24H in Bratislava
iGNANT was invited by Electronic Beats Festival to spend a night in Bratislava and see HURTS, Youth Kills, Agoria and James Pants live. This is what happened on our 24h trip.
read more…
Canvas Furniture
Tokyo based design studio YOY created ‘Canvas’, a series of two-dimensional hanging furniture pieces. They are constructed out of wood and and aluminum while the volume is covered by an elastic fabric, screen-printed with drawings of different types of furniture. The piece works when the frame is leaned against a wall, stretching when weight is applied it can be used as actual seating.
read more…
Brian Vu
Brian Vu is a photographer and collagist currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He grew up in Orange County, CA and began shooting photos in high school as a way to capture his friends. Collage came a couple years ago by accident. Surprisingly after all these years, it’s still crazy that he´s here pursuing it.
read more…
Censored
After 9 months of travelling around China Alvaro Escobar came across so many prohibtions that he decided to create the series ‘Censored’ as a metaphor that shows the China that he experienced.
read more…
24 Hours Gallery Weekend
Already last year we visited Gallery Weekend, mingling with hundreds of art enthusiasts to let ourselves inspire by numerous creative, bizarre and fascinating artworks. There was a lot to discover, plenty of people filled the gallery spaces and we are looking very much forward to this years Gallery Weekend, when 64 artists show their works in over 50 galleries.
read more…
Flickr Friday
Crooked yesterday – We’re throwing blue looks like other’s words into the air, you’re flattening the sea, I’m the hair, with your smile, crooked like my thoughts I lost my yesterday.
read more…
Spontaneous sculptures
So we’d like to introduce Brad Downey, a visual artist adorning public streets with his sculptural installations. Strongly influenced by Duchamp, Downey’s approach relies on imminence visual communication and is playing against our everyday outlooks.
read more…
The Architect’s Ingredients
The Avant/Garde Diaries met Ole Sondresen, a New York-based architect whose personal and non-intrusive work utilizes the humble aesthetics of reclaimed and recycled materials. His office is in the mythical 80 Wooster Street basement studio of George Maciunas – a location long abandoned after its original incarnation as a hive for Fluxus gatherings with artists like Yoko Ono, Andy Warhol, and Jonas Mekas.
read more…
Permanent Camping
Located on a remote pristine mountain on a sheep station in central western NSW, this structure by Casey Brown Architecture is sited at the edge of a ridge surrounded by large granite boulders and ancient dead trees. The tower has panoramic views for hundreds of miles to the horizon.
read more…
Jonathan Dalton
The dark and mysterious paintings of Barcelona-based artist Jonathan Dalton seem to be from another world. Dark tinted characters and scenes vanish in even darker surroundings, telling bizarre stories while none of the visuals provide hints for the viewer to resolve the mystery.
read more…
