here’s an intriguing little film grey matter from my friend ‘martin de waal’
me news
one size fits all
amsterdam has never been so quiet as right now, the whole country is glued to the TV waiting to see who they will face in the world cup final on sunday and i’m sat here blogging! anyway, this looks fun: an exhibition in london at the V&A; architects build small spaces
according to my mate ‘dom’ (who has seen it) these pictures don’t do it justice… stilll looks very interesting, there is also a micro blog with more images and details…
one salon
duo ‘maurice scheltens & liesbeth abbenes’ will be presenting their latest series ‘vitrine’ amongst a whole list of other artists taking part in the salon1 event starting next week in amsterdam
mimicry
i met photographer judith van ijken last week, she describes her work as ‘staged documentary’
like this project ‘mimicry’ (shown here above & below) for which a book is currently in the make, more of her projects can be viewed on the site…
batta-mon
is a japanese word for ‘locust stuff’, in the kansai dialect it is also slang for ‘knock-off’; but it is also the title of a series of insects made from fake ‘louis vuitton’ bags by japanese artist mitsuhiro okamoto, although the fact that they were fake products didn’t prevent the ‘fashion maffia’ from proving just how ugly they
can be… unbelievable
(tip via move your teeth)