From the 18th of May to the 24th of June, the Abilene gallery lends its venue to Theophile’s Papers, a project dedicated for books, zines, magazines, news papers and a lot of indie printeds matter, based in Brussels. Theophile collaborated with Valerian Goalec on the scenography and set design of the whole event. For this big panorama, a series of talks, launches, and little gigs will take place. Friday 18th of May, from 5pm, you are invited to discover the Panaroma n°10’s program.
Zak Group presents the Sternberg Press Solution series, edited by Ingo Niermann and designed by Zak Group beginning in 2008.
The Solution series invites authors to develop an abundance of compact and original ideas for countries and regions, contradicting the widely held assumption that after the end of socialism, human advancement is only possible technologically or requires a yet-to-be-established world order. In Solution 9: The Great Pyramid, Niermann writes: “When I told Rem Koolhaas about my title idea for the book series, he seemed earnestly alarmed. ‘Solution’ is a word he never uses. He demonstrated how his hand automatically begins to shake as soon as he even wants to write it.”
May 25 – June 16, 2012
OMMU, Athens
The Rodina (*2010), a graphic design studio of intimacy, love and trust where individuals may escape the competition of dehumanizing forces in post-postmodern society! (as they state on there website) More work from Rodina, after read more.
Submitted by: Jasmine Deporta
The analoge series „Lolita“ connects the athmosphere of a classy, almost prudish Hotel with two young seductive models in vintage clothes. Along with innocence, desire, naivety and excess i try to combine personal and interpesonal structures with common places and situations creating new contexts and a different and intimate aesthetics. As in all my pictures I work out impetuses of my interpersonal environment and everyday life.
The series will be exposed from 19.05.-09.06.12 in the „Secret Store“ (Trimbornstr. 7, Cologne) Vernissage 19.05.12 from 14-20 pm
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Italian photographer Jonathan Frantini’s series Changhai acrobatics for ‘Another magazine’ shows us a glimpse in the life of professional acrobats. Their bodies in the most crazy position and with an almost emotionless facial expression. The images show us the hard life of the professional acrobat.
Enter the world of Geoffrey Cottenceau and Romain Rousset. The French photographers take us on far away journeys, adventurous tales with lions and elephants. A truly inspiring series at read more.
With their second edition, the collective fourfiveX are on to explore design and art publishing in a different way. The works of 8 creatives have been custom-knit in two colours each, in a limited edition of 5 scarves per design in the best stadium-proven quality and original fabric. Each scarf measures approximately 20 x 150cm.
The fan-scarf is not only an item for use (warm) and fashion (colours and texture) but it also serves the purpose of conveying a strong sense of identity towards a certain group of peers. After all, when classically hung to a wall or raised above ones head with both arms, the scarf becomes a medium of typographic messaging, symbols and colour, demonstrating and advertising the owners belonging.
Sumo, a wonderful series by documentary photographer Paolo Patrizi. Racked by scandal, can Japan’s most traditional sport keep up with the times? Apparently, gambling and organized crime have become as entrenched in sumo wrestling culture as topknots and obesity. Police investigated allegations of match fixing in which 13 senior wrestlers have been implicated. It follows another scandal over illegal gambling last year which saw live television coverage of the sport dropped by national broadcaster NHK. Dozens of sumo wrestlers and their managers have admitted to betting on baseball games, mah jong, cards, and golf through gambling rings organized by the Japanese mafia. The Yakuza allegedly take a even more hands-on approach: sponsoring wrestlers and even positioning themselves in front-row seats at matches to communicate with their members in prison. Sumo has its origins in religious rites and wrestlers are expected to observe a strict code of behavior.
