Check out this video where some of worlds best riders take part in a 3D art project involving a huge 3D Projection Mapping installation. The riders are tracked by infra-red in real time and appear to have direct interactions with the projections on the 2 jumps and giant inflatable sphere in the middle.
The event, known as Red Bull Off The Planet, was created by ENNES in Melbourne, Australia. Check out the more in depth ‘making of’ video after the jump…!
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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.
Etienne De Crecy live at matter.
So far this year I haven’t been to any weekend festivals and frankly, with the exception of Glastonbury, I’m not that bothered. Previous summers have been spent weekend after weekend under canvas getting grubby, so it’s felt good to have a summer off. However as we roll into August and the realisation that the summer is on the way out, the Englishman in me couldn’t quite accept that this would be a season with no festival antics. With the market at saturation organisers are being forced to up the ante on detail in order to make their event stand out; for the bigger festivals line-up and bar space are all important but small or ‘boutique’ festivals need something extra.
My friend and owtic contributor Dan Avery put me onto Standon Calling; set forty minutes out of Liverpool Street in the grounds of country manor in Hertfordshire it has a 5000 capacity (a quarter of the size of Field Day) and boasts amongst other things a pool, excellent food, a 24hour music license, plenty of space in the campsite and festival fairies that leave a refreshing drink outside every tent in the morning. What’s more for its size the line-up is cracking, Buena Vista Social Club headline with; Liars, Etienne De Crecy, Gold Panda, Clock Opera, Summer Camp and Dolorean all making appearances, whilst Filthy Dukes and Greco-Roman host the late night parties. I can’t wait. Weekend tickets are still on sale, we’ll be covering the event and hopefully sneaking a slot on Diesel radio. See you there..
My mate Joe was cracking me up with his impression of Coco last night and as a result I’ve had the song stuck in my head so I figured I’d post it this morning. It also gives me the perfect opportunity to mention that she’s playing at the Queen of Hoxton tomorrow night after Field Day, supported by the excellent Phantom, they’ve got a late license and a new funktion One soundsystem, sounds good, see ya there.
Shacklewell Nights is a new hidden dining Venture based in a former clothing Factory in Dalston. It is a collaboration between Claire Roberson of Green Onion’s Supper Club and Jonathan Woolway of St Johns Restaurant, it’ll be open for two nights every two months. It opens this weekend, so better book now. Check out the blog for the menu and reservations.
I had my first supper club experience last Friday At Fernandez and Leluu’s, I highly recommend it, the food was great and good value (6 courses for £35) definitely a fun and different way of dining out. Good article over at Timesonline with info on a selection of londons best supper clubs.
I can’t wait to see Phoenix, lets all hope that the curse of Field Day is lifted and its super sunny. As always the lineup is bang on point, bar Phoenix we are especially looking forward to seeing the likes of Gold Panda and Caribou, whatever the weather the east end crowd are shore to turn out for Victoria Parks best festival, see you down the front. Loving this vid of the P22 Chorus posted on the website, they’re a 5th grade choir from New York, something like the real life Glee, their Gaga cover is BIG.
I spent last weekend in San Francisco and by complete accident managed to coincide with Bay to Breakers. It’s a 12 k foot race that takes place on the third Sunday in May going from downtown in the east to the great highway on the western coast. Started in 1906 as a way to lift the cities spirits after a disastrous earthquake, it’s over 100 years old and the oldest consecutively run footrace in the world.
What makes this more fun than your average 12 k run is that most people follow it getting drunk in fancy dress or as its famous for, nothing at all (as is usual with public nudity it tends to be the realm of the ugly naked guy). Imagine the London marathon on acid or Bestival x the Notting Hill Carnival and you’ve pretty much got Bay to Breakers. The event was described to me by the very friendly locals who kindly took me under their wing, as the most San Francisco day in the San Francisco calendar, so a pretty bloody good day to visit then. Be warned they start early, 7am early, although I joined at a more reasonable 10:30 at the halfway point in the Haight Ashbury district, where a lot of people seemed to stop to rave in the park or crash one of the numerous house parties in the area. Even joining halfway it felt like a surprisingly long way to the finish so after walking the route for an hour or so we turned back to go to my adopted friends house to drink some beer and eat some meat. Cheers San Francisco!
A friend sent me this wicked image he took down at Collect 2010 – an art fair for contemporary objects put on by the Craft Council. Unfortunately the fair has finished now but this really nice idea by Caroline Broadhead was apparently one of a number of great things at the fair. One to pop in the diary for next year me thinks. Cheers Marc!
Basically Myself and everyone I know wishes they’d been around in New York in the late 70′s (standard), an era which, lets face it, New York still trades off today. As much as I love the city and it is the only other city I’ve visited that rivals London, there is that feeling that it just ‘aint as good as it used to be. Judging by this film and others like it, it’s true. It looks to cover familiar territory, but archive footage of the downtown arts and music scene never gets boring. Ahh nostalgia. I just about don’t even mind hearing Fab 5 Freddy and Co. rub it in about how rediculously cool it was, how much you missed out and how much you owe to what happened.
Anyway, This Sunday sees the European premiere of the highly acclaimed ‘DOWNTOWN CALLING’, documenting late 70s – mid 80′s’ New York Underground and narrated by Debbie Harry, where the street, music and art met and were on the cutting edge… Featured in the film are: ARTHUR BAKER, CHRIS STEIN, JAMES CHANCE, FAB 5 FREDDY, SAL PRINCIPATO (Liquid Liquid), MOS DEF, KEITH HARING, ESG, HENRY CHALFANT, MAN PARRISH, JAZZY JAY, DAVID DEPINO, DANNY KRIVIT, NELSON GEORGE, BOBBITO GARCIA, TOM SILVERMAN & more..
To finnish off the evening the legendary dj/producer Andrew Weatherall will be playing a special 4hr post punk and no wave set – damn that’s gonna be good!
See http://www.visionare.co.uk/ for more information on this 2day event at Village underground which also includes the first Uk screening of David Byrne’s new film True Stories with a live set from dalston based four piece Django Django.
Which all sounds jolly fun.
The Selby has launched a book, like other prolific bloggers who’ve released books recently it’s a best of and a coffee table must for fans, mines in the post. To celebrate the London launch on the 21st April I thought I’d post one of my favourite Selby interiors, Erin Wasson’s Manhattan apartment. It’s your perfect open plan, bare brick, New York abode. Erin also happens to be one of my favourite models, which kills a few birds with one stone. More flics after the jump..
Last years Carnival was easily the best ever thanks to South London collective OI YOU! I Know what I’m doing this Saturday..
There are plenty of running groups around the world, but as far as I’m concerned there’s only one in New York. NYC Bridgerunners is a group of people that live hard, work hard, and run harder. We’re not the type of runner that needs a some aero gear and a shitty Garmin watch to run. We run for fun. We run to get somewhere. We are creatives. We make shit. We run shit. The wide range of members have come to know each other from a range of places. Some have become aquainted while getting loose at Max Fish, and some know each other through a chain of creative individuals that work in New York. From director Kai Regan, to youngun photographer Brandee Brown, the creative energy that flows through the group is just as high as the adrenalin after a solid run across the Brooklyn Bridge and back. The simple activity of running is only the beginning of the microcosmic connections that the group creates amongst the New York community. Founded by native New Yorker Mike Saes, the group was started as a non-runner running club. A place for people to hang out with others that don’t necessarily run everyday, but go all out when they do, using the city as their gym and the living breathing streets as their guide. Leaving from Nike’s Custom Shop at 255 Elizabeth in the heart of downtown NYC, the store serves as the rendevoux point for crew. Though not all running groups can “run der crew” and keep up a simple blog for thier people. Some simply flatline after a sugar rush goes down. It has become apparent though, with events like The Harold Hunter Run and the Wednsday runs gaining attendance as the weeks go on, NYC Bridgerunners are sure to continue running NYC. Check out the video below of the crew storming a Lance Armstrong Nike Town run to show support for Lance’s Stages Project and to raise awareness for the fight against cancer as well as theblog to keep track of what they’re up to.
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