FlutuArte [ flü-tü-ahr-chee ] noun – Floating Art FlutuArte is a floating open-air gallery that can be seen from both land and sky with the purpose of using art to bring people together in Rio de Janeiro. Its mission is to explore the degree to which art in public spaces can transform the community that owns it. Artists from Rio and around the world are painting murals on the rooftops Read More ...
Toofless & the Dub Poets Collective release “Perspective” featuring Capone of Capone-N-Noreaga More than ever today, hip-hop is increasingly taking a front-seat in the world of underground music in the Middle East, with new releases bringing fresh sounds and finely tuned talent. 28-year-old Feras “Toofless” Ibrahim is a UAE-based rapper of Sudanese origins. His hip-hop expression started to materialize at age of 17 after being inspired by acts such as Read More ...
Sasha Siem was born in London to a British mother and Norwegian father, and began playing the ‘cello and writing, recording and performing her own songs at an early age. She studied music at Cambridge and Harvard and by her early twenties, she had written music for the London Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Opera House, Rambert Dance Company, Opera North, The Aldeburgh Festival, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Neue Vocalisten Stuttgart, Read More ...
The first serious camera Timor Kodal held in his hands was his father´s Canon AE-1 in 1984 and ever since has been fascinated by the art of photography. However, the years to come were primarily dominated by Timor’s devotion to playing piano and composing music, finally leading to a fairly successful career as an electronic musician under the pseudonym “teamore” and a strong involvement in Berlin´s netaudio-scene, which peaked in Read More ...
Adela Loconte, is a Photographer and Senior Producer based in Williamsburg, NYC with an incredible energy who captures the world with images she likes to keep as raw as possible. Her roots are Italian, but she was born and raised in Caracas-Venezuela- a music lover from very early on- a passion that is clear in her visual work. After spending a few years in the UK, she finished her photography studies Read More ...
Yasmine Mohseni is an independent arts curator, writer and speaker based in Los Angeles, Paris and Santa Barbara. Her first job in the art world was as a press intern at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris where she was able to walk around the museum when it was closed and pretend she had her own private collection of Degas, Manets and Monets! From there, she bounced around the globe, got Read More ...
Tonight gallery nine5 is proud to present, for the first time in a gallery setting, a series of truly original works by lighting master and artist, Bentley Meeker. Flame to Now, featured on three walls of the gallery, explores the transformative power of light and its effect on our emotions. The titles of the installations echo the progression of man’s use of illumination from fire to the electric light. The show features three Read More ...
An only child, Josama was raised and artistically inspired by his mother, Ingrid Madera, an internationally renowned sculptor, artist & survivor. Josamas childhood was nomadic; living as a modern day gypsy, he and his mother moved incessantly throughout various neighborhoods & states. It was during the “die hard” era of New York’s graffiti scene where ten year-old Josama would lay his foundation as a visual artist. Within one year, Josama was keeping black books full of designs . Due Read More ...
The Dead Cigarette brand was born from an idea of two friends who met at art college in Arezzo,Tuscany and now, years later, wish to express their creativity through the world of fashion, in particular by creating artistic designs printed in an artistic serigraphy on made in Italy t-shirts. Inspirations/Influences? Art in its totality and the world of music, especially punk rock What do you have in mind when designing the Read More ...
LimoLand is a lifestyle brand for the not so preppy hedgefund manager with curious style Johnny Pigozzi, founder and creative director since 2007, is also mogul, philanthropist and avid art collector—including one of the largest collections of contemporary African art. The label expresses his colorful and fun personality with the brand’s logo, Mr. Limo, a mascot based on work of late Tanzanian artist George Lilanga. A little something different from Read More ...
