We want the rare and the unique, we like the stuff that´s difficult to get. Instead of going into a deep psychological analyze of why we want as much infrequency as possible in our lives lets just savour it in the perfect situation: TOY MADE ONE
Toy is an independent business that works collaboratively with a [...]

Gazelle feat. Weez – Just Now – filmed by Simon Steuri
“In this modern day satire, while the west is giving money as aid to Africa countless of corrupt African rulers return to the source to exchange the same money for luxury goods.
During Art Basel 2009 Gazelle staged a public performance art piece that commented on [...]

Thursday evening saw the German premiere of POWEr by the Canadian duo Artificiel. The performance was held at KHW in cooperation with CTM.10. The audio-visual life show has been developed on commission for the 10th anniversary of Mutek festival in 2009. Assistance for users of pacemakers or people with epileptic tendencies is not suitable.
In the [...]

Sculptures and installations by Swedish artist Michael Johansson.

After Similarity is not Recommendation we headed to Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), a.k.a. the pregnant oyster, for the opening reception of transmediale.10.
We first checked the installation in the main hall, looking like a space ship and made of the doors of an old bulding crafted during German Socialism in the city of Halle. [...]

Club Transmediale, Festival for Adventurous Music and related Visual Arts in Berlin opens its doors tonight at HAU The festivals 11th issue has the title OVERLAP – Sound & Other Media.
Tomorrow night will see the Grand Opening Night on the new locations around Alexander Platz. Check program after the jump.
Transmediale,  festival of art and digital [...]

This January the Maurice Einhardt Neu gallery on Redchurch Street, London is home to an exhibition by Dai Jobu. ‘Jan.21,2010′ is Jobu’s re-imagining of the classic Pirelli calendar where glamour photography and fashion nudes are blended together to make this artistically interpreted garage calendar.
Jobu lists his interests as life, girls, motorbikes, art, fashion and music- [...]

Two much-talked about films debut at the Sundance Film Festival this week.
Four Lions, a feature film debut from Chris Morris is a comedy about a band of wannabe terrorists, from the North of England. Morris has said he hopes it will do for Islamist extremists what Dad’s Army did for Nazis – making them look [...]

79 drawings of David Bowie are still not enough to describe his ever changing looks over the years, but still can give you a tiny hint. Sean T. Collins (comic writer), has been collecting Bowie´s portraits since 2007  and he had reached quite an impressive amount of artist. The list includes; Michel Gondry, Jeffrey Brown, [...]

…According to iconic London department store Selfridges. As we are now in 2010, the 1990’s were a whole 10 years ago and this, apparently, is long enough in the past to class them as vintage. ‘The Nineties Are Vintage’ is a concept store that Selfridges, in partnership with vintage shops Rellik and Beyond Retro have [...]