2013 March : EXIT

SUPRA X HARMONY KORINE X SPRING BREAKERS DONAVYN

Posted on 2013-03-11

Supra has teamed up with director Harmony Korine on the Spring Breakers Donavyn low top sneaker. Celebrating the releas of his upcoming Spring Breakers film starring Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, and James Franco.

The Spring Breakers Donavyn is a low top, redolent of a dress shoe, with a color story that, at first glance, is as bizarre as some of Harmony’s scripts. But the hot pink and turquoise color story was chosen as a nod to another ubiquitous Florida institution, the hit 80’s TV show Miami Vice. The upper is constructed from a unique, hot pink leather that looks shiny and wet like patent leather, but is actually a premium full-grain leather that technology has only recently been able to furnish with these kinds of extreme hues and textures – this is one of the first shoes in the world to feature this new material. It also has three pairs of laces (black, hot pink, and turquoise), a padded black mesh lining, and it’s constructed on a bright turquoise vulcanized sole with a double layer of turquoise foxing. Only 100 pairs of the Spring Breakers Donavyn were created.

www.suprafootwear.com

FORMAT13

Posted on 2013-03-11

Photography Festival is building up to be the biggest and most ambitious yet, making the city of Derby once again the place to discover new and exciting photography from around the world.
Artistic Director Louise Clements has curated a rich line up of exhibitions under the festival’s theme FACTORY: Mass Production, and includes an exciting new exhibition Notes Home – the history of the British postcard produced by the Archive of Modern Conflict; the UK premier of Album Beauty from the collection of Erik Kessels; Silvermine a unique view of China discovered from found photography and curated by Thomas Sauvin; Ken Grant’s intimate portrayal of Thatcher’s working class Britain No Pain Whatsoever and Still Waters a special commission by Brian Griffin, one of the UK’s most influential and creative portrait photographers.

Located in Derby, a UNESCO World Heritage site, FORMAT13: Factory will be a celebration of the city as the birth place of mass production, and explore how the factory continues to be relevant in the 21st century digital age.

FORMAT has built its reputation through its championing of international photography presenting the best of emerging talent, showcasing it alongside the masters of photography and in particular bringing new talents from China, Indian sub-continent, Africa, South America and the Middle East to the UK for the first time.

Opposite – Paul Wenham-Clarke: Silicon limb worker, 2012

Exhibition runs through till April 7th, 2013

FORMAT Festival
Market Place
Cathedral Quarter
Derby
DE1 3AS

www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk

ZANELE MUHOLI – FACES AND PHASES

Posted on 2013-03-11

Faces and Phases is an ongoing series of photographic portraits of black lesbians and transgender individuals Muholi has met in South Africa and beyond.
The portraits work as a visual statement as well as an archive, presenting and preserving an often abused and ostracized community through visual records. As Muholi writes: “In the face of all the challenges our community encounters daily, I embarked on a journey of visual activism to ensure that there is black queer visibility. It is important to mark, map and preserve our movements through visual histories for reference and posterity so that future generations will note that we were here.”“In Faces and Phases I present our existence and resistance through positive imagery of black queers (especially lesbians) in South African society and beyond. I show our aesthetics through portraiture. Historically, portraits serve as memorable
records for lovers, family and friends.”

Exhibition runs through till April 6th, 2013

Yancey Richardson Gallery
535 West 22nd Street 3rd floor
New York
NY
10011

www.yanceyrichardson.com

STUDIO SITTINGS

Posted on 2013-03-11

What remains unchanged over a period of more than 150 years is the fascination of photographers, art lovers and collectors with images of artists and their creative spaces. We still see these pictures as a record and one possible key to understanding the artist, the creative process, and the social environment in which they lived. Anne Purkiss, 2013.

For over 25 years, portrait photographer Anne Purkiss has been taking pictures of Royal Academicians. Often posed in their studios, these images are a unique record of some of the most celebrated artists of recent times. From Dame Elisabeth Frink, to Sir Peter Blake and Sir Anthony Caro the images provide a telling insight into the artist’s working environment and their creative spaces.

Exhibition runs from March 15th to June 2nd, 2013

Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
W14 8LZ

www.rbkc.gov.uk

THE PAPERBOY

Posted on 2013-03-11

The Paperboy is set in the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, as investigative reporter Ward Jansen (Matthew McConaughey) and his partner Yardley Acheman (David Oyelowo) chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward’s younger brother Jack (Zac Efron) and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless (Nicole Kidman), the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter (John Cusack) was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff. Based on the provocative bestselling novel by Pete Dexter (Mulholland Falls, Rush), The Paperboy peels back a sleepy small town’s decades-old façade of Southern gentility to reveal a quagmire of evil as dark as a Florida bayou.

In theaters March 15th, 2013

thepaperboy-movie.com

THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE

Posted on 2013-03-11

Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas Strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt’s growing ego. But lately the duo’s greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they’ve grown to loathe each other.

Facing cutthroat competition from guerilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show is starting to look stale. But there’s still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act—both onstage and off—if only Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place.

In theaters March 15th, 2013