1. WE CANNOT BUT FAIL.

    June 22, 2010
    by Jeanne-Salome Rochat
    discussion, photography, SB people

    Whitin my young dance students, the paradox of wishing to be free of unruly and uncovenient bodily demands so that one might live peaceably from within one’s body recently seems to be intensified. Bodies are experienced as menace. From this perspective, they cannot but fail. Bodies seem to be bound to be wrong. No space for a shared problematic such as seeing our stance towards the body as problematic… Instead, they feel that the problem lies in the ineptitude of our individual endeavours.

    Have we failed to create the body as it should be or how we want it to be?

    It seems that we only have a temporary peace, with the next opportunity to take “it” in hand and attempt to keep refashioning it emotionally, physically, medically… around the corner.
    There is no such thing as a body that can simply be.

    Images by Rasha Kahil

  2. Novembre Magazine—Geneva Launch

    We are proud to announce the launch of
    Novembre, a magazine about Fashion & Contemporary Art for Switzerland.
    Published by Sang Bleu éditeurs, Florence Tétier & Florian Joye,
    it features (amongst over 130 contributors):

    Aaron Schuster
    Adeena Mey
    Adrian Wilson
    Angelo Cirimele
    Ariana Reines
    Catherine Baba
    Damián Navarro
    Daniel Baumann
    Denis Pernet
    Diane Pernet
    Elisabeth Llach
    Emmanuelle Antille
    Estelle Hanania
    Frédéric Chapon
    Graham Tabor
    Guillaume Pilet
    Henrik Vibskov
    Koudlam
    Kris van Assche
    Luc Andrié
    Matthieu Lavanchy
    Mauricio Nardi
    Olaf Breuning
    Paloma Presents
    Piers Atkinson
    Sybille Walter
    Théo Mercier
    Vikash Dhorasoo

    (see the facebook event)

  3. santa sangre

    June 20, 2010
    by Maxime Buchi
    art, old school/traditional, SB people, tattoo

    some superb updates from our friend Luca Mamone of Santa Sangre Tattoo, Rome (the most underrated tattoo artist I know…).

  4. Soleil et Chair

    June 18, 2010
    by Ben Perdue
    blogging, inspiration, photography, tattoo

    Something really nice and unexpected about the combination of 70s-style Chloe denim and the vintage pink bedspread with that tattoo. Found on Sophie Arancio’s NAST blog. Tattoo by Yann Black.

  5. GETTIN’ BAD BOY PAPER

    June 17, 2010
    by Jason Farrer
    fashion, film, music, USA

  6. Kunstverein’s Brunch Lunch Launch presents Ginger&Piss #1

    With contributions by Elvira Belafonte, Hula Capellinni, Billy Male and G. Alonso Oeuf !!!

    27 June 2010, 2–5 pm
    Performance by Matthew Lutz-Kinoy starting at 3.30 pm

    Ginger&Piss is Kunstverein’s in-house magazine – a cross between an academic journal and a darts club newsletter. Ginger&Piss (the name a misquotation of Lawrence Weiner) is published twice yearly, with the first edition appearing in a short run. Each issue contains a maximum of five or six contributions of varying length, appropriate to the individual subject matter.

    The remit of Ginger&Piss is simple; to offer an outlet for authors to say what they feel is vital (and not necessarily at all related to the art world) but were unable, unwilling or too afraid to publish previously. The concept dictates that each contributor writes under a pseudonym. The editors guarantee full anonymity.

    The use of pseudonyms can be considered an answer to the cowardice of the art world, albeit a somewhat hypocritical one. By providing a platform for candid critique but at the same time allowing the author to hide behind a pseudonym, Ginger&Pisss recognizes its own complicit cowardice. In fact, Ginger&Piss fully embraces its somewhat misleading bravery, but maintains that it makes sense for now, for the current cultural climate­.

    Loud is the subject of the first issue and it is a broad – probably far too broad – theme (if a theme at all). In fact Quiet might have been more appropriate. But perhaps a clear, ‘honest’ voice is better suggested by volume than whispering.

    Krist Gruijthuijsen & Maxine Kopsa

    Kunstverein’s website, for more information: http://kunstverein.nl

  7. Red Mannheim, St Paul’s Cathedral

    These amazing silkscreens were unveiled in St Paul’s Cathedral last night as part of the ongoing St Paul’s Cathedral Art Project. The Mannheim Altarpiece by Mark Alexander hangs in two huge (almost) identical parts, facing eachother across the nave. That they can have such an impact in a setting as overwhelming as the cavernous St Pauls is almost as impressive as this old institution being so actively involved in championing contemporary art. Supported by Haunch of Venison.