I have recently been following the series of videos Palladium are making, exploring hidden, forgotten and abandoned places in urban environments. It is called "explorations"...
The famous boots brand have pulled out all the stops with groundbreaking coverage of new and, more importantly, relevant stories for young people. Very interesting! This issue follows Johnny Knoxville.
Today, the young people of the Motor City are making it their own DIY paradise where rules are second to passion and creativity. It seems to be a hub for new business because of the increased freedom and being a lot cheaper than centres like New York. They are creating the new Detroit on their own terms, against real adversity. It is so inspiring to see what can be done when the youth come together to try and build on what future generations once had. It's really worth watching!
DETROIT LIVES
Showing posts with label vice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vice. Show all posts
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Kopparberg Klash: Style
I've known about this competition that Vice is running for a while now, they also have a photography sector and I've been wondering what kinda thing to enter (hard hitting large format adoption themed or canon shot shallow fashion?!) and in the mean time, stylist Blane has only gone and got to the semi finals with a shoot we did together!
In the run up to the final event (a live style-off at the London Fields pub, sponsored by Kopparberg with F R E E cider) Vice fans are visiting the event page and voting for their fave by "liking" it. Sweet Dreams DJs will be there and also free on-site alterations and jumble sale. The overall winner will be taking home £1,000 prize money as well as styling a photo shoot for Viceland.com and coverage in the Kopparberg Klash editorial in VICE magazine. Fingers crossed! Join in the fun here:
Click attending and then "like", the event itself is tomorrow.
Can't wait for this!
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Saturday, 12 June 2010
The Creator's Project: Mark Ronson
This video of Mark Ronson is one of my faves; Not only because he is hot stuff, but it's really interesting to get an insight into the way he produces music, the way he puts it all together and considers EVERYTHING in terms of technology and sound. Love the way he considers the music industry and the technology of blogging and how it is affecting it. It's something I often think about, is blogging about your work a help or hindrance? It's almost as if people are becoming more accessible and less of the rock star enigma that they once were, but at the same time, how hard will it be to get noticed when everyone else is doing it and you're not out there?
The whole Creators Project website is worth a look, as is their events page, because they have some stuff coming up in NY and London. Oh how I wish that the NY one was in September!! Looking forward to more details of the London one though. Become a fan on Facebook by clicking here to receive more updates as and when.
Check out Brodinski too for more music related, why I am more interested in those than art/fashion I will never know! I have a secret wish to be a DJ/singer but until then, Lips on the xbox and my obsession with male musicians will have to suffice.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
An exhibition to check out...
VICE & NINTENDO
= A pokemon themed art show!
24th - 31st March at Blackall studios, Leonard street
I am releasing my inner child and DS fiend here.... I bloody loved pokémon!
Anyway, seven artists have been commissioned to create a Pokémon inspired piece of artwork to celebrate Nintendo's newest Pokémon releases on the DS, and are holding an exhibition to showcase the works, from 25th - 31st March, at Blackall Studios.
Go to www.viceland.com/repokemon to see more of the artwork and enter the competition, where you could win entry to the opening party on the 24th... lots of drinkkk, Friendly Fires, Filthy Dukes, Pokémon themed food (I am excited to see what this means) and of course Nintendo products to sample while you view the artwork!
My favourite by Jon Burgerman, a blog following him and his work can be found here
Go enter the competition and then hopefully, I will see you there...
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
So...
Staying at my Dad's for the holidays, leaving poor old Kevin alone in the flat to carry on his stint at Debenhams! Recent high points in his career have been suggesting alcohol as a present from a Muslim couple to their teenage daughter. Go on Kev!
I don't think that the fammo is totally loving me going to bed at 5am and waking at like 2pm (I stay up watching their telly in the absence of one in the flat back home), so I stayed up for 2 whole days trying to get myself to be tired at 12 like a normal person, and it didn't work and I was no more tired than before. Something is definitley uppp... it is nice being around family though, and the nice food cooked, proper fire etc. Although fires are a bit of a hassle, and coal is expensive man. For what it is.
So anyway, I thought while I am here cut off in the land of Leigh on Sea, I would get some work done.
The new project is really far away from the commercial fashion stuff. It's basically a study of my adoption notes and turning them into scenes from this alterior person's life, like as if nothing had changed and I had stayed there and retained the name "Sally Murray" (my original birth name).
I will detail it more as the project goes on, with the different aspects chosen for the shots. I'm shooting on large format using a horseman (crazy ass hard to set up camera, need to photograph it in action!) and Ilford 6x4, I have 25 shots but I'm aiming for ten finals so it shouldn't be a problem. I'm intending on making a presentation to go along with it to show my tutors... feeling a bit weird about it... since it will have so much personal stuff in, but now's the time I guess.
The thing will be called Tracing Memories - ironically "tracing" is the term for searching for biological parents. Will be a nice upbeat set I reckons!
Oh, and the final result will be a mock up book, so yeah, will be posting bits of this as and when it happens. So far I've planned out my process, booked a houseboat shoot (will explain later and 5th Jan) and dissected the adoption notes for things to use in my imagery, such as biological parents love of music...
PS I have been added to the Vice network of blogs... 'citin!
I don't think that the fammo is totally loving me going to bed at 5am and waking at like 2pm (I stay up watching their telly in the absence of one in the flat back home), so I stayed up for 2 whole days trying to get myself to be tired at 12 like a normal person, and it didn't work and I was no more tired than before. Something is definitley uppp... it is nice being around family though, and the nice food cooked, proper fire etc. Although fires are a bit of a hassle, and coal is expensive man. For what it is.
So anyway, I thought while I am here cut off in the land of Leigh on Sea, I would get some work done.
The new project is really far away from the commercial fashion stuff. It's basically a study of my adoption notes and turning them into scenes from this alterior person's life, like as if nothing had changed and I had stayed there and retained the name "Sally Murray" (my original birth name).
I will detail it more as the project goes on, with the different aspects chosen for the shots. I'm shooting on large format using a horseman (crazy ass hard to set up camera, need to photograph it in action!) and Ilford 6x4, I have 25 shots but I'm aiming for ten finals so it shouldn't be a problem. I'm intending on making a presentation to go along with it to show my tutors... feeling a bit weird about it... since it will have so much personal stuff in, but now's the time I guess.
The thing will be called Tracing Memories - ironically "tracing" is the term for searching for biological parents. Will be a nice upbeat set I reckons!
Oh, and the final result will be a mock up book, so yeah, will be posting bits of this as and when it happens. So far I've planned out my process, booked a houseboat shoot (will explain later and 5th Jan) and dissected the adoption notes for things to use in my imagery, such as biological parents love of music...
PS I have been added to the Vice network of blogs... 'citin!
Monday, 16 November 2009
My first "proper" shoot of this Uni year
All photography and editing by myself... although Blane's choice of editing, he loves crop and grain just a bit(!)
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Models: Amie Maynard and James McKeever
Stylist: Blane Chapman
Stylist's Assistant: Kylie Tye
Assistants: Daniel Holliday & Nicole Macfarlane
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A few major flattering photos of us "on set" too:
It was a really fun shoot, the models are a couple and so there was a great chemistry between them and no awkwardness. We changed locations a couple of times which broke it up a bit and it was hilarious moving all the stuff to the other house in view of all the cranky junkies!! Everything ran smoothly minus a light burning out and thus stopping the electricity in the whole basement, and a couple of trips during the running scenes! But all in all, very successful, even though the drinking started waay before the shoot, haha! 8 have to be selected out of these lot... not sure which will be chosen.
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