Scratching Beneath the Surface: art by Holly Thoburn
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Holly Thoburn has traveled the world photographing decaying walls, doorways and surfaces from places as diverse as London, Berlin, India and Australia. For her forthcoming exhibition at No Walls Gallery in Brighton, some of the best of these photographs are recreated into densely layered and detailed canvases, each having been on a journey and story of it’s own. Scratching Beneath the Surface brings together a collection of works drawing on over 10 years of inspiration. It’s on now and runs until December 2.
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Witty sculptures by Yarisal and Kublitz
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We defy you to look at these awesome mixed-media sculptures by Berlin-based creative duo, Ronnie Yarisal and Katja Kublitz, without breaking out into a smile. From tiles falling out of a wall-hung carpet to a toilet pump pulling the needle-like thorns from a cactus with the power of a magnet (wittily termed ‘Domestification’), it’s impossible not to be charmed.
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Trädgarden: an outdoor venue in Stockholm
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For young or ever youthful visitors to Stockholm, Sweden, in the warm months, outdoor club Trädgarden is not to miss. More like the expected scene of edgy Berlin than clean, pastel Stockholm, Trädgarden is an outdoor space under the bridge of a southbound metro line. The grimy location is craftily covered by colorful lights, three [...]
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New fashion photography by Oliver Blohm
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Oliver Blohm has a passion for chemistry and an eye for the morbid. His work is a mystic and surreal, a collection of slim models and strange happenings in and around Berlin, where he lives. Already published and sought after by the fashion world, Blohm’s work challenges the boundaries of modern photography.
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Interview with HTRK ahead of their Australian tour
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HTRK, pronounced Hate Rock, are set to return to Australian shores next month for shows at the OutsideIn festival in Sydney and All Tomorrow’s Parties in Melbourne. Sounding like a bad trip dipped in desire laden synths, pounding drums and stuttering guitars, we sat down with Nigel Yang and Jonnine Standish to talk death, desire and chess.
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Amazing illustrated maps of major cities
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Owen Gatley, an illustrator based in Berlin, has made some wonderful maps of London, Paris and New York. Using symbols to show where major landmarks such as London’s Big Ben and New York’s Statue of Liberty are, Gatley has created a unique view of the famous cities. The maps were featured in the Luck issue of Ideas Illustrated. We wonder if anyone’s used them to get around the cities?
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New tumblr: posters and art found on Berlin streets
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Posters of Berlin is a tumblr showcasing posters and art found in the streets of the German capital. Some of the featured works are commercial, others are just meant to make the viewer hesitate and think. All of them provide a great visual footprint of the unique cultural scene of one of my favourite cities.
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New art by Beau Stanton
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Delivering a profound statement in a seductive manner is the ultimate goal of artist Beau Stanton. Balancing a love for innovation and an intrigue of decay, Beau poetically expresses steely-eyed vision of the now simultaneously seen from the future and the past. Stanton caught the attention of the art world last season with a solo show in New York’s Chelsea arts district and then spent the summer spreading the love street art style throughout Europe, culminating with a painting on a section of the Berlin Wall.
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Artist recreates photographs out of date stamps
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At first glance, you’d assume that these are old black and white photographs. In fact, they are made up of thousands of black date stamps. Berlin-based artist Federico Pietrella created these beautiful acrylic-on-canvas paintings using only a date stamp and a lot of patience. If you look really closely, you can figure out when he made the paintings.
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Mars 1, Brin Berliner, Alex and Allison Grey: The Visionaries
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When I hear about ‘visionary art’ I usually react with a cringe. Most of this genre is the product of under-talented, overdosed navel gazers. Many who are attracted to visionary arts are promised a retinal nirvana, a focused porthole into another dimension, a deeply conceptual experience that is a visual open door. But this artistic sojourn requires such an intense level of skill and endurance that only a blessed few are up for the task. I recently had the good fortune to spend an evening with three artists who have taken that difficult journey to its biblical mountaintop.
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The art of frightening
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Sometimes, the tiniest detail can transform the perfectly mundane into goosebumpy freaky. By Berlin ad agency Jung von Matt/Spree under the creative direction of Perter Gocht and Christian Kroll, this ad campaign for European TV channel 13th Street says it all with its clever twist on innocuous household scenes.
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New Zoos of Berlin album coming soon
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The word on the street is that this enigmatic foursome from Detroit, Michigan, is putting the finishing touches on their long-awaited second full-length album. Their quality-over-quantity approach has produced a meticulously-crafted catalogue which is compact, yet sonically rich with soaring electronic rock that will leave you jonesing for more. That said, hurry the hell up [...]
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New art by Trevor Naud
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When he’s not formulating or recording music for Zoos of Berlin, co-frontman Trevor Naud seems to keep pretty busy as a visual artist (and a darned talented one at that). I love the grainy, a la Xerox-tech quality to some of his work. Peruse his photostream and definitely make sure to check out his Album Covers as well as the new Mapmakers series.
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Dissected street art by Nychos
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Growing up as a son to a hunter family in the countryside of Austria, Nychos started quite early to get a profound sense for the beauty and the ugliness of life. So for his professional activities with his Rabbit Eye Movement, it was kind of self-evident to focus on animals and the dissection of their bodies – thankfully as an artist, not as a hunter. Until mid-October, he is exhibiting at the Neurotitan Gallery in Berlin, forming part of a group show.
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Berlin architecture by Matthias Heiderich
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Self-taught Berlin-based photographer Matthias Heiderich recently showed an exhibition of his works at Gallery Carte Blanche in California. He powerfully captures both West Berlin and East Berlin architecture in a way that is just too poetic for words.
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