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Georg Jensen: Scandinavian Design for Living

Blog — October 9, 2018

Georg Jensen: Scandinavian Design for Living Art Institute of Chicago   Georg Jensen and his creations are credited with having left an immense imprint on the landscape that defines modern living. This book gives more than a few answers as to the why. With an idiosyncratic …

Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave

Blog — October 11, 2018

Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave Thames and Hudson   Japan and art is not one but a myriad of chapters for themselves. One of Japan’s preeminent artists is Hokusai, a maestro that achieved the heights of his oeuvre towards the final years of his life and …

The Good, the Tasty, the Sustainable - Part 2

Blog — October 12, 2018

The Good, the Tasty, the Sustainable Show me a human being that does not like snacking. No matter if you are a health nut or a couch potato, devour leftover pizza hopped up on devil’s lettuce or green, celery smoothies as part of your diet to tide …

Water of Life - Bruichladdich

Blog — October 13, 2018

Water of Life Bruichladdich The Isle of Islay is the mecca for whisky connoisseurs, specifically for ones into the smoky and peaty variants. Bruichladdich is a distillery that reopened its doors shortly after the millennium and one that has first come across my radar with their curiously …

The Merchant of Venice @ Pop-up Globe

Blog — October 14, 2018

The Merchant of Venice Pop-up Globe Sydney, Australia September 28, 2018 The Buckingham’s Company's comedic take on Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is an exuberant exercise in engaging theatre. Set in a three-story local pop-up equivalent to the second Globe Theatre built by Shakespeare’s …

Jersey Boys @ Capitol Theatre

Blog — October 15, 2018

Jersey Boys Capitol Theatre Sydney, Australia October 4, 2018   The 2018 staging of Jersey Boys at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre opened its proceedings with a bit of a surprise: A hip hop version “Ces Soirées-La”, i.e. the French equivalent to “Oh, what a night” set …

Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma

Blog — October 16, 2018

Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma Yale University Press   Dislocation, borders, political oppression are themes that are omnipresent and reverberate through Mona Hatoum’s oeuvre, which now spans over four decades. In recent years, the illumination of the implications and contradictions of globalization has become part of her …

An Enemy of the People @ Belvoir Theatre

Blog — October 17, 2018

An Enemy of the People Belvoir Theatre Sydney, AU October 11, 2018 Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s prominent position on the forefront of the firmament of contemporary drama has never wavered as his artistic struggle against what he perceived to be the pig-headed middle class and …

Water of Life - Sake and Cocktails

Blog — October 20, 2018

Water of Life Sake and Cocktails In essence Kid Kyoto is a themed, dimly lit exposed brick lined Japanese restaurant whose ambience catapults you back into the throes of 90ies grunge and punk rock and when I say “themed”, I mean it: Every facet of the operation is …

Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto @ Opera House

Blog — October 21, 2018

Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto Opera House Sydney, Australia October 21, 2018   The collaboration between Japanese composer, maverick and constituent of the synth pop outfit Yellow Magic Orchestra, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and experimental electronic cosmonaut Alva Noto, i.e. German minimalist par excellence Carsten Nicolai, …

Mind Over Matter -- Floating

Blog — October 21, 2018

Mind Over Matter -- Floating If you are into Matt Groening’s satirical depiction of working-class life, you might have come across the Simpsons episodes that has Homer taking Lisa to a New Age store, where both of them are introduced to a water-filled sensory deprivation tank. What ensues …

Water of Life – Cultivate Folk/Whisky Loot

Blog — October 28, 2018

Cultivate Folk is a fairly new initiative in Sydney with the main tenet being the provision of a forum to allow for Australia’s talented and passionate artists, educators and thought leaders to teach workshops in their Surry Hills classroom. Having evolved from the brand engagement agency Our Friends …

Julius Caesar – Sydney Opera House

Blog — October 28, 2018

27 October 2018 Julius Caesar is not merely a tale of one political transition where the attempt to resolve upheaval serves as the cataclysm to cause the very outcome Caesar’s assassinators tried to prevent. Shakespeare’s closest and most overt equivalent to a political thriller is a timeless story that …

The Art of Brutalism book review

Blog — October 31, 2018

The Art of Brutalism: Rescuing Hope from Catastrophe in 1950s Britain  Yale University Press   Black is the new black, beautiful the new ugly, ugly the new . . . et cetera, et cetera. Brutalism as an architectural movement is an interesting one – what was etymologically …

Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Style

Blog — November 2, 2018

Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Style Yale University Press   MMXVIII – fashion, labels, advertisement, and connectivity - access all areas. When it comes to the creation of couture these days, there is hardly anything that cannot be gained access to in nearly real time. Rewind …

Taylor Swift @ ANZ Stadium

Blog — November 3, 2018

Taylor Swift ANZ Stadium Sydney, Australia November 2, 2018 Truth be told - Taylor Swift is a pop phenomenon that has so far by passed me. Sure, I am familiar with the omnipresence of her in mainstream media, but I would not have been able …

Water of Life – Belgrove Distillery

Blog — November 4, 2018

  There is certainly no shortage of distilleries in this day and age. They come in all sizes and specializations. Every now and then you stumble across one whose liquid emissions have not yet been absorbed and praised by the mainstream, which is always a rewarding and …

Coffee Style book review

Blog — November 5, 2018

What's Sumatra with You? Coffee Style Prestel Publishing   As Madonna put it ever so eloquently: Espresso yourself. Tadum-tsh! Better latte than never. Ahhh, coffee and procaffeinating, I never grow bored from how the world changes after you ingest it – the one liquid that …

Cheers Fest - Sydney

Blog — November 7, 2018

Cheers Fest Sydney, Australia November 3, 2018 Cheers Fest is a new beer-centric festival, focusing on the finer craft and independently owned Australian breweries as well as artisanal liquid emissions from New Zealand. The triumvirate of offering the opportunity to sample exquisite beers, enjoy a …

Mark Rothko: From the Inside Out book review

Blog — November 8, 2018

Mark Rothko: From the Inside Out Yale University Press   Mark Rothko. Chances are that if you have a remote interest in art related matters and visited modern galleries within the last two decades, you would have had the mesmerizing experience that only unfolds its full …