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London is no longer a stranger to an alfresco cinema, but this one has a twist (and a roof) as it’s housed in a derelict petrol station on Clerkenwell Road. The Cineroleum promises to be a fascinating and enjoyable experience hailing the golden age of cinema, with paper tickets, popcorn and, err, seats constructed from reclaimed scaffolding – all  ‘Enclosed by  an ornate curtain strung from the forecourt roof’. Part of a wider project initiated by artists, designers and architects to find uses for public space, it opens this weekend and tickets can be booked online. Personally I can’t think a better venue to watch Night of the Living Dead.

Time to get the DIY kit out and try and follow in Harisson Krix’s 749 footsteps to make this fully functioning Daft Punk Helmet!!

It took him over 17 months, but the finished product looks well worth it.. Now i just need someone who is any good at making things to help me out! Any volunteers?

Check out the very cool video after the Jump!

A good friend of mine, Connie Wright, knitted these amazing Nike shoes in collaboration with THIS IS STUDIO for Nike 78 – a project initiated by Paul Jenkins in which he asked various creatives to challenge the function of a pair of Nike shoes.

Quite possibly a biased opinion but for me these are fo’ sho’ the best creation on show, and with around 100 hours spent knitting no doubt the pair with most effort put into them. Check some other cool ones after the jump or hit up the online gallery for other all the other outcomes.

By Blu.

I’m liking the work of street artist Alex Farto, aka Vhils. I saw the piece of his that’s down just off Brick Lane a while ago but I’ve only just discovered the man behind the art. While he works with many materials across various mediums I personally love his wall series in which he uses just the decayed and perished parts of the plaster as a means to create a portrait. In particular the more subtle executions like the second example above. Check some more after the jump.

John Wesley is the person responsible for the illustrations covering the Miu Miu S/S 10 collection. I had never heard of him but after a little internet research I’ve got to say I think his work’s pretty cool. I like the simple color schemes, the sign-like flatness and the juxtaposition of the child like motifs and the ‘adult’ scenes.

He’s been on the scene since the 60’s and although he was then classified as a Pop artist and lately as a minimalist, Wesley himself considers his work to be aligned more closely with Surrealism. He has a retrospective at New York’s MOMA in 2000 who described his work as “mixing images of traditional emblems, historical figures, comic book personalities, animals, sexy women, athletes and showgirls into surreal daydreams, prompting the viewer to rejoin her own private dream-world.”

He just had a big show at the Venice Biennale sponsored by, who else, the Fondazione Prada07, so that explains the Miu Miu collection then.

Went down to Other Criteria on Thursday night for the Launch of Polly Morgan’s latest project – Still Birth. Produced especially for the store, the series consists of preserved chicks, suspended by coloured balloons, contained in bell jars. They are truly beautiful and the way the moment of death and feeling of suspension are captured is a testament to Polly’s skill in her craft.

She came to taxidermy through her fascination with death and nature and she is credited with updating and invigorating the practice. The contemporary feel to her work is due to the fact that she doesn’t attempt to recreate the animal in its natural environment but more so preserve them at the point of death. In doing this she extends the time between death and decay, turning the cadaver into something of fleeting beauty.

Get down to Other Criteria and check out the work before it gets snapped up, sure not to hang around long. If I had a spare £2,650 I’d definitely buy one. More images after the jump…

Mr David Callow, the gent with some mad pencil skills at his disposal, has got some new pieces on his site definitely worth checking out. The man has an incredible ability to combine delicate drawing techniques with a more robust collage style in a harmonious fashion. The juxtaposition of the two mediums just works to great effect and creates a synonymous style.

Whilst he isn’t sharpening those pencils and generally being a nice guy he’s teaching his trade to young hopefuls back at his old university on the south coast.

Carly Waito is 29, and lives in Toronto, Canada. She studided Industrial design at Ontario art college and she paints great pictures of minerals. I first came across her work a few weeks ago on but does it float, I decided to drop her an email to find out a bit more and this is what she said:

What’s the concept behind the paintings?

They are an extension of my interest in natural history and collections, and I have always loved to look up close at tiny things to see their strange and beautiful details. It started out as one piece and became a bit of an obsession – a lot like the process of collecting itself I guess.

I understand the paintings are quite small – was this just a natural decision or was the scale important to you? (I’d love a massive one on my bedroom wall!)

I tend to be drawn to small things in general, and I really appreciate the preciousness of something tiny that has been created with extreme care and attention to detail. Plus, I don’t think I would have the patience to do work with this kind of detail at a larger scale even if I wanted to!

Are the paintings for sale, if so where from and how much? If not, why not?!

They are for sale! Most of them have already been sold for around $800 each. As I do new work it can be purchased directly from me, unless it is part of an exhibition, in which case the sale would go through the gallery.

Continued after the Jump…

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Doesn’t really need an explanation or description… just watch, this shit is amazing! Only in Japan.