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November 2010 - II: Snow Style, Viking Style, Fashion Design
Snow Style: a weekend in a cottage in the snowy mountains Web/Mobile/
Some thoughts about the signature of Italian design, the philosophy of boarders, an awarded 'One Night Stand' mat, a red glam-chic short by Bruno Banani...
Viking Style Web/Mobile/
Fashionoffice collected women's pieces that look great, are not too expensive, and styled them up. Some of the pieces are from Mango like the winter coat inspired by the idea 'Heritage Forest'...
Snow Style: view on the world of female riders Web/Mobile/
The ski movie 'As We Are' shows female athletes like Giulia Monego in the Central European Alps...
Fashion design: video about the process Web/Mobile/
The Italian designer and manufacturer Carlo Rivetti invites in a video to a walk through his company Stone Island and explains the design process which is organised the other way around...
Somnabule electro-RnB Web/Mobile/
The video 'Rattling Cage' by Forest Swords shows a little boy who is keen on making music; the camera follows him to school and into the classroom...
A photographer's 'Electric Vision' and a car Web/Mobile/
One of the short-listed photographers for the BMW-Paris Photo prize is Jean-Christian Bourcart, whose image 'Stardust #73'...
Crossing boundaries Web/Mobile/
Fashionoffice Insight by publisher Karin Sawetz: "Media are filled with reports from the streets where people protested. For sure, nobody should be impressed too much from the agenda of big business media companies! But what makes some of the protests really interesting..."
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COUTURIERS in MOVIES:
Interview with Andrew GN
Fashionoffice received the hyperlink to the new website of Andrew GN. By looking through for checking which information it provides, found the interview about the things the Paris based couturier Andrew GN (born 1966 in Singapore) is fascinated by (nature), his music favorites (Massive Attack), or how he imagines heaven. The interviewer asks Andrew GN: "Are you technological savvy?" - The couturier answers: "Sometimes I wish I could live without technology, but here I am doing this interview with you for my website."
Fashion movie: Lanvin for H&M
...presents the new collection in a dream a-like storyline in a hotel: Lanvin creative director Alber Elbaz sitting on a working table falls into sleep. The story about the creations out of the depths of a Paris based fashion soul begins...
Karl Lagerfeld's fiery-look
By searching for more on the Rinzen designers, this nice video showing pics of Karl Lagerfeld and the Paris Fashion Week VIPs (Alber Elbaz, Carine Roitfeld, John Galliano...) was found. The video was made by New York based Darcel for the editorial magazine 'Nowness' by LVMH. Collaborative design group 'Rinzen' co-founder Rilla Alexander will hold a lecture on 3 Dec on occasion of the Pictoplasma Character Workshop at the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf.
MUSIC in SNOWBOARD MOVIES:
Trailer and soundtrack of the new Warren Miller ski movie 'Wintervention'
The hyperlink leads to the website where the trailer, selected film scenes, and the soundtrack listing of 'Wintervention' are published. The listing is divided into the regions where the athletes perform: Antarctica (UNKLE "Ablivion"), Austria's Arlberg Region (Gorillaz "Stylo Ft. Bobby Womack & Mos Def"), Telluride in Colorado (Vampire Weekend "White Sky")... etc. Additionally, the ski movie makers have made interviews with the athletes. Lorraine Huber says when asked to name the 5 items she couldn't live without: "My laptop, high-speed Internet, mobile phone, water bottle and my notepad where I scribble down all my ideas." The movie is on tour now.
Mountain style video
Fashionoffice received the names and videos of the four riders for the Peak Performance King of Style. As we only present one in this 'Short Message': enjoy Gus Kenworthy's video with nice flight scenes to the song 'Criminology' by Wu-Tang Vs The Beatles! Find the videos of the other riders Paul Bergeron (Canada), JF Houle (Canada) and LJ Strenio (US) on www.peakperformance.com/kos. The four qualified riders will compete against international freestylers on 20 November at Stockholm Olympic Stadium.
MUSIC TIPS:
'Procession' by The Duke Spirit
'The Duke Spirit' again in fashion! Singer Liela Moss inspired Alexander McQueen for the 2009 collection for Target, the Londoner group appeared on stage for Y-3 SS2011 in New York, or contributed the music for a DocMartens campaign. This time, it's the jeans label Levi's which provides the stage for 'The Duke Spirit' with a free download of the new song 'Procession' on its website.
'My Sparrow' by The Greenhornes
The music of the US trio 'The Greenhornes' (Craig Fox, Jack Lawrence, Patrick Keeler) is described as 'good, old-fashioned rock 'n' roll, plain and simple' (MySpace). The track 'My Sparrow' premiered recently on Spin.com.
The new album '****' (no typing mistake - four stars) comes out as CD/LP on 9 November on Third Man Records. The Greenhornes are on tour: 30 Nov
New York; 5, 6, 8 Dec California, etc.
Spheric electro-dance-pop 'Brasilia Girl' by French Horn Rebellion (Epic edit)
Brooklyn based French Horn Rebellion (brothers Robert and David Perlick-Molinari) will perform on 6 and 12 Nov in New York. They just premiered with the new track 'Last Summer' - described as a "hipster version of 'Summer Days' from 'Grease'" on AOL Spinner spinner.com/2010/11/02/french-horn-rebellion-last-summer-song-premiere.
'District Menagerie' by 'Exit Clov'
Fashionoffice received the 'electro pop and grunge like a best of the 90's super combo' music tip from the 'Lovely Hearts Club' at Paper Garden Records!
'Death' by the 'White Lies' in a 'Chase & Status' remix
News from two Londoner music groups: the 'Chase & Status' electronic duo is announcing that the new album 'No More Idols' will be released in early 2011 chaseandstatus.co.uk. The 'White Lies' new album 'Ritual' will come out in January 2011; the first single 'Bigger Than Us' is available on 22 November whitelies.com.
ART & CULTURE:
Pioneering art-performance-video interpreted with computer technologies
US artist (video and performance pioneer) Joan Jonas uses in her video 'Vertical Roll' (from 1972) the television set malfunction - the vertical roll, as a metaphor of identity on the screen. The video on Vimeo looks on the first sight like a video from a real life installation in a museum. Fashionoffice has searched for some facts and looked closer on the video; it is very probable that the installation of Joan Jonas 'Vertical Roll'-video on TV sets is made with computer software. Joan Jonas' work is now on exhibition at the Guggenheim Bilbao ('Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance', 9 Nov 2010 - 13 March 2011)
Thoughts about the internet and the creation of contemporary culture
The video shows Douglas Rushkoff speaking about the internet. He says that it is only possible to understand the modern world if we understand how technology functions and with the acceptance that there exist biases. The video was found on a search for more information about the upcoming exhibition 'Corporate' by Luc Tuymans (runs from 6 November to 21 December at the gallery David Zwirner in New York). Belgian artist Luc Tuymans' work is partly influenced by the thoughts of the American media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, who focuses on the development of contemporary culture.
Michelangelo Pistoletto and his newspaper-ball
On the video, the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto explains his artwork - a sort of 'Newspaper-Ball', during a street-performance while other people are participating. Michelangelo Pistoletto's art with focus on the representations of the self and collaborative actions is now exhibited under the title 'From One to Many, 1956–1974 ' at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (2 November 2010 - 16 January 2011) philamuseum.org/exhibitions/412.html.
Video and performance pioneer Joan Jonas at MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
US artist Joan Jonas - she has recently received the Guggenheim Lifetime Achievement Award for extraordinary contributions to contemporary art, is one of the instructors of the MIT Program (Masters of Science in Visual Studies), which calls now for applications for the 2011-2012 academic year. The laboratory a-like organised program focuses on artistic research, advanced visual studies, and transdisciplinary collaboration within the context of MIT's technological community for the exploration of the role of art, culture, and technology in society and artistic practice in production. Courses like "Networked Culture and Participatory Media" or research clusters such as "The Future of the Body" are part of the program. Application deadline is 15 Dec 2010.
Trailer: movie starring Rapunzel
The new Disney movie 'Tangled' presents the Brothers Grimm story Rapunzel under a fresh light.
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