HOLLY FULTON: NEW COLLECTION AW/11

Our obsession with Holly Fulton continues! We love her new collection for LFW A/W 11.
She is one of the most consistently strong designers in her Emerging Talent category.
See more of the show and her previous pieces HERE

YES! YES! : EXTRA LOVABLE : SORRY FOR FUCKIN

Okay so newer than new video released on newer than new label SORRY FOR FUCKIN.
Shot by SABRE TOOTH.
Its really good and its really clandestine, with not much info out about who these people are.
We think this track is gonna be huge.
(and its sexy as fuck)

Yes! Yes! - Extra Loveable - Dir : S∆bre'Too†h from S∆bre'Too†h on Vimeo.

BECKY FURY: DOOM POEM JOY

We love Becky Fury, a London based performance artist, her poetry and performances are clever, cool and particularly spot on.
We hope to see more of her work in the future.....
Here's a little DOOM! poem she wrote, its simple and quite perfect.

SILLY DOOM POEM

                                                                            

 Alone.

With my thoughts

In the dark of my room

could've gone out.

But stayed in

to nurture my doom.

DOOM DOOM!

With a cherry on top.
dark and black

like a tasty full stop.

A cherry so inky and dark and black

that if you stare into it

you'll see your soul 

staring back.

Alone in despair

eating angel delight

i should get out of bed

and switch on the lights.

DOOM DOOM!

in the gloom, of my room!

i nurture my little

ray of doom.

i suckle her close 

up to my breast, 

keep her in her

tupperware locket 

under my vest.

DOOM DOOM!

i know i ate your cheese.
but you cant share my doom.

even if you do say please.

HAPPY ABOUT THE HAPPY SHACK

It started off being a very sad day :-( as i saw that H&M are doing Nirvana t-shirts. Gasp, yes, this, is what its come to, im afraid. Sure Kurt would be pleasantly er, surprised? bleurgh.die!!!!!aaarggh.gasp.stab.eye.bleed.aarghhh.die.stab.bleed.
really? really? aaaak.die = sad day indeed. yes, really.

HOWEVER, thank GOD, (of god.com fame ) the day continued and we ended up at the Happy Shack in Camden Lock Market yo! 

Where amongst alot of other wicked shit that i really wanted to buy, i 

found these supercool cotton tote bags

and you just go hey, YES,  YOU KNOW!!!

I want both and

theyre just £10 which is pretty ridiculous.

Contact the dashing Philip Normal for one and im sure some other things, if you're lucky.

Yes!

Be ahead of the trend

I WENT TO PECKHAM AND SURVIVED

 (you heard it here first)

MELT BANANA - COOL OR WHAT?

LOVE THIS VIDEO !
Melt Banana are a Japanese band that play fast noise and experimental electronica with pop-based song structures, they have 9 albums, you, should get involved with this.

                                                                  MELT BANANA!

DED-EX UNHAPPY VALENTINES DAY VIDEO

Being released just in time for Valentines Day, DED-EX is an eagerly anticipated music video collaboration between the achingly gorgeous performance artist and singer RUBY BLUES and film-maker ANNICK WOLFERS.

Its pretty smokin'......

Husky grieving liquid chocolate vocals combined with a messy sleep deprived Ruby, glitchy electro beats, awesome designer outfits from London's finest, dreamlike imagery and slick production make this video one of the most exciting releases this year!!

We love it, 'you see how you always bring the worst out in me'

Yep, I can relate.

Ruby Blues is an acclaimed performer and a massive creative force (when i say force i mean tornado) on the London music and art scene, best known for her work as director of the incredible and inspiring TRASH CITY project.

Annick Wolfers is a London based film-maker and photographer, whose most recent work involved a collaboration with Pete Doherty for Italian Vogue. Get in!

The video showcases the designs of Rachel Friere, (rising dark star of the UK fashion scene and self-confessed 'cheerleader for the Apocalypse')

and also that of costumier Lyall Hakaraia (the legendary 'Mayoress of Dalston' and proprietor of hip scenester nightspot Vogue Fabrics)

The video also features the stop motion facial tattoo design by another  incredibly talented hot creative designer Natasha Lawes.

I am super stoked that all these creative forces have unleashed their inertia upon us.

Inertia all over your face.

No exes were harmed in the making of the video, but i kinda wish they were.

See the video here or check it out on http://www.ded-ex.com/

DED EX_ HOOLIGAN NIGHT feat. RUBY BLUES ( dir.ANNICK WOLFERS ) from Annick Wolfers on Vimeo.

NEW KINETIC ARTISTS (The future starts here)

We love The Kinetic Museum and this weekend was the always incredible Kinetic Art Fair, celebrating new works from over 40 Kinetic Artists, one of our favourites was Alex Posadas new work entitled 'The Particle'
The work he is doing is incredible, from super suits for Chicks on Speed to all kinds of unimaginable interactive artworks, designs, performances and installations!
'The Particle' is based on chaos, the elements, atomic particles and the creation of new molecules through evolution. The Particle explores these processes of creation.
Watch the video of the Installation here:

We also loved these simple but super effective neon tube installations from Dianne Harris.

Named 'Eternally Yours'

As well as this gorgeous, haunting Paper, mirror and LED light installation from Korean artist Jun Ga Young, entitled  'Whistling Sea'

As well as really interesting strobe-static- movement work from Tim Lewis

and Skeletal Robotic experiments from Christiaan Zwanikken,

 Most of the work was , well kinetic , making it really difficult to photograph, but i suggest you click the links to discover more!

Lastly a Video of Ivan Blacks new piece entitled INK.

Stunning and genius.

Written by Britt Foe for Neu HQ.

NEW ZEITGEIST MOVIE: MOVING FORWARD 2011

They have released a new Zeitgeist movie, and its a million times better than the previous outdated trilogy.
Its about social pathology and consumption and its frikking awesome. watch it here.
THIS IS THE FUTURE.

HACKTIVISM-ANONYMOUS

Anonymous has become more and more notorious in the last three years. Whilst linked to a wide range of protests against Scientology, support for WikiLeaks and freedom of information in general, there have also been hugely misleading reports in the media. Anonymous is not a centralised organisation that can be stamped out from a specific location, there is not even a spokesperson or an enigmatic figure inspiring people into action. There are multiple autonomous groups operating globally and locally who have chosen to use the Internet to communicate and co-ordinate protests and forums always using disposable identities. Using independent cells with broadly common belief in true freedoms, rather than illusory ones under the umbrella of Anonymous people campaign against any suppression of freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of information.

Their tactics range from street marches, placard campaigns, to public sloganeering using post-it notes stuck on walls rather than graffiti, a kind of protesting from the office icebreaker school of thought. They are also hacktivists involved with Operation Payback taking down the websites of organisations opposed to Internet piracy using distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) which flood email or web servers with information to the point of collapse. An ongoing infowar so-called Operation Avenge Assange centres on the controversial publishing of confidential United States information and leaked emails by Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, a media group specialising in top-secret news. When corporations such as Paypal and Visa chose to stop working with WikiLeaks the online systems were hacked by an Anonymous group and taken down. DDos is an illegal activity in some countries from which many Anonymous-ers have been careful to distance themselves. There are things they do that you might totally disagree with whilst other campaigns and tactics that you passionately believe in. 

On one of the websites using the name Anonymous a video streams footage from various Scientology demonstrations whilst overlaid text points out that ‘we are anonymous and so are you.’ This is why the tactics and methods employed are so convincing; we could all choose to be Anonymous, at any time, for any reason. One thing the activists have in common is the use of online monikers and street disguises. Covering up the face can be both alarming and alluring; it’s really difficult to feel neutral about it. People can be frightened of someone wearing a balaclava and in awe of someone covering their face for religious reasons, or the reverse might be the case and it all depends on your own thoughts and feelings. For those Anonymous individuals problematising their identities whilst courting publicity using musketeer masks and devilishly flowing black coats is more than an attempt to avoid the law. It is a way of eschewing the expose-yourself facebook mode of living or the thought that Big Brother is just getting used to the new tools available and to which people give away so much so easily. There does seem to be a twist of a paradox though, for all those secrets Anonymous want to expose, the hidden truth of Scientology and the freedom to know all information, for whatever reason they choose to do it all whilst concealing who they are.

Anon

Merry branded-properly-identity-guidelined Christmas, Basil!

Actually, that's kind of cynical sounding; misleading and cruel... don't get me wrong, I totally love Christmas, in fact I'm sitting struggling to digest a lot of cheese and cider right now. (all organic and free range and all that too, Im a really good person.) I love tinsel. I love baubles. I even don't have much of an issue with sticking an angel on top of a tree, even though I'm an atheist. Anyhow. Forgive the shortness and shoddiness of this  - It IS Christmas Eve and I've had a few already.

The history of Santa/Sinterklauss/Kris Kringle/Santa/ Basil of Caeserea is well documented and well, known, so I wont go into it too much, save to direct you towards every lazy persons favourite answer to actually learning things Wikipedia. Also, googling St Nicholas brings up images almost solely of red dressed old dudes, sporting the hot red look way earlier than Coke started using him in their commercials in the 30s. (I also just cannot get the image of Lady Whiteadder from Blackadder 3rd out my head when I see them but that's just me i think) ANYHOW it's pretty much pointless to argue that they've hijacked what everyone round the world thinks Santa looks like for that last 70 odd years.

The iconic Coke Santa was drawn by a Michigan born illustrator Haddon Sundblom in 1931. Using Clement Clark Moore's famous 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' poem as inspiration he went with the contemporary idea of the time - made popular incidentally by Thomas Nash, a 19th century political cartoonist - that he was a clinically obese gouty old man in a red coat.. previously it have been brown, tan, furs... he was skinny, he was a weird looking goblin... None of these things sell tasty beverages though. So popular however was Haddon's work that people started to believe he'd created Santa from scratch. That's some pretty impressive brand power. Was it coincidence that Coke's colours are red? They say it was on their website ( 'Cokelore? COKELORE?! jesus) Id have liked to have been in the ad agency meeting (I am absolutely convinced it would look like a scene from Mad Men with a lot of smoking and awesome women in shit hot dresses) when they premiered the paintings though - i doubt if he's been dressed in mauve they'd have gone for it. 

More importantly though, Sundblom went on to do some cracking pin up work. Santa really should have looked like this.

Coke basically had the image of Santa sewn up from then on - and we all lived happily merrily after, waiting with baited breath for that FUCKING AWFUL 'Holiday's are comin'!' advert that crops up every October heralding the dawning of the birth of a new king... sorry, more epic sales of Coke round the world. (Apart from Sweden where its outsold by Julmust.)

And that's that yep? Well, I've just been introduced to this piece of genius from Quiet Room, which,yeah, ok not the kind of thing you'd normally find us linking to... but bear with me... 

To anyone that's ever worked in the world of media and 'creatives' where nothing whatsoever matches the sheer impressiveness of the vague, bullshit utterly ridiculous language used - then this will be something of Christmas treat. Scarily, and sadly I've had illustration briefs that really do sound like this. 

 *Santa* is a Concept, not an idea. It’s an 

Emotion, not a feeling. It’s both Yesterday 

and Today. And it’s Tomorrow as well. 

*Santa* winds infinite Possibilities around 

finite Limitations to evoke the essence 

of invention and the Odour of Nostalgia. 

It has the complexity of Simpleness and 

the Simplicity of complexitiveness. It begins 

with the Hiss of Power and ends with the 

Ah of Surprise. *Santa* is.

Ah music to my ears. Read the whole thing here and revel in some festive branding pisstaking that is genuinely funny and for once doesn't come from Coke.....Merry Christmas kidz! xxxx

Mc Gaff E - BUM SONG (IM SO HOT)

OKAY YES. You might already know but we love MC gAFF  E and every outfit she puts on..
She has a new video you lucky sea urchins, and its hot. its so hot it cant wear pants.

REALISM ARTIST :NICK BAXTER

Okay, so.... i love a graphic vivsection monkey art piece as much as the next guy, but having its screaming face tattooed on your arm FOREVER? REALLY?

29yr old, Texas based Realist artist Nick Baxter's work is pretty damn AMAZEBALLS, the guy has serious talent, even if the subject matter is sometimes a little strange,
However fair fucks for doing the animal rights piece!
Not sure id be that keen on staring at the maggoty rotting flesh one.....FOREVER! But his tatt gun skills are just ridiculous.

His REALIST painting is off the hook as well, check some of his oil on canvas :

For more go to his WEBSITE HERE

NEW DESIGNER :HENRIETTE LOFSTROM

We love new jewellery designer Henriette Lofstrom.

She is a London Metropolitan Graduate and totally blew us away with her S/S11 Collection
Her entire collection is made of gold plated metal and perspex.

We love!

Not much on her at the moment and no website, so for any queries please contact BLOW PR.

MUSIC: LES RITA MITSUOKO

We absolutely love this music video by French band LES RITA MITSOUKO
Les Rita Mitsouko was a French pop rock group formed by guitarist Fred Chichin and singer Catherine Ringer.
Rita Mitsouko began performing in the early 1980s in alternative spaces such as the Pali-Kao, a squatted factory building in Belleville, Paris. They went on to become one of the most successful musical acts of the 1980s.
The hit song "Marcia Baila" was written as a tribute to Marcia Moretto, the Argentine dancer, choreographer and Catherine's close friend, after her death in 1981 at the age of 32.
Interestingly, Ringer also performed in pornographic movies such as La Fessée and Body Love.
We love the colourful, wild, tropical, silly and over-the-top image combined with elements of traditional jazz, synth-pop and punk.See for yourself below, they don't really make videos like this anymore!
//SUCH INSPIRATION\\

ADA ZANDITON - THE PYRAMORA -JEWELLRY

We just loved ADA ZANDITON'S new SS/11 Collection called the PYRAMORA. 
Inspired by the fusion of the aesthetics of the Great Pyramids combined with the delicate intricate patterns of coral reefs, the collection is a mathematical exploration of spiritual and environmental ideas.
I also chatted to Ada about how she painstakingly drew the patterns of coral by hand...YES PLEASE!

Another reason why we like Ada Zanditon, is not only for her awesome, futuristic designs as well as her inspiring collaboration with the gorgeous and talented singer-songwriter VIKTORIA MODESTA

 .....but because she actually gives a shit about the planet, i know that generally 'eco' and fashion don't always go hand in hand but her label is really changing all this, they use a range of organic and natural fabrics as well as innovative waste reducing and energy conscious solutions.
Zanditon sources the fabrics from ethical and reliable manufacturers, which are then dyed with AZO-free dyes, which means they won’t turn into cancer causing chemicals.
Ada Zanditon pioneers in creating and evolving a high end womens-wear business with a common sense approach to sustainability, a commitment to transparency and a belief in business that treats people, planet and profit with equal importance.
So clearly there is alot to be said about this new designer, but my main point was also to announce that the gorgeous sculptural jewelry from her new collection, the amazing collaboration between Ada and Luca Romanyi, is now available to buy....and its
PRETTY AFFORDABLE - GOD-YES!!!!!!!!

 FIRE MULTISTONE: £225

FIRE 3D PYRAMID :£255
To view more of the collection, stockists info or to purchase, please contact the studio directly : adazanditonsales@gmail.com
 Jewelry will also be stocked at Beyond the Valley (off Carnaby Street) in January, so look out for it then as well.
PH: +44(0)207 437 7338

SSION - CLOWN

We love this band, we love this music video, and the song is catchy as Fuck!!!!!

Hailing from Kansas City in the US, we love their brand of Transgender Clown Trash.
See more on their myspace : SSION 

RESISTANCE GALLERY

One of my favourite galleries in London, the RESISTANCE GALLERY,  is a unique multi-functional arts, performance & gallery space in the creative heart of Bethnal Green, London E2.

They do so much for the underground art scene its probably impossible to list it, so ill make it short and sweet and get you to check out their projects and stay up to date by following them on their blogspot  HERE 

NEW -NEU HQ POSTERGIRL

Neu HQ was filming a bit of girl-fun late night bathroom antic partyness at Carnyville!
We love this girl - she makes us drool !!!!!

VANISHING POINT - NEW KINETICA EXHIBITION

We love the guys at the Kinetica Museum, and all the great, ground breaking work they do for Kinetic Art - Based in London, they have a new exhibition which you really should check out............its on for a month-

16 October to 14 November 11-6pm
Called VANISHING POINT
at Hotel Elephant, 77 - 85 Newington Causeway, London  (Near Elephant + Castle)
The exhibition takes place in Reuben Powell’s temporarily reclaimed 13000sq ft warehouse and is really, really good.
The exhibition features new works from artists:
IVAN BLACK

Ivan creates complex and interactive Kinetic sculptures, which spiral towards a shifting vanishing point. He has an obsessive interest in the search for patterns in motion, and the ability to express mathematical paradigms in visual terms.
 Deep stuff, who doesn't love a visual mathematical paradigm?
You really have to see them to marvel at the level of skill - with which they are conceptualised and constructed.
A continuous visual snapshot of a piece of code. Dramatic and sublime.

and REUBEN POWELL

I have personally been a long term fan of Reuben's intricate, mathematical and skilled artworks.
For this exhibition he has created a new body of reconstructivist images on tin-plate steel and large graphite drawings on paper.
He is concerned with the relationship between the individual and the environment.
His works are both a scientific experiment and a profound comment on a vanishing landscape.Reuben is artist in residence at the Elephant and Castle where he has been working and exhibiting from his studio/gallery over the past year recording the regeneration of the area, of this maligned part of London with a fresh and compelling perspective. The regeneration of the Elephant and Castle is the largest scheme of its kind in Europe and represents a significant change in the urban landscape of London.
Reuben also provides eye opening workshops with local school children from his warehouse studio.

The juxtaposition of the two artists' work and the gritty decaying English space, make it a ravishing and mind-bending MUST SEE.

GARETH PUGH S/S-11 GENIUS

Okay, so not exactly a new designer anymore, as the avant-guarde  Gareth Pugh is fast becoming a household name, but his new video for his Spring/Summer collection 2011, directed by Ruth Hogben  (fashions new 'it girl' film-maker) and starring Kristen Mcmenamy is too awesome for words.
The film, as well as the collection is futuristic, edgy, intelligent, optical, dramatic, conceptual and inspired.
It is everything a fashion video, and a collection should be, it picks up where so many fashion videos (and collections) tend to fall short.
Gareth (and his team) have done it again!
Bring on S/S11, i really hope this is what its going to be about...
Watch the video here:

Gareth Pugh S/S 2011 Collection - Director: Ruth Hogben from SHOWstudio on Vimeo.

THE FUTURE in GREEN TECHNOLOGY

We are by NO means sponsored by Apple and I do hate doing any kind of advertising for them, BUT, this new technology they are working on is pretty SICK, and could potentially be a massive step forward for green technology, conserving energy and helping to save the environment.
Basically they are working on a solar powered touch screen for Iphone and Ipad.
They have filed a patent for a technology to embed solar cells under the touch screens of these handheld devices.

One of the notable aspects of the patent application, is that it can be applied to a range of gadgets and could lead to the use of a double-sided solar panel that can absorb light from both the top and a glass-covered backing.

This also means no more long queues at festivals to charge your phone-BRILLIANT.!!

CRAFTIVISTS HIT FASHION WEEK

The Craftivists hit Fashion Week in true Craftivist style - Graffiti Cross stitch / Guerilla Art style- to be more exact!.Sarah Corbett and photographer Robin Prime hit Somerset house with their rocking mini protest banners.

YES!!!!!! - because we know its not all fun and games when fashion week comes to town, so lets not get completely caught up in the bright lights and long legs, and always keep in mind just where a product has come from and enquire about what it has taken to get there.
SUPPORT LOCAL ALWAYS.
For more about the the CRAFTIVISTS - click here

GOBLIN KINGS COURT OF DISORDER !! SAT 18 SEPT

If you know anything about anything,
you will know that Guerilla Zoo put on the best underground, unique, arty, mind blowing and infrequent parties this side of the upper realm. They specialise in events, music, arts and performance amongst other things.
Now i know, in London, when every second persons flatmates - old school friend is having 'an event' in some shitty pub in Camden, these times can be a bit taxing,
BUT this is not like that !! All i have is honest praise for Guerilla Zoo events. These are the kind of parties that you wish you knew about.....Original, underground, eye opening and just plain BANGING.

 So lucky people, you still have a chance to buy a ticket to the  
FIRST ANNUAL MASQUERADE BALL 2010.
Who cares about the faeries, lets party with goblins! Don't know about you but i am totally feeling this vibe: Costumes or formal attire with mask encouraged.... Imaginative and elaborate costumes recommended!!!
YES PLEASE!!
Held in the cavernous troll chambers under London Bridge, and i quote.............
"Lords and Ladies of Misrule, you are hereby invited by The Goblin King to his annual night of mischief and revelry. This evening see's the World Turn'd Upside Down; Where Fools become Princes for one night. Where Goblins, Nymphs, Ogres, Bad Faeries and other Creatures of the Night, beyond the realm of human vision, are free to make merry, tempt, seduce, carry out acts of foolishness and wantonness, cast aside your thoughts of the next day and abandon yourselves to the excesses of The Goblin King's Court of Disorder!!
PLUS SPECIAL GUEST - LEGENDARY ARTIST, GENIUS and CONCEPTUAL DESIGNER OF
'THE DARK CRYSTAL'and 'LABYRINTH' FILM  (Bowies classic remember?)
THE MASTER HIMSELF:
BRIAN FROUD

Weird, wonderful and incredible COSTUMIERS to the Goblin King, (and probably the best in the WORLD)
PRANGSTA are offering a fantastically generous 30% off costume hire (with fittings)-Men and women.

DO IT******* DO IT NOW!!!!
and the most important part:
 TICKETS 
Available from
http://www.debutlondon.co.uk/dl.php?eventDetails=34&m=09&y=2010&events 
Or stay in touch on Guerilla zoo FB
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142651652412501&ref=mf 
THIS PARTY IS GOING TO RULE!!!!!!