Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Again in New York...
From their website:
SUPERFRONT’s mission is to support, promote, and produce radically contemporary architecture, while fostering creative interdisciplinary exchange. This mission is achieved through exhibits, publications, panels, and projects that, while focused on architecture, may also concern art, performance, media and social science.
SUPERFRONT’s mission is to support, promote, and produce radically contemporary architecture, while fostering creative interdisciplinary exchange. This mission is achieved through exhibits, publications, panels, and projects that, while focused on architecture, may also concern art, performance, media and social science.
Let's go Pole Dancing in Queens!
From the Architizer Website:
"Like a beacon of hope on a cold winter’s day, the announcement last week that SO-IL was the winner of the annual Young Architects Program competition to design the courtyard space at P.S.1, in Queens, came as a sign that, eventually, it would once again be warm in New York.
Not only does the design remind us of warm summer days soaking up good beats, good art and good beer, but it also confirms that architecture can be fun, and low-cost to boot!"
Click here
"Like a beacon of hope on a cold winter’s day, the announcement last week that SO-IL was the winner of the annual Young Architects Program competition to design the courtyard space at P.S.1, in Queens, came as a sign that, eventually, it would once again be warm in New York.
Not only does the design remind us of warm summer days soaking up good beats, good art and good beer, but it also confirms that architecture can be fun, and low-cost to boot!"
Click here
Overheard at ?
One of my favorite sites when I need a laugh is Overheard in NYC.
Now i've just come across Overheard at Mcgill.
a few examples:
Girl 1: Can you be gay if you’ve never had sex with anyone?
Girl 2: I don’t know…do you feel gay when you masturbate?
–Shatner
Girl #1: Wait, is the Plateau a building?
Girl #2: Or is it like a region?
-Aylmer
Guy 1 : Dude, where is the Pacific Ocean?
Guy 2: Seriously? Like, the biggest ocean in the world?
Guy 1: Yeah, I guess.
-Leacock
Prof: [looking at Girl 1] …Are you from the US?
Girl 2: She’s wearing a Roots sweater – why did you think that she was from the US?
Prof: I’m wearing no underwear. Where am I from?
- Leacock
Now i've just come across Overheard at Mcgill.
a few examples:
Girl 1: Can you be gay if you’ve never had sex with anyone?
Girl 2: I don’t know…do you feel gay when you masturbate?
–Shatner
Girl #1: Wait, is the Plateau a building?
Girl #2: Or is it like a region?
-Aylmer
Guy 1 : Dude, where is the Pacific Ocean?
Guy 2: Seriously? Like, the biggest ocean in the world?
Guy 1: Yeah, I guess.
-Leacock
Prof: [looking at Girl 1] …Are you from the US?
Girl 2: She’s wearing a Roots sweater – why did you think that she was from the US?
Prof: I’m wearing no underwear. Where am I from?
- Leacock
Exercise your way to more brain power?
dumb jock no longer?
"Older women who did an hour or two of strength training exercises each week had improved cognitive function a year later, scoring higher on tests of the brain processes responsible for planning and executing tasks, a new study has found."
more via NYT
"Older women who did an hour or two of strength training exercises each week had improved cognitive function a year later, scoring higher on tests of the brain processes responsible for planning and executing tasks, a new study has found."
more via NYT
What are you wearing on V-day
"Dress for success" at Kiki de Monparnasse
"NOTHING is actually known about the Christian martyr who was buried near Rome on Feb. 14. There were a number of different St. Valentines; even Pope Gelasius had no idea who the guy was when he established a feast in his name in the fifth century. Historians assume that he did so as a means of whitewashing the pagan holiday Lupercalia, an ancient Roman tradition of worshiping the goat lord Pan (known as Faunus in Roman cosmology), to rid the city of evil spirits and restore fertility. A dog and a goat were usually sacrificed; salt cakes were burned by vestal virgins.
The high-end lingerie store Kiki de Montparnasse is named for the mistress of Man Ray, an artist’s model for a number of Dada guys back in the wild nineteen-teens. It’s quiet, sleek and expensive with dim, soft lighting, vintage black-and-white nude photographs and a library of erotic art and literature. They play slow, moany French lounge-pop and Portishead. The whole decadent vibe seems designed to be alluring even to the rich, uptight and squeamish who, in the past, may have shied away from the trappings of bondage because they seemed too garish and sleazy."
(rest of the NYT shoping article article here)
"NOTHING is actually known about the Christian martyr who was buried near Rome on Feb. 14. There were a number of different St. Valentines; even Pope Gelasius had no idea who the guy was when he established a feast in his name in the fifth century. Historians assume that he did so as a means of whitewashing the pagan holiday Lupercalia, an ancient Roman tradition of worshiping the goat lord Pan (known as Faunus in Roman cosmology), to rid the city of evil spirits and restore fertility. A dog and a goat were usually sacrificed; salt cakes were burned by vestal virgins.
The high-end lingerie store Kiki de Montparnasse is named for the mistress of Man Ray, an artist’s model for a number of Dada guys back in the wild nineteen-teens. It’s quiet, sleek and expensive with dim, soft lighting, vintage black-and-white nude photographs and a library of erotic art and literature. They play slow, moany French lounge-pop and Portishead. The whole decadent vibe seems designed to be alluring even to the rich, uptight and squeamish who, in the past, may have shied away from the trappings of bondage because they seemed too garish and sleazy."
(rest of the NYT shoping article article here)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Yummy Yummy Blue Dress, Hair and Make-up
Emily Blunt in Rome promoting a new film. The dress and make-up are so nice!!
First Ever Pecha Kucha Ottawa
I am not a Pecha Kucha virgin anymore! Ottawa hosted its first ever Pecha Kucha event at the Arts Court Building. From biomimicry to designing temporary shelters in case NYC gets destroyed, the night offered a good variety of topics and fun speakers!
Website
Website
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Architcture
an amazing cgi appreciation of space and architecture as art
do watch it full screen
do watch it full screen
The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Tuesday Dress Porn (on Monday)
First is on Angelina... Second on Marion Cotillard and third on Diane Kruger.
See Lainey Gossip website article for the two other dresses...
Prettiness!!!
See Lainey Gossip website article for the two other dresses...
Prettiness!!!
Good looking Prefab...
The name of the company is Faberhaus. They will be features at the Salon Habitat Ville et Banlieue at the end of the month.
Worth looking at their website
Worth looking at their website
Saturday, January 23, 2010
It's prononced "TAR-jet"...
... Apparently the retail giant is coming to Canada!!!
See Toronto Life article:
http://www.torontolife.com/daily/style/shop-talk/2010/01/22/target-is-coming-to-canada/
See Toronto Life article:
http://www.torontolife.com/daily/style/shop-talk/2010/01/22/target-is-coming-to-canada/
Friday, January 22, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Van gogh was more that just an ear
I've been reading reviews about this exhibit all over.
"The real van gogh: the artist and his letters" at the Royal Academy
This exhibition seems more like a biography on walls, made possible not only by his paintings but also drawings and letters (most of which he wrote to his brother).
The image we have of him being this out of control half crazy artist, complete with missing ear, but apparently for most of his life he was very meticulous and dedicated to his painting in a way what we would find surprising.
reviews here or here
his letters can also be read via paper copy for about a gagillion pounds
"The real van gogh: the artist and his letters" at the Royal Academy
This exhibition seems more like a biography on walls, made possible not only by his paintings but also drawings and letters (most of which he wrote to his brother).
The image we have of him being this out of control half crazy artist, complete with missing ear, but apparently for most of his life he was very meticulous and dedicated to his painting in a way what we would find surprising.
reviews here or here
Hatred brings building down
a barely 10 year old building built on a waterfront in a seaside community has been slated for demolition after a poll rated it as Englands most hated building.
its interesting because i've been researching how listen to communities in forming values for heritage purposes.
all the same i would hate to be that architect...
"A seaside building that won a poll as the most hated in England is to be bought by a local authority and razed.
Bournemouth borough council is to spend around £7.5m to rid the Dorset resort of the Waterfront leisure complex. Featuring dark glass and a wavy roof designed to represent the sea, the development, also known as the Imax building, caused an outcry when it was opened in 1998 owing to both its looks and the fact that it blocked a beloved view across the water to the Purbeck Hills."
article continued here
its interesting because i've been researching how listen to communities in forming values for heritage purposes.
all the same i would hate to be that architect...
"A seaside building that won a poll as the most hated in England is to be bought by a local authority and razed.
Bournemouth borough council is to spend around £7.5m to rid the Dorset resort of the Waterfront leisure complex. Featuring dark glass and a wavy roof designed to represent the sea, the development, also known as the Imax building, caused an outcry when it was opened in 1998 owing to both its looks and the fact that it blocked a beloved view across the water to the Purbeck Hills."
article continued here
Its not just cute, its wildlife portraiture
From British Wildlife Photography Awards 2010
these are just from the portrait category, more to come later.
i LOVE squirrels and bunnies, maybe its because i grew up on beatrix potter?
these are just from the portrait category, more to come later.
i LOVE squirrels and bunnies, maybe its because i grew up on beatrix potter?
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
New Music Monday
even if they are no longer together, they are still making beautiful music.
glen hansard and marketa irglova from the duo swell season and lovely film once.
the video is apparently directed by sam bean (of iron and wine)
glen hansard and marketa irglova from the duo swell season and lovely film once.
the video is apparently directed by sam bean (of iron and wine)
the punkrocker and the photographer
patti smith just came out with a biography.
the focus is on her youth, in particular her relationship with robert Mapplethorpe.
"“Just Kids” captures a moment when Ms. Smith and Mapplethorpe were young, inseparable, perfectly bohemian and completely unknown, to the point in which a touristy couple in Washington Square Park spied them in the early autumn of 1967 and argued about whether they were worth a snapshot. The woman thought they looked like artists. The man disagreed, saying dismissively, “They’re just kids.”"
nyt book review here
the focus is on her youth, in particular her relationship with robert Mapplethorpe.
"“Just Kids” captures a moment when Ms. Smith and Mapplethorpe were young, inseparable, perfectly bohemian and completely unknown, to the point in which a touristy couple in Washington Square Park spied them in the early autumn of 1967 and argued about whether they were worth a snapshot. The woman thought they looked like artists. The man disagreed, saying dismissively, “They’re just kids.”"
nyt book review here
Let me show you Derelicte
Westwood says, let them eat cake.
"Vivienne Westwood unveils homeless chic at Milan Fashion Week
Some carried bedrolls. Another emerged from his cardboard box with a sleeping bag, slung it around his neck and quickly walked away.
Several hundred fashion experts burst into rapturous applause as the cameras flashed. Dame Vivienne Westwood was presenting a menswear show at Museo della Permanente, Milan, last night in which the models were supposed to look like rough-sleepers. "
this seems to show a blatant disregard for the problem and suffering of people in need!!! ...
"Westwood conceded that she herself had no experience of being homeless. “The nearest I have come to it is going home and finding I don’t have my door key,” she said. “I mean, what a disaster that is, dying to get in your house and you can’t. And what if it wasn’t there any more?”
more photos here
rest of the article here
"Vivienne Westwood unveils homeless chic at Milan Fashion Week
Some carried bedrolls. Another emerged from his cardboard box with a sleeping bag, slung it around his neck and quickly walked away.
Several hundred fashion experts burst into rapturous applause as the cameras flashed. Dame Vivienne Westwood was presenting a menswear show at Museo della Permanente, Milan, last night in which the models were supposed to look like rough-sleepers. "
this seems to show a blatant disregard for the problem and suffering of people in need!!! ...
"Westwood conceded that she herself had no experience of being homeless. “The nearest I have come to it is going home and finding I don’t have my door key,” she said. “I mean, what a disaster that is, dying to get in your house and you can’t. And what if it wasn’t there any more?”
more photos here
rest of the article here
Monday, January 18, 2010
Question of the day? week? month?
What are your 10 top all time favorite songs? Songs that no matter what else changes, you still love. They somehow just float through you, or maybe they mean something special, but they always sound perfect.
Post with vids if you can!
Post with vids if you can!
Nestle Chocolate Museum
Interesting shape but sadly un-sensual!
"This modern structure is a first for Mexico in more ways than one. Designed by Rojkind Arquitectos, Nestlé Chocolate Museum in Toluca, Mexico, is the first chocolate museum south of the border, and also boasts a first when it comes to architectural flair. The 1,000-sq.-ft. red facade is a roadside attraction for anyone driving along the freeway. A gaping mouth reveals interiors of white, and leads into a 6,824-sq.-ft. entrance where the Mexican version of the Wonka tour begins. The design incorporates a theater, a shop, and a series of bending tunnels that lead into the adjoining chocolate factory. Interiors highlight the playful complexities visible from the “folded” origami-inspired exterior. Rojkind Arquitectos."
(via Trendir)
"This modern structure is a first for Mexico in more ways than one. Designed by Rojkind Arquitectos, Nestlé Chocolate Museum in Toluca, Mexico, is the first chocolate museum south of the border, and also boasts a first when it comes to architectural flair. The 1,000-sq.-ft. red facade is a roadside attraction for anyone driving along the freeway. A gaping mouth reveals interiors of white, and leads into a 6,824-sq.-ft. entrance where the Mexican version of the Wonka tour begins. The design incorporates a theater, a shop, and a series of bending tunnels that lead into the adjoining chocolate factory. Interiors highlight the playful complexities visible from the “folded” origami-inspired exterior. Rojkind Arquitectos."
(via Trendir)
Shanghai Visitors Center
a while back jet set was working on a visitors center.
here is Odile Decq Benoit Cornette's Shanghai Visitors Center
(via Contemporist)
here is Odile Decq Benoit Cornette's Shanghai Visitors Center
(via Contemporist)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
200
we hit our 200th post a couple of posts back!
here is 20x200
"WE BELIEVE: Everyone Needs Art
(limited editions × low prices) + the internet = art for everyone
As we see it, there are a lot of people out there who want to sell their art and a lot of people who'd like to buy it. They just have a hard time finding each other. The internet is the perfect place to bring those people together, and we're exactly the right people to make it happen. We're passionate about art and the internet at 20x200. We're really excited about creating a place where almost any art lover can be an art collector."
here is 20x200
"WE BELIEVE: Everyone Needs Art
(limited editions × low prices) + the internet = art for everyone
As we see it, there are a lot of people out there who want to sell their art and a lot of people who'd like to buy it. They just have a hard time finding each other. The internet is the perfect place to bring those people together, and we're exactly the right people to make it happen. We're passionate about art and the internet at 20x200. We're really excited about creating a place where almost any art lover can be an art collector."
Friday, January 15, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Us, 30?
"The prolonged adolescence of being 30
Two weeks in and I'm guessing most of us are already struggling with our New Year's resolutions ("lose weight," "eat less junk food"), those pesky commandments we routinely break every January.
In the course of this struggle, though, we are probably also avoiding some much bigger life goals, such as: Finish our education; secure a good job; buy a home; and, for many, find that special someone.
These goals, milestones really, felt inevitable a generation or two ago, but now seem to be increasingly difficult to achieve.
Let me do a little compare and contrast: At my age, my mother had completed her master's degree in English, was married, worked full time and had a home and two children.
I have some catching up to do,"
continued here
Dust Bunny Art!
Good use of creativity... I hope he wears a mask! (sneeze!)
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Paul+Hazelton/17358.html
. Artist Paul Hazelton makes those dust bunnies under the bed look really good. He creates delicate, ethereal artwork with them
Is this why I feel ugly, don't think so...
Some quotes from my favorite witty 19th century playwright: Oscar Wilde
"Fashion is a form of uglyness so intolerable we have to change is every six months"
"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative"
"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."
"Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace."
"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
"The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated."
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
"Fashion is a form of uglyness so intolerable we have to change is every six months"
"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative"
"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."
"Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace."
"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
"The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated."
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
My desk... soon
soon there will be no more sunlight than enters ther room
i feel like clem, the guru of purging (paper, not lunch) needs to adivse.
Tuesday Dress Porn Bonanza...
Some like Cute overload when they feel blue, for me it's couture...
Here are the 100 best dresses of the decade according to In Style.
Enjoy the porn!!!
Here are the 100 best dresses of the decade according to In Style.
Enjoy the porn!!!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Espace Pepin
somehow i think i missed this... was this up when we went there last jet set?
reminds me of some Betty Goodwin work
"Daring and out-of-the-ordinary, artist painter Lysanne Pepin dives into fresh water to rediscover the beauty of the human body - free of weight, gravity and restrictions. In this new collection, by means of underwater filming, she captures the female figure in a state of grace, beauty, sensuality and innocence. She presents her new collection, entitled Weightlessness, to the public in the Spring of 2009.
With the artwork of the Weightlessness series, Pepin explores the organic movement and spontaneous expression of her subjects, who are themselves artists and comedians of great talent. They have accepted this invitation to share in the unique experience of being filmed in a state of total weightlessness, freedom of movement and liberty. Each one of her muses is more beautiful and inspired than the other, and they move with ease and grace in the diffuse light of the water. They evolve to the rhythms of the underwater world, dancing, swirling gently, their diaphanous dresses moving naturally around them, their hair following as if haloed diadems.
more here
reminds me of some Betty Goodwin work
"Daring and out-of-the-ordinary, artist painter Lysanne Pepin dives into fresh water to rediscover the beauty of the human body - free of weight, gravity and restrictions. In this new collection, by means of underwater filming, she captures the female figure in a state of grace, beauty, sensuality and innocence. She presents her new collection, entitled Weightlessness, to the public in the Spring of 2009.
With the artwork of the Weightlessness series, Pepin explores the organic movement and spontaneous expression of her subjects, who are themselves artists and comedians of great talent. They have accepted this invitation to share in the unique experience of being filmed in a state of total weightlessness, freedom of movement and liberty. Each one of her muses is more beautiful and inspired than the other, and they move with ease and grace in the diffuse light of the water. They evolve to the rhythms of the underwater world, dancing, swirling gently, their diaphanous dresses moving naturally around them, their hair following as if haloed diadems.
New Music Monday
New Vampire Weekend, this single was out in November but the rest of the album comes out today.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
who will be the coolest kid on the block?
me, with a cat hat
maybe when el micio passes on, cause that cat be dead.
(via http://www.onegoodbumblebee.com)
Monday, January 4, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
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