a visual collective outlet of inspiration
very chic isn’t it? by dd
TERRY + OBAMA
Of Walking in Ice
In the winter of 1974, filmmaker Werner Herzog made a three week solo journey from Munich to Paris on foot. He believed it was the only way his close friend, film historian Lotte Eisner, would survive a horrible sickness that had overtaken her. During this monumental odyssey through a seemingly endless blizzard, Herzog documented everything he saw and felt with intense sincerity. This diary is dotted with a pastiche of rants about the extreme cold and utter loneliness, notes on Herzog’s films and travels, poetic descriptions of the snowy countryside, and personal philosophizing. What is most remarkable is that the reading of the book is in continuity with the experience of watching his films; it’s as if, through this walk, we witness the process in which images are born. Out of print since 1979, this limited pressing done by promising new publisher Free Association. by xy
a skin too few
in memory of a great man, writer, and his music. the documentary on our beloved river man, mr. nick drake. see it if you can get a hold of a copy. by dd
APC/NIKE
less is more! check out the new APC/nike shoes! You may have seen the black one already but this one is spankin’ new. A.P.C. strike again by pp
Citizen Citizen & Tobias Wong’s Ballistic Rose Brooch
my introduction to tobias wong was through this. next time skip the chanel rose brooch for one made of bullet proof nylon. after all it will protect your love. brooch folded from heavy-duty ballistic nylon, “the prince of conceptual impudence flirts with notions of a bullet-proof corsage protecting the heart. bang, bang.” $175 by dd
Wim mertens: strategie de la rupture
amazing amazing album. piano and voice, to die for. by dd
sugimoto 7 days / 7 nights
worth checking out the Sugimoto show at Gagosian. nothing new but still one of the best, some of the night shots are almost 100% black but you still want them so bad that you feel possessed…
the book, printed for the show, is great too. the design reflect the setting of the gallery, well done! by pp
FINNER WORK
photographs don’t do them justice but some lovely work from New York Based British artist Tom Bell. To get an idea of scale they span an approximate 6 feet. by dd
italy: Hotel Bauer Venezia
The perfect balance of stunning furniture and suspicious characters by dd
Common people
New York Times hoax issue!
Orson Wells would be proud: F is indeed for fake!
“We caught up with Steve Lambert, an artist who helped organize yesterday’s amazingly elaborate Fake New York Times prank, on the phone last night, as he was basking in the glow of a job well done. “Like all great ideas, it originated at a bar in Brooklyn,” he said of the project, in which 1.2 million copies of a utopian version of the paper, headlined “Iraq War Ends,” were distributed all across the city. “There were just a few people at the table, but we knew immediately the scale we wanted to work on, and that we’d have to tap on a lot of friends. It grew larger and larger.” The project, which was inspired by the candidates’ calls for change during the election, was financed by individual donors, took over a year to complete, he said, and involved thousands of people. Culture-jamming groups like the Yes Men, Code Pink, and Improv Everywhere claimed credit in a press release last night, but “they were just some of the more visible members of the group,” said Lambert. Many of the people who worked on it were individual media professionals, including Times staffers. “There were a few people from the Times — we can’t tell you who they are,” he said. “They’re respectable journalists.” If you missed getting a fake paper, you’ll have to settle with the Website; www.nytimes-se.com there probably won’t be a second edition anytime soon. But stay tuned. “We have other things planned,” said Lambert”–Mike Vilensky NY Timesby dd
