PHONE HOME // 25th February 2013
Once upon a time, there was an Island in Europe that cultivated a certain sense of style by doing things differently than its neighbors. In the UK, you would find red double decker buses with the steering wheel on the right side. You would also eat sausages and beans in the morning, tea in the … Read more
I ROBOT // 11th February 2013
It happens in downtown Harbin, China. A restaurant hires 20 robots to cook, serve and entertain the guests. Opened in June 2012, the venue has become a place to be in Heilongjiang province’s capital. The experience starts when you enter the place, as a usher robot welcomes you by extending its arm to the side … Read more
MOON PHASES // 7th January 2013
Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth are husband and wife plus a team of artists working together. The thing they master in is the creation of woodcut prints and illustrations. Named Tugboat Printshop, their our collaborative projects in printmaking has seen the births of so many magnificent woodcut prints. Handmade excellence is what gives to their … Read more
99 LUFTBALLONS // 31st December 2012
Tatton Park is a piece of land in Northwest England – a 16th-century estate – inhabited since the Iron Age. Last fall, the park hosted its third biennial, an event that gathered emerging artists around the theme flight. French artist Olivier Grossetete created a poetic installation, a bridge to nowhere called Pont de Singe (“Monkey … Read more
CARJACKING // 24th December 2012
“I invade the false privacy of the inside of the vehicles that drive alonga big city in the most violent photographic way, showing the audiencea reality altered by the same media that represents it.” This is how Spanish photographer Oscar Monzòn explains his project titled “Sweet Car”. The series is made of voyeuristic portraits of … Read more
STRANGE PLAYGROUND // 17th December 2012
Every image is manipulation. German artist Robert Rickhoff takes this thought way forward as he changes details in the pictures he takes. Small things, almost imperceptible things that can change reality. Or the way we see reality. In this special work, the artist challenges our basic assumptions about public spaces and architecture. At first glance, … Read more
GOOD OLD DAYS // 10th December 2012
Liu Xianping knows how to strike a pose. He learnt very quickly to become a model when his granddaughter ask him to help her sell her clothes. Since his photographs went online, the 72-year-old Chinese man has become something of an internet sensation. Liu Xianping’s granddaughter is one of five recent college grads who created … Read more
GREEN UP // 3rd December 2012
Built on an elevated 1.45-mile section of an abandoned railway line called the West Side Line, the High Line in New York City is a mile long garden park which runs along the lower west side of Manhattan. Local architectural lovers Joshua David and Robert Hammond began to discuss on the future of the High … Read more
LIVING DESIGN // 27th November 2012
The line between design and sculpture can be very thin. Bert Loeschner has modified a series of plastic chairs using heat. The result is visually striking though the pieces of furniture have no more concern for functionality or comfort. This hands-on project is about the ‘infamous garden chair’ and its role in design culture. Named … Read more
SOAP OPERA // 22th November 2012
Jupiter pictures taken from a space ship? Well, not exactly. These planetary images are to good to be true. They look like Jupiter gas-giants with swirling hurricanes, but actually they are only common soap bubbles. Commissioned by magazine Creative Review, photographer Jason Tozer made these using Sony’s Alpha 350 DSLR camera. The shoot came about … Read more
