TRENDLETTER 6-September-2021

beautyme collections culture cuisine motor music search

Seen at viennacontemporary (2 - 5 September) at the Alte Post: Art concerning climate change, digital media, and political issues At the end of the tour, the works by seven artists (who are under 40 years old and were born, or live or have studied in Austria) of 'Zone1' curated by Franziska Sophie Wildförster are exhibited in an own hall. One of the artists is Jelena Micic (born in Serbia, educated at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna), presented by the Galerie3 Velden from the Wörthersee in Carinthia. Fashion.at spoke with the artist about the exhibited works...

MBFW Berlin installation, 6 -8 Sept: Inflatable set of Thibaut Grevet's shooting for 'Airbag Concept' collection by Mercedes-Benz X Heron Preston From 6 to 8 September, the installation of inflatables from the shooting of photographer, filmmaker Thibaut Grevet for the 'Airbag Concept' collection by Mercedes-Benz X Heron Preston will be exhibited at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week during Berlin Fashion Week. MBFW Berlin focuses this year along to fashion films and shows in hybrid form (on site and livestream) of brands like Marc Cain or design labels such as Austrian Rebekka Ruètz or German Kilian Kerner on talks - on 7 September (accessible via livestream) about 'Rights: Human Rights and the Rights of Nature' with professionals like Fashion Revolution co-founder Carry Somers and on 8 September the talk with researchers from the fields technology and sustainable innovation about 'Revolution: Will Technology Save Us?'...

Swarovski Optik presents sporty 'CL Curio' binoculars in the design by Marc Newson with focus on seamless foldable bridge The latest binoculars 'CL Curio 7x21' (7 magnification, 21 effective objective lens diameter) by Swarovski Optik in the design by Marc Newson were presented recently with reference to the observation of the beauty of living, the mysteries of nature, which can't be seen always without special equipment. Marc Newson, the master of reducing design to the essential for high functionality, is known worldwide for being one of the most important creators in various fields from fashion to technology...

Fashion.at's Karin Sawetz remembers New York Fashion Week 20 years ago Every time I read or hear 9/11, pictures from my mind pop up, pictures from Bryant Park with visitors and design label crew members of New York Fashion Week which was the reason for my travel from Vienna to New York City, images of people in the overcrowded bar of the Gramercy Park Hotel where many moved from the closer area around the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the hotel room itself which became my communication center with self-built connection to the internet and the place where I made my phone calls with the Austrian embassy about what's planned for bringing citizens home as all flights were canceled and we hadn't a new date for departure. Other pictures pop up such as of supermarkets where people gathered goods like water bottles in large amounts, military on the streets, jets in the air, friendly policemen, buildings where notes with the names of lost ones were applied outside in the hope to find them,... I arrived in New York with a friend who assisted my NYFW reporting for Fashion.at...

The exhibition 'Overground Resistance' presents artworks that reveal facts and critical views on climate justice collected in a scientific-journalistic manner
Fashion.at visited the opening of the exhibition 'Overground Resistance' at the 'frei_raum Q21', MuseumsQuartier in Vienna. Before the opening speeches were held, it was possible to preview the artworks which reach from collage-like works over photographs, sculptures to films with impressing sound and poetical texts such as the film showing Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (Marshall Islands) & Aka Niviâna (Greenland). One of the women is living in an environment of 'ocean and sand' and the other in 'ice and snow' such as the accompanying text (in German and English) of the projection at one of the Q21 walls explains. The film was initiated by 350.org which works for replacing fossil fuels by community-led renewable energy for all. The esthetics of the filmic tribute to earth might remind viewers of a fashion campaign video...

Vienna Insight: Lukas Soldo, a new talent who was recently accepted for the study at the Academy of Fine Arts, about his approach to abstract painting
Fashion.at followed an invitation to the finissage of Lukas Soldo's first gallery exhibition which wasn't only a debut for the young talent who was recently accepted for the 'Abstract Painting' class headed by German artist Michaela Eichwald at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna where Soldo will start his studies in October this year...

A/W 2021 dates of the traveling Fesch'Markt for design, cosmetics, culinary,... inclusively fashion swaps in cities through Austria The market with focus on independent and emerging labels Fesch'Markt was founded more than ten years ago in 2010. It became through the years known as a sort of hub for new innovative products from fields like design, cosmetics or culinary. The market is also one of the country's most important organisers of fashion swaps...

Awarded chef Heino Huber's book 'Hubers Kombüse' is a culinary guide for sailors with recipes and tips for the kitchen on board Author Heino Huber is an awarded Austrian chef and sailor. His practical cuisine or better caboose (in German Kombüse) guide with recipes, recommendations for cooking on board of a sailboat, the equipment of a board kitchen and tips for purchasing ingredients at the market, is based on internationality as an essential part of the concept. The recipes, creations from light salads over soups, in-between meals and main dishes to fruit desserts, make think of the menu of a globetrotter whose favorite ports are located on the Mediterranean Sea...