Ifest celebrates its 10th anniversary: the only independent film festival in Turkey is growing fast. Here some numbers: more than 30 movies, double event. 10 days in Istanbul (17-27 february) and 4 in Ankara (2-6 march). 8 movies in the official competition, where we can see movies coming from Mexico to Denmark. 17 categories of movies, …
Gabriele Valerio
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San Francisco, 31 december 1969: with their first performance on stage, the performer group called Cockettes is officially born. Trough 60s hippie rebellion and political revolution of 70s by Harvey Milk, these “psychedelic drag queen” makes of freedom their flag. Self-irony, extravagance, glitter, beard, high heels and muscles: there are no rules into Cockette’s aesthetic. …
Torna a Milano la serata danzante più scatenata d’Italia: La Roboterie è il 25 aprile al Tunnel Club (Via dei Sammartini 30). Electro, punk, synth-pop, ambient, techno&company gli ingredienti dell’evento che chiuderà la quarta edizione dell’ELITA FESTIVAL: in occasione del Salone del mobile 2009 l’Elita propone la sua “design week music festival”, all’insegna del motto …
The “hot thing” in last fairs and events has been a 100% Spanish creation: everybody talked about Victoria by YoYócreativo. Presented in Barcelona’s Bread&Butter 09 and reproposed in MICAM MODACALZADO fairs, the stand of Spanish company Victoria created by YoYócreativo has been acclaimed like one of the best. The philosophy of YoYóCreativo aka Josep Ruà …
Living in London is not so good for beauty. Everybody knows it’s one of the stressfull cities in Europe, and London ladies don’t have so much time to take a break from their duties. Thanks to God, an help is given by the “The Sanctuary“, a “ladies only spa” situated in 12 Floral Street, 2 …
Maurizio Fiorino shoots. His father, giving him a camera, said: “use it like a gun”. And so, the young Italian photographer, letting behind him never-ended universities and the suffocating Italian provincialism, shoots in all New York. His portraits are clean, without any filters, sensual: his “boys of life” are guys that we could meet everywhere, …
The next big thing in fashion is, without any doubt, Cédric Jacquemyn. This young student at Antwerp Fashion Academy is part of the Belgian fashion scene, one of the most interesting and creative in these years. His work is the result of research and synthesis of an explosive creativity, inspirations that comes from art (he’s …
Stanchi di festeggiare il Carnevale con la solita,triste festa in casa con tanto alcool e pochi amici? Stanchi dei soliti banali parties in maschera pseudo-Rio de Janeiro con annesso trenino a fine serata? Allora la serata che fa per voi è BUGGED OUT! – Pink is Punk!!! il 20 febbraio ai Magazzini Generali vi aspettano …
La Roboterie ritorna a Milano. Nato a Roma con un forte imprinting dato dalla collaborazione con dj berlinesi, l’esercito dei robot conquista le notti bolognesi e milanesi, imponenendosi come il place-to-be delle notti alternative. Il “teknoelettroproject” italiano esplora i confini tra musica e arte sperimentando molteplici modi espressivi: musica nu-rave&indie-rock, tekno&elettro, video art, performance, art …
Karl Addison was born in 1982 in Denver but lived in Arizona where he studied at a graphic design school. His t-shirt and accessories business started because he “wanted to figure out how Paypal works”, but when he sees that some glamorous New York ladies were interested, Karl stopped seeing t-shirts creations like an hobby. …
Yves De Brabander was born in 1976 in Blankenberge, a village on the belgian sea-side, but he moved to Antwerp, the coolest city of Belgium, and he still lives there. He graduated (cum laude) in photography at the KoG Hogheschool. His work draws a direct inspiration from ‘80s culture: trashy, funky, dreamy, kinky are his …
Anna Zaboeva is a shoe and accessory designer. Born in the Siberian part of Russia, when she was 15 she moved to Novosibirsk where she studied photography and cinema. After her first trip to Europe in order to attend an international film fetival, she fell in love with European culture and understood that Europe was …
