the participation of
their closest collaborators and friends from Pharrell Williams to Nile
Rodgers, Giorgio Moroder, Kanye West, Michel Gondry, Paul Williams,
Peter Lindbergh, Leiji Matsumoto and Pete Tong.
Daft Punk Unchained, directed by Hervé Martin Delpierre, is the first
independent film which explores an exceptional pop culture phenomenon of
the last twenty years: Daft Punk. Between fiction and reality, magic
and secrets, theatricality and humility, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel
de Homem-Christo have created a unique artistic universe. Throughout
their career they have remained determined to control every link in the
chain of their creative work. The film highlights key moments of their
story, from their first school band in Paris to their historic concert
at Coachella festival in 2006 and their spectacular triumph at the 2014
Grammy Awards for the album « Random Access Memories ». In an era of
globalisation and the expansion of social media, they have refused to
show their own faces and they orchestrate every detail of their
appearances as robots. The documentary includes archives of radio
interviews with Daft Punk, rare footage and exclusive interviews with
their friends and close collaborators from Pharrell Williams to Nile
Rodgers, Giorgio Moroder, Kanye West, Michel Gondry, Paul Williams,
Peter Lindbergh, Leiji Matsumoto and Pete Tong.
A BBC Worldwide France production, 2015
Featuring
Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Nile Rogers, Skrillex, Giorgio Moroder,
Michel Gondry, Pete Tong, Leiji Matsumoto, Paul Williams, Peter
Lindbergh, Joseph Trapanese, Pedro Winter
Directed by Hervé Martin Delpierre
24.9.15
Manish Arora Street Campaign
Charles Freger shot Debra Shaw for the Fall 15 collection of Manish Arora.
23.9.15
Agent Provocateur’s Fall/Winter 2015
Ellen Von Unwerth pays tribute to Agent Provocateur’s iconic imagery with a lookbook that focuses on two naughty girls frolicking around an old English manor house in corsets, crystals and luxurious lengths of finest silk.
21.9.15
Gilbert & George: The Early Years
Gilbert & George have been creating art
for almost fifty years. Describing their relationship in life and work,
they have said, “It’s not a collaboration. . . . We are two people, but
one artist.” George, born in Devon, England, in 1942, and Gilbert, born
in the Dolomites, Italy, in 1943, met while studying sculpture at St.
Martin’s School of Art, London, in 1967. One day while taking photos of
each other holding their small-scale sculptures, and then without, the
artists realized that they could dispense with them altogether. What was
most interesting was not the objects themselves, but their presence as
“living sculptures” within the images. They summed up their newly
conceived position as artists succinctly: “Art and life became one, and
we were the messengers of a new vision. At that moment that we decided
we are art and life, every conversation with people became art, and
still is.”
While the art world around them in the late 1960s and early 1970s was largely characterized by Pop, Minimal, and Conceptual art, Gilbert & George developed a wholly unique vision. Although they created their art in a variety of mediums, they considered everything they did to be sculpture: Postal Sculptures, Magazine Sculptures, Charcoal on Paper Sculptures, Drinking Sculptures, and Video Sculptures.
Gilbert & George have created a wealth of sculptures in ways never imagined before their union, fully integrating their daily existence into their artistic philosophy. Comprising the Museum’s multi-departmental holdings of their art, this exhibition focuses on their early years, from 1969 through 1975, during which they established the ideology that continues to shape their vision today.
While the art world around them in the late 1960s and early 1970s was largely characterized by Pop, Minimal, and Conceptual art, Gilbert & George developed a wholly unique vision. Although they created their art in a variety of mediums, they considered everything they did to be sculpture: Postal Sculptures, Magazine Sculptures, Charcoal on Paper Sculptures, Drinking Sculptures, and Video Sculptures.
Gilbert & George have created a wealth of sculptures in ways never imagined before their union, fully integrating their daily existence into their artistic philosophy. Comprising the Museum’s multi-departmental holdings of their art, this exhibition focuses on their early years, from 1969 through 1975, during which they established the ideology that continues to shape their vision today.
Gilbert & George: The Early Years
MoMA
The Paul J. Sachs Drawings Galleries, third floor
until September 27, 2015
20.9.15
Small Empires: Can Vimeo build a big business without selling out?
My favorite web series, High Maintenance, began appearing on Vimeo
back in 2012. The directors picked Vimeo for the same reason many
independent artists do: a guarantee that their material would appear
without ads and free of the clutter that surrounds videos on Youtube.
This year, after a very successful run as a free show, High Maintenance
became the first big-budget project backed by Vimeo, an attempt to emulate Netflix original content creation for a streaming video audience.
The market for professionally produced video that skips television
and theaters, going straight to the web, is still fairly young. As we
move into a world where more and more people are cutting the cord and
choosing their entertainment on demand and a la carte, there will be
room for plenty of competitors. The challenge for Vimeo is not getting
outbid, and overshadowed, by much larger companies with billion-dollar
budgets.
Vimeo has always been a sort of outlier, putting art above commerce.
Now it wants to position itself as a premium channel: the HBO to
Youtube's network television. The problem is that companies like HBO are
also rushing onto the web. The key differentiator for Vimeo would be
pushing its commitment to supporting these artists. It has lots of
reminders on its site that when you're buying something on Vimeo, "most
of the cash goes to the maker."
via The Verge
via The Verge
18.9.15
111 CHOSEN MOMENTS
During 2 months the french director and photographer Maximilien Franco travel across California, Mexico and Colombia all alone and shot these are 111 fragments of life.
GUCCI - The Cruise 2016 Campaign — The Director’s Cut
Following a guest into a dance party in a villa outside Florence, the
film directed by Glen Luchford captures the contemporary essence of
Alessandro Michele’s Cruise 2016 Collection.
Amy Deleted
A deleted scene with Amy and her manager Nick Shymanksy in New York.
AMY, the documentary, is available on DVD, Blu-ray & Digital from Nov 2nd.
15.9.15
Pasticceria Marchesi by Roberto Baciocchi Architects
The Italian fashion house recently acquired 80% of the historic Milanese pastry shop, Pasticceria Marchesi in March 2014, and opened, this week, a second location designed by architect Roberto Baciocchi. The new shop respects the classic atmosphere and the age-old allure of Marchesi’s landmark site in Via Santa Maria. While the restricted size of Marchesi’s original location allowed for standing service only, the new shop presents two intimate seating rooms in the back, the perfect place to enjoy a delightful and colored delicacy.
Pasticceria Marchesi,
via Monte Napoleone 9, Milan
Here Now a movie by Gregg Araki for KENZO
Kenzo creative directors
Humberto Leon and Carol Lim invited Gregg Araki to write and direct a short film featuring the brand’s fall collections. The result was a six-minute movie in the same vein as Nowhere, the grungy 1997 cult film from the Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy.
The short features Jake Weary, Jacob Artist, Jane Levy, Grace Victoria Cox, Canadian actor/singer Avan Jogia, and Nicole Laliberte who appeared in
Araki’s 2010 film “Kaboom.”
14.9.15
H&M Close the Loop
The idea behind closing the loop is very simple – why should any fashion go to waste when it can be collected, re-used or turned into something new.
Paul Smith A Suit To Travel In
British Olympic medallist Max Whitlock demonstrates the incredible
flexibility of A Suit To Travel In as he puts the suit through its paces
with a series of demanding gymnastic moves, all without causing a
single crease.
Constructed in Italy using a high-twist 100% wool yarn to create a quick recovery, crease-resistant cloth; providing a versatile and highly-practical piece of tailoring.
7.9.15
New Stockwell speaker by Marshall
The Stockwell from Marshall has been specially built to work on the road, being the smallest travel speaker and the most portable among the lot.
With 2.25” woofers as well as two-channel Class D amplifiers make it the loudest speaker in its class. Volume, bass and treble are easily adjustable at the top of the speaker. Stockwell can be operated via analog controllers or Bluetooth so you you can connect your phone for music playback or a call. It also features a USB port for added connectivity options and offers up to 25 hours play time per charge.
Surf in High Heels
Being a sexy pro surfer is one thing and being a skilled and accomplished pro surfer is another...
Pro
surfer Maud Le Car wants you to know that female pro surfers can look
glamour and talented at the same time. She wants to prove that surfing is
not just about glamour. Surfing is one of the most physically demanding
sports there today. Share the video with your friends and don’t forget
to leave us a comment.
St. Vincent: Lone Star
The virtuosic rock siren,Annie Clark aka St.Vincent comes home to Texas.
Directed by Alan Del Rio Ortiz
2.9.15
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