Moon Phases

Last week during the Lunar Ecplise in Scorpio, we took a moment to honor the full moon and gaze at her beauty. It was chilly out, and I had just returned home after a long day at work, but we stepped outside anyways to take a peek together. There is something so primal about standing there, breathing in the crisp night air, full of stillness, and welcoming a gift.

Afterwords I was searching for an illustration that detailed the phases of the moon. Although I have had many a moon calendar over the years, I was looking for something more broad and less day-to-day specific. I found this image on tumblr, and I'm not sure of the original artist but the image is exactly what I was hoping for.

Expand // Inspire // Lila Roo

All works by Lila Roo

"from deserts to concrete jungles to seas,

lila roo creates -- the only constant amidst her transience.

she seeks to find and create dreamscapes, ritual & reality.

her art is an experimental and physical act, blending body & material, natural & synthetic.

transformation is the center of her work,

both the blooming and disintegration of form, and rebirth of exhausted resources.

painfully, plastic garbage is the most plentiful resource our modern world.

but she believes in beauty

and so she strips it to shreds, braids it to rope and searches for settings to command it’s movement and possibility.

a creature of flight, her work is mobile, created with the intent to travel, to teach and

to learn from the world: beast, man, child, land, air and sea." - Lila Roo

Lair // Pia Dehne

 

 

 

 

strength, beauty, truth.

 

(via FvF)

WEAVE // Lenore Tawney

"Art is always just beyond language" <Lenore Tawney>

Lenore Tawney. Sculptor, Weaver, Artist. 1907 - 2007.

Abode

Seeing as most of my days are spent in a windowless basement (oh the smoke and mirrors of backstage!) to be able to work from home one day a week grants me so much freedom (and productivity) I sometimes can't believe it. A dash of daylight, a spring breeze... suddenly emailing isn't all that bad. And yes, during those breaks the lap loom gets some attention too... I am home after all!

// INSPIRE / EXPAND \\ Hannah Putz

 

Hannah Putz

 "This is a project (2011 – ongoing) in which I have photographed 8 different families in 5 different cities (Vienna, New York, London, Paris and Berlin). I question the strategies and intentions of photographing someone, and the possibilities of working against an invasion of privacy in a time of complete overflow of images. I am interested in examining the notion of ‘posing’ , the need to perform in the age of social networking and permanent surveillance. I wanted to create works that transport a feeling of intimacy and closeness with the self for the subject (and the viewer) but without exposing anyone. I started photographing some of my friends who had just had their first babies in 2011, and I found the act of photographing someone with their child to be an inherently different experience. Not only due to the fact that the young mothers are in an in-between and often vulnerable state of adjusting to their new role as a mother, but also because their attention is mainly on their child, and thus not so much on the moment of being photographed. There is less of a photographic performance between the sitter and myself. I have always been interested in questioning the process of the photographic act – of ‘presenting’ oneself for an image of oneself. As a generation that seems to be ‘on air’ constantly in a society which demands permanent communication and information, the camera can become very tiresome. In this series I tried to give space for images of people to be with themselves and for themselves rather than for others. Composition and color are of great importance to me by allowing individuals to become anonymous, sculptural forms intertwined and molded together. Although I work quite formally in this series, what I try to depict is a feeling of something human and authentic."

 

TOTEMISM

 

 

All images from Riccardo Pugliese

I've always admired the concept and structure of the totem. As a young child I remember thinking the structures seemes ancient and other worldly . Here, an exhibit in South Africa explores the concept of the totemic identity through artworks from different craft artists and cooperatives.

"We are pleased to share with you images from the 'TOTEMISM: Memphis meets Africa' exhibition at Design Indaba Expo. The exhibition has brought together the talents of many great designers and craft collectives based in South Africa, inspired by totemic ideas and the revival of Memphis aesthetics.

 

Curated by Lidewij Edelkoort, the installation is the result of a collaboration between Edelkoort Exhibitions, Interactive Africa, Sergio Machado and Riccardo Pugliese, and supported by Woolworths.

Enjoy!"

More photos and information about the contributing artists here.