Above Below Beyond: Janeanne Gilchrist

November 27, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Photography, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2017

"Above Below Beyond" is an ongoing solo exhibition at The Fergusson Gallery of Scottish photographer Janeanne Gilchrist (Staunch Industries). Her work explores the world under the waves and man's relationship with the sea. With strong themes of folklore, fantasy created from man-made waste, dive with Janeanne into my subconscious mind to find a deeper meaning of life. Freediving in various locations in the Scottish seas for the last 10 years, she has discovered a beautiful new world where gravity doesn’t apply and everything is in constant flux.

@janeannegilchrist

S7 Airlines: I Am You

November 25, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Motioncollector, 2017

S7 Airlines did it again. You may remember their award-winning collaboration with OK GO, and beautiful video campaigns "I want to go, where.." and "The Best Planet" but their latest "I Am You" smashed them all. Glitch, vaporwave, selfie and unlimited access to planet Earth - that what director Salomon Ligthelm put on an editing deck, mixed and twisted together with Russian agency Stereotactic

“With a decidedly eclectic visual approach, we wanted to convey two worlds, one experienced through the limited lens of other people’s digital experiences - creating a distorted and ultimately ‘unrealistic’ depiction of the world, and the other was an invitation to go and experience the world and its unique cultures and subcultures yourself - be it the Wushu Martial Art Kids of Shaolin, the Drifters of Saudi Arabia, the Bosozoku of Japan, the Shamans of Altai or the eccentric characters of a ‘Burning Man’ type arts festival.”

— Salomon Ligthelm

Vernacular, sculptures by Song Kang

November 24, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Sculpture, Portfolios, USA, 2017

Song Kang is an artist based in Portland, Oregon. She combines her interests in organic forms and textural details to create dreamlike images. Her latest project "Vernacular" features sculptures of imaginary architecture growing from animal bodies.

The term ‘vernacular’ tends to correlate with all things commonplace; however, in the architectural sense, the ‘vernacular’ exemplifies man’s abilities to adapt to his surroundings and build with his environment. This series explores the symbiotic relationship between the vernacular home and the environmental context in which it exists.

@songhkang

Nicolas Garner

November 23, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, France, Portfolios, 2017

Nicolas Garner is a visual artist and designer based in Paris. He graduated with a master’s degree in Art Direction at ECAL. His transdisciplinary practice is characterized by a significant interest in the decompartmentalization of the creative mediums and rigorous approach to research and experimentation. He works in the fields of art, image-making and creative direction as part of self-initiated projects or collaborations.

In his series Hyperreality and Genesis 1:27, which have been exhibited as installations, Nicolas treads the thin line between photography and CGI. In both bodies of work he is “challenging our trust of digitally constructed imagery in the context of our post-photographic era.” His glossy images of the human form blur the boundaries between realness and falseness by appearing at once too slick to be photos but also too realistic not to be. “What I find fascinating in the digital representation of the body, is that it is vain by essence. It’s very legitimate to wonder about the relevance of the use of these technologies in the quest for a faithful representation,” he explains.

@nicolasgarner

INTRA

November 22, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, France, Portfolios, 2017

"We don't know yet what is inside a black hole, we know it is a singularity, a point where every rule of physics collapse. One of the possibilities is called "The White Hole Theory", a sort of exit from the black hole, a point where everything is born, including space and time. Some compare it to the Big Bang."

INTRA tells the visual story of this theory, a journey from the black to the white hole, a cosmic tale of death and birth...
As a tribute to Nolan's Interstellar, this second short after NOVAE go deeper into our conception of cosmos, interpreting the unknown to propose a vision of the most extreme celestial object of our Universe...

Directed by Thomas Vanz

Making of

Uijung Kim Illustration

November 22, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, USA, 2017

Uijung Kim, originally from South Korea now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Uijung studied Art and Design at Gunsan University, South Korea and illustration at the College for creative studies in Detroit, MI, USA. Inspired by her childhood experiences and the family and friends she grew up with her work is strongly rooted in Korean culture through colour, tone and narrative. Uijung likes making people happy and wants her work to speak to a kid of all ages.

@uijungkim

Abandoned Beauty in Nicola Bertellotti Photography

November 21, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Italy, Portfolios, Photography, 2017

Italian photographer Nicola Bertellotti is a real castle-hunter travelling around the Europe to find abandoned beauties of previous epochs. His photographs left us with gasps and unresolved questions "why? where?" spelling more miracle on the untold stories

on Flickr

Cover Arts by Mateusz Lengling

November 20, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Graphic Design, Poland, Portfolios, 2017

Young Polish graphic artist Mateusz Lengling decomposes perfectly fashion photography then rebuild it to a new forms of visual arts

@lxny__

"Wurf" ("Throw") by Anna Borgman and Candy Lenk

November 20, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Denmark, Germany, Portfolios, 2017

Danish-German artist duo Anna Borgman and Candy Lenk created a series of installations exploring “the relationship between sculpture and place”.

"Titled ‘Wurf’ (‘Throw’), the large-scale installation features a piece made of paper maché and wood that mimics a heavy stone. Displayed in a courtyard in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, ‘Wurf I’ is installed in a delicate green glasshouse. ‘Wurf II’ features the stone imitation hanging from the roof of a monastery church near Leipzig."

The Visionaries: dir. Kinvara Balfour

November 17, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, USA, United Kingdom, 2017

London-based, LA-heart'ed director, producer, writer and speaker Kinvara Balfour (we met her once at V&A) launches the ongoing film project:

THE VISIONARIES

Shot exclusively on iPhone and broadcast on YouTube, the videos are designed to represent the lives of visionary individuals in a format that suits the habits and expectations of viewers in our digital age.

"The visionaries featured in the series come from all walks of life: there are fashion and accessories designers such as Manolo Blahnik, Mary Katrantzou and Stephen Jones; beauty entrepreneurs such as Charlotte Tilbury; and creative talents such as the set designer Es Devlin, the screenwriter Peter Morgan and the photographer Charles March." text via Town&Country Magazine

The first six episodes of the series went live on Kinvara Balfour’s YouTube channel today, with further films released thereafter on a bi-monthly basis.

THE VISIONARIES: WATCH NOW

@kinvarabalfour

Beautiful and Bizarre sculptures by Qixuan Lim

November 17, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, Singapore, Sculpture, Netherlands, 2017

Artist Qixuan Lim born-and-raised in Singapore and now based in Eindhoven makes these and several other tiny sculptures as a sideline to her work as an information designer

@qimmyshimmy

The Six Walls house near Stockholm

November 17, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Architecture, Sweden, Photography, 2017

Located in the woods near Stockholm, ‘The Six Walls’ house is a light-filled weekend home designed by architecture practice Arrhov Frick Arkitektkontor. The concrete building features a sleek rectangular design with walls that are more than five meters high. The same simplicity-guided approach goes for the interior, with a narrow entrance opening up to expansive living areas including a roof terrace overlooking the area’s pine trees.

All images © Mikael Olsson

Colour Theory by Connor Singh

November 16, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Photography, Portfolios, USA, 2017

Colour Theory is a bold and sensual photographic project released by photographer Connor Singh that explores the beauty of the body. The luminescent light follows the curves of the body to form an ensemble that is both electric and almost erotic.

@connor.singh

Saint Petersburg in Film by Scuratti Surprise

November 16, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, Russia, 2017

"The history of cinema appears to be easy to do. Lars von Trier has shot the whole American dilogy without leaving the building. We’ve replayed the scenes from the world-known films within the confines of Saint-Petersburg only. Then what? Сome and see, behold and film."

Written & Directed by Gregory Ignatev, Dmitry Novoseltsev

Director of Photography Pavel Stanin

Scuratti Surprise Team

Burnt by the Sun MMXVII

November 15, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Portfolios, Photography, Russia, Art, 2017

"Burnt by the Sun" is ongoing series of photography started by Russian artists Sonya and Mark Whitesnow several years ago They manage to caught that "mellow brain" moment of models over-exposed on the sun during a photo session.

@smwhitesnow

House 1014 by HARQUITECTES

November 15, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Architecture, Spain, Agencies, 2017

Barcelona-based firm H ARQUITECTES built a home in Catalonia with two courtyards and a central garden. House 1014 features a remarkable red brick, that spans the gap between two crumbling facades on a street in Granollers, Barcelona. Two brick patios bracket the family home, offering a transition area from street accesses on either side of the block, while a further garden splits the space into two distinct halves – one serves for more private domestic activities, and another for one for entertainment.

To create a pedestrian entrance from a street, an original stone facade with ornamental window was preserved to create a pedestrian entrance from a street. "The sequence of spaces creates some kind of ambiguity about what is an interior or exterior space," said the architects.

HP Christmas 2017 - Reinvent Giving

November 14, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Motioncollector, 2017

It was not John Lewis to win our hearts for the best Christmas ad this year but HP promoting their laptops in a magical way. The Mill worked closely with BBDO and Director Sara Dunlop of Rattling Stick to deliver HP ‘Reinvent Giving’. This heartwarming spot showcases the power of the Spectre x360 to sprinkle some holiday magic for artists (and audiences) of all ages.

Close Contact by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Nathan Williams

November 14, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Sculpture, Photography, 2017

"Conceived by partner and co-founder of Danish practice Norm Architects, Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen, and co-founder and creative director of Kinfolk, Nathan Williams, CLOSE CONTACT is a conceptual project that brings a series of bespoke leather spheres, crafted by Danish brand Sørensen Leather, and the human body together in a tactile dialogue of textures, shapes and hues. The project was launched at the Kinfolk Gallery in Copenhagen via an exhibition that ended at the end of October 2017, and is comprised of ten large-scale, limited edition artworks and 100 portfolios of smaller prints of photographs taken by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen"

Liquid Gold Sculptures by Vanderlei Lopes

November 14, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Brazil, Sculpture, Portfolios, 2017

"In this ongoing body of sculptural works, Brazillian artist Vanderlei Lopes creates temporary interventions where his polished brass objects appear to pour and drain like gold from the walls or floors of galleries. Much of Lopes’ work plays with aspects of transformation, be it through the tension of liquid and solid forms seen here, by subtraction, or experimenting with orientation. You can see much more of his work on Artsy and Athena Contemporânea"

@vl.vanderleilopes

Asad Raza for Converso

November 13, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Italy, 2017

For Untitled (plot for dialogue), Asad Raza continues his exploration of inhabiting space with social practices, human and non-human beings, and objects. Raza responds to the architecture of the 16th-century church by introducing flooring, lines, netting, racquets, iced jasmine tea, and coaches for a tennis-like game. He repurposes the church, a place of messages from higher authorities, into a space of two-way exchange and recreation. Raza’s involvement in tennis is longstanding; he is an avid player and has written extensively on the subject. Here he reorients the sport as a reflection on the importance of non-productive activities in a society focused on work. For Raza, the game serves as a method of absorbing energetic drives into symbolic but non-harmful practices.

Visitors to Untitled (plot for dialogue) become more than spectators—practicing with the coaches, they inhabit their bodies in coordinated action. Players respond to each other through the medium of the ball and the plot of the court. The piece places the experience of play above purely visual appreciation, as the back-and-forth of tennis exchanges produces meditative beauty through actions never to be repeated.

Director and curator: Alexander May
Curator: Michele D’Aurizio
Exhibition coordinator: Nadine D’Archemont
Assistants: Giulia Ratti, Chiara Spagnol
Tennis coaches: Tommaso Agrati, Edoardo Bodini, Tommaso Corbetta, Chiara Dell’Acqua, Jacopo Mazzetti, Marco Zanghì

@_converso