>> Way back when I would have the time to kill a whole day watching obscure screenings and popping into galleries not for ‘content’ but for the eyes, I happed across the work of artist, animator and all around creative polymath Suzan Pitt – namely her most famous work, ‘Asparagus’, which was made in 1979. It’s twenty… Continue reading Dream Strokes
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Christmas Cheek
>> For the first time in (ever), I’ll be spending Christmas not with my family, not in London and not surrounded by animal fat and roast potatoes but in a land far away with my partner and most likely eating an inferior substitute to a Christmas dinner. That’s why I’m in two minds as to… Continue reading Christmas Cheek
Say Y.E.S.
For the last leg of my Asia tour (which yes, I realise makes me sound like I’m a has-been pop star milking it out in Far East), after a two year absence, I finally made it back to Hong Kong. Actually, “back to” makes it sound like I’m very familiar with the place. I’m not… Continue reading Say Y.E.S.
Hussein Chalayan: Clothes Over Concept
There was one sinking low point during my interview with Hussein Chalayan over the phone, on the eve of his first flagship store’s official opening in Mayfair during London Fashion Week, when I thought he’d hang up on me. I was asking about whether store in some way correlated with the way Chalayan has evolved his shows in… Continue reading Hussein Chalayan: Clothes Over Concept