3rd Athens Biennale

Vlasis Kaniaris

 The 3rd Athens Biennale opened its doors last night with a great party in the centre of Athens, proving that it's one of the most important cultural institutions running in our city. Titled Monodrome, the exhibition deals with the current greek problem and its impact not only locally but globally, too, provoking a debate on how something new can arise from destruction.

The exhibition will be running by December 11th 2011 at Diplareios School, Arts Centre & Eleftherios Venizelos Museum. For more info visit the Athens Biennale website.

Yiorgos Vakirtzis

Paul Chan

Sean Edwards

Michalis Katzourakis

Rallou Panagiotou

Under Construction Group

Kostas Basanos

Rena Papaspirou

Vlasis Kaniaris

Andreas Lolis

Giannis Bournias

Theofilos Xatzimichail

Michalis Katzourakis

New Aristophanes

Mark Dion & Robert Williams

Panayiotis Lamprou

Panayiotis Lamprou

Liu Zheng

Objective Collapse

The following video was intro for the Studio - K's fashion show during the Seoul Fashion Week. Excellent work with great concept and beautiful graphic design.

Enjoy:

Fur Fur S/S 2012 Collection

Tokyo is currently hosting its S/S 2012 collection and many designers are pleasantly surprising us so far. Fur Fur brand's special presentation was held yesterday at Laforet Museum Harajuku with a really interesting set design and an amazing collection. Girly loose dresses in black and white with complicated frilled details, fine lace and tulle gave the models an eerie style, an almost mystic forest aura. I really got thrilled by the awsome flower headpieces.

Enjoy a few pictures and a video of the full collection below:

Savanasnegras

Savanasnegras a.k.a. Marisol F.Collado is a mexican photographer than lived in the streets of Mexico Ciity for ten years. As a homeless, she had to sleep in the streets, in the airport,in the subway, in abandoned buildings or even in funerals, living a strange and lonely life. Her inspiration comes from her past bizarre life, where she had the chance to meet and observe various kinds of people and personalities from prostitutes, transvestites and drug-addicts to succesful businessmen, housewives and students giving her images a dark, multicoloured, dreamy effect. Savanasnegras studied photography at the CMF in Mexico City, has entered and won several photography contests and her work has been exhibited in many big galleries in major cities around the world.
You can see more of her projects here

S/S 2012 Fashion Weeks by Achraf Amiri

Achraf Amiri is a super talented graphic artist and illustrator from Brussels, with a really great taste in fashion. He calls himself "the hidden son of the Addams Family" and creates the most unusual and extraordinary fashion-inspired illustrations you may have seen around. Achraf's style is often grotesque and humouristic with a heavy dose of playful colours and slim sillhouettes, making him standing out from the crowd. Below you can have a look at his latest project inspired by the S/S 2012 Fashion Weeks of Milan, Paris, London and New York and don't forget to visit his blog for more exciting images.

FASHION WEEKS S/S 2012 from Achraf Amiri on Vimeo.

Waters

Paris-based artist and designer Kira Lillie presents Waters, a beautiful new short film about the element of water, the understanding of its power, symbolism and purification, portrayed through religion. A really fresh and strong piece, featuring Olga Sherer and Bianca O' Brien.

Enjoy:

WATERS from Kira Lillie on Vimeo.

The Circus Book

When i was little i was always afraid of circus people.. I thought they were some kind of monsters, really strange and unreachable. However, after growing up and being extremely lucky to work on a couple of projects with them, i had the chance to find out that they are a really special and talented race, worth to be explored. Since then, i've been reading and searsching a lot about circus people and one of my latest findings is this lovely book by Noel Daniel titled the Circus Book: 1870-1950 reporting everything about these incredible artists during these eras. Rare illusrtations and photos feature odd clowns or dazzling showgirls and aerialists with the most fancy costumes and make-up in amazing locations. A beautiful, inspiring and collectable piece.