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

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)

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.

Nice interview with Max about Sang Bleu and the New York launch by Sean Risley for the Opening Ceremony blog. Read the rest here. All pics (I’m guessing) by Sean too.

Two very nice portraits of Tom during the Sang Bleu show at Envoy Gallery. Photography by Tuuka. And read here a nice little note on the night by Hooper.

I wish to warmly congratulate my young sister and her husband for winning the Alias-One competition with this stunning image!

Until July 3 Susan Meiselas shows Pandora’s Box at Wapping Project Bankside

65a Hopton Street London SE1 9LR