RIP mcQueen

ok so it seems like my blog is all about expressing grief over lost creative people lately.

But that is how things go....

Sad beyond belief, the incredible fashion designer Alexander McQueen committed suicide yesterday, at age 40.

His collection including fairy tales and wild animals greatly influenced my work a few years ago while I was studying textile and fashion design at Kootenay School of Arts. Through looking at a lot of McQueen and Belgian, Olivier Theyskens' works and nearing the dump of the year 2000, I created a body of clothing works that "could survive the apocalypse".

my favorite McQueen, Little Purple Riding Hood from the fairytale series :


a recent article about McQueen

finally, these photos are from McQueen final collection, released after his death


article describing the last show

time : Austerlitz

TIME WAS BY FAR THE MOST ARTIFICIAL OF ALL OUR INVENTIONS, AND IN BEING BOUND TO THE PLANET TURNING ON ITS OWN AXIS WAS NO LESS ARBITRARY THAN WOULD BE, SAY, A CALCULATION BASED ON THE GROWTH OF TREES OR THE DURATION REQUIRED FOR A PIECE OF LIMESTONE TO DISINTEGRATE...

IN ORDER TO RECKON TIME WE HAVE TO DEVISE AN IMAGINARY, AVERAGE SUN...

-austerlitz

Canada's Oil Sands

Tsika's Dolls - RIP

you might have seen a previous posting, with amazing photos of colourful dolls.
Unfortunately, Tsika, the creator of the dolls passed away recently.

Of all the people I have met in my life, Tsika was the only one that I truly believed was magical. For this reason especially, I feel a great loss at her death.

rough road video

sample - on the road from pristina to skopje jan.10 from Kyd C . on Vimeo.

super positive rocket scientists

The Democratic Republilc of Congo's very own new space program! They basically say: "every good idea started with a small strange dream, its important to experiment"...nice guys! :D

abandoned places links

http://www.dirjournal.com/info/abandoned-places-in-the-world/

just what was needed...

http://einestages.spiegel.de/external/ShowTopicAlbumBackground/a5485/l4/l0/F.html#featuredEntry

artikel!

Skalptänze im Wilden Osten

Eingesperrt im sozialistischen Osten, träumten sie vom Wilden Westen: In der DDR verkleideten sich Hunderte Bürger als Indianer. Ihre Stämme hießen "FDJ Kulturgruppe für Indianistik Hiawatha" oder "IG Mandan-Indianer". Doch ob beim Tomahawk werfen oder Bisontanz - die Stasi campte immer mit. Von David Klaubert

with parallel google translation:

Skalptänze in the Wild East

Eingesperrt im sozialistischen Osten, träumten sie vom Wilden Westen: In der DDR verkleideten sich Hunderte Bürger als Indianer. Imprisoned in the socialist East, they dreamed of the Wild West: In the GDR, hundreds of people dressed up as Indians. Ihre Stämme hießen "FDJ Kulturgruppe für Indianistik Hiawatha" oder "IG Mandan-Indianer". Their tribes were called "FDJ cultural group for indianist Hiawatha" or "IG Mandan Indians." Doch ob beim Tomahawk werfen oder Bisontanz - die Stasi campte immer mit. Von David Klaubert But whether the tomahawk throw or bison dance - the Stasi ever camped with. By David Klaubert

go west animation

London’s Andersen M studio put this together for the NZ Book Council.

sound work by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot

Trained as a musician and composer, French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways. His installation for The Curve will take the form of a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other instruments and objects. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape.
(from: Barbican website , show coming up 27 February 2010 - 23 May 2010)