NOTTURNO

Posted on 2021-01-25

The film follows Mohamedou Ould Salahi (Rahim), who is captured by the U.S. government and languishing in Guantanamo Bay detention camp without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Salahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Together, they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch (Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.

Streaming March 5th, 2021

notturno

  

RAUL WALCH – UNFOLLOW

Posted on 2021-01-25

Much of Walch’s practice is set against nature or urbanity that finds itself in a critical stage of transition. Like most of the materials used by Walch in his practice, individual elements that make up the artworks are repurposed-every object has breathed in open air outside of the white cube in some way. As such, the show charts out a line between two environmental polarities-at sea level, a coal mining factory in Lausitz and, 3,800 meters above and farther south, the glaciers of South Tyrol. In a short looping film called No One to Follow, the artist plots his way across these two disparate places: one, a site of “excellent” nature and, at the other, a site of resource-extraction and overt destruction. While the glacier appears to exemplify natural beauty, the sun is beaming down; to protect it from melting, a thick wooly fleece is draped across kilometers of ice. This juxtaposition of, on the one hand, an unnatural state of preservation and, on the other, one of bustling destruction shows that any ideation about the natural and the unnatural is paradoxical. In all cases, nature finds itself in a state of human-induced entropy; Profitability connects them.

Opposite – Leave It Under Ground, 2020

Exhibition runs through to February 6th, 2021

Galerie EIGEN + ART
Auguststraße 26
10117 Berlin
Germany

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.CH

Posted on 2021-01-25

The exhibition “.ch”, unites works by Ian Anüll, Pia Fries, Christian Lindow, Harald F. Müller, Christoph Rütimann, Albrecht Schnider and Rémy Zaugg. The artists have a personal connection to Zurich and Switzerland.

Opposite – Rémy Zaugg, LOOK/I AM/BLIND/LOOK., 1999

Exhibition runs through to March 27th, 2021

Mai 36 Galerie
Rämistrasse 37
CH-8001 Zürich
Switzerland

www.mai36.com

  

DAVID VESTAL – ON THE QUIET STREETS OF NEW YORK

Posted on 2021-01-25

This array of photographs, depicting scenes of New York from the 1940s to the 1960s, illustrates Vestal’s ability to harness the juxtaposition of the intensity of the pounding city and the loneliness of the quiet streets. These black and white images, abound with atmospheric light and dramatic composition, draw the viewer into Vestal’s poetic film noir-inspired New York.

David Vestal was born in Menlo Park, California in 1924. On the Quiet Streets of New York is his fourth solo exhibition with Robert Mann Gallery. He made a great splash in the Photo League, where he was a member and befriended Sid Grossman, developing the distinguishing approach of favoring single images to photographic essays. Vestal was also a figure of the New York School, a radical and politically charged artistic movement following WWII that created a new form of documentary street photography.

Opposite – 133 W. 22nd St., New York, 1964

Exhibition runs through to February 13th, 2021

Robert Mann Gallery
525 West 26th Street, Floor 2
New York
NY 10001

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THE TELLING OF FASHION

Posted on 2021-01-25

Contrary to popular belief, what was cool today may still be cool tomorrow, especially in fashion. However, that all depends on who took the picture and what the image is of, naturally.

From its inception, fashion photography has consistently operated as a cultural tool. Borrowing ideas and inspiration from the art world in the 1920s to thriving on social media campaigns today, fashion photography has continually redefined itself to serve the needs of the times. In its power and agency as a harbinger of taste, fashion photography not only presents us with ways of seeing and remembering each passing epoch, but it also expands and commercializes its most popular themes. The art form, which the photographers who shot fashion would collectively create, introduced new and subtle modes of expression, influenced by the classical norms of the past, the commercial success of the industry, and the aesthetic liberties of pursuing self-expression. After all, fashion photography not only sells us on the desirability of clothes but ultimately presents the prevailing attitudes, cultural phenomena, and exchange of ideas in our current place in history, becoming the expression of the ‘now.’

Opposite – Arthur Elgort, Kate Moss in Los Angeles, CA, Vogue

Exhibition runs through to February 6th, 2021

Holden Luntz Gallery
332 Worth Avenue
Palm Beach
FL 33480

www.holdenluntz.com

  

SYNTHE-SIZE ME! PRINTED ZINE

Posted on 2021-01-25

SYNTHE-SIZE ME! Screen printed zine, 16 pages, hand screen printed in two colours onto Seawhite 140gsm cream paper, with 350gsm Colorset covers.

“You are about to embark on a journey, a journey through space and time, through wires, diodes and circuits to the very beginnings of the synthesizer! Whether you are a dipping your toe into the world of synths, or an unabashed synthesizer nerd, the words and images contained herein are designed to give you a brief but tantalising overview of synthesizer history. But don’t let it end here, this is merely scratching the surface, just a selection of the countless people who have helped shape this world of synthesized sound. Scan the QR codes with your phone to link to YouTube videos and Spotify playlists and expand your synth knowledge….think of it as a portal to another world of fearless innovators, imaginative explorers and most importantly, strange and wonderful sounds! What’s that you say, “synthe-size me”? Very well….prepare to be SYNTHE-SIZED!”

PRE-ORDER, shipping on the 15th February.

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