UNDERWORLD – COWGIRL (ALT C69 MIX FROM A1564)
2014-08-18Underworld Share Unreleased “Cowgirl” Demo From Dubnobasswithmyheadman Reissue.
Taken from the remastered Super Deluxe 5-CD of Underworld’s first album, released October 6th, 2014.
CONVERSE CONS WEAPON 2014
2014-08-18Converse remasters its classic Weapon, dropping a reimagining of the ’80s high-top for Fall 2014. The latest edition to the brand’s CONS collection, the new Weapon features a lighter last and a slimmer midsole for both style and functionality and incorporates additional updates like an internal Y-Bar with memory foam for enhanced cushion and fit, a plush marbled EVA sockliner, and additional perforations for breathability throughout
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THE HUNDREDS X CROSS COLOURS
2014-08-18“Cross Colours is back. Well, the reality is that Cross Colours never quite went away. In the early 1990s, Carl Jones and TJ Walker founded an urban streetwear brand that went against the drab gangbanger workwear of the time, opened the inner-city up to positivity, and introduced baggy pants to the Yo! MTV Raps generation.
Aptly named Cross Colours, the label skyrocketed overnight, draped across the backs of the biggest rappers, actors, and athletes. But as rapidly as Cross Colours propelled into the mainstream, the fire mysteriously extinguished in 1994 just as fast. The question lingers, “Whatever happened to Cross Colours?” Inactive for twenty years, they return with a collaboration with The Hundreds, our opportunity to pay homage to the ubiquitous styles that defined pop culture in the early ‘90s, and theirs to continue the story cut short two decades ago.” – Bobby Hundreds
CLAYTON BROTHERS – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
2014-08-18“Open to the Public,” an expansive exhibition of mixed-media drawings, assemblage, photography, video, and installations by the Clayton Brothers. Consisting of brothers Rob and Christian Clayton, the duo examines the mythos, culture, and visual language of an archetypal second-hand store located near their studio. Drawing from their observations of the venue and its visitors, the brothers entwine their independent approaches, styles, and palettes into works that operate as co-authored epics – which are rife with reoccurring motifs, gestures, and figures. The end result is a drama of shared experiences that fuse the concept of self with that of the communal, both in subject matter and practice.
Hailed as a thrifting mecca for several decades, Sun Thrift Store in Sunland (CA) draws its share of both unusual characters and the commonplace man – all partaking in the hunt for trash-turned-treasured objects. For this exhibition, the brothers appropriate not only the trinkets and discarded paintings retrieved from the business, but also the handmade signage, categorical displays, and shopper behavior. Unlike the polished and elaborate paintings that the brothers are known for, anonymous figures are drawn with stark immediacy – personalities that correspond with a series of projected candid photographs of perusing customers and muted wall spaces. Acting as flâneurs or urban observers, the brothers investigate both the construct of “thrifting culture” as well as the members that form this unique microcosm of consumption. Taken as a whole, the exhibition draws upon the subject matter of the everyday as a window into contemporary Americana. Through a nonpartisan lens, “Open to the Public” explicates the people’s narrative as a universal struggle to create, cherish and ultimately abandon.
Opposite – Grandma, Mother, Daughter, 2014
Exhibition runs through to September 27th, 2014
Mark Moore Gallery
5790 Washington Blvd
Culver City
Los Angeles
CA 90232
THE LOST TAPES RECORD CLUB
2014-08-18The Lost Tapes Record Club, a project curated by members of the band Clinic, celebrate the launch of their Exquisite Corpses imprint with it’s inaugural release, ‘Songs For The Secret Apocalypse, Vol. 1’ – the first in a series of limited edition 7″ vinyl records with digital download.
A-side, “Remember Happier Times”, is culled from a high-school vanity project that was only ever circulated on home made mix tapes, circa 1985, credited to the Sefton band, Foreign Policy whilst B-side “Blue Skies” is a darker jam that captures liquid pulses, conjured from Chthonic Tunnels, put to tape in one trance-like take.
A follow up to the four EP cassette box-sets released throughout 2013 on Folklore Tapes in association with Finders Keepers Records, the Apocalypse series explores similar themes of psychogeography and musical alchemy in a quest to invoke a long forgotten history. Each edition, compiled by Brian Campbell and Carl Turney, comes with a stamped envelope of ephemera and is limited to 250 hand numbered copies.
www.thelosttapesrecordclub.blogspot.co.uk
TweetBRANDAN VAN HEK – SHOOTING STARS
2014-08-18Shooting Stars foregrounds a field of multi-coloured neon lengths that float across the gallery wall. Though this colour scape leads us to fantasy, the wired electrical forms take us closer to space hardware than the mythical astral bodies that endless wishes are pinned to. The work explores the idea of hollow wishes and synthetic dreams – the kind that rather than hold hope, support scenarios built on illusion and deferment.
Brendan Van Hek works across mediums, incorporating materials such as neon, mirror, glass, metal and disco balls. Ranging from text-based work to large-scale abstract installations, his work deals with narratives located in personal history, fiction and cultural politics.
Exhibition runs through to September 14th, 2014
MOP Gallery
2/39 Abercrombie St
Chippendale
Sydney NSW 2008
Australia
