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What’s your password? I’m not asking. If I were, likeliness is I’d be looking for the back of your hand; at least. Folk are increasingly wary of online security, that Snowden chap a nagging reminder that we all could, and should, do more. But,...
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Sonic Youth noister Thurston Joseph Moore once sent 25 one minute-long guitar parts to a bunch of fellow artists — the likes of Alec Empire, Mogwai, and Stereolab — in a Hoover bag. A Hoover bag. The musicians would rework his six-string...
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There's something about fashion that encourages doodling; its freedom of expression, its primal creativity, or the will to subvert its oft-idealistic representations. Alana Dee Haynes's works often begin life on the pages of fashion magazines;...
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The work of New York photographer Meryl Meisler has been covered extensively in these pages. We spoke to the artist last year about the release of her compelling publication, A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick, and dived into the hedonism of...
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UNLOCKED is a weighty new publication by ATOPOS cvc, the Athens-based cultural organisation founded in 2003 by Stamos Fafalios and Vassilis Zidianakis (recently joined by Angelos Tsourapas), that 'attempts to “unlock” the depiction of the naked...
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Carina Brandes is a German artist who deals in the ethereal — the photographer's exhibition, Blow Up, at New York's team (gallery, inc.) weaving a weird and wonderful, semi-lucid narrative though powerful black-and-white imagery. There...
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Hailing from Southern California, John Divola is heavily influenced by an aesthetic prevalent in this dusty corner of America; manmade structures at odds with their overwhelming surroundings ... a landscape that can quickly swallow what man puts in...
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The Great British seaside resort, English eccentricities, crap food, Brits on tour; whatever the subject Martin Parr turns his lens toward, our peculiarities and quirks as a nation are often the underlying narrative. Parr is a British photographer...
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Amsterdam-based purveyors of all things good in the world of art photography, Foam, are bringing their hand-picked assemblage of rising stars to London in April, in an exhibition based on their annual Foam Magazine Talent Issue. The likes of...
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Drawing cracking great burly men for his own diversion since a teenager, the artist who would become known as Tom of Finland destroyed much of his early work upon being conscripted to World War II (in a time where homoerotic material could have...
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Rrrraaaaaaaggggee! Feeling the pressure to conform, in a communist country still battling with its own rapid development, many of Vietnam's young are turning to the liberating spirit of metal for their kicks. 'Sporadic gigs would take place in...
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As well as its physical rendering as a current beneath the water's surface (and an exceedingly good song by the brilliant Warpaint), an undertow can be a metaphorical manifestation of that dangerous tidal phenomenon; dark emotions difficult to...
City Notes
In the heart of downtown Zapopan, a neighbouring city of Guadalajara Mexico, Zorra Zapopan is the second outpost of Cervecería Zorra, a stunning project brought to fruition by esteemed studios Taller Dinamita and Taller Binario that combines a...
City Notes
Soft-launched 15 March, following an intensive restoration, Barcelona’s Grand Hotel Central has emerged as a triumph of contemporary luxury; a homage to its own weighty history and grandeur, yet breathing the fresh air of modern Catalunya....
City Notes
Opening just last month on Barcelona's Via Laietana, the road that separates the city's El Born and El Gòtic neighbourhoods, restaurant Can Bo completes the reimagined Grand Hotel Central; the street-level gastronomic concept focussing on tapas and...
City Notes
From first stepping into the kitchen aged 10, to creating supper club 'Eureka' in the family home, Flynn McGarry went on to open his first permanent fine dining restaurant, Gem, in New York City's Lower East Side at 19 years old, before going on to...
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Stress has become an unavoidable part of modern life. Between work, family responsibilities, and personal challenges, many people struggle to find a sense of calm. While traditional stress management methods such as meditation, yoga, and exercise...
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Sure, none of us think constantly about potential disasters that could strike our home, such as floods, fires, storm damage and similar. But, things happen. And, when they do, we have to find a way to resolve the situation. Of course, in those...
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Your interior walls stand empty like a blank page that requires your transformation into personal expression and memorabilia. Handmade decor creates the ideal solution to introduce personal touch and home appeal whether your style direction is...
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Incontinence briefs, more commonly known as adult diapers, came as a welcome relief for people seeking effective and hassle-free ways to manage incontinence. Thanks to these innovative products, incontinence patients can go about their normal...