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Gregg Araki’s Short Here Now for Kenzo
Cult director Gregg Araki teamed up with irreverent French brand Kenzo for a different kind of Fall campaign. Eschewing traditional still photography, Araki created a short film, titled Here Now, which runs as a follow-up to Araki’s 1997 cult omnisexual youth movie Nowhere and focuses on a group of stylishly dressed teens (in Kenzo Fall/Winter 2015 wares) discussing relationships, getting […]
The Zeitgeist: Yo La Tengo Covers the Cure, Lars Von Trier’s Childhood Short + More
Lars Von Trier’s Childhood Stop Motion Short Way before the emotional and moral trappings of Dancer In The Dark, or the existential reflectivity of Melancholia, an 11-year old Lars Von Trier immersed himself into the world of stop motion filmmaking and created a cute —and technically impressive, considering his age—stop-motion short called Turen til Squashland… En Super Pølse Film (translated […]
Andrei Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time at MAD
Andrei Tarkovsky needs no introduction. A singular cinematic voice, the Russian director is one of cinema’s most fascinating filmmakers. Tarkovsky is credited with an oeuvre that spans about a dozen remarkable feature films and is often interpreted as a profound spiritual statement about what it means to be human. Known for complex themes, expressive, sweeping takes, poetic metaphors and primordial […]
Paris Haute Couture FW 2015: The Best Looks
Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week wrapped yesterday, and with it ended a four-day, multi-show spectacle of grand designs, ambitious fashion and irreverent shows. Chanel set up a faux casino, replete with high-profile gamblers (the likes of Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart and Lara Stone shared a poker table), while models, Chanel regulars Kendall Jenner and Lindsey Wixson included, donned Lagerfeld’s best […]
Introducing FAAN A/W15: Genderless minimalism
Architech-cum-fashion designer Aaron Jacobson approaches fashion from the mathematically and geometrically precise prespective of an architect’s meticulous attention to detail. The result are gender-neutral, minimalist garments in both form and function. Jacobson is the man behind Cleveland-based label FAAN, now in its second season. The new label has carved its aesthetic by staying true to the “less is more” mantra—wherein classic tailored […]
The Ideal Home: Jan McCullough’s Home Instruction Manual
British artist Jan McCullough’s Home Instruction Manual is just that: a photographic portfolio of a new home decorated to comply with what posters on an Internet forum consider the perfect home. Belfast-based McCullogh searched the internet for tips on how to build the perfect home. Starting with a simple Google search for “How to Make a Home,” she stumbled upon […]
Simplicity in Solitude: Four Architectural Treasures
From a lonesome library on the shores of Nandaihe Pleasure City in China to a chapel perched atop a hill in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, these architectural treasures celebrate restraint and solitude and, in doing so, make a bold noise. Seashore Library, China Vector Architects Capela Joá, Brazil Bernardes Arquitectura Six Walls House, Sweden Arrhov Frick […]
Amy, Tangerine, The Look of Silence, Irrational Man: July’s Essential Movies
From the touching Amy to Woody Allen’s cross-generational love-and-crime story Irrational Man, July is more than basking in the Sun. Here are this month’s best movie releases. Amy Director: Asif Kapadia Starring: Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Yasiin Bey, Pete Doherty, Tony Bennett, Mitch Winehouse Opens July 1st From director Asif Kapadia, Amy tells the story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse […]