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Monthly Archives: October 2012

BLOWN AWAY

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Karl Lagerfeld who is known for his sense of innovation, literally must have blown away the audience who came to see the spring/summer 2013 show of Chanel’s ready-to-wear-collection. The setting was the Grand Palais in Paris, the vast hall appeared to have been made of solar panels, surrounded by an alley of towering wind turbines. [...]

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MENTAL

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Mental reunites writer-director P.J. Hogan with his original leading lady Toni Collette for the first time since Muriel’s Wedding. Mental is set in rural Queensland and the characters’ accents are fabulously cringe-worthy. The film tracks a family in crisis when a busy politician father ships his stressed-out wife to a mental hospital. Unable to cope with his [...]

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: MANY OF THEM

Saturday, October 6, 2012

There are probably a good dozen or so fashion magazines who are filling the gap left by Elein Fleiss’ departure from Purple magazine and its subsequent transformation into the self-obsessed fashion glossy it has become since. While one might debate whether that is a void that needs filling or if we shouldn’t just let times [...]

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What’s the point in wasting time/on people that you’ll never know

Friday, October 5, 2012

She’s not quite Trish Keenan, but Melody certainly got melodies.

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MONO.PUNKT #17: VANCOUVER ART/BOOK FAIR 2012

Thursday, October 4, 2012

There is a reason that autumn is the time of book fairs galore, because what better time to stock up on volumes of words and pictures to prepare yourself for what’s promising to become a long hard winter? At least in Berlin, we know we have 6 months of misery ahead, and yes, that calls [...]

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Don’t border

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

More unity day stuff, on youtube or on Arte. And don’t forget the Mauerhasen.

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12 YEARS A SLAVE

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

With production of the film already underway in New Orleans, it’s a safe bet director, Steve McQueen’s next film 12 Years a Slave gathers award attention in 2013, with more stars than his previous films, featuring Michael Kenneth Williams, Brad Pitt, Chiwetel Eiofor and of course Michael Fassbender, who is starting to form a Burton/Depp team with [...]

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ECHOES OF VOICES UPDATE #08

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Right in the middle of putting things together for our book with Robert Montgomery – down under in a sea of paper samples, envelope trials, print outs to check font sizes, etc.

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WOOD SOUNDS

Monday, October 1, 2012

In Years by Bartholomäus Traubeck cross-sections of wood have been shaped into wooden vinyl records and when played on a specialized record player each year ring’s individual topography is translated into sound, transforming the natural grooves of the ring into unique pieces of piano music.

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LISTENING TO MUSIC IN THE STUDIO

Monday, October 1, 2012

Have a look at studiomusic.fm to see what visual artists, magazine editors and fashion designers are listening to while at work in their studios. Each artist gives a playlist that you can listen to if you’ve got quicktime installed.

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