SAILING THE SEAS OF INK: FABIO SCALA

Fabio Scala started tattooing 10 years ago in Milan during a rather dull moment of his life. He bought a starter kit and tried it out on his own, simply from watching some artists at work. Among the tattooers who helped him with some technical essential advices, Angelo Colussi from Quetzal Tattoo, and Stizzo, who at the time was already an established artist. Over the years he continued his reinterpretation of old masters’ work. Big tattoos, strong lines, solid colors and simple images, clear but full of charm.

For Fabio, traveling is very important. He worked in London from 2004 to 2007, alongside amazing artists who had a major influence on his professional and artistic growth. After his return to Italy, he opened Ladies & Gents Parlour Tattoo in Sesto San Giovanni, a quiet village near Milan, and has a regular spot at Sorry Mama in Pomezia (Rome). As he loves to attend national and international tattoo conventions, he will be at the Tattoo Expo in Rome in May and at the Amsterdam convention in June. Marco Annunziata

Ladies and Gents Tattoo Parlour, Viale Italia, 1002, Sesto San Giovanni, Milano – Italy, www.ladiesandgentstattooparlour.com

CONNECTED + PLAYING in FLORENCE

J. Isabelle Cornière, Les Ballons

Connected and Playing, two double personal exhibition by J. Isabelle Cornière and Meri Iacchi will be on view till June 30 at Orto Botanico and Fondazione Primo Conti in Florence. Using different kind of languages both artists start their personal dialogue thinking about people’s connections, identifying a human innate inclination to build relations.

on view till June 30 in Florence at:

Orto Botanico: 10 am – 7 pm
Fondazione Primo Conti
lunedi- venerdì 9 am-2 pm

http://www.spaziooff.org/

Author : Serena Becagli

05/22/2013
Category: WORKING CLASS ART HEROES

RAIN ROOM AT MOMA – NEW YORK

A field of falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected, Rain Room offers visitors the experience of controlling the rain. Known for their distinctive approach to contemporary digital practice, Random International’s experimental projects come alive through audience interaction—and Rain Room is their largest and most ambitious to date. The work invites visitors to explore the roles that science, technology, and human ingenuity can play in stabilizing our environment. Using digital technology, Rain Room creates a carefully choreographed downpour, simultaneously encouraging people to become performers on an unexpected stage and creating an intimate atmosphere of contemplation.

Rain Room is on view at The Museum of Modern Art – New York – May 12–July 28

Author : Redazione

05/22/2013
Category: / GENERAL

ZACHARY ROSE’S PETHEADZ

Some say pets look like their owners, but one Canadian photographer has taken it to a new and creative extreme. In his series, #petheadz, Zachary Rose (@zachdriftwood) takes DSLR portraits of people’s pets and mashes them up with portraits of their owners by cleverly holding the camera in the foreground.
The series started as an exercise in creativity with his two roommates but quickly caught on. The project is still on-going with a lengthy wait-list, and Zach is excited to continue meeting people—and pets—around Toronto as he keeps shooting.

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Author : Chiara Cremaschi

05/20/2013
Category: /DRAWING WITH LIGHT

RAPHA & RAEBURN

 

Brothers Graeme and Christopher Raeburn are two of the UK’s leading clothing designers; Graeme is product designer at Rapha, while Christopher heads up his own eponymous label. Rapha & Raeburn marks the latest collaboration between them and the result is a new collection of products all made in England, designed for city cyclists.

The centrepiece of the Rapha & Raeburn collection for Spring Summer 2013 is the Hooded Wind Jacket. Constructed from military parachute canopies, the jackets are made at Cooper & Stollbrand in Manchester, England’s leading outerwear factory.

 http://www.rapha.cc/

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Author : Valentina Matelli

05/19/2013
Category: / RIDE HERE RIDE NOW

SUGGESTED BY OLIVIA: Christopher Brennan

Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her

If questioning would make us wise
No eyes would ever gaze in eyes;
If all our tale were told in speech
No mouths would wander each to each.

Were spirits free from mortal mesh
And love not bound in hearts of flesh
No aching breasts would yearn to meet
And find their ecstasy complete.

For who is there that lives and knows
The secret powers by which he grows?
Were knowledge all, what were our need
To thrill and faint and sweetly bleed?.

Then seek not, sweet, the “If” and “Why”
I love you now until I die.
For I must love because I live
And life in me is what you give.

Author : Olivia Lewit

05/17/2013
Category: / POETRY BENCH

SURF = LIFE

“It’s like the mafia. Once you’re in – your in. There’s no getting out”

Kelly Slater

Author : Vivienne Avidan

05/16/2013
Category: /HANG LOOSE

INTERVIEWING MARTIN USBORNE – AN AMAZING YEAR TO HELP

“This story is a potential mix of genuine compassion and total naivety: a story about one man giving himself one year to save all animals everywhere”, these are the few words that better describe Martin Usborne project.

Martin is a British photographer, living in London, who was always in love with animals, but as many of us never did anything to help them since he decided to take a year off and start helping animals from zero, around the world without any projects just following his instinct.

Well the mission is amazing and is possible to follow Martin in his project throughout his blog www.yeartohelp.com, you will love it.

We reached Martin while he was in India helping dogs, bears, wild life animals and many others and we had the pleasure to hear from him some hints on his “year to help”..

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Author : Mario Alfiero

05/16/2013
Category: / GREEN WAVE

DJ NATURE – RETURN OF THE SAVAGE [GOLF CHANNEL / USA]

DJ Milo aka Nature Boy aka DJ Nature ..

 

 

 

PODCAST

SOUNDCLOUD 

Author : Mark-eno

05/15/2013
Category: /RADICAL:BEAT

ROBYN ELEY: HYPERREALISM

Image from http://www.hillsmithgallery.com.au – Veneration: oil on Belgian linen

“As I move through life, I am confronted by questions of doubt, isolation and anxiety. And for these many questions, painting is my only answer.” – Robin Eley.
Born in London in 1978, Robin Eley and his family moved to Australia when he was just three years old. There Robin spent his childhood until he made the brave move to California in 1997 to study Fine Arts.
Fast-forward to now: Robin is a world-renowned Hyper-realist painter, based in Adelaide, who revels in confusing the senses, and suspending our perceptions of reality.

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Author : Heat Campbell

05/14/2013
Category: /HOW TO STOP A MAD WATCH

FOLLOW ME TO…

It all started in Barcelona in the fall of 2011 when Murad Osmann’s girlfriend had enough of his incessant photo clicking on their vacation. “Nataly was a bit annoyed that I was always taking pictures of everything, so she grabbed my hand and tried to pull me forward,” Osmann said. “That said it didn’t stop me from doing photos while she was pulling me.”

Since then, the Russian producer and photographer and his journalist girlfriend Nataly Zakharova have produced and posted over 40 “Follow Me To” photos to Osmann’s Instagram account. “Equipment doesn’t matter. All that matters is the idea. Equipment is just helping you to achieve it.”
The images show him being pulled by Nataly’s hand through Hong Kong, Berlin, Bali, Venice, London, Singapore…

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Author : Chiara Cremaschi

05/13/2013
Category: /DRAWING WITH LIGHT

BEG BICYCLES

 

Classic bicycles with special attention to details. That’s Beg Bicyles!

These bicycles are not only gorgeous to look at, pure joy to ride and the ultimate in quality, safety and durability, but they are manufactured using the very latest in bicycle technology.

You can join it “plain” or you can choose a lot of beautiful accessories like the huge “Porter’s Crate”.

http://www.begbicycles.com/

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Author : Valentina Matelli

05/12/2013
Category: / RIDE HERE RIDE NOW

SUGGESTED BY OLIVIA: JAMES A.EMANUEL

He dug what she said:
bright jellies, smooth marmalade
spread on warm brown bread.

“Jazz” from drowsy lips
orchids lift to honeybees
floating on long sips.

“Jazz”: quick fingerpops
pancake on a griddle-top
of memories. Stop.

“Jazz”: mysterious
as nutmeg, missing fingers,
gold, Less serious.

“Jazz”: cool bannister.
Don’t need no stair. Ways to climb
when the sax is there.

Author : Olivia Lewit

05/10/2013
Category: / POETRY BENCH

OUR HOME IS AMAZING RESPECT IT

 
Why did I take so long to watch this documentary? Well better later than never..
 
Home is a documentary of Luc Besson on the environment and on the many negative changes created by the human beings in the last few years.
 
The documentary is inspiring, it will leave you breathless for the beauty of the hearth our Home, it will give you sadness clearly showing how we are destroying such a beautiful place, and finally it will give you hope because we humans are still capable of incredible and simple actions that could save our Home from devastation created by us.
 
What it now..  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU&wide=1
Author : Mario Alfiero

05/09/2013
Category: / GREEN WAVE

TOMORROW’S HARVEST

After several years they’re back..

Boards of Canada / Tomorrow’s Harvest [warp/2013]

enjoy..

 

Author : Mark-eno

05/09/2013
Category: /RADICAL:BEAT

WORDS THROUGH TIME, TIME THROUGH WORDS.

On 8 of May the Artopia Gallery will present the limited edition catalogue Words Through Time, Time Through Words edited by the indipendent HairNoHairBooks editions. The catalogue of the exhibition curated by Federica Tattoli, with works by Martina Della Valle and Sabine Delafon, is a special limited edition with an inedited short story written by Silvia Schirinzi and art direction by Elisa Cambioli.

Conceived as a collection of folded letters, all the copies are numbered.

May 8 2013 h 7-9

ARTOPIA via Lazzaro Papi 2 – MILAN

www.artopiagallery.it/

 

Author : Serena Becagli

05/07/2013
Category: / GENERAL, WORKING CLASS ART HEROES