Mark and Jo have been decorating a caravan for the Old Mac Daddy Elgin Hotel, the countryside cousin of the Grand Daddy in town, and theirs is called Dirkie Sanchez. Mark is pictured above. He’s a ‘method designer’. Below is the design Rikus did for one of the pull-down blinds in the caravan.
Rikus Ferriera for Dirkie Sanchez
It’s all looking pretty rad! Track their progress here.
Check out this awesome photo story called Murmur by dearest Photobro Lyall Coburn – who is SA born FYI but working in Paris – and his stylist gf Leanie. Is both beautiful and creepy. And beautiful.
Discovered on the facebook profile of my fave PhotoBro akaLyall Coburn, this shoe by United Nude actually triggered a physical reaction in me. I mean, look at it:
And get this -rockstar architect Rem Koolhaasis partly responsible for it! Now I only know who Rem Koolhaas is because at college Captain Jennifer held a party with the theme Gods & Godesses, and while most people came swathed in sheets dressed as Zeus or variations thereof, Kevball (an architect) came as Rem Koolhaas, “The God of Architecture”, sporting a setsquare and a pencil behind his ear.
Love how Rem sees the world. What a treat. The question is, how to get one’s hands on a pair of United Nudes in Cape Town?
Sometimez, ze designers, zey sink ‘out ze box’, and vee ghave ourselves a situation – a very awesome situation, but a situation no less – like so:
Looks like you could live in them. Old Muzza Hubbard? More like Miz Jazzy Space Hat Hubbard.
Objects of beauty, no denying it. Foxy, spacey beauty.
Hoofy and stubby and yet strangely elegant.
Hmm what could these be?
Oh I SEE! Shoes for zooty, burglary climbey times! I don’t know about you but I’d love a pair of these. Much like I’d love that preserved shark in a tank by Damian Hearst. These shoes are – dare I say it – art?
Vaat sink you ladies? Is zees shoes art? Or is zey ‘a little pretentious and impractical’? See more of these fantastical creations on Marloes’s website.
His videos are always super pretty. The music? Nice. But the video! It’s like a Warhol painting that’s alive! Check out Paint Your Face below. (thanks Perez)
I love me some Gaga. Loved her long time back when people didn’t realise that Poker Face wasn’t ‘just another housey piece of techno trash’ and was actually ‘a turning point for contemporary popular culture’. Loved her before people realised she wasn’t just ‘another plastic pop artist’ and is actually ‘a bona fide performance artist who will be around for a very long time’. Last night, as was sailing around the internet, happened upon my first performance artist love, South African-born Steven Cohen, dating back when was a broody teenager who wanted to ‘become a visual artist’. Cohen inspired me to ‘make a sex tape’ as my Standard 9 art project (true story – a sex tape with a twist – that’s a tale for another time but I got an A – very impressive for a conservative girls school), so seeing him doing so well in France made my heart bubble over with joy. Couldn’t help but notice that 2 of my darlings have a very similar vibe going, too. Now I’m not accusing anyone of copying anything – there’s room for everybody – on the contrary, I’m delighted that Steve and Our Lady are ‘in synch’. I vote for a collaboration!
Gagalala
Mr Cohen
Mr Cohen?
Ms Gaga?
Paparazzi Live at VMAs
Live street performance on some pavement in South Africa
Seriously. Ms Gaga, Mr Cohen, I want to see you two on stage together. To see more of Steven’s works, click here (do it).
