Ama, an ode performed underwater played and directed by deep sea diver and filmmaker Julie Gautier. Over five minutes, the piece follows Gautier as she dances underwater.Performed in the world’s deepest pool in Italy, Gautier holds her breath for the duration of the film, only allowing herself to open…
It’s got a brand-new look and a new site. Forward Festival is about to start. For 2018 edition, the Austrian studio Zwupp designed the new identity, while the new website is the work of web agency Wild. After Vienna, now it’s time for Munich on the 30th and 31st of…
In the series Pseudo Documentation David DiMichele plays a game with his audience about the perception and reality of installations. He creates huge imaginary installations in which objects are set giving the illusion of large space. The scenes are actually miniature constructions of an installation created by the artist’s intricate…
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is known for her color explosions, lights and eccentricity, often with the use of dots. In 2017 she founded her own museum in Tokyo, where visitors can get a glimpse of her wildly colourful paintings, polka-dotted pumpkins and mirror-lined infinity rooms. For her recent commission for the…
“Dust Road Renegades”: a true Freitag story by Acid House. Animation film artists tell the story of Freitag – From Truck Till Bag – in completely different ways, with different plots, in different styles and with a different agenda. Freitag only made one requirement of their Tarp Blanche artists: tell this…
Being part of design events is one of our favorites. Every year we have a standing appointment with Designmonat Graz (One Month of Design) that now counts its 10th edition. For 4 weeks the city of Graz will be completely overwhelmed by design and creativity with a dense program. Friday, May…
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination at Met Gala 2018. Colloquially and affectionately referred to as “fashion’s biggest night out,” the Met Gala 2018 is a pinnacle of iconic style. A fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the event welcomes celebrity stars, young…
Artist Heather Theresa Clark abstracts domestic space and puts it in tension in a kinetic sculpture that references home-making in the age of climate change. This is her Sides of a Line exhibition presented at the Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington DC. The work alludes to the paradox and anxiety of a privileged…
Plastique Fantastique puts a ring on it. This giant gold ring — RINGdeLUXE — snuggly hugs the Instituto Estudios Riojanos headquarters, in Logroño, Spain. The artist collective Plastique Fantastique put it on her. They proposed and donned the lucky structure with the faux gold band, on April 27th — and the…
OMA’s Fondazione Prada Torre finally opens to the public with quirky interiors and renowned contemporary art. A room filled with giant spinning mushrooms and a set of bright yellow-green bathrooms are among the surprises found inside the OMA-designed Torre, which opened last week as the final part of the Fondazione Prada arts complex…