Category Archives: Kunst
Manifesto By Julian Rosefeldt – With a Little Help By Cate Blanchett
Julian Rosefeldt’s new thirteen-channel work Manifesto questions the role of the artist in society today. Australian actor, Cate Blanchett, performs the manifestos as a series of striking monologues.
The installation in the amazing Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin – a part of the Nationalgalerie – draws on the writings of Futurists, Dadaists, Fluxus artists, Situtationists and Dogma 95, and the musings of individual artists, architects, dancers and filmmakers. Passing the philosophies of Claes Oldenburg, Yvonne Rainer, Kazimir Malevich, André Breton, Elaine Sturtevant, Sol LeWitt, Jim Jarmusch, and other influencers through his lens, Rosefeldt has edited and reassembled a collage of artists’ manifestos. This is probably the most powerful exhibition TrendEngel has seen in years. Mind-blowing and life altering. Honestly.
Horace And Pete – Louis C.K. and Steve Buscemi Surprise Everyone
No one saw this coming – no one. Suddenly there is a new web series with some of the best actors in the world and everybody is surprised.
Sometimes you don’t want to go where everybody knows your name. Sometimes it becomes oppressive — the history, the choking familiarity, the endlessly repeated fights. Sometimes you want to go just about anywhere else. But what choice do you have?
This is the theme of “Horace and Pete,” the mournful and — judging from the first episode — unshakable new series that the comedian Louis C.K. dropped without warning, Beyoncé-style, on his website Saturday morning. Written, directed by and starring Louis C.K. (with several famous friends), it may best be described as a “Cheers” spec script by Eugene O’Neill: a snapshot of a family — and a country — suffering a hangover decades in the making.
If that happy description is enough to make you want to pay the $5 download fee, you may want to stop reading now. Part of the power of the premiere episode comes from its unfolding without quite knowing what it is.
If you want to know more: Do not expect a laugh riot, though there are some rueful chuckles. Horace (Louis C.K.), the 50-something operator of a 100-year-old dive bar in Brooklyn, has the bedraggled look of a man who does not see many good days — and this one is going to be worse than most.
His business partner, Pete (Steve Buscemi), is acting erratically, having gone off his meds because of insurance troubles. Horace’s grown daughter, Alice (Aidy Bryant), resents him. And his sister, Sylvia (Edie Falco), comes with a lawyer to contest the ownership of the foundering bar, the implications of which end up spilling family resentments like cheap booze from a smashed bottle.
Louis C.K explains exactly what it’s all about – here
Graffiti der Woche – Street Art Nr 198
Graffiti of the Week – Street Art Nr. 197
Vetements – THE Brand For Years to Come
The label Vetements is the most radical thing to come out of Paris in over a decade. This is a bunch of crazy dudes. Demna Gvasalia is the head of a collective of 18 young fashion designers. The average age is early to mid-twenties. They speak roughly 13 languages between them – truly international. The brand was launched from Gvasalia’s Paris bedroom, the product of weekends and nights spent designing for the love of it. The antidote of Paris fashion. Almost rebellious – almost. Stores such as Dover Street Market in London carry the pieces. Most of the items are interchangeable for men and women. Anything goes. Gvasalia is now artistic director for Balenciaga. This is a bit of a surprise and worried some fans of Vetements. But don’t worry – Vetements will be stronger than ever and THE brand for years to come.
Graffiti of the Week – Street Art Nr. 195
Graffiti of the Week – Street Art Nr. 194
TrendEngel Award 2015 – Best Product
A smart–and scarily predictive–wireless speaker: Wi-Fi- and Bluetooth-enabled, Cone is voice activated and connects directly to cloud-based music services and radio stations. The speaker, which goes for around 400 Euro, plays music and other programs, such as podcasts, on the basis of your likes–but it also learns your dislikes, as if it were your own personal DJ. If you tend to skip Irish folk music, for instance, it’ll stop suggesting the genre. Similarly, it’ll learn to automatically play smooth jazz on Friday evenings if that’s your thing. The embarrassing thing: TrendEngel discovered the product too late and you know what. The Cone is no more – it is gone and it’s too late. Sad sad sad…
Graffiti of The Week – Street Art Nr. 193
