CALENDAR:
(‘Short Messages’ from the cover of www.fashionoffice.org in chronological order)
Cytara.com On 6 Oct, the
mail boxes of cytara.com had been set out of function without announcement or
explanation by Globat. Between 6 and 10 Oct 2009 the
Fashionoffice-Trendletter was sent from a temporary fashionoffice.org-email
address. On 10 Oct, Globat argued that they have set the mail boxes out of
function because they have registered the sending of 555 emails on one day.
The next Trendletters should be sent again from cytara.com
Design Pieces collected by the Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago The MCA
Store has selected new pieces for the colder days such as the Gangsta Baroque
Scarf by the Germans Catrin Krause and Holger Grabowsky showing ornaments of
the High Baroque (ca. 1650-1720) combined with modern gangster signs, or a
bag looking like a dog by designer Jennifer Liu. The ‘dog’ comes with
seasonal extras like tartan antlers and striped knit top. From the Austrian
Walking-Chair Design Studio, the MCA Store has chosen the Urban Gridded
Notebook. While you are writing into the book, you are inspired by 127
international cities which appear as street grids on the paper’s pattern. The
256 pages notebook is created by the US John Briscella who is living in
Europe and Japan www.mcachicagostore.org
Critical texts that encourage people
to make their own opinion; heard at Söhne
Mannheims The musicians perform on 19 Oct in Mannheim, 30 Oct
Stuttgart, 1 November Nürnberg, 5 November Vienna, 30 November Hamburg...
‘The Debt Rattle’ by ‘The Citizens Band’ is not a classical
musical – more a music theater in the tradition of the European political
stage productions (20ies to 40ies) of the last century. The stage-party of a
disparate group of bankers and showgirls in the rhythm of 30ies marathon
dancing is about basic human values. The Citizens Band is mixing classical
songs and original compositions from over 150 years for looking to the past
(Wall Street crash, war, immigration, xenophobia, poverty) into a better
future. 'The Debt Rattle' goes on stage on 22 – 24 Oct in New York www.thecitizensband.net
The underlying role of aesthetics in ideology and culture Sean Snyder
investigates the “transformative role of the archive in relation to digital
imaging technologies, developing a methodological approach to the structuring
of information. Utilizing the interpretative potential of documents and
databases, his work explores documentary practice as a historical construct,
and more generally the underlying role of aesthetics in ideology and
culture…” exhibition ‘Sean Snyder’ at the ‘Index the Swedish Contemporary Art
Foundation’ from 16 Sept - 25 Oct www.indexfoundation.se
Audiovisual installations composed from a combination of pure
mathematics Japanese
artist Ryoji Ikeda exhibits data.tron/data.scan until 13 Dec at the Surrey
Art Gallery, Canada. The audiovisual installations are composed from a
combination of pure mathematics and the data present in the world. Each
single pixel of the visual image is strictly calculated by mathematical
principle. Visitors will experience the universe of data in the infinite
between 0 and 1 www.surreytechlab.ca (On the video you can
watch the collaborative work CYCLO of the computer-sound minimalist Carsten
Nicolai from Germany and Japan’s Ryoji Ikeda.)
Cosmic philosophy inspires dessin Soirée dessin with
sound in homage to experimental American artist, musician and cosmic
philosopher Sun Ra on 23 Oct from 20.30 to 23.00 at Fondation Cartier in Paris. Watch the video with scenes from the movie ‘Space is the Place’ (1974); Sun Ra
and his band are playing themselves fondation.cartier.com
Swedish humour on fashion films The wearable
magazine ‘T-post’ goes cross-media. Watch the witty documentary ‘A T-post
family Portrait - Karin & Carina’ (>YouTube). “We are in the final stages of
completing the first film in a series of documentaries highlighting people in
the T-post family. This first film gives you a chance to get to know Karin
and Carina. Every six weeks they neatly check every single Tee for misprints
and holes, and folds and package them to be shipped out to all four corners
of the world. But before the package is shipped they singlehandedly check all
2500 address labels to make sure that they accurate. Karin and Carina are two
cool and lovely women and this is our tribute to them.” The film will be released
this fall www.t-post.se
Quiksilver video with music by Tha TrickaZ Quiksilver invites
to music, skate boarding, and art with Tony Hawk on 20 and 21 Nov at the
Grand Palais in Paris. Take a preview at the extraordinary skate location
Grand Palais on a video with the 'Robbery
Song' by Tha
TrickaZ
New fashion platform The US fashion, film, and art organization ‘Gen Art’ invites fashion designers, editors,
buyers, bloggers and fashion consumers to join the new platform ‘Discover’.
You can submit a t-shirt design to the theme ‘inspiration’. The winner will
have their t-shirt produced and win a VIP travel package to Gen Art’s Shop
NYC discover.genart.org
Website about clean energy fashion CEF collects
content about clean energy such as the video from the Los Angeles catwalk
show of the Eco Nouveau (>YouTube,
www.econouveau.com) designers Gary Harvey, Bahar Shahpar, and Amanda Shi. CEF
has sent a glossary too: Eco-Fashion...uses organic raw materials, such as
cotton grown without pesticides and silk made by worms fed on organic
trees...doesn't involve the use of harmful chemicals and bleaches to colour
fabrics...is often made from recycled and reused textiles. High-quality
garments can be made from second-hand clothes and even recycled plastic
bottles...is made to last, so that people keep them for longer...comes from
fair trade - the people who make them are paid a fair price and have decent
working conditions www.cleanenergyfashion.com
Fashion and music darling ‘Mika’ in a photo shooting for
Vanity Fair in London (>YouTube) ‘Pop wonderboy’
Mika’s album ‘The Boy Who Knew Too Much’ came out on 18 Sept in Italy, 22
Sept in America etc. Mika will tour America in October. Find out more on www.mikasounds.com
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