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Monthly Archives: March 2014

ALBUM MAN

Friday, March 14, 2014

Andrei Tarkovsky’s intense films, though numbering only seven across his almost quarter decade career, have cemented his place as one of cinema’s master craftsmen. Meditative, intimate, and often opaque, the films lack nothing in compelling narrative nor symbolic density.  Those not fond of slower films can still wonder at his meticulous composition, baptized by [...]

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DESIGN IS A STATE OF MIND

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Exactly one week ago opened Design is a State of Mind, the second ever design exhibition on the sacred grounds of London’s Serpentine Gallery, curated by our friend Martino Gamper, no less. Using shelving systems ranging from the 1930s to today by designers such as Ettore Sottsass and IKEA – nice touch – to display [...]

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SPIRITUAL ART READY TO WEAR

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

With her spiritual and esoteric aesthetic, Hilma af Klint became a true pioneer within the abstract movement at the turn of the century. The Swedish label Acne dedicates its spring collection to the artist, by using her mystic and automatic drawings to create a ‘fake normal style’. The result is a subtile collection based on [...]

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The Bar Market Berlin

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Now that food and drink have officially replaced Techno, Berghain and such, have some Bacon and wake up to the new Berlin in the form of The Bar Market (which will also be a 4-day restaurant; see flyer below + more info at preserve@srs-berlin.org) with its 6 bars in one place at Cuvrystrasse, opening again [...]

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: THE BERLIN QUARTERLY

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Despite the title, the new Berlin Quarterly has little to do with Berlin at first sight, besides having its offices in town. Picking up on some of the dustier and quirkier visual elements of old-fashioned literary titles, the design of Berlin Quarterly doesn’t succeed as well as The White Review in translating these [...]

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MIYAKO ISHIUCHI

Monday, March 10, 2014

Japanese photographer Miyako Ishiuchi has been awarded this year’s prestigious Hasselblad prize. The annual prize has since 1980 been awarded to international photographers such as Henri Cartier-Besson, Boris Mikhailov, Nan Goldin and Sophie Calle. This year’s winner Miyako Ishiuchi has for decades investigated abandoned places and what happens to a city, an apartment, or a [...]

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MONDAY MUSIC: WILD BEASTS

Monday, March 10, 2014

A great tune for a sunny day: Wild Beasts‘ latest offering, Wanderlust.

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MADAM SICKLINGER

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Minka Sicklinger is a female tattoo artist and illustrator based in NY. Apparently, animals, myths, Hindu and Shaman rituals are influences of her work.
Happy Woman’s Day!

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INSPIRATIONS

Friday, March 7, 2014

With Paris fashion shows just behind us, what remains is the impressive exhibition Inspirations by our previous cover star Dries van Noten at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs. While the exhibition obviously showcases a fair amount of pieces van Noten has created over the past 20+ years, its title is also to be taken quite [...]

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HAUNTING HANDS

Thursday, March 6, 2014

What power-crazed, voyeuristic creatures we are! The way the camera is continuously moving backwards from bizarre scenes of humans involved into scientific or ritual activities, indicating, gazing or even wordlessly shouting (what is the red-mouthed, lightly dressed model telling us?) at you, Pursuit by French DJ Gesaffelstein throws [...]

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