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giovedì 6 ottobre 2011

Makeover Day

Truth is, the world is full of helpless people.
You know, giving to the junkies. You can't help them. That's the reason why we chosen to help those who can make it on their own. We've been going around friday during the fashion week, looking for something strict, well-dressed people with no effort,  not like layers and layers of fabric and brands and opulence. No. T-shirt and trousers well putted together is all we needed and we can tell you, it was more challenging then what we expected. 
So we found some people, gave them the tees, photographed some of them, and here they are, our babies with their fantastic makeovers.


La verità è che ci sono persone senza speranza.
Le perle ai porci, insomma. Non se ne fanno nulla. è questa la ragione per la quale abbiamo deciso di aiutare chi "ce la può fare" da solo. Abbiamo passato tutto il venerdi della fashion week a cercare qualcosa di molto preciso, gente vestita bene ma senza troppo impegno, non strati e strati di stoffe e brand e ricercatezza e ostentazione. No. T-shirt e pantaloni tirati insieme erano tutto quello di cui avevamo bisogno e possiamo assicurare che è stato più complesso del previsto.
Quindi abbiamo fermato un po' di gente, dato delle magliette, fotografato alcuni, ed ecco i nostri pupilli con i loro fantastici makeover:

Before:


after:


Much better, ha?
other photos after the jump
altre foto dopo il salto

martedì 4 ottobre 2011

Mina Ferma e Composta - Azioni Catartiche



You know Mina.
You've seen her in Awakening, she's been helping out a lot to keep the blog together, tumblr wise. 
She is a cool kid, always working on something interesting, from home made t-shirts to art projects. And there is a project going on since the last couple of years, "Azioni Catartiche".
Body art with a technology twist to it, divided in acts (two, for now), black and white self portraits with organic texture.
So here is her work, out twist to it, answered (or not) questions, (unwritten) to-do list.




Thesselle: Where did you study?
Mina Ferma e Composta: Art School "Andrea Sabatini" (Salerno). Actually in Politecnico di Milano.



T: What is your occupation at the moment?
M: Fighting boredom.





T: What do you usually drink?
M: White russian.


T: Did you have a trauma?
M:  ...




T: What is it your addiction?
M: cigarettes and trichlorethylene.


T: Your favorite place?
M: None




T: A song suggestion?
M: The XX, Client, Aucan, Cristal fighters, Have a nice life, New candys, Verdena, Marie antoinette, I Cani 
(last months playlist).

T: A song that really turns you off?
M: "Fa-fa-fa" from Datarock (way to many suffering awakenings)



T: The most relevant book you read in the last year?
M: "Invisible monsters" from Palahniuk and "Elogio della disarmonia" from Dorfles.



T: Sweet or salty?
M: Salty


Mina's 10 things-to-do list:
Never had it. Just the thought of having one would cause way to much anxiety. In the priorities there certainly 
is to create a Third Act, move in another city and start over.


Here her Tumblr, with suggestions and inspiration.


more photo and italian after the jump
altre foto e in italiano dopo il salto

lunedì 2 maggio 2011

FOUR LINES


We got stuck in the traffic for something like one hour. And the minute we got off the car started raining.
 Deluge, seriously. So we got to the exposition all wet and timid, not it the right mood for having people around us. Not in the mood for anything that wasn't a cup of hot tea watching desperate housewives on the tv, actually. Then suddenly, once we stepped in the store where the expo was, all the negativity dropped off our backs. 




The place is cool and relaxed, and so was the people there. We felt cosiness all around us, while we were taking a look at the pictures on the wall. The photos were interesting, mostly because they were capturing several different ideas keeping the sense of being part of a bigger reality. It was a story, but no words were involved.
We got to Elena Vaninetti, one of the four photographers (the girl with the denim jacket):



"We chose each other on Flickr, because of our styles.
We spent months organizing the trip, defining stages and working contacts, until we jumped on a car, driving towards Denmark-Norway-Sweden, intrigued by the idea of northern atmospheres and open, wide spaces.
On the road, with polaroids as a travel journal, picturing people and landscapes.

Photos about us, about places and strangers we met.

We were often hosted by photographers. There was this one guy I was impressed about, Johan, in Sweden.

{Joahn never looks into our eyes while he talks. But he talks a lot, so fast, while he takes us at “the hotel”, where with his classmates he’s preparing an amazing photography exhibition. - from the Four Line blog}


I believe we left him kinds shocked with our italian behaviour. I mean, eight in the morning he was all ready steady go while we were still trying to get up from bed.

Norway, Lofoten Islands, never ending sunlight. There was no dawn, no darkness, just sunlight. All day, all night. We had to hang blankets as if they were curtains. A nightmare.

And we lost three cameras. One felt in the water, we grabbed it immediately, but it was too late. One died of a sudden. The other one is somewhere, in the woods. Forgotten on the car roof, we realized the loss while still driving. Andrea spent the night looking for it, alone, with no results.

{Here I am, smiling, knowing that what I came here for, what I couldn't find, will be left in this paradise. - from the Four Line blog}


Back in Italy, I almost got hit by a car. Five times. In twentyfour days I got used to the fact cars stop before crosswalks."

Here the complete blog - Four Lines
The photos are exposed from 29 april to 26 may at Coffee.N.Televisiøn.

in Italian and more photo after the jump