Oh how we love us some INSA here at M.I.S.S. and someday hope to find ourselves attending one of his shows and not just bloggin about it…Until then, if you are on the other side of the pond make sure to peep his tech this Friday the 25th. It’s a party ya’ll! Get with it.
more deets after the jizump!
I have had dreams of one day owning and operating my own 70’s fantasy van. After seeing this badass piece of van-tastic machinery on a recent visit to NYC, I kinda want one even more. It was one of those super late night NYC moments, walking home solo on a hot hot NY night after just hitting up the bodega for a late night snack and there it was…like walking into a brick wall of rainbows and marshmellow (ok, I know that sounds funny a “brick” wall of…you get it, right?), like being slapped up the side of the face with the cutest and softest kitten, and then being hit over the head with a cupcake (I know this sounds crazy), there it was…Perhaps someone out there knows what’s up with this ride? Let’s us know if you know, ya know?
See all the hot detail shots after the jump!
On-line Japanese magazine, SHIFT is looking for a few good artists. Over the coming months they are looking for submissions for the infamous UNIGLO annual t-shirt design competition to digital media competitions and submissions for their 2009 SHIFT Calender. Get all the detailed info for each competition after the jump. The time is now. Do it.
UT GRAND PRIX 2009
UNIQLO’s annual T-shirt design competition since 2004, the 5th “UT Grand Prix” will call for entries from July 15th.
UNIQLO has actively developed its global expansion as a casual wear brand from Japan, opening flagship stores in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, Korea and China, and also shown the global promotion campaigns that world people can participate such as UNIQLOCK and UT LOOP!
Based on the concept of “T-shirt Design Olympics”, UT Grand Prix calls for T-shirt designs from young & upcoming creators from all over the world. Works will be chosen from more than 10,000 submissions in the first and second phases of judgment, & these will be shown on the web. In the final stage, 20 designs will be selected by presiding guest judges, & these designs will then be sold as UT (UNIQLO T-shirt) at UNIQLO stores. Cash & other prizes will be also presented to the winner(s). The Grand Prix (top) prize is 3 million JPY (or equivalent in local currency at current rates).
Submission Period: July 15th - September 21st, 2008
Cindy Sherman | Untitled #22, from the series Film Stills, Courtesy of the Artist, Metro Pictures New York and Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers Cologne, Munich, London
Over 150 photographic works are on display through October 26th in a show called Female Trouble: The Camera As Mirror and Stage of Female Projection. The featured works include pieces by Diane Arbus, Monica Bonvicini, Sophie Calle, Julia Margaret Cameron, Comtesse de Castiglione, Nan Goldin, Hannah Höch, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tracey Moffat, ringl + pit, Pipilotti Rist, Cindy Sherman, Katharina Sieverding, and many others. The selected pieces question, or challenge the view of women in society - here is how the gallery explains the exhibition:
Since the invention of photography more than 150 years ago it has been largely women who have used this technical medium to project themselves through role playing and masquerading. As well as the experimental urge to constantly create something new, the camera has also served as a means of questioning clichés of female representation. Playing with the image of the eternally feminine was and remains a discourse with gender identity, its social and political definition and what goes beyond that.
The exhibition focuses on contemporary women artists such as Cindy Sherman, Sarah Lucas, Monica Bnvicini and Pipilotti Rist, who with the aid of photography and video art examine the female image, deconstruct and redefine it. At the same time, the exhibition reaches back into the 19th and early 20th century when women such as Countess Castiglione, Lady Hawarden, Claude Cahun and Florence Henri discovered photography as a means of (self-) projection and enquiry.
This sounds like a great exhibition - I wish I were going to be in Munich to see it! I hope that the exhibit will travel to other cities, no word yet, but we’ll keep you posted.
Two of my favorite people have made magic. If you are in SoCal tomorrow night go witness it first hand. As part of the GLOW Festival, Bay Area artist’s Kamau Amu Patton and Suzy Poling have formed like Voltron to create a live musical video projection project. Here’s the scoop:
Glasshouse is a collaborative project between Kamau Patton and Suzy Poling dealing with lenticular glass, which embodies a 3-D effect. This kaleidoscope like house explores how refracting, bending and stretching light can occur with special pieces of glass by moving and manipulating the material along with turning mirrored sculptural devices and using specific light sources with optical projections. These experiments open up the edges of light and shadow, which create an unusual perception of space and spectrum. These two artists have combined geometric design, light patterns, crystals, minerals, sparks, smoke and tonal sound frequencies into one piece that they would call, Sonic Sculpture.
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Hint Magazine featured some high-end looks by Givenchy, Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent and more in an illustrated multi-media presentation called Drawing Blood. The feature is illustrated by kuanth and the flash design was done by RenderMonkey. You can choose the music that plays in the background as well. The illustrations feature wide-eyed girls (very Blythe-esque with different colored eyes) and creatures wearing the must-have pieces of the coming season. You can watch Drawing Blood here.
More images after the jump . . .
Bay Area Now is a triennial exhibit that the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts hosts featuring up and coming Bay Area artists. The exhibits are phenomenal and the opening party always draws huge crowds. This year should be no exception. The theme of the exhibit is life in the Bay and how artists are inspired by their lives in and out of the Bay Area. The opening night party will feature Campari cocktails and Bay Area talent including Port O’Brien, Softhug (Official Tourist), Bronze, T.I.T.S., Eugene International!
Opening Party - Saturday, July 19th, 8 pm–midnight
Grand Lobby, Galleries, Screening Room, Forum & Sculpture Court
$12 in advance, $15 at the door
FREE for YBCA Members and a guest
More info and exhibition details here.
Buff Fest 2 has arrived! This is the official pre-release of the SDCC Exclusive Series 2 figures. This series has only 400 sets of 8 designs, plus a secret figure and a new print. It’s gonna be crazy, don’t miss this toy release and signing party! Plus who can go wrong with free food and goodies?
Also check out the new Buff Monster x Official Fitted hat available here.
Details about the party after the jump!
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We’ve been following Nick Knight’s impressive work for some time now from his “White Wedding” campaign for Agent Provocateur to Nike’s “Art of Football” competition. Knight’s most recent work includes shooting the new Autumn/Winter 2008-09 campaign for Bottega Veneta, a brand known for working with artistic photographers including Annie Leibovitz and Philip-Lorca de Corcia. When asked how Knight was chosen as the campaign’s photographer,
Bottega Veneta’s creative director Tomas Maier chose Knight for his “sense of adventure”, explaining that: “Nick emphasises the process of creating images, which is similar to the way I approach design.”
As Nick Knight is known to do, the images are “digitally manipulated to create a striking composition that hints at a narrative” and can be see online this fall along with a short video.
Ogilvy New York presents: Yo! What Happened To Peace?
Yo! What Happened To Peace?
Thursday July 17, 2008 - September 17, 2008
5-8pm
Ogilvy New York
309 West 49th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY
Ogilvy New York is presenting, Yo! What Happened To Peace?, a powerful collection of artistic social commentary. The show started in 2003 with 14 prints and has grown to travel worldwide and continuously adds both new artists as well as new artwork. Yo! What Happened To Peace? includes hand-crafted prints from across the globe, with the majority of prints by American artists and printmakers. The show focuses on highlighting the beauty of hand-crafted printmaking techniques as a form of visual protest while inspiring thought and encouraging discussion. A Yo! What Happened to Peace? book was published in 2007, featuring 144 color pages of over 200 prints from the show, a die-cut stencil cover and an introduction by Winston Smith. Come out to see some beautiful art and think about some issues facing our world today.
