Portrait of a Poet
Paris-based French film director Kendy Ty has a penchant for brilliant visual portrayals of creatives and his latest film ‘Portrait of a Poet’, is another stunning example of his work. The short film features French poet Mai Vallee who narrates the piece with her own poem that starts “Thank you dad thank you mum, for … Read more
Chiharu Shiota – Synchronizing Strings and Rhizomes
Japanese Berlin-based artist Chiharu Shiota has created a monumental site-specific installation at Casa Asia Headquarters in Barcelona, Spain entitled Synchronising Strings and Rhizomes. Shiota weaves yarn into a cocoon-like environment interweaving a dress, mirror and suitcase in order to examine the concept of space. In her work, these threads are veins with tears, fear for … Read more
Moulton Bicycle Company – Made in England
Moulton Bicycle Company is an established manufacturer of 50 years and still very much family-run with the highly respected engineer and nonagenarian Dr. Alex Moulton, still watching over the development of new ideas and improvements to these innovative machines. Made in England is a short film that takes a look behind the scenes and meet … Read more
National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2012
The winners of the 24th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest have just been announced, with a group of ten photos coming out on top, plus one Viewer’s Choice winner. The eleven images were chosen from more than 12,000 entries submitted by 6,615 photographers from 152 countries. it is one hell of a selection of … Read more
New York Park
Argentina’s Black Sheep Films are back with another brilliant video turning a city into a theme park. After the excellent Inception Park in their hometown of Buenos Aires, filmaker and director Livschitz Fernando has performed the same creative magic with New York Park. The fictional amusement park right across New York sees major landmarks taken … Read more
Nike – The Regal Basketball Court, London
Nike has created The Regal, an NBA level permanent basketball court in Vauxhall, London. The Regal aims to encourage basketball players from an elite level through to grass roots and local schools and community clubs to take up the sport and become ‘ballers’. As part of the World Basketball Festival celebrations in Brixton, on 30th … Read more
D*Face x Smirnoff
Last week saw a launch that heralded a new way of artists collaborating with drinks brands, as British street artist D*Face and leading vodka brand Smirnoff created both an immersive theatre experience and a unique customised bottle. Taking place at the iconic East London venue Wilton’s Music Hall, the oldest surviving music hall in the … Read more
The Skatorialist
Directed by Singapore resident Juffrie Friday, The Skatorialist sees a skateboarder take to Singapore’s Central Business District armed with just a board and decked out in a flashy suit. The Business District is the beating heart of Singapore’s economy and home to 176,000 workers; the area is constructed with marble ledges, stairs and there are banks … Read more
Rachel Whiteread for Whitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel Gallery Director Iwona Blazwick OBE today unveiled the major new commission by British artist Rachel Whiteread for the building’s historic façade with the artist and an introduction by Danny Boyle, filmmaker and London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Artistic Director. The work is Whiteread’s first ever permanent public commission in the UK and features … Read more
Sidewalk Talk
Sidewalk Talk is a project from Danish photographer Jonas Normann who started it to tell his story of the people and faces he met on the street. Normann takes photos of new people everyday from every walk of life, getting to know people who under other circumstances would never have talked to him, let alone have their photo taken. … Read more
Art with Social Conscience – Hugh Leeman
This brilliant new video by San Francisco-based French videographer Clemence Demerliac on art with a social conscience features an interview with street artist Hugh Leeman. The beautifully shot video showcases Leeman’s diverse work on social projects and advertising for the homeless through his billboard takeovers and his not-for-profit inner city t-shirt project. In removing ad … Read more
Bernaudt Smilde – Nimbus I & II
Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde maybe doesn’t get out to see the daylight enough, it seems the only logical explanation to why he would create a cloud in a room. Drawing on a nebulous concept of the “physical presence of transitional spaces,” Smilde’s first Nimbus installation, cleverly entitled Nimbus I was seen last October at Probe … Read more
Gimme The Loot – Indie Grafitti Film Is Talk Of SXSW
The debut feature, ‘Gimme the Loot’ from New York filmmaker and director Adam Leon, saw its world premiere at the SXSW Festival to a rousing reception from the watching gallery. With a miniscule budget, the film showed what brilliant talent was harboured on the streets on New York. Produced by Dominic Buchanan, Natalie Difford and … Read more
Craig Alun Smith – LuvOwl
The concept of designer Craig Alun Smith’s LuvOwl is simple, birds will eat the Owls and then, bright colours will “appear” around the city, public art straight from where a lot of art critics talk from! LuvOwl is produced by moulding seed, suet and food colour into the form of an owl commonly but ineffectively … Read more
Rachel Hulin – The Flying Series
Rhode Island-based photographer Rachel Hulin has found a unique way of taking snaps of her baby, Henry. It was a chance moment when exhausted and bored on an assignment, Hulin thought it might be fun to make her baby fly, so Henry did and the result is a series of surreal images that are anything … Read more
Omer Ben David – For The Remainder
‘For The Remainder’ is a short animated film by Omer Ben David as his graduation project from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Israel. The beautifully crafted, atmospheric piece that tells the story of an old house cat who bids farewell to his home, his owner and the world he used to know. Using a 3-D … Read more
Zoe McConnell Photography
Former The Sun Page 3 model, Zoe McConnell, was apparently so camera-shy that her job of baring her chest to the nation became too much for her. It was this that made her look into a career behind the glare of the lights and camera lens. Photography has come naturally to the young blonde, with … Read more
A Story For Tomorrow (Video)
Rhode Island production company Gnarly Bay Productions, has released a incredibly beautiful video of a couple traveling through Chile and Patagonia, entitled ‘A Story For Tomorrow’. The film of company co-owner Dan Riordan and girlfriend Nina through their five week journey asks the question, “is it possible to be happy with this life?” “Did you … Read more
Gregory Euclide – Central Park Trash Landscape
American artist Gregory Euclide has developed a microcosmic landscape entitled ‘Held Within What Hung Open and Made To Lie Without Escape’ made from trash. The items, all taken from Central Park helped sculpt a world depicting what the artist sees as the ‘same kind of fake control over nature that allows us to be comfortable … Read more
IKEA Apartment
Minimalist Swedish furniture brand IKEA recently launched a temporary apartment, “The IKEA Apartment – 54 Square-Meter Ideas to Life,” in a Parisian subway station Auber. Located in one of France’s busiest metro stations, IKEA and creative agency Ubi Bene created a temporary flat for five people, Jane, Audrey, Anis, Lucy and Benjamin to live in over the … Read more
