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Origami Couture Geometric Jewelry
Parking Lot Dance Club Guerrilla Art Spectacle Plus:
Sofia Coppola Stella McCartney
Women who make their
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Veer is a monthly magazine that talks about (and to) creative and independent 20-something women who confidently pursue their own unique path in life. We will cover alternative culture, fashion, design, art, and philanthropy in our print and digital iterations, highlighting women who march to the beat of their own drummer. We are our readers’ resource for solutions and inspiration for living off the beaten path. Veer showcases innovative young women and the aspects of their lives they value most. Each issue will profile many different women and slices of their life, covering a wide spectrum of culture. Veer will inspire readers to break from traditional cultural standards and reject a straight and narrow lifestyle.
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Morgan Morillo David Schwartz Ana Naddaf Katie Broome Emily Bender Lukia Kliossis Danielle Borovoy Amanda Demastus Kara Batt Annie Coreno
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Roberto Machado Patricia Araujo Nicolas Gondim
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Women who make their
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Innovator Todd Selby looks at his friends and their homes
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Initiator
Pink, green and caviar in Marylin Martin’s videos
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Photographer Patricia Araujo and her warrior girls
Sofia+Coppola Stella McCartney
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Famous Fathers, Ambitious Daughters
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Feature/ Story Parking Lot Dance Club
Sixty-foot fall restarts L.A. artist
Origami New Fold
Jewelry inspired by geometric paper designs
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Designer
Kitchen Couture Not your mom’s apron
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Explorer
Travel Stories: Sandra Soleto in “Steps on Africa”
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Four readers write what’s in their mind for Issue #1: Independence
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Pink
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Marilyn Minter continues her interest in blurring the boundaries between fine and commercial art. Co-opting advertising genres and related spaces, she takes a new platform to direct her first video. The eight minute high definition video, Green Pink Caviar (2009) is a lush and sensual voyeuristic hallucination. Filmed with macro lenses, she captures the most minute movements of female mouths licking candy and cake decoration. Driven by her fascination with the body, Minter’s film sets the stage for chance to happen. This 60-second trailer will be screened during the midnight shows at Sunshine Cinema and a five minute version of the film will be on view at MTV’s Times Square bilboard in April as part of a three person video exhibition curated by Minter for Creative Time. Introducing Green
Pink Caviar! Marilyn Minter continues her interest in blurring the boundaries between fine and commercial art. Co-opting advertising genres and related spaces, she takes a new platform to direct her first video. The eight minute high definition video, Green Pink Caviar (2009) is a lush and sensual voyeuristic hallucination. Filmed with macro lenses, she captures the most minute movements of female mouths licking candy and cake decoration. Driven by her fascination with the body, Driven by her fascination with the body, Minter’s film tMinter’s film to happen. This 60-second trailer will be screened during the midnight shows at Sunshine Cines film sets the stage for chance to happen. The film will be on view at MTV’s Times Square bilboard in April as part of a three person video exhibition curated by Minter for Creative Time.
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Photographer Todd Selby regulary takes photos of his extravagant group of friends, at their home, his home, their office... head over to his highly addictive photo blog, to see Alexander Wang and his office, actress Krysten Ritter at home, ever contraversial Peaches Geldof and Karl Lagerfeld to name a few. And check out a special exhibition “The Selby is in Your Place”, at Colette, Paris until May 2nd. Todd Selby regulary takes photos of his extravagant group of friends, at their home, his home, their office... head over to his highly addictive photo blog, to see Alexander Wang and his office, actress Krysten Ritter at home, ever contraversial Peaches Geldof and heck out ae Alexander Wang and his office, actress Krysten Ritter at home, ever special exhibition “The Selby is in Your Place”, at Colette, Paris until May 2nd
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Italian born Patrizia Iacino is known for taking everyday objects considered as trash to most such as used contact lens cases and milk bottle caps and juxtaposing them with precious metal, stone and pearls to create one of a kind hand crafted jewelry. Trained as an architect in Florence, Patrizia moved to New York City in 2001. The high-energy vibe of the city where the concepts of use, refuse, and recycle are evident everywhere heightened her awareness for the environment. This, coupled with her “classical” Italian artistic/architectural training, gave birth to the idea of “ecological” jewelry: GlobalcoolO The colors, the forms, the attention paid to items no longer useful to most led her to collect, among other things, plastic milk jug caps. This resulted in the first “Milk Cap Collection”, she went on to experiment with contact lens containers combined with precious pearls (Eye Collection), caps from beer and mineral water with sterling silver wire (H2O Collection). And, she is always on the lookout for new “waste” that can be put to a more dignified use.
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Made from recycled rubber bands friends collect from vegetables, with a base in 925 sterling silver. Each piece is unique.
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Warrior girls
Patrícia Araújo, 22 years-old, photographs since 14, and now is dedicated to photojournalism. One of her most recent work portrays the feminine: women, workers, talented, mothers, warriors.
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Stella McCartney
Coppola &SofiaFamous fathers,
Stella and Sofia,VEER role models, join us for an interview. These two women were born into fame and fortune, but they share how pursuing their own passions turned them into stars in their own right
ambitious daughters
Stella - Nononononononono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono. When breaking into your industry, how important was it to you to differentiate yourself and your art from your father’s? Stella - Nononononononono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono. Sofia - Nononononononono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono. Stella, personal style and coordinated outfits played a big part in the Beatles’ presence. Did that affect your ideas about fashion or style growing up? Stella - Nononononononono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo
I don’t like being told what to do
When did you realize and fully understand the extent of your father’s fame? Sofia - Nononononononono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono.
What’s your favorite movie / who’s your favorite fashion designer and why? Stella - Nononononononono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono. Sofia - Nononononononono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono What’s your favorite Beatles song? Sofia - Nononononononono nononono nononono Stella - Nononononononono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono.
What I’m about is trying to be realistic
Sofia, your father is an international icon in film making and storytelling. How did it feel being honored with your own Oscar? Sofia - Nononononononono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono.
What makes you feel like a strong and independent woman? Stella - Nononononononono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono. Sofia - Nononononononono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono nononono nononono nononono nonono nonoo nono nonono no nonono nonono.
Normally, the parking lot behind Mr. T’s Bowl in Pasadena, California, looks like a desert of fossilized bubble gum and motor oil blots, but tonight, a small storm of hipsters and guerilla artists has gathered to unleash an alternate reality – the public performance spectacle and web show known as
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Spectators have already stopped to gawk at the mayhem: orange electrical cords snake through the shadows, plugged into some unseen source of power, while towers of speakers stand ready to punch the electropop. A graffiti crew in surgical masks and rubber gloves calmly sprays a “PLDC” logo on a fence adjoining the bar, the paint whispering from aerosol cans into streams of color. A strange flourish comes when Alessandra Rizzotti unfurls impossibly long strips of packaging wrap, the bubbles of which glow like a myriad of pearls. “The dance floor,” Alessandra explains. Her iridescent purple dress transitions to black tights and Nike hightops; she’s accessorized the outfit with a stabilizing neck brace and megaphone. Later, she will use the megaphone to squawk at strangers: Look at me… Clearly, I shouldn’t be dancing, so why aren’t you? Six months earlier, Alessandra was at a creative and professional standstill. Though she had earned a degree from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, she felt stymied by Los Angeles’ movie industry. That’s why she was thrilled to receive an acceptance letter from New York University inviting her to join the Interactive Telecommunications Program, an avant-garde study to push the boundaries of interactivity in the real and digital worlds. NYU was going to jolt her awake. “I wanted to go to design school to figure out my life,” she says. “New York represented a Mecca of change for me, as an L.A. native. I thought once I got to New York, life would be mapped out and all my creative juices would start flowing naturally.”
She adjusts some of the slender set lights that illuminate the stage; nearby, a photographer snaps away at a statuesque brunette, who in hot pink tights and space cadet boots seems just now to have stepped onto the planet. Then Alessandra describes a horrific accident that erased her New York version of the future. “I was hiking in Malibu Canyon with some friends – I was stupid, I only ate carrots, I wore moccasins. On the way back down a waterfall, I lost my footing…” Alessandra landed facedown in a creek and broke her neck, jaw, ankles, and feet; her teeth popped out and her knee split open. If the deadly plummet had never occurred, she’d be settling into a New York apartment, the impasse in Los Angeles an afterthought, but perhaps more startling than the injuries she sustained is how she responded to them. “It’s funny because my accident forced me to pause, collect, and realize that wherever I was going, I still would have been lost and even Google maps couldn’t have saved me. If anything, I became more productive with a neck brace than I would have been in school – it gave me the guts to be the artist I wanted to be.” While healing slowly but steadily, she performed standup comedy, published short blurbs in Smith and Heeb magazines, and featured her video art in Miranda July’s “Learning to Love You More” gallery. And, she produced Parking Lot Dance Club, a way to explore interactive media despite having veered away from New York.
“why aren’t you?” Clearly, I shouldn’t be dancing, so
Parking Lot Dance Club isn’t just goofy hijinks – it’s a live art installation piece, a television variety show, a zone of experience in which the audience, both virtual and real, can become active participants. People on the street can jump in, while a computer trained on the bubble wrap dance floor captures the spirit of spontaneity and broadcasts it online. Alessandra launched the concept because “people are reluctant to dance, even when there’s a bar and alcohol. I don’t understand why people are so inhibited that they don’t want to start dancing. I just want people to let loose, wherever they are.” The nebulous mood crystallizes into something sharper, excitement, when the music comes to life and a team of dancers gets spastic and awkward. Four comedians judge the performance and offer whimsical verdicts –“I give that guy a ten… minus the zero!” – or words of existential confusion: “I don’t know what is happening right now. I think I am supposed to be with my wife and baby.” Another young woman pencils on a mustache, grabs a mic, and lets loose lyrics about being an unaccepted transvestite. Someone passes out balloon giraffes and birthday hats. Two enormous pandas shuffle into the chaos, their somber faces floating over the crowd like non sequiturs. The comedians have no idea what to say. Alessandra is the perfect host, pleading sweetly with the public to join the fun. A lone bystander, two or three beers into his evening, says, “This is weird,” and veers into the crowd, the whirling crowd. Alessandra says into the megaphone, “What’s… happening… to me!?” and busts out a zany move. It’s as if a dysfunctional dream has migrated from her mind into the physical world – not just intact, but essential and electric.
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Origami Jewelry Text by Ana Naddaf Photographed by Nicolas Gondim
Statement-making pieces. This season, the accessories get their own voice. Pieces that are making some kind of “affirmation”, speak for themselves through the visual. Large necklace that follows the neck, forming a sculpture. A ring in zig-zag, continuous and repetitive waves on the finger. A bracelet that involves part of the arm, in double geometric shapes. Exaggerating, but with a touch of minimalism. Create your own speech, with texture and shape. Even in smallest details. Because everything in fashion is ephemeral, our accessories come in “delicate folded” paper, between sculpture and origami, with the signature of the artist Érico Gondim.
The finger is not the limit. The ring appear swith textures or with continuous and repetitive elements which resemble origami.
Listen to them. The earrings are the star of accessories with a sinuous wave form, as the pieces inspired by the spine of dancers (H. Stern).
pyramids, by Marc Jacobs, as cones by Karl Lagerfeld.
Retro bracelets earn geometric formats such as small
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The Prada’s curves or Yves Saint-Laurent’s stars. The “over the top” of the necklaces has a certain air of minimalism, or lies entirely to the idea of sculpture.
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Kitchen by Annie Coreno Photographed by Jackie Ladner
Ever since Diana Perdomo moved from Columbia when she was twelve she has had her hands full. Not only did she teach herself English—along with four other languages—just in time to try out for one of the country’s best theater programs at Fiorello H. Laguardia High School, but she even made it to college all while supporting her parents, three sisters and brother. At 27, Diana continues to support her family while balancing jobs as a state sign-language translator in Spanish and English. But despite Diana’s hard work and dedication to her loved ones, she manages to have a little fun of her own. Not only is Diana a social butterfly—she loves the New York City club scene and has even been known to spend a weekend or two in Miami—but she also recently launched her very own apron company, The Suited. While this might seem like just added responsibility, Diana begs to differ. The Suited, which consists of Diana’s very own designed and handmade aprons, is an outlet that allows her to express her wild side. Rather than the traditional, dowdy smock, The Suited’s aprons are founded on Diana’s (and other womens’) desire to feel sexy – even in the kitchen. “Food is such an aphrodisiac,” Diana explains. “I couldn’t understand why aprons never appealed to that.” Diana surrounds herself with women she considers of her own nature: confident, determined, and sexy. Although she runs the company on her own, she has a killer support system of friends that help out whenever they can. Vanessa Cocks (pictured left) for instance, not only modeled for Diana’s shoot, but she did the art direction as well. Jackie Ladner served as the photographer and make-up artist, and also works full time as a photo editor for New York Magazine.
It’s not your mom’s apron
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