Carsten Höller's Slides; "voluptuous panic upon an otherwise lucid mind"

Remember the sickly yellow colored macaroni playground slide from your childhood? The slide that was superior to all others- predominant in the prototypical idea of what a kid wants. Carsten Höller, a Belgian artist has recreated this infamous slide and regenerated the concept of a slide to question human behavior, perception and logic. His slides complexly offer art pertaining to three different kinds of senses. The eye; because of the beautiful sculpture-esque view of the slide, touch; for the literal experience of gliding down the often three stories of slide, and the mind; pertaining to the experience of self exploration. His slides, which have been installed in at least six various galleries and venues, are also used as Miuccia Prada's exit out of her main office.






Miuccia Prada's slide shown above ^

The Strange Music Videos of Brigitte Bardot

Most people know of Brigitte Bardot as the sunbathing 1960's icon from France. But the ballerina turned actress/model also had a very quirky singing career. Accompanying this career were a series of bizarre music videos, each one being very peculiar in very French way. Bardot may not have been a musical genius, but her songs are quite "catchy", and they do have something charmingly cute about them. Bardot's videos and musical career will live on forever in an air of idiosyncratic, wacky, but quintessentially French way.

Her Harley Davidson music video must have been the inspiration behind the recent Chanel Resort Collection finale - Georgia May Jagger on a motorcycle.



Go here to see the Harley Davidson video, since I cannot embed it...









Of course, the original comic strip video is better than the "making of", but i couldn't find one that I could embed. You can find the original on youtube if you're interested.

Hyères Festival of Fashion and Photography 2010

Each year in the beautiful city of Hyères in the South of France, a glorious festival of avant-grade fashions and photography is held. Since the festival's debut in 1985, the venues of Hyères have provided talented young designers who hold uniquely fresh views a place to show their work. The festival is international, so applicants come from all over the world. However, despite promulgating young designers, this is no new york fashion week!! The talent bared by these designers is original and of fresh perspective. For it was at this very festival that Viktor & Rolf and Kris Van Assche gained their fame. If you enjoy fashion as an art form, fashion as a flame of passion, fashion that never gives up and never settles for "everything's already been done before"... If you are sick of deteriorating dying-to-be Balmain dresses and bandage dresses that appear seemingly harmless to the general public...but repeat, repeat, repeat... all without rinsing!!!!... Then the Hyeres Festival will generate a breath of fresh air, straight from the gorgeous South of France.

More repetition

Linoleum block printing; my new found love.

Yayoi Kusama

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's (born 1929) art is composed of paintings, collages, soft sculptures, performance art and environmental installations. She was even involved in fashion, but the information is hard to find. Repetition, pattern, and accumulation comprise obsession and result in the overall effect of Kusama's extravagant conceptual art.

The polka-dot was reborn under her name, and flourished to be a theoretic object of meaning.

"A polka-dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. Round, soft, colourful, senseless and unknowing. Polka-dots can't stay alone; like the communicative life of people, two or three polka-dots become movement... Polka-dots are a way to infinity."

~ Yayoi Kusama

Stay golden

I'm not so much obsessed with the new baby pastel nails of Spring as everyone else is. I actually think they're rather grotesque in nature and closely related to those cheap noisy rattles, covered in thick, sticky baby spit!!! Thus, I decided I wanted some sort of nail art that were more decadent than ever, and still appealing to the concept of the celebration of Spring. So, I went for the gold (leaf).






A few coats of clear nail polish secured the gold leaf while still retaining the sheen. Though, I actually don't have any photos of the finished project.

Take a walk on the wild side

While browsing for strange shoes online the other day, I came across something I've never seen before. Something envisioned with the prospect of "new". But, more than epitomizing "new", these shoes deftly illustrated "Avant-garde", and shoes as pieces of art. These are the type of shoes that could zealously sit upon one's dresser or other piece of furniture, simply to sit there. Simply to generate conceptions and foster conversations. This blank and rigidly stiff, fresh off-white canvas, smelling still as the back of the dusty local art store awaits dialogue and discussion. Let the world as one enjoy these pieces of bizarre artistry.

Shoes by Iris Schieferstein:






Yes, they're real.