Le photographe Lintao Zhang a réussi à capturer ces superbes images lors d’un show le 7 janvier dernier au Harbin Pole Aquarium en Chine. Une véritable chorégraphie « White Whales Performance » entre les plongeurs et 2 bélugas à découvrir dans une série de photographies dans la suite de l’article.
Dans le cadre de son exposition Goldfish Salvation à l’INC Gallery de Londres, l’artiste japonais Riusuke Fukahori, déjà très connu pour ses peintures 3D sur résine, a réalisé une performance live où il a peint un poisson de taille géante. Une création à découvrir en images et en vidéo dans la suite.
Since taking the helm at Toyota Motor Company in 2009, president and CEO Akio Toyoda has been pushing hard for a more innovative direction. So far many of the company’s talking points have been downplayed as…
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Really interesting study and a good example of how to potentially structure daily tasks for maximum performance. Especially the mid day nap!
Three layers of sustainable design from the Portland-based outdoor apparel brand
Known for their efforts in sustainable production and simplified design, Portland-based Nau offers a selection of appealing, subdued outdoor apparel with each coming season. Their latest men’s collection for Fall/Winter 2012 collection includes three pieces that caught our eye for their level of comfort, style and practicality. Wool Patrol Hoody…
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Nike’s Flyknit kicks in bold new colors just in time for the Olympics
Launching just a few miles from Olympic Park, Nike’s latest take on their already incredible HTM Flyknit trainers sees the ultra lightweight shoe take new shape in a fresh set of hues. The HTM Trainer+ collection—designed by Hiroshi Fujiwara, Tinker Hatfield and Mark Parker—arrives to Nike 1948 London this Thursday, where it will sell in limited supply in six colors that really enhance the shoe’s unique fabric construction.
Backed by Nike’s trademark Lunarlon cushioning system, the intricately woven HTM Trainer+ kicks are the ultimate meeting ground for form and function. The solids—a neon yellow Volt, basic black, bright blue and red—allow you to really see the shoe’s near seamless construction, a design element that allows the shoe to fit like a second skin. The two multi-color patterned kicks show off the complexity of the knitting technology, which uses a specially engineered yarn to create the most in breathability and performance.
The third installment of the HTM Flyknit collection, the pared down but equally bold HTM Trainer+ version will first hit the Shoreditch store 26 July 2012 before landing in Nike stores around the world.
Worry-free and dead simple photo and video storage on the go
A valuable solution for the traveling photo or video nerd, Drobo’s brand new Drobo Mini is the world’s smallest full-featured storage array that operates off combined disk and solid-state technologies, making it also one of the fastest. Like Drobo’s other products, the Mini has four hot-swappable drive bays that allow you to manage as much storage as you can afford to purchase.
The sleek data-protecting design features automated SSD acceleration, as well as Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interfaces—a first for storage arrays. Not only is it optimal for connecting several devices, but the completely redesigned software and hardware also aggressively enhances processing capability. Additionally, Drobo created a “carrierless” system that allows you to easily join and remove up to four 2.5″ drives.
Along with the Mini, Drobo has also released the 5D, a mega storage solution that works with up to five drives and has an extra SSD bay, making it able to hold up to 32 million photos.
The Drobo Mini and 5D will sell online for $599 and $799 without drives.
The new all wheel drive compact from Mercedes-Benz with precision performance
Announced today and spotted outside Stuttgart, the Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG marks several new achievements for the performance brand. Following up on the recently launched A-Class, the elegant new compact features all wheel drive, an efficient 2.0-litre engine and marks the first time the precision performance of AMG has been offered in a compact car in its 45-year history. This firm step for Mercedes-Benz introduces the brand to a new demographic of urban dwellers targeted by the accessibly priced A-Class.
While the 2.0-litre four cylinder engine may not win every impromptu drag-race, the AMG Speedshift DCT 7-speed transmission ensures the A45 AMG still behaves with the expected performance synonymous with those three iconic letters. To further enhance peak handling the compact car’s weight has been kept to a minimum and its wheel base reduced to the shortest in the overall compact A-class lineup. “Weight combined with wheel base, with the attraction of the all wheel drive system…in the end it will be the most agile AMG car,” says Mercedes-Benz Senior Manager of Product Management and Product Strategy Thomas Rappel. “In terms of handling and autocross, I think this car could set the benchmark in the whole portfolio.”
Expected to make its worldwide debut in Spring 2013, the agile A45 AMG will shine as the top-of-the-range A-Class model and is expected to be followed closely by additional AMG compact cars currently in development. As part of the new A-Class the A45 AMG will list at an accessible price point while still performing on par with the higher priced AMG branded cars.
Denmark’s notoriously conceptual fashion designer in a new book spanning boobies to mint
The new self-titled book from Henrik Vibskov is a lot like his work—slightly haphazard yet cohesive; purposeful, but ultimately entertaining. Since graduating from London’s Central St. Martins in 2001, the Danish designer has penetrated the regimented fashion industry with a distinct style that bucks conventionality and traditional seasons in favor of more conceptual shows and collections that reflect his artistically driven mind.
“Henrik Vibskov” the book is set up to explore these themes and his larger creative oeuvre in a natural progression, starting with a preface split between five contributors that loosely alerts readers to the collage-like layout that lies ahead. The collaborative foreword is written by Vibskov’s brother Per, German professor of experimental fashion design Dorothea Mink, New Museum deputy director Keren Wong, Danish artist Jørgen Leth and Röhsska Museum director Ted Hesselbom. Together they shed a little insight on Vibskov while referencing five keywords that help define his career—”donkey”, “boobies”, “mint”, “tank” and “shrink wrap”. Before delving fully into what these words mean, social anthropologist Camilla R. Simpson offers a more serious biography in the three-page essay “The Vibskov Scenario”, which is followed by an equally extensive but completely different story—novelist Jokum Rohde’s “Science-Fiction Noir”, an imaginary work that draws from Vibskov’s various show titles over the years.
From there Vibskov takes over, detailing his career to date with randomly ordered sketches, candid commentary, inspiration shots and behind-the-scenes images of his shows and art installations (which are sometimes one in the same). While slightly confusing at first, the arrangement actually works out well and fans will enjoy how the book mimics the same sentiment expressed in his bizarre ensembles. At first glance there is a lot going on on the page, but further inspection reveals a beautiful chaos. As Wong comments in the preface, Vibskov’s work is always full of contradiction—to her, he simultaneously evokes confidence and humor, and inspires performance and relaxation.
The layout also shows how his projects continue to evolve and more importantly, how many different artistic elements they incorporate. Stating in his short note at the beginning that this is a book “mainly based on visual materials”, Vibskov, who is also a serious drummer, shows how his vision applies to a myriad of media. For example, an over-sized blue cardigan sweater from his A/W 2008 collection, “The Mint Institute”, is featured on the page opposite his explanation of “Drumming Friday”, a concept initiated in 2007 where Vibskov and musician Mikkel Hess send out a text message asking who wants them to stop by. They then hit the streets with their drums while donning blue plastic tarps. In 2009 he employed the same shade of blue in his S/S collection called “The Tent City”.
Vibskov notes that in retrospective they should have named that show “The Tent City Blues”, but it isn’t until 20 pages later that he speaks candidly about the importance of show titles. “I think in general it’s nice to have bizarre, twisted names for the collections, and actually we end up spending a lot of time talking and discussing what the name of the collection should be,” he writes. After emailing around for ideas, he lets it hang there for a few weeks and typically makes the decision at the last minute, which, he says “mostly works out well”.
Leaving things to chance to work out well seems like a modest understatement for the industrious designer. By allowing his imagination to lead the way and exploring fields outside of fashion, his collections are highly original and fully developed, making his one of the most honest and interesting labels to watch.
“Henrik Vibskov” sells online in Europe and soon the US from Amazon and Gestalten.
The famed performance artist’s most significant works are revisited to further blur the line between audience and participant
Marina Abramović has returned to Milan with a new performance, specially conceived for the Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea (PAC), her first major museum exhibition since her retrospective in 2010 at the MoMA. The Abramović Method continues Abramović’s three major performances from the last decade: The House With the Ocean View (2002), Seven Easy Pieces (2005) and The Artist is Present (2010). The focal point is always the constant relationship with the public, which becomes part of the artwork.
A retrospective of her most significant performances is presented among furniture with embedded minerals, allowing the public to interact with them while standing, sitting or lying down on the sculptures. These objects create a physical and mental pathway that transforms the PAC into an experience of darkness and light, absence and presence, altered perceptions.
Visitors can become performers and stand in absolute silence (thanks to special noise canceling headphones) expand their senses, observe (the rooms are provided with telescopes), and learn to listen. The Abramović Method aims to transform the artist, the performers and the public. In the video below we get a brief look at the piece in action.
The Abramović Method
Curated by Diego Sileo and Eugenio Viola
March 21—June 10, 2012
PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea
Via Palestro, 14
Milan
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