BURIAL – TEMPLE SLEEPER
2015-01-22New burial track drops via Keysound Recordings.
LDN051 is available as 1-sided white label 12′ and digital download.
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TweetGLENN KAINO – LABYRINTHS
2015-01-20The exhibition is a constellation of propositions addressing ideas about the construction of history, memory, and received knowledge.
Wax plays a central role in Kaino’s new work. The Last Sight of Icarus is a 40-foot long wall constructed from cast wax cinderblocks. Bisecting one of the gallery’s main spaces, the work raises questions about the distinction between the representation of power and its actual manifestation. Show Me Your Scars is a series of wall-mounted bas reliefs of topographical maps of the United States cast in wax. The reliefs are threaded with wicks that burn down to create drawings within the wax. The resulting cuts and disfigurations call to mind the country’s egregious and opportunistic histories. Stripped of cartographic information, the maps are rendered illegible, exchanging empirical data for symbolism.
A Shout Within a Storm is a mobile composed of more than 100 copper arrows pointing at the same invisible target to create the shape of a cone. An evolution of Kaino’s pin drawings, each arrow is reliant upon the other to form a resolved image. As Far Away as a Minute is a model of a wormhol — a theoretical passage linking various non-contiguous points in spacetime. Pieced together in a patchwork of sandpaper used by several artisans working in different places and at different times, the construction maps labor and explores the ontology of art. The images in both of these works rely on negative space for their legibility, and their forms appear to change relative to the position of the viewer, suggesting a set of contingencies that reflects our experience of the world.
Opposite – The Last Sight of Icarus, 2014
Exhibition runs through to February 14th, 2015
Honor Fraser Gallery
2622 South La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles
CA 90034
BALENCIAGA ARENA GRADIENT HIGH
2015-01-19Two new colorway have just been added to the “Arena” collection crafted by Balenciaga. The high-top sneaker comes in two gradient styles, one pair graduating from scarlet to bordeaux, the other from ash to charcoal. Also unique to the additions is the textured fade from suede to patent leather, finished by a rubber sole at the base.
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER X EASTPAK 2015
2015-01-19Jean Paul Gaultier and Eastpak join forces to create awareness about HIV/AIDS.
It began with a single bag: Jean Paul Gaultier’s unique creation for the fourth edition of Eastpak Artist Studio in support of Designers Against AIDS (DAA). Now, that first encounter has grown into something even bigger: a full collaborative collection that combines Jean Paul Gaultier’s unique artistic vision and Eastpak’s uncompromising passion for functionality, capturing the spirit, heritage, values and identity of both brands.
The Eastpak x Jean Paul Gaultier collection includes 7 backpacks in all, three of which will be released as numbered, limited editions. All bags feature the overstitched Bretton stripe on the back, a signature Gaultier design element.
The Limited Edition Collection will go on sale via selected stockists on February 1st, 2015
TweetFLYING LOTUS – CORONUS, THE TERMINATOR
2015-01-19‘Coronus, The Terminator’ is taken from the Flying Lotus’s new album ‘You’re Dead!’
Flying Lotus was recently announced for Coachella 2015, Governor’s Ball and Bonaroo in the USA and is heading for his biggest ever London headline show at Brixton Academy.
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TweetDJ QBERT – INTERACTIVE ALBUM COVER
2015-01-19QBert’s Kickstarter funded Extraterrestria album features a set of working Bluetooth MIDI decks and controls that connect to iOs and OSx. Touching the paper connects to the Algoriddim DJAY app, allowing the user to scratch, mix and fade any songs they load into the software.
Complete with two decks, a cross fader and an array of SFX buttons beautifully printed onto paper using printed electronics and artwork designed by Morning Breath for QBert, the decks demonstrate the possibilities for interconnectivity between the physical and digital in a way that can enhance user experience.