Amateur Magazine 008 by Amateur Magazine

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No. 008 April - September 2011

Cover artwork by FAFA (www.fafaworks.com)

FOR THE DO IT YOURSELFS

WELCOME TO ISSUE 008. SO FAR, SO GOOD.

CONTENT: 6

LIL’ ILLU BATTLE

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FAFA MEYOKO JON FOX ICO73 KEVIN PETERSON BLEU NOIR

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/A WORD OF ART ARTACKING BUDAPEST CARHARTT GALLERY THE DAWN OF ART HOJA BLANCA RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY SKATOPIA

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KIRSTY WHITEN (CARTE BLANCHE) GINA FOLLY (CARTE BLANCHE) WALL OF FRIENDS

FAFA

JON FOX

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JERS & ALEY (NUMBER ONE) BBBBERLIN WE MAKE BERN (SACHENMACHEN) MAGIC REALISM (ART MOVEMENT) TOM OF FINLAND (BY SIXPACK FRANCE) 3 X 3 X 3 (SNEAKERNESS) IAN G. C. WHITE, ERITREA (LOGBOOK) SHIRTY C.R.E.A.M. READERS DIG IT WELL DONE SAUCY BITS GRIN AND BEAR IT (HAIR IN THE SOUP)

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BLEU NOIR

Photo: Lain

The term â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;amateurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reflects a voluntary motivation to work as a result of personal passion.

CARLA SCHMID www.carlaschmid.com

In each issue 2 chosen artists draw against one another. Each artist gets his page (left or right) with an object

JASMINE EICHMANN www.bitschga.ch

placed in the middle (done by Lisa Looser for this issue). Amateur then just puts the two pages together as they come in.

Hello Fafa. What's your story? I'm Fafa and my birthplace is Irun (Pis Vasco) where I never lived. I grew up in Sevilla, where I started to paint in the streets in 1998. At that time, I was studying arts at the university. There are many things I really like to do but my passion for art, especially for painting is the most important part of my life. I have to accept that the way I have chosen will not be easy because I don't have the right contacts yet, but I shall never give up! Haha. I hope this interview helps connecting, dude. When did you move to Switzerland? And what made you do it? Thank you man! It's hard to say. First, I came to Biel because of a girl. But this was seven years ago...I just used to go to Seville and come back again. That was the reason in the begining. Now I just feel comfortable with my new friends and my free heart tells me that it's good to spend some time in Basel where I feel at home. How did you get into art? Innocently, out of necessity. I have always been a painter. Since I was a little child. In fact I think that my relation to art is just casual. I'm just a hard worker doing unnecessary stuff.

What's your favourite media to work with? My favourite media to work with is oil or acrylic, different colors. I don't like to lose the freshness of the drawing process. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s your favourite saying? Don't get close to the painting, because paint doesn't smell good. It's from Rembrandt. How would you describe your art to someone who has never seen it before (e.g. people who lived on the moon for the last 10 years)? Haha, that would be fun. I probably would say something like this: You know, I like to capture the moments, the ambience and the essence of things; but what I really do is enjoying myself - always with the hope of enjoying others, too. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s your technique? Every technique. Oil, acrylic, spraycan on any surface, any size. Why do you draw what you draw? I only draw things I love, because they look beautiful to me.

That sounds like the real artist life! Please tell us an important lesson you have learned in life. Be good to yourself, only then you can be good to others. Many of your drawings are based on photographies. Do you take these pictures yourself? I do it myself, if possible. Sometimes I just ask a friend to do it for me with my instructions and sometimes I just ask my friends to give me something from their huge archives. Mostly pictures of graffiti situations I haven't seen. It's so nice for me to share this and also for them, I guess. Imagine the DJ at your party was a jukebox. What track would you choose? At this time I'm always repeating one song on my jukebox. It is Good Times by Sam Cooke.

What is your source of inspiration? The joy of doing it! How do you make your living? In the most illegal, chaotic and anarchistic way. I'm always saying that I'm about to change it. And I'm always asking friends to invite me to dinner because I'm hungry...haha

www.fafaworks.com

Name:

Fafa

Place:

Basel, CH

Age:

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s your next project? I'm working on a book documenting travels, throught, graffiti, catching moments, experiences, landscapes, portraits... All I want to show is the real world of graffiti. From the inside, for outsiders. I want to give my deepest respect to this world by not showing the typical things, not asking the typical questions. You can see some examples of this work on these pages. So, if somebody feels that it is neccesary for them to appear in this book or they have any pictures of graffiti situations, please send your pictures to info@fafaworks.com. I will then paint those pictures for my book. You at the age of 66? What will you be doing? If I'm not dead, I will be painting in the most comfortable way I can. It doesn't matter, if this is at home, for big bussines or in jail... What people do you admire? People who wake up every day doing their own thing not caring about what's cool or fashionable. Who is your favourite artist? I don't know, but I really like Joaquin Sorolla. A spanish artist whose paintings have everyting a good needs. By the way, I believe you have to merge many different things to get a good painting. If you could be a thing, what would you like to be? A thong? No, haha. Can I be a dog? Or a hammer?

No title, Acrylic on paper, 30 x 42 cm

What do you love? I love to be loved, I love my people, I love painting, I love music, entertainment... and I love to hate everything else!

No title, Acrylic on paper, 30 x 42 cm

www.fafaworks.com

No title, Acrylic on wood, 60 x 90 cm

Anything else you want to say? I want to say thanks to all the people who have supported me: My family, my friends, my ex and her family, the people from my gallery, Katapult in Basel, Artacks in Bern, Rawcut in Zurich, ATM in Berlin (I think it is closed, but I was the best :)), my crew SPL in Sevilla and all the people who want to contribute something for my book, and last but not least: Thank you for this interview!

No title, Oil on paper, 60 x 84 cm

www.fafaworks.com

ÂŤIf I'm not dead, I will be painting in the most comfortable way I can. It doesn't matter, if this is at home, for big bussines or in jail...Âť FAFA

No title, Acrylic on paper, 30 x 42 cm

Conspiration III, gel ink on paper, 95 x 40 cm, 2010

Hello Meyoko. Please describe yourself and your art. Hello there. My name is Melissa Murillo known as Meyoko. I am an artist based in Berlin Germany. My work is intricately and obsessively detailed, organic and intense. Influenced by my emotions, beauty, Greek mythology, Art Nouveau and the natural world.

Why do you draw what you draw? I don't have verbal interpretations for most of my drawings. The sole purpose is to create a strong atmosphere. I feel that, as an artist, it's my job to give people pleasure even if sometimes I would just like to forget myself in the process.

How did you get into art? I started as a kid by pure instinct. I always loved drawing and carried a pad and pencil with me everywhere or I just improvised by drawing on my trousers, hands, restaurant napkins, tables, everything that could be useful to develop my artistic bulimia.

Imagine the DJ at your party was a jukebox. What track would you choose? Falling by Julee Cruise.

How would you describe your art to someone who has never seen it before? My art is about making impossible connections and scary hopes for big things for hearts to grow outside our chests for animals to talk to us and carry us to far away places. What's your technique? I use black rotring to calligraphy an utopian world, some of my drawings reflect on issues in today's society and everyday interaction between people, organized confusion, friendship, loyalty, love. How do you make your living? In the last two years I have been working as a freelance illustrator. I have also been selling the rights of my drawings for bands as LindstrĂ¸m & Prins Thomas's, underground apparels or just collaborating with fashion magazines and labels such as Chickenshit, a collective based in SaintPetersburg.

What's the 3 most important things in your studio? My sketchbook, my rotrings and my books. What is your source of inspiration? I learned how to draw by closely studying the works of different artists. The basis of my technique was formed by looking at engravings, drawings and paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Hieronymus Bosch, Richard Dadd, Paolo Uccello, Hans Holbein

www.meyoko.com

Name:

Meyoko

Place:

Berlin, DE

Age:

unknown

The Tree of Life, gel Ink and ink on paper, 86 x 48 cm, 2009

the younger many others.

and

Please tell us an important lesson you have learned in life. Don't believe anyone who breathes. But this concerns only me - based on my own personal experiences. What's your next project? I work on many projects right now however the problem is not the lack of those above but the lack of determination to achieve. What people do you admire? I do not admire them because they are all human but certainly I admire a tiny share of their acts. Any favourite saying? Um, I have many but I will mention these: "If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time." Marcel Proust "If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company." Jean-Paul Sartre

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." Marcel Proust "I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains." Lord Byron

Desired Constellation , Gel ink on paper ,digital, 42 x 33 cm ,2010

www.meyoko.com

Play Dead , ink on paper , digital , 29,7 x 42 cm , 2011

Vespertine , china Ink on paper , 17 x 24 cm , 2009

www.meyoko.com

Neon , gel Ink on paper,17 x 24 cm ,2010

Jon Fox is a young British artist from Herefordshire in the UK. Recently, he exhibited at the Spacejunk Art Centers in France, showing a new series of oil paintings and drawings on paper in large format. Kevin Buy, the head of Spacejunk in Lyon was so kind to ask Jon some questions about his new exhibition - for an Amateur Magazine exclusive. Hi Jon, Could you tell us what’s your background? What and where did you study? Ok, so like I said, I spent my early years growing up in the beautiful countryside of Herefordshire - playing a lot outside - and watching a lot of cartoons! I was always drawing from a very young age, it was obvious that was my path. So I had a lot of encouragement and support for my artwork all the way through primary and secondary school. In terms of higher education, I took three art based 'A' levels and then went on to study at UWE in Bristol for one year, then on to Brighton to do a degree in fine art painting. Since then I have traveled around a lot and slowly continued to build momentum in my art practice. How do you describe your artist’s work? To be honest I always find it difficult to describe! Aesthetically it's difficult to describe anyway. Mainly because it is made up of a complex mix of a lot of things and also because it's always changing! But I guess the best way I can describe my works - without rambling on for ages - is that they are me: my thoughts, my dreams, my emotions...everything...from the deepest to the shallowest parts, the best and worst of my being, translated into

a visually musical composition. Well, at least that’s what I try! Sometimes it's just a mess. How long have you been working on this oil series? And how long does it take you to finish an oil painting as big as the ones of the spacejunk series? Well, that series of large painting that went into the Spacejunk show was the most ambitious series I'd ever attempted up to now, in terms of scale, and just the amount of work that went into them. It was a project that took me the best part of two years...but its hard to say how long it would have taken for each painting as I was also working a part time job and my studio was in my brothers garage at the time! Which I will always be eternally grateful for. But I can tell you it was hard! In a such a small space - I don't think you could fit a car in there. Anyway just to answer the question...I would guess around maybe two months on each painting. How did you come up with the name of your exhibition at Spacejunk? ‘Build Your Enemy’ was just something that came into my head during the process of working on the paintings. I wrote it down, and kept in my pocket until I might need it! I guess the idea behind it kind of ties all the themes in the work together, although they all maybe look very different and disconnected. There is a kind of narrative that runs through them and interlinks them all. To me ‘Build Your Enemy’ worked because it kind of has multiple connotations. It can be about how you deal with your thoughts and emotions - the fact that basically it's always your choice. No matter what situation confronts you in life, you can always choose how you feel and so how you respond and act. You can quite literally build your own enemy if you choose to, and most people's enemy are within themselves. So as well as this internal reference there is the connection to how we are structured outwardly, socially (which is, of course attached and influenced directly with how we are inwardly). And actually, when you look around and see all the news and reports and documentation on the problems we face... politically, religiously, as consumers, as citizens, as a society as a civilisation, as a race of beings on a planet... all our 'enemies' are built by us, by ourselves, they are our creation.

www.spacejunk.tv

What are the links between all the different drawings and paintings you produced this last 3 years? For me personally the last 3 years has been the greatest advance of my work and my practice as an artist and as a person. So really, I guess they are a documentation of my growth in ability and awareness as an artist. I suppose they are all linked - because its all by me! But hopefully you can see the progress in the style and aesthetics of the work as well as maybe the themes and subject matter has evolved also. All theses paintings or drawings appear like they could come from an animated movie. Is there a link between the fact that you paint with so many different layers and the idea in your painting that there are different layers of world, of character, of power? Cool, I'm glad you see the connection! Well, animation was a big influence for me. Not that I had done any myself (although I would love to try one day), but many of the ideas behind the latest work, especially the large paintings, they came originally from my plans to make an animated movie. It was something that I had been planning slowly for many years. When traveling I was always filling up sketchbooks but always with these ideas focused on making animations. Well, eventually it came to a point where I had all these ideas and characters and stories, but I had no idea where to start in transforming them into a structured animated film - as well as having no proper equipment! I tried for a while to work it out, but eventually it was very frustrating. So, I began to start thinking how I could translate all this stuff into a painting - something I had much

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more control and knowledge of as a process. And that's where it all kicked off really: the next stage and evolution of my paintings began to take shape, from the main scenes and ideas of my animated movie that never happened! You told me that music is an important ingredient in your creative process? What do you listen to and how does it influence you? Music is a huge part of my process. It's my main source of fuel and energy! I think it helps on so many levels for me. I mean, for starters it helps to keep that part of my brain occupied that would normally be destructive to my work! The bit that is always overthinking and analyzing things. It's better to distract this part while I'm working - and the best way is music! Overthinking can be a problem for me, but if I can keep it in a positive flow, then it can actually help the work develop. Also I find understanding the process of my work and creativity generally makes more sense when I draw comparisons to music. I have friends who are musicians telling me that they usually try to visualize the music, the sound they are trying to create, like describing a visual scene into music...well for me it's the reverse. I want to make visually musical compositions. So, feeding my imagination with as many different sound shapes and patterns, loops and layers as possible helps me discover new visuals...and I can store them away for later. As far as what I listen to: I like to have a combination of new stuff I've never heard but also some classics that I know will get ideas motivated - I can never get enough. So, I often just get friends to fill up my iPod... it means I've got all sorts, man, and a lot I'm still discovering! Hip Hop, Jazz, Funk, Dub, Reggae, Blues...Psychedelic Rock...Folk...Electro. I'm trying always to collect and absorb all varieties of music. I love to be surprised! But it's got to have that special something that gets your neck hairs standing and makes your mind trip! For me you can't go wrong with some Golden Era Hip Hop and underground classics from artists like Diamond D, Pete Rock & CL, Digable Planets, Edan, People under the Stairs...they're part of my staple diet.

«I would guess around maybe two months on each painting.»

What’s next? There's a whole bunch of projects in the pipeline, not sure how much I can say right now, but keep an eye on my site for news. All my focus at the moment is on working hard to get some fresh new work sorted. Then we'll see what happens after that! All I'll say is: keep an eye on Copenhagen this summer :)

You’ve been traveling quite a lot. Does it also have an influence on your work? Isn’t it hard to travel around with a huge oil canvas in the backpack? Ha, yeah man, it's not easy carrying around all these big paintings! To be honest, I try to leave them in one place if I can, while I work on them and then hopefully someone can buy them and give them a good home! But really, traveling is just something that seems like a natural thing to do.

There's nothing better than that feeling of freedom you get when traveling to new countries, discovering new sights smells and sounds. All the cliches! But I love it. The best times of my life have been whilst traveling. So, of course it helps and influences my work. Anything that opens your eyes, your heart and your mind to new experiences can only help improve your direction as a person, and consequently your work.

www.soulofagiant.com

Name:

Jon Fox

Place:

Hereford (UK) / Mirepoix (FRA)

Age:

TH3 show, 91 x 103 cm

Emperor's dream, 200 x 143 cm

SQ monkey, 40 x 54 cm

Scare city, 210 x 143 cm

www.soulofagiant.com

Hang Loose, 92 x 121 cm

Icon73, who are you? Most probably a crazy dude, trying to get along and never giving up. Tough on the outside, soft in the inside. If you take me as I am, I can be a pretty nice and helpful guy. How did you get into art? Ever since I was a little boy I have been fascinated and inspired by art. It made me what I am today. It started with cartoons and comics and progressed to Hip Hop - I was a passionate breakdancer and writer. That was a big influence, I guess. I always stayed true to the street, where I felt comfortable in a way. At the moment, I am working as a tattooer and I'd like to focus more on that. My first tattoos I did myself - on my legs. But that's already quite long ago.

What‘s your technique? I really like to use different techniques. Depending on the setting and the grounding I use brushes, pencils, colored pencils, cans or markers. How do you make your living? Well, money makes the world go round. It's tough. I try to get by with tattooing and drawing. I switch between Berlin and Zurich at the moment. Berlin is very cool, but it's hard to make a living there. What is your source of inspiration? Different things. Sometimes friends, who inspire, support and believe in me. On this occasion I would like to thank them very much. What‘s the 3 most important things in your studio? Paper, painting utensils and peace.

www.flickr.com/icon73

Name:

Icon73

Place:

Berlin, DE / Zurich, CH

Age:

What‘s your favourite saying? Make art not war! Imagine the DJ at your party was a jukebox. What track would you choose? Public enemy - number one Please tell us an important lesson you have learned in life. Sometimes life is not very friendly. But I have learned that no matter how hard it gets, one should never give up. Some day it will be better. What‘s your next project? My next goal is to beautify the city. And painting as many pictures as possible with my guys.

You at the age of 66? What will you be doing? Hmm. I hope that I'll still be drawing in one way or the other because that's what I love... and travelling. What people do you admire? I admire people who pursue a goal and remain true to themselves. People who in spite of their success remain true to themselves and aren't stuck up. Who is your favourite artist? There are so many! I don't want to commit myself. If you could be a thing, what would you like to be? Ein Bleistift, da alles mit einer Idee und einer Bleistiftskizze beginnt Why do you draw what you draw? Call it the visualization of my life. Kind of an emotional processing. What do you love? The rushing sea. The jungle of Berlin. The smell of kebab stands. Kreuzberg by night. Anything else you want to say? Thanks to everybody I have met on my path and believed in me.

www.flickr.com/icon73

Hello Kevin. Who are you? I'm a tall, bald dude who likes to make art. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s your favourite saying? Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. How did you get into art? Just always loved drawing and making stuff when I was growing up. For as long as I can remember. Studied it in college but mostly just because i liked it a lot - never really thought It could be an actual job. I got out of school and was working as a probation officer. I had some issues with drugs and alcohol. It got out of hand, I got arrested and lost my job. I went to rehab and got sober and just decided I was gonna focus on making art full time. How would you describe your art? They're representational works. Pretty realistic. Figurative. I like painting people a lot.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s your technique? Oil or acrylic on canvas or panel. I mess around with different textures and mediums. Sometimes I will incorporate metal, wood, nuts, bolts or spray paint. How do you make your living? Just makin' art right now. Why do you draw what you draw? I'm not sure. It just evolved over time. I like portraits that are not typical or traditional. My favorite artists have always been figurative ones so that is the type of art I tend to make. What is your source of inspiration? Self reflection, movies, tv, music, other artists, street art... stuff like that. Inspiration can come from anywhere but

www.kevinpetersonstudios.com

Swing, 342x 45, oil on panel, 2011 Blue Bird, 32 x 44, oil on panel, 2010

you have to take the time to cultivate it in your head and on canvas.

Name:

Kevin Peterson

Place:

Houston, Texas (USA)

Age:

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s the 3 most important things in your studio? Coffee, nicorette... oh, and paint, I guess. Imagine the DJ at your party was a jukebox. What track would you choose? Check your Head by the Beastie Boys Please tell us an important lesson you have learned in life. Don't do drugs! What people do you admire? Mostly other artists. Who is your favourite artist? I think I have several: Jerome Witkin, Jenny Saville, Chuck Close, Alyssa Monks, Alex Kanevsky. I'm in awe of these people. You at the age of 66? What will you be doing? I imagine I will still be painting everyday like I am now. I think about that sometimes myself. What my art will look like then? I'm interested to see.

If you could be a thing, what would you like to be? An Ice cream truck. Arrival, 13 x 24, oil on canvas, 2010

www.kevinpetersonstudios.com

Hope, 36 x 60, oil on canvas, 2009

Spring Rocker, 31 x 39, oil on panel, 2010

Discompose, 54 x 39, mixed media, oil on panel with corrugated metal, 2010

Touch, 45 x 34, oil on canvas, 2009

Graffiti Girl III, 56 x 48, oil on canvas, 2008

Hello. Who are you? We are Jeykill and Veenom, founders of Bleu Noir Tattoo Artshop in Paris. We are illustrators, painters, graphic designers and more... Jeykill also has been a tattoo artist for 11 years.

What‘s your technique? V: We both love to change techniques and media really often, but mostly likely we use black sumi ink. We draw a lot, from wall paintings to silkscreened t-shirts.

What‘s your favourite saying? V: Do It Yourself

How do you make your living? V: Tattooing or Freelance and also working with companies like Carhartt Europe, Nike 6.0.

How did you get into art? V: We both have studied in art school and after a short experience in agencies, we joined the parisian collective 9ème Concept. A unique association of artists, that are offering collective and alternative creations and make art accessible to all. We have learned a lot and practiced on a few painting exhibitions, collaborations or events back then and still do. How would you describe your art to someone who has never seen it before? V: I’m really figurative, illustrative, old school and inspired by vintage comics while Jeykill mixes Ethnic inspirations with typography, graphic and abstraction.

www.bleunoirparis.com

Why do you draw what you draw? V: For personal artworks we follow the flow and never really think about it before. For a tattoo sketch we are working together with the customer. What is your source of inspiration? J: For me it's ethnic arts & craft and everyday urban city life while Veenom is more into Retro Horror movies, subcultures and erotism.

What‘s the 3 most important things in your studio? 1. our philosophy 2. our iPod 3. our artworks Imagine the DJ at your party was a jukebox. What track would you choose? Beastie Boys "Sabotage" What‘s your next project? A collaboration with Ed Banger X Medicom and a new exhibition at Bleu Noir Tattoo Artshop. You at the age of 66? What will you be doing? J: Ride a vintage motorbike in L.A. ! V: … Who is your favourite artist? J: Jean Michel Basquiat V: Jim Flora If you could be a thing, what would you like to be? J: a plane! What do you love? V: Travel, drawing, surfing and being on vacation with my wife... Anything else you want to say? Support your local tattoo artshop!

www.veenom.blogspot.com

www.jeykill.com

/Art space /art projects dedicated to celebrating new art and emerging young artists. /A WORD OF ART is an evolving story each project is a chapter that helps define what a word of art is. /A WORD OF ART aims to create art projects and experiences rather then white-wall gallery shows. The chapters to come will be reflective of what is happening around and within this new artistic subculture, which is a mix of street art, graffiti art, underground art, popular art, modern art and contemporary art. Internationally this movement is described as “New brow” an evolution of “Low brow”, as it is claimed that it is not low and it is not high, it’s simply just new. The next chapters will fall into place when and how they are meant to be, just as how chapter One organically took the shape it did and allowed me to enjoy and learn from the experience together with the artists. Over one year ago /A WORD OF ART moved into the Woodstock Industrial Building, and since then has being working closely with “One k” to form a community of creativity. This 60 year old industrial building situated in the heart of Woodstock – Cape Town’s emerging creative precinct – is now the home to a diverse mix of artists, designers and photographers, alongside factoryies, carpenters and bakeries. The building aims to support artist’s needs and helps towards the development of the Woodstock area and a creative Cape Town. Last December we founded the WIC ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM. The idea is to give artists the opportunity to stay in a live and work studio within the Woodstock Industrial Centre amongst over 100 other tenants, allowing for a broader perspective/enrichment of their artistic practice and new potential. For tapping into new art markets/widened visibility and the opportunity to network, exchange and collaborate with new people. We want artist’s to go home with a real South African story. Artist will be invited to show in our A WORD OF ART/Art space and participate in our Write on Africa community art project, AWOA have just hosted 4 artists from the WE ARE VISUAL Collective in Hamburg over December for 5 weeks, who then created the GUTEN TAG show which was a huge success and has caused much constructive debate online. Then through the sponsorship of Pro Helvetia, we now host artist TIKA. “I have learned a lot about South African history and current effects of Apartheid,” the artist says. “I took these inputs and let them go as the view of someone who is not grown up here into my solo show ‘KAPTIKA’ (a mix of the German word KAPSTADT and TIKA). All of the works included were made during my stay in Cape Town.” ._. Text: Ricky Lee Gordon | Photos: Jonx Pillemer

www.a-word-of-art.co.za

WE ARE VISUAL Collective

Paul Senyol

Swiss Urban Salon

www.artacks.ch

Schwarzmaler15er, Photo: Géza Talabér SCHWARZMALER15er «Incident in Budapest» 24th – 30th September 2010 | Telep Participating artists: Schwarzmaler15er: wes21, kkade, bare04, mower, klex, aero and kese27 Curated by: Patrick Urwyler - artacks

Once upon a time a Swiss guy and a Hungarian girl fell in love and before you even start thinking this could be a fairy tale: It is not! It's a saga of heroes and the very beginning of artacks’ Budapest happenings.

After years of struggle and uncertainty our Swiss hero finally moved to the Magyars to conquer the lands of his beloved princess. He explored his new homeland with great interest and soon got in touch with the infamous printmakers from the «Printa» gallery, the place where artacks adventures in Budapest took their course. Chance brought it about that the Swiss himself was not a lazy kind of guy but an artacker. His goal: Promoting controversial urban art. And because he was a clever fellow he gathered his friends and they started to conspire to artack the capitol city of Hungary. They first clustered their artist army around themselves: They convinced famous colour and spray can warriors like BlackYard, Ian White aka Cutterskink (aka the goat rider), Schwarzmaler15er, S-Y-L-G, Cline, Mizzo or Fafa to join their plan and spread Swiss urban art in Hungary. They had their gang together when all of a sudden Budapest based ruin bar and gallery «Telep» offered them an opportunity to land a preemptive strike. There wasn’t a long discussion who to send out into uncertainty: Schwarzmaler15er were the ideal troop to conquer unknown terrain. And they did! Armed with spray cans – their weapons of choice – the six brave knights unleashed their magnificent, multilayerd skills, painted «Gozsdu Courtyard» black and white and enchanted the Hungarian public. Their epic battlefield at «Telep», today only known as the «Incident in Budapest», left a lasting and positive impression. wes21, kkade, bare04, mower, klex, aero and kese27 were the perfect forerunners for the upcoming big artack: the «Swiss Urban Salon» (S.U.S.)! Even after the Schwarzmaler15er’s milestone it wasn’t an easy thing to conquer the hearts of the Magyars. Fearless SY-L-G duo – the invited vanguard for the S.U.S – who worked in the streets in front of «Printa», got to feel the whole con-

troversy of creating a piece in public space. Incomprehensible head-shaking was followed by recognizing backslapping, anger by astonishment. And finally, their amazing wall had to be repainted after only two weeks! That’s how far understanding of street art goes... lucky enough a friendly wizard (www.touchtown.ch) captured the outdoor work with his amazing light machine and saved the piece for upcoming generations… Apart from this incident the S.U.S. was a big success. Inside the gallery – with ink, spray or acrylic paint, on wood, paper or cardboard – our art warriors raised the cheers, «Aaahs!» and «Ooohs!». Even the Swiss ambassador himself officially declared, that such artacks are highly welcomed in Budapest and beyond! It was just a jaw-dropping experience for most of the urban pilgrims. And they came from all over, gathered in the halls of the Printa Gallery and were riveted by the width of different styles and techniques represented in the exhibition. Whether performed outdoors or indoors, within a legal or illegal framework, in the end the art on display and its protagonists could show their great potential and vividly promoted urban art in Budapest. This great city delivered artacks with a truly fertile ground and the herewith ending saga could only be written with the big support of local alliances and our beloved Hungarian combatants. They all shall live happily ever after! ._. Text: Sébastian Lavoyer

Schwarzmaler15er, Photo: Ian G.C. White (cutterskink)

CARHARTT GALLERY NEW SEASON, NEW TEAM AND EXCITING PROGRAM!

The Carhartt Gallery in Weil am Rhein (Germany) has become one of the most diverse exhibition spaces for urban art through the years. In 2011 an exciting and eclectic program will be on display. Furthermore, the new team has been formed and introduces Stefan Winterle as the new curator. A unique assortment of contemporary works from the urban scene are showcased on more than 300 square meters. Famous names, upcoming talents and an interdisciplinary variety of styles are united in three exhibitions from February to December 2011 – stay tuned! The gallery is located in Weil am Rhein, on the border to Switzerland and France. Since 2006 it has become one of the biggest international exhibition spaces for urban art. It was formed by Edwin Faeh (CEO, Carhartt Europe), for years a collector of urban art himself and the artist Sigi von Koeding, also known as Dare, to show art which has its roots in urban space. This unique collaboration of these two personalities made it possible for more than 60 exceptional artists who have influenced or still influence the complexity of this urban discipline to meet in Weil am Rhein. The eclectic overture and reputation of the gallery extends beyond country borders and invites everybody to get to know this unique genre. The intention of the gallery is to represent and make this art available to a broad audience as well as to strengthen the location of the area of Weil am Rhein as a vibrant heart of the active and passive scene. In 2011 there will be three exhibitions from February to December: “Remix“ shows a national and international mix of styles, the third edition of the very successful “Public Provocations“ showing an international intersection of current trends and works from June to October and a third show from December 2011 to April 2012. “Public Provocations“ was launched to show urban art. In 2009 and 2010, more than 800 people attended each opening and a growing interest attracts more and more visitors to the gallery. Besides the international artists, the extensive Carhartt Art Collection is being shown and curated for the first time in the exhibition context. The line-up of the last years was a mixture of new and top-class artists like Blek Le Rat, Seen, Mode2, Delta, Dare, Toast, Stefan Strumbel, Smash and Swet. This year, the third “Public Provocations“ will be on display from June to October 2011. The line-up is still confidental but stay tuned and watch out for flyers and posters! A new season and a new team at the Carhartt Gallery! With Stefan Winterle, since 1993 active as an artist in dozens of international and national exhibitions and in 2011 the new curator of the Carhartt Gallery. Francesca Fresta and Bianca Porcelli, both graduted cultural- and event managers, are responsible for Public Relations. Rudi Anker is responsible for the gallery maintenance and Kevin Reinhart is the administrative head of the gallery for Carhartt Europe. ._. Text: Francesca Fresta & Bianca Porcelli Photos: Markus Ruf - www.markusruf.de

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Esther Kempf (Switzerland)

A simple idea Every artist got a square sheet of white paper that he or she had to use to produce a work of art. The sheet can be painted, folded, printed, cut and so on – there are no limitations. The white square is not only reminiscent of Malewitsch and the beginnings of Modern Art but is also a clean slate, a blank space to fuel inspiration and to be filled by imagination. Due to the diverse backgrounds of the invited artists the works represent a broad selection of current artistic techniques and approaches. The results will be presented anonymously in the exhibitions, to challenge the preconceptions and assumptions of the viewers: What does art from Zurich or Guatemala look like? Whom do you imagine to be behind a certain piece of art? Bringing art to unusual places Zurich is full of museums, galleries and art spaces, but there are few spaces outside these established structures to show up and coming art. The curators Rémi Jaccard and Stefan Ege are always looking to present their exhibitions in special venues, also to secure a wider audience and visibility. After a project in a bourgeois mansion in the heart of Zurich, they are now taking over their second jeweler’s workshop/store to present HOJA BLANCA / WEISSES BLATT.

Thierry Furger (Switzerland)

In Guatemala City there is no such lavish infrastructure – but a prospering art scene trying to create new models for a country plagued by poverty and civil war. The exhibition will travel to various cities throughout Guatemala to be shown in established cultural centers as well as off-spaces. ._. Text: Rémy Jaccard Hoja Blanca / Weisses Blatt is a project bringing together artists from two very different locations: Two dozen artists from Guatemala and Switzerland exhibit their works in Zurich and Guatemala City. Fabian Bertschinger, Dagmar Bühler, Florian Bühler, Thierry Furger, Johannes Gees, huber.huber, Rémi Jaccard, Esther Kempf, !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Prisca Rauch, Marco Spitzbarth, TIKA, Navid Tschopp, Edgar Calel, Pedro Chavajay, Stefan Ege, Yasmìn Hage, Maya Lemus, Jorge de Leon, Anìbal Lòpez, Andrea Marmol, Àngel Poyon, Fernando Poyon, Alberto Rodriguez Collìa, Mario Santizo Pedro Chavajay (Guatemala)

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Hai! The Red Bull Music Academy has circumnavigated the globe, with previous editions putting down roots in cities like Barcelona, Cape Town, Toronto, Sao Paulo, London and Melbourne. With its rep as a paradise for vinyl hunters and technology lovers alike, there have long been calls to hold an Academy in Tokyo – and this year, that's exactly where the Academy's headed, with the full clip of events, workshops and studio sessions coming to town from October 23 to November 25, 2011. The Red Bull Music Academy is an international workshop, touching down in a different city each year. Over two fortnight-long 'terms', some of the finest purveyors of rhythm and sound from all over the world gather between the Academy's walls. There's always that sense of synchronicity when music lovers find music lovers. But it's even better when they get to meet up in person. In Tokyo, the participants will have the opportunity to hear lectures from pioneering mavericks who paved the way, along with trailblazing sound rebels of the present; followed by late night recording sessions putting that breadth of knowledge and inspiration into practice in custom-made studios. Then there's the chance to perform in some of the host city's most iconic clubs and concert halls. If you ever chat with any past alumni – like Warp's beat cruncher Hudson Mohawke, Brainfeeder head Flying Lotus, or idiosyncratic Turkish singer Ahu – they often describe the experience as a game changer.

Inspiring host city The host city this year will surely provide plenty of inspiration in the Academy's custom-built recording studios. Tokyo is one of the world's most celebrated cities, an urban jungle of cinematic scope, where reminders of old Edo crouch at the feet of skyscrapers. Glittering concert venues host a constant catalogue of the world's great jazz, funk and post-rock legends; while dancehall, garage rock, disco, psychedelic and all kinds of electronic music have sprouted influential mutations. Music collided with technology there early on: first in the work of electronic composers like Isao Tomita and YMO, and then via the popularization of equipment ranging from Korg synths, Roland drum machines, Akai samplers and Pioneer mixers to the good old Walkman and, more recently, the Tenori-on. And that influence on the world's soundscapes keeps reverberating.

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A feature documentary that goes inside one of skateboarding's most mythic places...Skatopia... a rural Appalachian skate scene so extreme that MTV's bad-boy Bam Margera fled the property on his first visit. A volunteer army of skaters and hillbillies have built this "sovereign nation" where they live free from society's rules. The movie follows Skatopia's owner and self-declared dictator of anarchy, Brewce Martin, through an obstacle strewn year as his radical twist on the American dream is challenged by bill collectors, a rag-tag labor force and a stint in the regional jail. It celebrates the freedom from everyday life that Skatopia offers, but it also takes a hard look at the flip side of Brewce’s energy and charisma. The audience won’t find a story-book hero – Brewce can switch from inspiring visionary to bullying cult-leader in seconds. But his fierce, unapologetic pursuit of his dream will inspire even those who have never touched a skateboard. Filmmakers Laurie House and Colin Powers moved to Appalachia for one year to shoot the film. During the 3 years of post-production, Director/Editor Laurie went insane while editing, Skatopia's owner Brewce suffered a major head injury from an exploding truck tire, and Producer/Director Colin worked at PBS to pay the bills. Happily, they are all fine now and ready to release the film in late spring. Look for the DVD or just go to Skatopia's annual bowl bash in June.

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.------. «I'm a skater. I'm here to prove a point. That you can survive without immersing yourself in the system.» Brewce Martin, Owner of Skatopia

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Outside the city in an industrial quarter I got the chance to get together with JERS and his partner in crime ALEY. The graffiti duo JERS and ALEY are members of one of the most wanted graffiti crews in Europe. Coming from a dump their only contact with graffiti were punks writing political slogans on school walls. Nevertheless they were inspired thereby and it initiated their great graffiti career. Thanks to some good contacts I got to meet up the guys at their studio for a little chat. Although been inspired by political slogans written by punks on the school walls ALEY clearly remembers riding the train into the city and seeing colorful graffiti along the railroad tracks. That just blew his brains away and he knew he wanted his name to be right up there on the wall. One time at school and just graffiti on his mind ALEY walked to the front of the room during class and started to put up his name on the chalkboard while his mates were slinging paper clips with rubber bands at the teacher. That was at a time where everything he did dealt with graffiti. JERS explains that there was a phase as a teenager where graffiti dictated his life. It was all about getting high and spray-painting everyday. Both agree that even though graffiti is a daily subject it’s not all there is to life. It is necessary to mention that these guys almost exclusively paint illegaly and yet carry on a profession besides.

and it stands for our happy and cheerful style of graffiti. Our life here is like in a Walt Disney cartoon. Everything in Switzerland is kept clean and people act always cheerful and polite. I like to call it Hollywood or Walt Disney graffiti. You see, graffiti reflects who you are and where you come from. Everything else is dishonest.” The effect of graffiti talk all afternoon mixed with a couple bottles of wine made us rather keen to grab some paint and bomb the streets. Once we finished off the last bottle we left the studio that night to put up some fresh silver pieces. Thanks guys. If you want to see JERS and ALEY in action check out the video on www.amateur-magazine.com .-.

JERS has had a couple of lawsuits in the past but that can’t stop him from painting. His passion is too great. Even though he and ALEY are working together on an art project they still need the action of painting illegally and the feeling you get while your freshly painted train runs into the train station. “It would be nice to earn some money with our art project”, says ALEY and explains, “you know, we put so much money and effort in to painting graffiti I believe it is proper to try to make a living out of it. We have had some nice jobs and have departed classical graffiti in our “public” work. This way we hope to reach a broader clientele. But nevertheless we will live for the illegal action and the thrill.” To my amazement Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney seems to be omnipresent around JERS. He clarifies: “I’m very inspired by Walt Disney

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Twice a year nearly everyone who belongs to the world of fashion - and those who don't belong, too - meets in Berlin for the fashion trade fair Bread & Butter. For us it's more like: Bread & Party! If you have 'Press' written on your admission-badge, you've hit the jackpot. You're welcome in every booth, you are eagerly provided with information for next year's products and most important: you have access to the Bread & Butter press-buffet. Because of the huge size of the building - the former airport Tempelhof - and the long distances we cover by foot, we are regular guests there. Since moving from Frankfurt one year ago Bright, formerly an skateboard-exclusive fair, is now located in Berlin - at the same time as Bread & Butter. That's no coincidence, it's rather a clever exploit of synergies. Because of that the accompanying events throughout the city are even more numerous: here a fashion show, there a book launch party, then back to the Pop-up-shop opening, before that a quick aperitif for which you just have been penciled in on the guest list and last but not least an exclusive collaboration-launch between A and B. It's easy to notice that the fair is just a cover, an excuse to be able to paint the town. (You can take this literally too.) Who's lucky can do that on business expenses. Every evening you are spoilt for choice: Which party to go? More like: In which order? At Bread & Butter the brands are certainly not stingy. The list of DJs appearing reads like the top 10 list of most famous. Free drinks are more of a standard than an exception and with some french maneuvers you can manage to avoid the queue. The exceptional good looks and the make up - sometimes reminiscent of carnival - is not only due to the alcohol. At least that's what I think. Who's familiar with Berlin knows that parties are not over by sunrise, and if your are lucky you might just make it to the airport in time... ._. Text: Lain Photos: Vedran Zgela

In the Swiss capital of Berne you can not only find the seat of the Swiss government named ‘Bundeshaus’ or visit the famous Bear Park formerly known as ‘Bärengraben’. The city has more than that to offer: its inhabitants are terribly nice and its music, graphics and clothing culture are especially known and appreciated.

Probably formed by the Bern University of the Arts and the School of Visual Arts in Berne and Biel, most creatives can be found in the area of ceramics, graphic design and the arts. As usual, we picked out some especially interesting designers and creatives for you. Our selection of Bernese creatives was perfectly staged by Thierry Kleiner and Juliette Keller from ‘combosition’. They chose the wonderful cactus greenhouse at the Orangerie Elfenau as a background, a great setting for a colourful group of creatives. A big Thank you to ‘combosition’ – you did a great job and created an easy-going atmosphere on the shooting day. So here a brief introduction of our choice of designers from Bern:

A chair from his project ‘rearrange’ for Apartamento magazine is what Nicola Enrico Stäubli took along to the shooting. It is a series of three chairs where he combined reused Eames seat shells with different new feet variations. “I am trained as an architect and I wanted to transfer renovation - a popular technique in Architecture - to design. I had those old Eames chairs with unobtrusive legs that were stackable in the first place and rather put across a lecture hall feel. So I wanted to create an exciting reinterpretation by developing new legs for the elaborately manufactured seat shell. Disassembly, transportation and reassembly are important topics in my work. Also sustainability which is a wide term. In the end, the most sustainable attitude would be not to consume anything, which of course as a designer you shouldn’t say too loud. So there is a need for new approaches, and that is where I would like to tie on with the partial renewal.” Nicola explains.

Nicola Cosentino and Stefano Spanio collaborate as Cosentino & Spanio. They brought along a vase named ‘Question de point de vue’ which they also presented at the furniture fair in Milano last year. Depending on the viewing angle, the object shows different typologies of vases. “It is an object that displays our mode if practice quite nicely. Behind all our projects is a topic, a story or a discussion starter that makes the path in the design phase interesting.” Cosentino & Spanio state. The duo studied at the écal im Lausanne but returned to the Bern area. Even though they think that Bern is not an ideal place to be as a designer, they are convinced that the location is not so important. Especially in a quite small country where you can quickly go somewhere else it does not really matter where you are situated.

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Bonu Gati is the label of Njomza Sadikaj who shows us her teapot named ‘Kapitel No.1’ (chapter 1). The aim of the project was to bring old ceramic objects into the present day. She discussed with a lot of people – communication is really important to Njomza – to see what they declare as old. She figured out that the baroque period is something that most people define as old. What followed was an intense research into what people perceive as contemporary. That was quite a challenge, because things grow older at quite a fast pace these days. But in her experiments Njomza realised that adhesive tape is absolutely contemporary. You can just stick it somewhere and then you take it off again, without using a nail. It is fast and easy-going, that really matches life these days. So for ‘Kapitel 1’ Njomza’s aim was to generate a symbiosis between old and new times in ceramics. She went to junk markets to find some jars with baroque elements and then wrapped them with tape, by building something new without covering the old. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _njomzax@gmail.com

Andrea Hostettler from viento came alone to the shooting because her partner Anja Boije still was in New York at that time. Each of them just spent three months in New York due to a grant they won from the Bernese Foundation of Applied Arts. Andrea brought along a skirt from their new summer collection. The layout of cutlines is a significant element of viento’s pieces and through rotating the grain of the fabric, they created a playful graphic with the striped fabric of the skirt. The striped Jeans fabric is the basic material for the collection. It refers to early American workwear, it washes out and gains patina. Skirts and dresses are viento’s speciality, even though they do any kind of clothing. “Our message is that you can do anything with a skirt, it doesn’t restrict you and you can easily ride a bicycle with it. Our skirts and dresses accentuate the body, they are feminine and allow to freely move one’s legs. We do not make a difference between everyday clothing and evening dresses. Our fashion should appeal in different contexts. Depending on the combination of garments our pieces are suitable for work, for a visit to the playground or even for a vernissage.” Andrea tells us. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _www.viento.ch

Ceramist Judith Nägeli took along the porcelain lamp ‘bulai’. She often works with porcelain and especially likes to create lamps out of it. “Lights are the best way to show the unique qualities of porcelain and allow to play with the transparency of the material.” Judith Nägeli declares. ‘bulai’ is thrown on the potter’s wheel in a special way so it ends up to be very thin. In a next step Judith then adds the thin black intarsia out of the same but coloured material. “I am convinced that thrown objects have more character than moulded ceramics. They are truly unique due to the fact that they are not exactly the same and have slight imperfections.“ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _www.jn-keramik.ch

Simone Stocker from bottoni porzellan shows a delicate rosy vase with a green silkscreen print. The vase emerged during the so-called crisis, when her work came to a standstill. She first was a little startled by this stop but then saw it as a chance and completed a silkscreen printing class. With these techniques she developed the vase shown at the shooting. Simone Stocker took her little baby to the shooting and reveals that the birth of her child brings a major turn not only to her life but also to her work. As she explains: “The vase is already a proof that there is something about to change in my work. Earlier on, I always started from the idea and worked on that concept in a very straight way. I now dare to use colours and patterns in a more playful way. I feel that I don’t need to think so much about what I do. Right now I am taking a break from work and that is not bad at all in order think about how to continue.” _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _www.bottoni.biz

Sabine Portenier & Evelyne Roth from PortenierRoth took along a dress from their new summer collection 2011. The dress is made from a handwoven Ikat fabric that was manufactured in Usbekistan. The overall topic of the summer collection 2011 was to start from the back and to then work from the back to the front part, just like a big hug. In their collections PortenierRoth usually start from an impulse, an image or a mood but soon after start to draw up a collection concept. They clearly set how they want to approach the body, where to be voluminous and where to put the focal points or key elements. They explain: “There are the two of us so we need a very elaborate concept. We need to have the same handling because we both develop and implement the pieces. Once that is set we work really wellbalanced, sometimes one of us starts with a piece and then gets stuck and the other takes over and continues.” _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _www.laboutiquevolante.com

To get to know more about the chosen creatives from Bern, read the interviews in full-length on our blog www.sachenmachen.ch. ._. Photos: Thierry Kleiner & Juliette Keller, www.combosition.com

Text: Luzia Kälin Interviews: Nicole Lehner & Luzia Kälin Coordination: Thomas Walde & Florian Hauswirth

Pete Bürgy shows his smallest object so far - a fruit bowl. It reveals that after being a metal worker for 10 years, his work is about to take a turn. He used to have his own business named ‘elrojo’ where he mainly manufactured plain metal furniture and interiors. He later collaborated with a friend whose company is named ‘schweres’. Now he studies Industrial Design at the HGKZ in Zurich to open up his horizons and to get to work with other materials as well. So even though the fruit bowl is still from metal, it is more complex than the objects he did before. At the moment, Pete is busy to figure out how to combine his studies and his business and we are excited to see what direction his work will take in the future.

Martin Blaser from stahlblau took along the prototype of his latest product, the floor lamp ‘wendelin’. It is made from thermowood and layered with white gold foil on the inside. The name refers to its origin – the wooden milk funnel used by alpine herdsmen. It is not only used as a funnel but also as a horn to call out the alp blessing every evening. In these blessings, the alpine herdsman calls upon the patron saints begging for protection of his alp. Wendelin is one of these patron saints. Martin Blaser was fascinated by this tradition that dates back to the 16th century and decided to implement an alienation of the funnel. Martin explains: “From my point of view, the recognition value of this tradition makes the lamp a refined and beautiful transformation of Swiss culture without having just a Swiss cross on it. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _www.stahlblau.ch

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Sandra Lemp from le boudoir brought along briefs from the style ‘Just like honey’. They are a little more experimental than her usual underwear collections and the briefs need to be folded before wearing. Sandra Lemp presents these underpants because they show her pleasure to experiment which is hard to do with underwear as Sandra Lemp explains: “The challenge is how to design in an interesting way so that it is still wearable, comfortable, and at the same time supporting. There are more restrictions in underwear design than in outerwear. So my ambition is to have a clear concept behind a collection that is accessible to all. I can’t finance two seasonal collections per year, yet. But luckily, lingerie is not that much a seasonal thing anyway. I present my collections in autumn, since I get most of the sales around Christmas. So in the end, I try to create a clear and comprehensible overall picture for every style and collection.

Margareta Daepp shows a piece from the ‘Tokyo Line’ – a row of three pieces which reinterprets the pulsating metropolis of Tokyo. It is a vase as well as an object and isn’t an object of utility in the first place. It is a temporary reinterpretation of traditional techniques and the overall concept is the use of colour. The colours used refer to the metro plan of the particular metro lines Marunouchi (red), Shinjuku (green) and Oedo (aubergine). The ceramist once stayed in Japan to get to know its culture a little better. Since then, the Japanese culture has become a topic of particular importance to her. During her stay, she spent three months at an international ceramic centre where she occupied herself with the classic Japanese techniques in the first place. “Only as a second step I'm able reflect the contemporary, after I understood the traditional technique.” Margareta Daepp points out.

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Disillusionment, humility, sobering. Those are the sentiments in Germany shortly after the First World War had been lost. The exalted aspirations of becoming a world power and a shining leader of humanity had been shattered by the defeat and man had to go back to a cold and depressing reality that offers no solace. This shedding of all false and exalted illusions weaves through many different aspects of people’s lives and even artists process it in their paintings. Pre-WWI dated Expressionism which is ecstatic in subject, dynamic, loud, rough and thick in texture doesn't seem appropriate anymore. A stern self-inspection is necessary. Accordingly a sober style of painting develops. It is clear, realistic and free of strong emotional outbursts. It wants to examine the things we take for granted - the every-day, make us meditate about it’s essence and let us feel the magic which billows behind it: Magic Realism

Cagnaccio di San Pietro, Dopo l'orgia, oil on canvas, 140,5 x 181 cm

Carl Grossberg, Weisse Röhren, oil on wood, 70 x 90 cm, 1933 Privatsammlung

In the 1920s Magic Realism slowly differentiates from a broader artistic movement: Neue Sachlichkeit. It has the claim to put the observer in a new dialogue with reality. Not by depicting overtly unreal subject matter, but by making a seemingly real and possible scene appear a mystery. There is a focus on the material object and by faithfully portraying it’s exterior and focusing on its mundane aspect, it’s spirit is supposed to be revealed. The realism of the depiction thereby creates the intended result: A mysterious and threatening overall atmosphere which evokes feelings of uneasiness and irritation - subsumed under the adjective magical. The magical effect is created by certain distinct traits of the drawing style. There is sobriety in choice of subject. It wants to be representational, severe, static and quiet. The subject matter never shows fantastical elements. It always remains in the realm of the visibly possible. Seemingly circumstantial objects are preferred. Then furthermore, there is the aim to liberate the painting from all signs of the handicraft, precision in the depiction, drawing in thoroughgoing acuity and an extreme smoothness of the picture surface. A lack of blur leads to a corresponding lack of atmosphere and an intended feeling of airlessness, static and timelessness. New are also a subtly distorted perspective and an unusual position of the observer. The themes of the depiction circle around abandonment, loneliness, apathy, indifference and the magic of the world of objects. Finally solace is to be found. The solace of the authentic every-day which holds an intangible and from time to time threatening magic sentiment that people know from the experiences of the war and the conditions of their defeat. However a more overt threat will come soon to replace that subtlety. Under the dictatorial regime that rises in Germany in the 1930s, art like Magic Realism is labeled “degenerate” and is sought to be pulled out of the cultural discourse. Naturally many artists of Magic Realism flee this oppressive surrounding and are pushed into oblivion, some never to return. ._. Text: Enzo Scavone

Carl Grossberg, Komposition mit Turbine, 1929

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Top: Alexander Kanoldt, Kaktusblüte, 1923 Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich Bottom: Herbert Ploberger, Toilettentisch, oil on canvas, 45 X 70 cm, 1926

Tom of Finland is Finnish. Crazy, huh? Tautology and irony aside, this fact is significant. Lost in the Far North the young Tom of Finland, born Touko Laaksonen, started drawing statuesque and fantastical men early on, unaware that decades later his drawings would become idealized images for men who prefer dick. But not any men: a specific community, born right after World War II, like the bikers. Same uniform: motorcycle boots, rocker-style leather jackets and caps. And same

background as well: army veterans, like Touko. Hard-boiled Americans, often S&M-oriented, forming a highly restricted members-only private club. Bikers and leather men, two parallel worlds that wouldn’t necessarily come together, if not through unconscious imitation: by the early 50’s, gay bikers’ clubs had already come into existence. Counter-cultural hypermasculine brotherhoods on two counts: against the fairy fruity gays and against a society too hung up on rules. Doubly interesting for Sixpack France, the Avignon-based house advocating all forms of insubordination and disobedience. Threefold even since this new ode to testosterone and mustache trends, for which Tom of Finland would become the staunch defender, is born of pencil on paper. A pencil to erect a myth. A myth and dicks, sex, and a culture glorifying bodies. Assertion and satisfaction. Assertion of beauty amongst men. Men proud of their bodies and no longer hiding. Rebels without any other cause than their love for other men. Joyful satisfaction on a motorcycle saddle rather than between silk sheets... A pencil to translate a vision, a proliferation of details, surreal realism: Tom’s men are wet dreams who will gradually become reality. Twenty years before Glenn Hughes was even wriggling to the sound of the Village People on every TV set, or Al Pacino infiltrated the leather scene in William Friedkin’s Cruising. But how on earth did Tom all the way back in Helsinki get the hang of this very underground phenomenon? That is the question. Perhaps one day at the advertising agency he was working for Tom came across the July 21, 1947 edition of Life magazine and its infamous photo spread of the Hollister biker rally turned orgiastic riot. Maybe that was the trigger: Tom simply felt an affinity with these fringe-dwelling groups of the American way of life... Because Tom of Finland, without having ever traveled there, appears to be immersed in the American mythologies, combining collective unconscious and personal psyche. Extreme virility, refusal of established rules, private dream and social reality. His world and their world of indifferent revellers, magnificent man-whores and itinerant backpackers seeking endless pleasure much like Kake, his comic books’ hero. Kake travels the length and breadth of the gay path, like a homo hobo, a fanny cowboy looking for these archetypal buckled fellas making his sap rise: lumberjacks and workers, businessmen and servicemen, all hung like Greek gods. Muscular chests and thighs in the image of Mr Clean’s, neatly trimmed porn star mustaches on faces as square as their torsos and gigantic cocks: it’s a complete orgy in Tom’s head. Striking homoerotism. As opposed to Hajime Sorayama’s female robots - for which Sixpack France has already been the herald - or even Namio Harukawa’s domineering women, this erotic art has gone from paper to true reality. Extremely rare embodiment, private reveries becoming worldwidely fashionable. Tom of Finland has drawn a myth. Tom of Finland, a hedonistic illustrator.

Aruna Vermeulen

David Berguglia aka IVII

Gaetan aka Giggy

Hip Hop Huis - Hip Hop events in NL for breakers, DJ’s, MC’s & graffiti.

DTRP (Do the Right Print)

Cellophane Shop - Sneakers Boutique

www.hiphophuis.nl

IVII – Graphic designer

HipHopHuis

DTRP

www.dotherightprint.ch

Cellophane

www.cellophane-online.com www.ivii.ch

The Fly Force - Allround female hip hop crew from NL. www.theflyforce.com

Question 1: Why have you started to collect sneakers?

Question 2: First sneaker you can remember being your favorite?

Question 3: Which sneaker do you think is overhyped?

My love for sneakers started when I was a kid - as I was always into sports and monkey business. When I was in high school I realised the older guys noticed my sneakers, especially the ones I got from my neighbour, who brought them for me from an American army base in Germany.

Like many kids back in the days I was fascinated by the American productions (movies, sports, music, etc). So, I fell into the world of Nike through Michael Jordan and his flying shoes.

It all started whit my 1st pair of Nikes, the Air Jordan 7 Bordeaux. And then the genius of Nike marketing made the rest, every year a new pair, every all star game a new release, the 8’s, the 9’s and on and on… Every colorway, every collabs and then it's too late, you realize that you have thousands of pairs stocked in your room, hahahahaha…

I’ve always had a crush on the Nike Cortez as it takes me back to the early days of HipHop. Actually, all sneakers captured in a Martha Cooper picture could be my favourite.

Nike Air Huarache 1992

Gotta go with the AJ 6 Black Infrareds from 1991… My neighbor used to have them, I was crazy about them, and then the mania went on…

Recently I haven't been wearing my Jordans much. In the Netherlands lots of girls decide in the morning whether to wear their Jordans or their Uggs. That tells me enough. I’ll start wearing mine in a few years from now, when nobody believes in Jordans anymore. (and Uggs for that matter...)

Nike Air Jordan XI. It’s without a doubt one of the best Jordan in the series but the 2010 reissue should not raise as much excitement. Especially due to the fact that the material quality and the assembly are really doubtful. I think it’s a form of disrespect - regarding the work of creation and design.

The NSW X Steven Alan collection…So much hyped that I did not even get a single pair in my size. They sold out in minutes, hahahah, fuck the hype!

Next SNEAKERNESS events: June 18th, 2011 - Zurich | August 27th, 2011 - Amsterdam | October 1st, 2011 - Vienna

www.sneakerness.com

Photos: Ian G.C. White (cutterskink)

‘The Next Generation’ by Reesom Haile Well traveled and knowing many languages, The next generation arrives. Let’s rise to the occasion. Welcome, Vielkomen, Bien Venue, Ben Venuto! Let’s bathe your tired feet with hot water And serve the best injera*, vegetables, meat and drink. Take this warm, white gabi* to wrap yourself in. Let’s walk the mountains and valleys Given to us, we give them to you — History and culture to read, A legacy to satisfy your needs And to share, even with strangers — On one condition: Don’t give it all away.

«Our poetry is not something that has left our tongue and lived in the books for a very long time. When I recite my poetry at home, the people listening to me will say, “Add this to that, add this to that.” It's participatory. It's not something that we put on the wall and say “Oh, this is pretty.” Our traditional poetry form is ad hoc. Someone will just get up and say something to try to capture the spirit of that particular time. And people will add, “Why don't you say so, why don't you add this, why don't you extend it.” This very much part of the tradition. I am putting it on paper because I think it is about time we start storing it for the next generation.» Reesom Haile

*injera - traditional bread *gabi - traditional blanket/cloak

www.cutterskink.com

TURBOKOLOR Gangsta Rat

PRISM Owl

WEMOTO Misfit

OBEY Velvet tone

HUF Stacked Boards

NIKE Nike

AKOMPLICE Fuel

OBEY JRS Rules 01

DEPHECT Tunnel

ALIFE The Alife only

ZIMTSTERN Pocket DEPHECT War of the Wax PRISM Feather egg SEIN Envy

WEMOTO CYH

NUMBER ONE Icy

NEFF What the Neff

MAKIA Beanie

ALIFE A 5-panel Cap

OBEY Trademark 5-panel Cap Navajo

FRENDS Classic

WEMOTO Leather Club

NSW Destroyer WEMOTO Asha

ALIFE Crew Core

TURBOKOLOR Woda

HUF Green

CARHARTT Duck University

CARHARTT BBQ grill

CARHARTT Sign towel

SWATCH Black dunes

SIXPACK FRANCE Paoli

SWATCH Blue Zeb

CLAE Strayhorn

POINTER Pluckrose

CLAE Khan

OBEY Trademark Messenger Bag Navajo

NIKE Air Vortex Vintage

NIKE Dunk High Premium

NIKE Air Max 90

CLAE Russell

NEFF Fox

HUF D.B.C.

WEMOTO Field HUF Cotton Parka

WEMOTO Royal

ELEMENT Oak

SIXPACK FRANCE Leounel

ICE CREAM Drip

HERSCHEL SUPPLY CO. America Mountain

ACRYLICK Drop beats

EASTPAK Authentic D'Lab

FREITAG R508 VOLCOM Smoking paper

OAKLEY Holbrook

MISHKA Death Adders Sport 5-panel

HUF Duffle bag

OBEY X CREAKED RECORDS Ngoc Lan's Heartbeats style

PORTER X POINTER Backpack EASTPAK Authentic Mansion

SANDQVIST Steve ALIFE Everybody high official

NIKE Questlove Dunk High

CLAE Zissou

POINTER X WOODWOOD Crago

CLAE Ellington

HAVAIANAS Brasil

My Green City

Back to Nature with Attitude and Style Inspiring work from around the world that is bringing nature back into our cities: from urban farming initiatives, guerilla gardening, and architectural visions, to furniture, products, and other everyday objects that use plants in a functional or aesthetic way. For everyone who has an interest in a more responsible and environmentally friendly lifestyle, this entertaining and socially relevant book makes it clear that we can design our urban future in a way that's green, innovative, vibrant, and constructive.

Mags!

Independent magazine design A compilation of different magazines focusing on trends, design, illustration, photography or film (including Amateur Magazine). The book’s tone is laid-back, entertaining and friendly, making it easy to slow down and dig deeper into the images it features.

by R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, K. Bolhöfer Features: 21 x 26 cm, 240 pages, full color, flexicover Price: € 38 / CHF 53.90 ISBN: 978-3-89955-334-5 www.gestalten.com

Features: 22,5 x 28,5 cm, 192 pages, Spanish-English ISBN 978-84-96823-93-8 www.monsa.com

Nuevo Mundo

Latin American Street Art One could argue that today’s most innovative street artists come from Latin America. The unique visual styles of Os Gêmeos, Bastardilla, Vitché, Saner, Jorge Rodriguez Gerada, and others are not only highly respected in the international art scene, but their work has also been exhibited at renowned museums including the Tate Modern and Fondation Cartier. Nuevo Mundo is the first book to provide a comprehensive documentation of current street art in Latin America by exploring the full spectrum of vibrant regional scenes in their impressive diversity. The book is structured into chapters that introduce work by established artists and promising new talents from Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Columbia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. by Maximiliano Ruiz Features: 21 x 26 cm, 256 pages, full color, hardcover Price: € 35 / CHF 49.90 ISBN: 978-3-89955-337-6 www.gestalten.com

SOMETHING IN BETWEEN Sergej Vutuc

Vutuc's transition from the early days of skateboarding, playing in a band, publishing records over moving out of the Balkan scene to Heilbronn, publishing zines, running a gallery and concentrating on photography was a ‘multi-stepprocess’. About his many activities Vutuc says: “It is hard to describe what I am. I would describe myself as a workaholic (…) working on my dream, which is bringing me into different projects running parallel all over Europe. Music, sound, skateboarding and my passion for photography merged into one. (…) For me it is often hard to say I am a photographer, or to describe which way of expression I am currently working on and what I will give my attention to in the future (…) Maybe the title of my latest book describes it best: Something in Between!” Features: 24 x 25,5 cm, 104 pages with 70 b/w illustrations, hardcover, text by Jocko Weyland Price: € 29,80 ISBN 978-3-940953-62-9 www.sergejvutuc.com www.snoeck.de www.carhartt-wip.com

◊ Watch out for the SERGEJ VUTUC REVIEW in our issue 010 ◊

INCH FURNITURE Shanghai Chair

This beautiful shaped teak solid wood chair is the result from Swiss designers Thomas Wüthrich and Yves Raschle from INCHfurniture. www.inchfurniture.ch

FRIES/ZUMBÜHL for ETERNIT Tetris

The single modules can be arranged playfully in various ways to create individual store room. Each asbestos-free fiber cement TETRIS is handmade in Switzerland. www.eternit.ch

DON'T FEED THE SWEDES Stool Cap

ILVY JACOBS

"With Cap we want to pay homage to an artform and culture which has inspired and provoked thoughtful expression across the world." says Swedish company DFTS. Cap is made of a very durable, recycable plastic and comes as white opaque or with a lamp.

Crunch bags

This series of bags from Dutch designer Ilvy Jacobs is made out of cardboard laminated with a fabric. The series consists of a tennis bag, a golf bag (not shown), a bowling bag and a sports bag. www.ilvyjacobs.nl

www.dfts.se

LA BOITE CONCEPT LD 120

POSTFOSSIL

YVES EBNÖTHER

The spinning top shows a tatooed Earth. As in seafaring, the tattoos tell stories and visualize desires and fears.

Speaking of his foldable mini grill Swiss designer Yves Ebnöther says: "Maybe you know these moments, when you want to grill a sausage just for yourself."

The LD 120 is “the first high fidelity speaker system specially designed for laptops” There are 7 speakers inside: 4 tweeters (2 front and 2 back), 2 medium and 1 subwoofer: 220 Watts RMS. The finishing includes a natural leather plate and nice feet piano lacquer. The most important technical point is the USB DAC (like an soundcard) which improve the sound quality of the laptop.

www.postfossil.ch

www.ebnoether.com

www.laboiteconcept.com

Save Our Souls

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SHOWROOMBASEL Stellwerk

THE BAKEHOUSE DELIVERY aka Hypemag

«Started in 2008, we ran this so called online magazine with the name ‘Hypemag’ for about 2 years. We introduced a lot of new brands, lookbooks and overall interesting people. It was a nice time and we can even say, we had definitely success with this project and after all, we got in touch with a lot of good people. But with the time, we noticed that we're not happy with the name ‘Hypemag’ anymore, and that we also want to follow a cleaner, better and more sustainable concept and that we're just striving for something new. So, what's new now? We changed the language fully to english to provide better understanding for our French speaking readers but also for our international audience. We're selecting the content better and we try to entertain you much more. Our main goal is to produce more and more self-made content. The website as you can see right now is still in beta, but we’re working hard on small details, on some bigger features and also on a new logo and a new header, so stay tuned! Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you’re running a shop, having a brand or if you just want to show us something. We’re open for everything. Well, almost everything.» www.bakehousedelivery.com

Since recently, Basel features a new landmark for young and innovative design called SHOWROOMBASEL. Located in Stellwerk in the newly renovated train station St. Johann, the shop carries a wide variety of products, fashion and furniture by upcoming designers. The room promotes innovative start-up companies and labels from all around the world. One of the goals of the keepers is to provide an overview of the latest international design by young artists. Not only is their focus set on the freshness and recency of the products but also on fair trade, local production and sustainability. In addition to that, one of the credos of the crew is that good design does not necessarily go hand in hand with big prices: there is a thing for every budget. The St.Johann train station, remains as one of the last old buildings in the midst of Basel’s most recent urban building area. Besides SHOWROOMBASEL, Stellwerk houses young designers’ studios and a buffet. www.showroombasel.com www.stellwerkbasel.com

664

Polaroid project Composed by Pascal Greco and Gabriel Mauron, the Polaroid 664 Project is dedicated to all those passionate about Polaroid and places where architecture becomes a source of inspiration. The Polaroid 664 project is a catalogue of abandoned, ignored or obstructured places from around the world. While photographed at the same time, our end results are two individual interpretations. To achieve this, we rely strictly on the use the Polaroid 600SE camera and 664 b/w films.

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FRENCH LOPEZ RECORDS USB Cassette magazine

For the project to progress however, (alongside our own research) we invite people to offer suggestions and tips on places of interest. and, it is with these submissions we hope to complete our goal of creating a book, for which we would credit each and every successful location sourced from suggestions to the site.

French Lopez RCDS is on USB Cassette: An advanced multimedia communication platform. Not just a USB key in the form of an audio cassette, but a digital magazine showcasing the future of tomorrow, today while using a piece of yesterday to support a hit title Music Project. With each release we will bring together creative, informational and journalistic content from visionary artists, brands and collectives. Our aim is to offer with every issue a cover project to bring focus to music and art.

www.664.ch

www.frenchlopezrecords.com

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Sitting here now, I have so many ideas running through my head. They all cross and twist over each other into some mind spaghetti and no words come to the plate. There are so many things that I would like to say, but I can't think of any way to say them. Maybe like art I just start and then see where it all goes... "Urban Art" has boomed in the last few years. But it's not just art. "Extreme" sports have exploded, snowboarding made it into the Olympics in record time, Video games created whole worlds of violence like GTA. Jackass put a generation of lost youth into hospital and names like Tony Hawk became household. Graffiti, once seen as anti social vandalism, became the background for car commercials trying to sell to the "urban youth" market. With a snowboard on the roof rack, someone doing a kick-flip (maybe even the car) and a breakdancer doing a freeze (thrown in for good measure). How do these marketing companies come up with these shameless displays of sell-outism? I guess the commercials must work, or why would they keep doing them? Maybe that's whyâ&#x20AC;Ś because they are totally lost and don't know which way to go. Now that sounds like art! The equation is simple: These companies believe that putting some street on their product will sell more product on the streets. If all the talented artists refused the main stream corpo-

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rate establishment, they would have some very serious problems. I would love to see a commercial done by a company on what they believe the "urban" life is... Actually, I probably already have. But here is the catch 22: You don't want to sell out. But it's hard to survive as an artist. Do you work for the mainstream selling out your art? Or do you wash dishes in a restaurant doing you art in your free time? I have learnt from personal experience that being constantly told what to do in art can kill your spirit. But smelling like other peoples food sucks, too. In the end for most unfortunately it comes down to money. People think less about the companies they are representing for the cash, simply because they are not used to that amount of money. SO many artists I can remember living on mashed potatoes and two minute noodles (if at all). One Christmas we sculpted a turkey with mash potatoes, baked it in the oven and then sliced it (like the real turkey it had become). It's amazing how real something is, if you truly believe in it. Its hard to resist, when you're struggling to survive. But for those who do struggle through with their integrity intact, there is waiting for them... just like those before them... more struggle. But at least they can call it their own. There's no future to try and be like someone else. Our world is spinning too fast, and there are too many people waiting to fill our shoes. Art is about staying one step ahead. If your doing, and living what you believe... then, that's the step.

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