We are in a state of perpetual war – with ourselves and with the eco-system that sustains us. Perpetual war breeds perpetual fear. In the present context, this fear stems from our extreme desire for authenticity and manifests itself in our collectively insatiable culture of consumption.
Deep down, we are afraid we may never be satisfied. An expanding archive of branded myths and icons feeds this fear. Designer Gas Masks is an attempt to visualize this state of mind. Because it is only by first acknowledging and then challenging fear that we will all be able to breathe a little easier.
Designer Gas Masks is a conceptual art project. The masks are not real commercial products. They're made for gallery purposes only.
23.10.08
Gucci x Louis Vuitton x Diddo Velema Gas Mask
21.10.08
extensions 2 / Acrylic on canvas / 100 x 100 cm / 2008 - Alexander Kiessling
"SIMULATIONS"
Vernissage 22. Oktober 2008, 18h
Galerie Suppan contemporary, Habsburgergasse 5, 1010 Wien
www.alexkiessling.com/
Moor & Moor Beds @ Blickfang, Vienna
waren der einzige Lichblick bei der Blickfang 2008 Messe, die bestenfalls als hochpreisiger, verfrühter Christkindlmarkt durchgeht.
Leider wurde das Bett "Frontdoorfuck" und das Sideboard "dirk diggler" von Moor & Moor nicht ausgestellt.
Moor & Moor
20.10.08
ABC3D pop-up book
http://www.abc3dbook.com Preorders available!
ONE OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL AND INNOVATIVE POP-UP BOOKS I HAVE EVER SEEN.—Robert Sabuda
From the lenticular cover that changes with the angle of your hands, all the way to the Z, ABC3D is as much a work of art as it is a pop-up book. Each of the 26 dimensional letters move and change before your eyes. C turns into D with a snap. M stands at attention. X becomes Y with a flick of the wrist. And then there's U... Boldly conceived and brilliantly executed with a striking black, red, and white palette, this is a book that readers and art lovers of all ages will treasure for years to come.
MARION BATAILLE is graphic and book designer who has never before been published in this country. She lives in Paris. This is just a hand-made mock-up of the actual book which publishes in Oct. 2008. We couldn't be more excited about it.
Also for those asking that's the incredible 30's trio The Boswell Sisters singing "Roll On"
18.10.08
Terry Fox R.I.P.
Terry FoxTerry Fox - University Art Museum, Berkeley 1973, originally uploaded by Christoph Schifferli.
Terry Fox - University Art Museum, Berkeley 1973
17.10.08
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15.10.08
Live & Quiet Fotoausstelllung von Daniel Eberharter
Fotos von Daniel Eberharter, bis 26. Oktober im Elektro Gönner
Mariahilferstraße 101, im 1. Hof links (Schulhofpassage)
Ein Kampf um Ästhetik
Elektro Gönner
13.10.08
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10.10.08
Olafur Eliasson YELLOW FOG ...
...wurde gestern eröffnet und ich hab's dummerweise verschwitzt. Wird aber täglich ab Abenddämmerung für eine Stunde beim Verbund-HQ zu besichtigen sein.
9.10.08
Markus Proschek "Zucht zur Form"
Markus Proschek erhält den Strabag Artaward 08
strabag-kunstforum.at
... Liquidation von Kunst wird schwieriger
Sales Underwhelm at Art Auctions
Adding to speculation about how the worldwide economic downturn will affect next month’s big auctions in New York, two sales abroad drew disappointing numbers. On Tuesday an auction of Islamic and Indian art at Christie’s in London sold just 47 percent of its 439 lots, Bloomberg News reported. The auction generated total sales of $18.1 million, according to Bloomberg; a similar auction at Christie’s in April generated $20.5 million from 282 lots. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported, Sotheby’s in Hong Kong had lower sales than expected at the end of a five-day auction of Asian art. The auction was expected to yield about $257 million, but garnered $141.7 million from a sale of 1,700 items.
7.10.08
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Causa Sui: Summer Sessions vol 1
Causa Sui presents "Summer Sessions"
Aloha!
Finally some new Causa Sui material will be released! The new album, entitled "Summer Sessions vol. 1", will be released on vinyl only on Elektrohasch in August and is the first in a series of loose, experimental albums. The album consists of four long, instrumental pieces - one of them a 25 minute excursion - and sees Causa Sui break into new territories, experimenting with kraut-rock electronics and elements of proto-fusion jazz as well as the more familiar fuzz-guitar journeys and stoner riffs.
We really got exhausted after working on new material after Free Ride, not really getting anywhere with the songs, so last summer we decided to turn things around for a while. The result was a new working method which demanded immediate action from all involved parties and didn't set any limits for sound and style. Basically we recorded hours and hours of free jams and loosely structured songs, some of them very different in style and tone than the two first albums. Some of the pieces ended up sounding very unique and genrebending, others just plain boring. Now we have put the first collection together of what we consider some of the most interesting results from the sessions.
http://www.myspace.com/causasui
Elektrohasch
1.10.08
derÄsthet reviewed: Gschu - "A Picture You`re Not In"
Wir sind offziell im Post-Post-Prefix Musikzeitalter angelangt. Musik von Musikern, die mal Punk-Rock mochten aber keinen Punk-Rock mehr machen würden. Unaufgeregte Songs "auf-den-Punkt" produziert mit absurd geringem Selbstdarstellungsdrang, das man sich normalerweise nur von in tasmanischen Wäldern lebenden Black-Metal-Komponisten erwartet.
Der erste Longplayer von GSCHU ist komplexes Easy-Listening, das nicht vor hat sich sehr aufzudrängen und damit ganz schön viel abverlangt. Ich geh jetzt Quicksand hören.
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