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-ADWEEK Wes Anderson Brings His Trademark Visual Style To Zany Spots for the 2012 Hyundai Azera “… In “Talk to My Car,” the nostalgia-happy Anderson hypes the 2012 Azera’s “bluelink” technology via a pastiche of pop culture’s most famous voice-responsive vehicles (there’s a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-esque flying contraption, an underwater car straight out of The Spy Who Loved Me, and a take on Knight Rider’s KITT) plus a heavy bit of personal touch (there’s enough corny visual effects and obsessive symmetry to make your head explode). Bluelink doesn’t actually allow your car to shoot through space, but it does let you make a dinner reservation by simply asking.” CONTINUED INFO 20th April 2012
Farm League Directors Tim Wheeler and Danny Moder Direct Spots for Strava, An Inspiring New Social Fitness App for Avid Runners and Cyclists Featuring world-renowned pro cyclists Tim Johnson, Jesse Anthony and Lea Davison, the campaign, shot entirely on the RED EPIC X, captures the heartfelt thrill of the sport while showcasing the benefits of Strava, the new community that “lets athletes all over the world experience social fitness—sharing, comparing and competing with each other’s personal fitness data via mobile and online apps.” WATCH INFO 20th April 2012
Farm League, A Full-Service Production Company Opens in Santa Monica Executive Producers Tim Lynch, Tieneke Pavesic and Director, Chris Malloy have partnered to open Farm League, a full-service production and content company based in Santa Monica, California and Portland, Oregon. In their words: “We got together and started Farm League for a reason. A bunch of reasons, actually. Like that life is too big (and fun and great and instructive) to keep separate from work. We have learned that production is like surfing is like farming is like gardening is like sports is like family, and that being some kind of special insider just means your world is that much smaller.” CONTINUED INFO 20th April 2012
-VISUAL RESEARCH, EDITION #3 Nadav Kander is a London based photographer, artist and director, internationally renowned for his portraiture and landscapes. Yangtze - The Long River, his most recent monograph, shows “humans dwarfed by their surroundings.” Kander describes the work by saying “common man has little say in China’s progression and this smallness is alluded  to in the work.” This series has the feel of a film set - more cinematography than photography - as if Kander has unknowingly captured a mise-en-scène, some wrongly cut dramatic moment, unfolding on the river banks. nadavkander.com INFO 20th April 2012
-VISUAL RESEARCH, EDITION #2 Brea Souders is a photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. ‘Suburn in Naples’, commissioned by Dear Dave, Magazine is from a series addressing, in her words, her “identity as an American with very mixed European ancestry.” One of her personal projects, titled ‘Islands and Streams’ was born out of the dream journals of well-known figures (ie. Marquis de Sade and the Victorian sexologist, Havelock Ellis. Frustrated by the passiveness of reading a novel or listening to a beautiful song, Brea recreates specific parts of the dream in her studio in order to interact with something she loves, admires or finds interesting. -from an interview with Brea on TPP breasouders.com INFO ♥ 3 3rd February 2012
-VISUAL RESEARCH, EDITION #1 Catalina Bartolomé is a contemporary Argentinian photographer who creates images that depict people in odd and unusual poses or circumstances. Her images are strangely alluring for their surreal scenes. Many feature women posing with their face obfuscated by objects, clothing or hair.  INFO ♥ 15 26th January 2012
-HERE, BEHIND-THE-SCENES “It was about trying to describe the landscape through these hotels and to try and make a comparison between the essence of moving yourself between places, the joy it brings and the mystery that comes with it,” explained director, Luca Guadagnino. INFO ♥ 4 26th January 2012
-HERE The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, a glittering ensemble of over 75 hotels and resorts in more than 35 countries, has reunited Waris Ahluwalia with Luca Guadagnino, the director of their Golden Globe-nominated film, I Am Love to create a cinematic experience that offers a glimpse into the hidden treasures of some of America’s favorite destinations. The short film stars Agyness Deyn with music by Jason Schwartzman and Woody Jackson, and was shot at three of The Luxury Collection’s most iconic properties across the United States, aiming to inspire global travelers to explore and discover destinations in a unique and authentic way. As an impassioned traveler and The Luxury Collection’s newest Global Explorer, Ahluwalia, conceived the project with Luca Guadagnino, Sandro Kopp and Tilda Swinton, who gratefully acknowledged The Luxury Collection’s philanthropic contribution towards the foundation of a new school for the inspired education of teenagers in the Scottish Highlands. The brand’s mantra, “Life Is A Collection of Experiences. Let Us Be Your Guide,” led the creative direction for the team to explore the unexpected joys of a cross-country journey. From the stately Equinox in Vermont, to the sun-soaked beauty of the Phoenician in Arizona, and across the Pacific to the legendary Royal Hawaiian, Agyness Deyn is the muse styled by costume designer Heidi Bivens with hair and makeup by Nico Guillis. The short film is produced by Waris Ahluwalia and Lucy Cooper through New York production house ALLDAYEVERYDAY. INFO 26th January 2012
-THROAT ART White Iris Records’ Andy McGrath contributes his playlist for lazy fridays and a friends’ poem to THROAT ART’s inaugural zine, Strep Throat Volume 1. Handmade and screen printed for The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival 2011. Keeping it real for a good cause. About THROAT: THROAT is a non-profit art organization based in Brooklyn, NY. Its primary focus is to open an accessible community co-op, and a performance art & gallery space for aspiring artists. The goal is to create a consistent dialogue between the artist and the viewer, and to provide an opportunity for anyone within the community to learn, create and think critically about art and its impact on society. THROAT hopes to provide an affordable studio space for local artists, economical art and music classes for members of the local community, an environmentally-friendly print-shop, as well as food and a movie theater. INFO ♥ 2 21st December 2011
-BILLBOARD MAGAZINE Was 2011 the Beginning of the End of ‘Selling Out’ in Indie Rock? Daron Hollowell is executive producer and co-founder of Black Iris, a Brooklyn-based collective of working indie musicians who create original content for film, TV and advertising. He and Andy McGrath, who heads Black Iris’ label arm, White Iris, have acted as moderators between bands and brands since 2005. Hollowell says that in the past year, demand from brands for original content — rather than traditional product endorsement or licensing — has had a major boost. “It’s becoming more common now that when [brands] approach us or these bands, they want to create something that is really great in its own right, while also having it help promote a product,” Hollowell says. “These collaborations between artists and brands, oftentimes done through an ad agency, seem to be on the rise.” Indie fans used to bristle at the faintest scent of compromised integrity. So why aren’t they doing that now? “People recently are pretty OK with it if it’s made clear that a brand is involved,” Hollowell says. “That’s a by-product of the understanding that once people started downloading music for free so frequently, bands weren’t left with that many options for making this sort of life work, especially if you’re a baby band trying to scratch it out. These are real opportunities and [fans] recognize that.” MORE INFO ♥ 1 19th December 2011
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Other Lives 'Tamer Animals'
25th October 2011
-Rolling Stone Duck Sauce “Big Bad Wolf” “Big Bad Wolf” “is pretty simple, and it can mean anything, really, so we wanted the video to have its own narrative,” says A-Trak, one-half of the dance duo Duck Sauce, along with DJ Armand Van Helden. “Remember when dance music videos used to actually be creative? Like when you think back to Aphex Twin, Fatboy Slim and Daft Punk… I don’t know why the genre’s videos became so generic in recent years.“When Keith [Schofield] came up with this idea of ‘crotchfaces,’ we just thought it was hilarious,” A-Trak continues. “He started coming up with all these gags and describing the characters living in this sort of parallel world, and we were sold. He wasn’t sure if we’d be down to play the leads, but our take on this was, if we’re going to do this, we need to go all the way. So we played the dickheads, essentially.” KEITH SCHOFIELD SOMESUCH & CO. CAVIAR INFO ♥ 11 24th October 2011
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Other Lives 'Dust Bowl III'
20th October 2011
-AnOther Mag Behind the Pages - Everybody Street, Cheryl Dunn It is a rare thing that the development of an art form is without argument attributed to the genius, drive and inspiration of a single figure, but it is an established fact in the case of photography in America. Alfred Steiglitz’s long life bore witness to seismic changes in the world, and his work and passion within the field ensured that developments in photography were similarly revolutionary. His endeavors saw the medium freed from the frozen and stylised portraits of the late 19th century and the ground laid for the vibrant, anarchic, freewheeling snapshots that characterise American street photography today. A truly breathtaking legacy, and one worthy of commemoration. MORE INFO 20th October 2011
-Kickstarter “Hello photographers, photography enthusiasts, lovers of history and New York City. My name is Cheryl Dunn and I am a fellow photographer and the director of Everybody Street, a feature documentary about NYC street photographers who have taken some of the most iconic images of the last century. Whether you take pictures with your phone or a Leica, you will relish the opportunity to hear the real stories of the men and women who are the very foundation of the street photography movement and of the medium itself.”  - Cheryl Dunn These include, to date: Bruce Davidson, Joel Meyerowitz, Mary Ellen Mark, Max Kozloff, Ricky Powell, Martha Cooper, Jamal Shabazz, Bruce Gilden, Clayton Patterson, Jeff Mermelstein, Rebecca Lepkoff, Boogie, Luc Sante, Jill Freedman and Josh Wildman MORE SUPPORT THE COMPLETION OF THE FINAL PHASE OF THIS IMPORTANT FILM BY HELPING TO FUND CHERYL’S KICKSTARTER PROJECT INFO 19th October 2011
 

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