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DotMov 2010 festival

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DOTMOV is a digital film festival organized by online magazine "SHIFT", aiming to discover unknown talented creators and provide an opportunity to show their works. They had a total of 237 works from 26 countries this year, and an excellent 11 works among them were selected by guest judges. All the selected works are also presenteded on their website.
This year’s festival will take place in several cities in Japan and oversea during the whole month of November, 2010.

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SCHEDULE
11/01 – 12/25__Sapporo, CAI02
11/01 – 12/03__Fukuoka, Gallery Artlier
11/03 – 11/07__Porto Alegre (Brazil), Arte.mov 2010
11/03 – 11/13__Kagawa, Tokiwa Art Gallery (Cinema Square 2010@TAG)
11/05 – 12/02__Tokyo, TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS
11/05 – 11/18__Kobe, Kobe Design University, Library
11/17 – 11/21__Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Arte.mov 2010
11/19 – 12/19__Stockholm, FÄRGFABRIKEN
11/22 – 11/28__Kyoto, Cafe Independants
11/23 – 12/05__Kyoto, Dojidai Eizo Studio 1928
11/25 – 12/12__Osaka, digmeout ART&DINER
12/10 – 12/23__Sendai, TRUNK (occur2010)
12/06 – 12/12__Nagoya, Golden Child Cafe
12/17 – 12/18__Buenos Aires, G104
12/24 – 12/28__São Paulo (Brazil), Arte.mov 2010
01/14 – 02/12__Shizuoka, CCC
0March 2011 (scheduled)__Kuala Lumpur, KLDW2011

More information here

 

– This event is supported by Revolutionart Magazine –

What’s More Alive Than You

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1Interview with Premrudee Leehacharoenkul, one of the selected authors by the first creative call of What’s More Alive Than You™ whose shoes and bags collection is right now realized.

The young fashion designer is Premrudee Leehacharoenkul, born in Bangkok 28 years ago; she is the author of a beautiful collection of women’s shoes and bags, inspired by nature and food.

 

Tell us who you are and what are you looking for.

“I’m Premrudee Leehacharoenkul, From Thailand. I dedicate myself into accessories design and I’d love to share my passion in this field.”

What about your education and your cultural context?

“I finished my bachelor degree in Industrial design and followed my dream in Accessories design field. I graduated my master degree in Accessories design at Domus academy, Milan last year. Currently, I just graduated another master degree in Footwear design at Polimoda, in Florence, Italy and I started working with an italian artisan shoe maker in Florence. Thanks to him I’m learning how the products are realized and how to become a shoe designer and shoemaker.”

Which kind of perspective would you give to fashion thanks to your work?

“In my opinion, fashion is not just design, esthetic style, but also and especially a functional and

sometimes artistic vision. To me every artwork has its own story and there is nothing can stop your imagination.”

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What do you think about the chance given by WHAT ’S MORE ALIVE THAN YOU ™, which all ows you to turn your background into a career in designing accessories?

This is a very good chance for my life; I’ve seen my imagination turned in real artworks.

What’s more alive than you fulfilled and inspired my passion into the accessories design field, a project

really stunning and stimulating, thanks to whose several cultures and trends mix togheter, where I could freely express myself, where I could see my dream came true, I hope the first one of several goals.”

What about the name of the brand WHAT ’S MORE ALIVE THAN YOU ™? Do you think this brand name could reflect a contemporary idea of fashion?

“I think the brand What’s more alive than you has its own character well defined and a clear objective. It could be a new perspective of fashion! Involving all people with new and fresh ideas, looking for everyone who wants to feel alive!”

What do you expect by the present and by the future?

“I’d love to share my passion and develop my skills in a fashion footwear field. I plan to work and gain more experience in well-known fashion companies: my goal is to open my own studio and becoming a footwear master, integrating the fashion and artisanship. I would like to share my knowledge and experience with those interested in Footwear design field.”

What could you say to anyone who wants to join our creative calls?

“Do not hesistate to take this best opportunity to share your passion and imagination!!

We could create together a new fashion… a contemporary fashion concept”

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What’s More Alive Than You™ presents in these days its first PER MANENT COLLECTION showing as preview a series of shoes and bags designed thanks to the creativity of 15 young students and professionals unknown to the general public, but with great skills and talent.

Among them not only fashion designers but also architects and product designers, who have accepted the multidisciplinary challenge offered by What’s More Alive Than You ™ by creating objects really special, suitable for those who want to stand out, with the spirit of this new Italian brand which offers wearable objects closer to the world of art and design than to the rules of traditional fashion.

This new brand and its ambitious project are recognized by the press about fashion, design and art of 72 countries. Several Universities around the world already involved their students in our creative calls launched several times per year for the design of the collections; among them 15 are already actively working together in partnership. There are already 45 people selected as authors of the artworks, some of them presented in the first PERMANENT COLLECTION and they come from 19 different countries. A project that started just over a year ago but is creating so much interest and curiosity in thousands of people who every day visit the institutional website.

 

This event is Sponsored by Revolutionart Magazine

Presenting finalists of Celeste Prize 2010 Awards

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The names of the 50 finalists who will exhibit their works in New York 11-13 December and vote 40,000 Euro prize money have been chosen by Celeste jurors Julia Draganovic and Mark Gisbourne and the 21 member selection committee.

View works by finalist artists:
http://celesteprize.com/eng_critici_opere/pg:en10/tipo:f/

View works by shortlisted artists:
http://celesteprize.com/eng_critici_opere/pg:en10/tipo:s/

View Exhibition details:
http://www.celesteprize.com/eng_1225/

Painting Prize finalists:

Luca Bray – From Peking to Beijing
Bella Easton – Three way control
Stephen Felmingham – Temple of the Subliminaut
Aleksandra Jarosz Laszlo – Cumulonimbusmoln
Emanuela Lena – contextus # 15
Elizabeth McDonald – Psychic Healing for Alligators
Bettina Patermo – different ways to take a bath 1, fuerteventura
Johanna Perret – Selfportrait
Wendy Plovmand – Fantasy
Gianni Politi – On feeling sacrificable

Photography & Digital Graphics finalists:

Elvira Biatta – Giovanna d’Arco
Hampus Alexander Bjorklund – Before the storm!
Tania Brassesco & Lazlo Passi Norberto – Pot Pourri
Ether – deep summer
Claudio Allia’s work Everydaydream #4
Jay L – From “Venice, March 2010”
Fabiano Parisi – Il mondo che non vedo 01
Piero Steinle – the dead sea will be a lot of fun
Paola Sunday – Fabbrica (from “That’s all, folks!” project)
Liz West – Red Trolley

Video & Animation Prize finalists:

David Altobelli – By Some Miracle
Andy Others – Abito qui…!
Pooja Iranna – Another New Beginning
Pia Lindman – Milk of Magnesia
Shahar Marcus – homecoming artist
Shahar Marcus – The fathers have eaten sour grapes
Ed Purver – In Residence
Marinella Senatore – How do u kill the chemist
Paola Sunday – MADRE
Alexey Terehoff – Lights

Installation, Sculpture & Performance Prize finalists:

Monika Bravo – TIMEPIECE: BE_HERE_NOW
Bonhomme Daniel – Technique de la schizophrénie
Leonardo Gutiérrez Guerra – no title
Joshua Hagler – A Fossilizing Towards, The Name Engorged by Capillarity
Helena Hamilton – To Whom It May Concern (IEQUALSYOUEQUALSWEEQUALSME) – Remain Alive
Denise Hickey – an Army of birds
Jesper Norda – The centre of silence
JeongHo Park – Destroy monolith
Piero Steinle – The Triumph of Laughter
Lisa Wade – Inverted Shelter

Live Media Prize finalists:

Abstract Birds – Genesi
Bruno Costarelli – Paradox
R. Luke DuBois – Synaesthetic Object (Coltrane)
Fuse* – Corpo Elettrico 2.0
KaFai Choy – Eternal Summer Storm
André Gonçalves – For Super 8 Projector and Analogue Synthesizer
Olga Mink – Atlantida
Olga Mink – chance machine
Teatrino Elettrico – DC12V
Telcosystems – Mortals Electric

Final Exhibition: 11-13 December 2010
Voting and Awards ceremony: 11 December 2010
at The Invisible Dog,
51 Bergen street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA.

Order your copy of the catalogue:
http://www.celesteprize.com/eng_440/

Festival Sponsored by Revolutionart Magazine

Tenerife design festival second edition, warming up

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This event dedicated to the design and innovation will take place at different locations on Tenerife’s island from 13 to October 23th.

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After the success achieved during the first edition (2009), Tenerife Design Festival comes for second time. The program is full of new things and projects about design and experimentation, always under the three main pillars of the festival: local identity, contrasting landscapes and tourism.

The festival proposes the design in a dynamic way through five interconnected areas, including cooperation and experimentation, conferences, exhibition, competitions, workshops and urban interventions. The designers and creators are national and internationally prestigious.

One of the main news this year is the area called “TDFLow Island”, which focuses on a series of experimental projects between design and cuisine. The development will take place in Low Island –hence the name- area, mainly in Garachico, town of great historical and artistic importance. TDFLow Island lands in this region in order to mix culture and gastronomic traditions with contemporary design.

The other areas of the festival have a large variety and kinds of activities. TDFAward focuses this year on Fuentealta competition. Basically, the image of the bottles of water must be changed or reinvented by designers.TDFAtmósfera comprises several exhibitions and urban interventions that can be seen at various points of the island. TDFLab will be composed of experimental workshops aimed to designers and design students. Finally, TDFSolution will be the platform to spread the design from a theoretical point of view.

About TDF 2009

The first Tenerife Design Festival was held between 19 and 25 October 2009 in Santa Cruz of Tenerife. The attendance was over 6000 people, including professionals, students and general public. They could enjoy the workshops, conferences, exhibitions and other activities that the event involved.

TDF is a gamble designed by CTND NoQuietDesign, formed by Yapci Ramos and Samuel Cabrera. It’s created to innovate, taking our own traditions, sharing international design trends with local resources. Innovation and creativity to make a global awareness, encouraging and valuing the design as a tool for changes and economic impulse.

Further information:

www.tenerifedesignfestival.com

The Met Hotel

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Art needs space. Spaces need art.

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For many years now, this has been the premise behind much of Christina Chandris’ work, a premise she realised in several of the art projects she curated. Always on the lookout for both well-known and unknown artists, her collector’s eye has been sharpened and she developed unfailing instincts for contemporary art. Highly committed to the fostering of art in her private efforts, she also supports and supervises large-scale art projects that are open to the public. The MET Hotel’s art collection is a new and unique project by Christina Chandris. For the first time worldwide, an exhibition concept that follows museum standards was developed and realised in the rooms and spaces of a hotel. Christina Chandris and all who are involved in this project want to offer an extraordinary experience to the guests of the MET Hotel: to live in close contact with works of art that usually can only be viewed in museums or private art collections.

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www.themethotel.gr

The first permanent collection What’s More Alive Than You

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On air at WMATY.COM the entire first shoes and bags PERMANENT COLLECTION, branded WHAT’S MORE ALIVE THAN YOU®.
This PERMANENT COLLECTION is the first real step towards a new perspective of fashion; it will be available online exclusively on WMATY.COM by next November with the second collection which will feature the new authors selected by the second creative call ended last June.
PERMANENT COLLECTION comes from the experience and professionalism of all those taking part in the several stages of development for the products: who creates the design, selected from thousands around the world, to those who, thanks to the skill, develops and realizes our artwork.
The production of the first PERMANENT COLLECTION lasted months and it was the result of a long search for materials by special texture, resistant, recycled or reused.
It also needed to manual and high-quality manufacturings, realized, in every stage, entirely in Italy.
This collection, as the others will follow, are in balance with the nature while minimizing the use of materials for the development and realization of the artworks as well as control the movement and transport of goods.

www.wmaty.com

The Art of Shocking Politics

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Controversial Paintings of Political Assassinations Come to New York

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As the political climate heats up in the countdown to November’s election, an art show is about to hit town that is likely to add fuel to the fire. State of Shock imagines a world in which President Obama has been assassinated, and shows America’s decline into recrimination and violence in the weeks following the shooting. The show opened to an outcry of protests when exhibited in Charleston SC earlier this year.

Huge depictions of revenge attacks against Glenn Beck and Ann Coulter led to conservatives publicly condemning the show’s original installation in Charleston, with the City Paper describing “outrage in the community” and a TV station’s message board flooded with complaints. In response some political websites leapt to the show’s defense, with the influential Daily Kos website saying that State of Shock “needs to be seen by as broad an audience as possible.”

The controversial show is the creation of British artist Fletcher Crossman who was stunned by the level of anger he saw in American politics. “There’s just so much hatred out there right now,” Crossman says. “We’ve got people carrying loaded weapons to Obama events, and political leaders implying that we might settle our differences with guns. It’s like juggling with matches over a pile of gunpowder, so State of Shock imagines the consequences if the unthinkable happened. ”

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Aware of the criticism that the show panders to a voyeuristic desire to see certain personalities receiving a beating, Crossman is quick to point out that the tone is non-partisan. “It’s about anger and hatred,” he says, “not about Conservatives and Liberals. A number of people have said it made them reflect on their own feelings.”

“The interesting thing is that we received praise and criticism from both sides of the political divide,” adds Mike Elder, owner of Eye Level Art. “A lot of people came expecting to be appalled because of what they’d read in the press, but they left saying that the show is actually very thought-provoking.”

State of Shock combines large-scale paintings with media mock-ups of the New York Times, Fox News, and other news outlets in order to tell a story. “It’s all about making it seem real,” Crossman explains. “We wanted people to feel what it would be like to actually read those headlines. Artists should be addressing what’s happening in the real world, and when you see this show you are looking at the same cast of characters that you see on your TV screens every night.”

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Previously the British Council has sponsored exhibits of Crossman’s work at the New York Art Expo, and earlier this year his paintings were shown at the Katzen Art Museum in Washington DC. The artist now lives in New York.

State of Shock will open with a reception on Thursday 30th September at 6pm, which will be free and open to the public. The exhibit is located at 548 W 28th Street in Chelsea, and the will run until Friday 15th 2010.