Archive for October, 2008

Thievery Corporation at Shepherds Bush Empire

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Thievery Corporation is a Washington DC-based production and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton and their supporting artists. Their music can be characterized as downtempo/electronica with influences of dub, acid jazz, indian classical and brazilian styles fused together with a lounge aesthetic.
They have been in London with their touring band, including […]

Parisian photographer JR solo show at Lazarides Gallery

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

JR transforms his pictures into posters and makes open space photo galleries out of streets. He was part of the Tate Modern Street Art exhbition where graffiti artists from cities around the world including Bologna, Spain and Sao Paulo were invited to create 15-metre-tall art displays.
Now JR has his solo show at Lazarides Gallery, The […]

Memory Cloud

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

The ICA London presented that week the live installation Memory Cloud at Trafalgar Square. Memory Cloud is based on smoke signals, visitors could participate by sending text messages that were grafted onto plumes of smoke, fusing ancient and contemporary forms of communication. Method of textual inscription works with light as virtual ink that perceptually writes […]

Where`s Merton?

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

I found that amazing illustration in Metro Newspaper that week, based on the classic Where`s Wally illustrations that advert is about the New Travel Show on Channel 5 when comedian Paul Merton goes to India.
I really liked the characters. The man meditating on the car roof is the best one!

Exhibition Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Great exhbition at The Hayward South Bank about Andy Warhol (1928-87). A central figure in the pop art movement. The exhibition presents Warhol’s films, screen-tests, videos and television programmes, which combined with extraordinary archive material, seminal paintings and installations, illuminates his creative process.

Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms
Tuesday 7 October 2008 - Sunday […]