Lovely and nostalgic postcards made of thin wood by German company Bizarr Verlag. The coolest way of saying “hi”, no doubts!
Post a card October 31, 2009
Why not? October 28, 2009
Brave anti-homophobic campaign by Generalitat de Catalunya in the streets of Barcelona. Considerably cutting-edge for an official act, the posters ask “Per que no?” which, in Catalan, means “Why not?”. It’s a series of three images showing a lesbian, a male gay and a straight couple kissing. The text encourages the population to join and embrace the case, positioning Barcelona as a liberal and tolerant city.
I can’t help but wonder why the Generalitat doesn’t try the same approach with the immigrants issue…
Photos: SinK
Échantillon-ism October 24, 2009
Our girl Mari Mineiro sent from Paris images of Tomtom, French street artist who cuts the streets placcards in a very particular way turning them into true art installations. He calls it échantillon-ism (échantillon= ”sample”, “cut”). The work you see below took a whole week to be done and is like a tribute to Fleury-Mérogis, a prision just outside Paris. He’ll soon open an exhibition at Fondation Cartier, a space in the French capital especialised in contemporary art.
Thanks Mari! 
Flowers & Poetry in the land of freedom October 23, 2009
For those who don’t know, this song is a huge classic of Brazilian (counter)culture, being released in 1968, during the terrible militar dictatorship that ended in 1984. The lyrics by Geraldo Vandré are a true poem against the violence and censorship imposed to several artists, including himself, at the darkest period of Brazilian recent history. The song, called “Pra Não Dizer Que Não Falei das Flores”, won an international music contest in the same year despite its prohibition for allegedly being “disrespectful to the military government”. Luciano and Ricardo Villalobos played this remix at Cocoon closing party, last month at Amnesia, Ibiza. Goose bumps. Via Daniel Kuhnen.
And we’ve recently (a couple of hours ago, actually) found out the real and amazing story behind this tune. Check this out:
Via Diego Dumont. (Thanks for giving Reebot the CD! ) Source: Resident Advisor. Full interview HERE.
Filmwatchers of the World: Unite! October 23, 2009
So… here is a new section. Cool movies to be discussed and shared between our readers. This first review, sent by our dear Javi Arriaga, is about a movie that redefines the concept of Science Fiction.
DISTRICT 9
(you are not welcome here)
Are you Sci-Fi movies fan? Are you a member of the fellowship? It doesn´t matter, you need to watch this movie.
Directed by Neill Blomkamp, plotted by himself and Terri Tatchell and produced by the makers of The Lord Of The Rings, Peter Jackson and Phillipa Boyens, District 9 appears as one of the most complex films since Terrence Malik´s Thin Red Line. The talented Blomkamp drives us deep inside the inmediate future proposed here. Handling a bunch of really good actors, he composes a perfect collection of rock solid characters that evolve in a Johannesburg where an alien slum is up to be removed after 20 years of impossible understanding with locals.
Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), a Multi-National United (MNU) corporation field officer, is set with a task to move 1.8 million aliens to a new District 10 camp located 240 km from Johannesburg, but things will not turn up as expected. Disguised as a Sci-Fi/Action movie, we find in Wikus´ story same depth of introspective personal development as we find in Kafka´s Metamorphosis. Also the “state of the art” special effects shown here, smash the spectator down to the ground reality of this camp that might be any of the refugee camps that sadly hold millions all over the world.
The sometimes impossible understanding between cultures, human greed, unconditional love and unspected coincidence of goals and needs among different people (in this case species) are some of the subjects that are treated on this refreshing feature. Vigorous rythm, powerful cinematography, beautiful soundtrack, brilliant effects, and some ideas to think about is what you will get by watching this five stars movie that deserves to be enjoyed inside a good theater.
HINTS
ONE: If you normally are not keen on Sci-Fi movies don´t watch the online traillers, because you might get a wrong idea.
TWO: Don´t buy popcorn, maybe some cat food if you like.
RATING: 9,5 / 10
Review: Javi Arriaga
Summer windows: Hermes October 20, 2009
Inspiring Hermes summer window at Bond Street’s branch in London.
Photos: SinK
Sociedad Cerrada October 15, 2009
Sociedade Cerrada nos parece de las más modernas y transgresoras fiestas. La nueva edición, de numero 11, ocurrirá el 7 de noviembre en Barcelona, bajo el tema “Piensa en Rosa”. No os olvideis, hay que ser aceptado por el grupo después de inscribirse y rellenar el cuestionário un la web. Mejor por indicación, y si os apetece, Sink os puede indicar. Los interesados nos deben enviar un mail y nos pondremos en contacto. La regla máxima, inspirada en el Burning Man, es que el alma de la fiesta eres tu… hay que ser performático, divertido y sin tabus.
Ahi van algunas fotos de la edición 10.
More information, pictures and English Version
Las fotos son de propriedad de Sociedad Cerrada. Si hay alguna foto ofensiva, escribemos a somainkinderland@gmail.com y la borraremos en seguida!
Oh My Gold! October 13, 2009
There is gold everywhere, on clothes, accesories, furniture and table sets. Here is a tiny selection of some European cool golden stuff.
Visual Merchandising:
Greek Design:
Pics: Sink
Tales of Mere Existence October 8, 2009
The Levni Yilmaz’s Tales of Mere Existence serie began in 1999 as a serie of animated comics. Each video shows a series of static cartoons, which appear gradually as if being drawn by an invisible hand.
Lev achieves the effect by drawing the cartoons on paper attached to glass, and placing the camera on the other side. Lev got the idea for the technique from the movie “The Mystery Of Picasso”(1956), which similarly showed Picasso’s paintings appearing from the other side.
Lev writes, draws, films, edits, and narrates the “Tales” videos, which touch on mostly mundane aspects of life. And what could be better to make a reflexion then how we see our bodies?
Merci, dear Javi, for this cool hint.
