JOHAN RENCK, WITH WHOM WE COLLABORATE ON AN ARTICLE FOR SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002, IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTORS IN THE WORLD. HE HAS WORKED WITH PEOPLE AS DIVERSE AS THE KNIFE, MADONNA, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, SUEDE & NEW ORDER YET HE ALWAYS PRESERVES THIS PECULIAR WAY TO RENDER EVEN MOST SIMPLE THINGS STRANGE & BEAUTIFUL. HERE IS A STILL SHOT FROM SEVEN, A VIDEO HE HAD DIRECTED FOR FEVER RAY
JOHAN RENCK, WITH WHOM WE COLLABORATE ON AN ARTICLE FOR SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002, IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTORS IN THE WORLD. HE HAS WORKED WITH PEOPLE AS DIVERSE AS THE KNIFE, MADONNA, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, SUEDE & NEW ORDER YET HE ALWAYS PRESERVES THIS PECULIAR WAY TO RENDER EVEN MOST SIMPLE THINGS STRANGE & BEAUTIFUL. HERE IS A STILL SHOT FROM SEVEN, A VIDEO HE HAD DIRECTED FOR FEVER RAY
IMAGE FROM AN INSTALLATION SOME/THINGS AGENCY DID FOR DAMIR DOMA WINDOW PROJECT ORGANIZED BY MASAHIRO & MANAMI TSUNODA, FOUNDER OF LIFT, 3RD WEEK OF OCTOBER 2009, IN 7 BOUTIQUES IN JAPAN: IDEA BY SOSU, LIFT ECRU, LIFT ETAGE, LHP, BOUTIQUE W, MIDWEST SHIBUYA & MIDWEST NAGOYA. THE EDITORIAL ITSELF WITH ROB NAKED WALKING THE ROOFS OF NEW YORK WILL BE IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002
BOTH ON ROBERT & DAMIR WE HAVE MADE BIG ARTICLES LAST SUMMER, YOU CAN SEE THEM IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE001 / SHEDDING SNATCHES OF SONG LIKE PETALS
A COUPLE OF IMAGES FROM SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE001 / SHEDDING SNATCHES OF SONG LIKE PETALS EDITORIAL WITH MASHA YAKOVENKO. IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE MASHA (IN CAROL CHRISTIAN POELL) AGAIN IN NEW YORK EDITORIAL & THERE WILL NOT ONLY BE GUSTAVINS GARMENTS (ON A MAN!) BUT ALSO A VERY SPECIAL & PERSONAL INTERVIEW
SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER'S WORK HAS BEEN A GREAT PERSONAL INFLUENCE. HER IMAGES OF INCREDIBLY DEEP BEAUTY CARRY DARK STORIES OF DESTRUCTION & VIOLENCE YET SHE ALWAYS MANAGES TO AVOID THE VULGARITY OF THE DOCUMENTARY WAR PHOTOGRAPHY. THIS IMAGE COMES FROM FAIT, A SERIES SHE HAS SHOT IN KUWAIT JUST AFTER THE IRAQI TROOPS RETIRED LEAVING OIL FIELDS BURN THE DESERT. SOME 20 YEARS AGO SHE HAS SEEN WHAT I WAS TOO YOUNG TO SEE
MI GUAN JANG IS WEARING SLEEVELESS WOOL KIMONO, JACKET & PANTS BY SONGZIO, ACESSORY BY FLAKA JAHAJ EXCLUSIVELY FOR SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE, PHOTOGRAPHY & STYLING BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE. SHOT IN SONGZIO'S SEOUL ATELIER OCTOBER 2009
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL & STRANGE PHOTOGRAPHS EVER, ITS SO SIMPLE & SO OVEREXPOSED, YET THE MORE I LOOK AT IT THE MORE IT IS A WONDER. HOPE WE CAN HAVE A BIG PRINT OF THIS IMAGE ON THE WALLS OF SOME/THINGS ATELIER SOMEDAY
NEW YORK CITY POEM FOR MONIKA / ROBERT MONTGOMERY
JAMES CHENG TAN IS WEARING GUSTAVOLINS REMADE KIMONO, RICK OWENS SS2010 JACKET-COAT, DAMIR DOMA JERSEY TOP, TRADITIONAL KOREAN BUDDHIST MONK LINEN BELT / STYLED & PHOTOGRAPHED BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE ON THE EASTERN COAST OF KOREA OCTOBER 2009
25.11.09 & 18.11.09 AT 7.30PM THE INSOMNIAC CITY CYCLES BY RAN SLAVIN ARE TO BE SCREENED AT THE THIRD EAR CINEMA, KING GEORGE 48 ST TEL AVIV
RAN'S WORK HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY SHOWN IN WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY IN LONDON, CENTRE POMPIDOU & JEU DE PAUME IN PARIS, NETWERK IN BELGIUM, KASSEL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, TORINO FILM FESTIVAL, TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART AMONG OTHERS.. & YOU CAN SEE AN ARTICLE WE HAVE WORKED ON TOGETHER WITH RAN IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE001 PRINTED EDITION OR THE WEB VERSION
MI-GUAN JANG IS WEARING KIMONO COAT BY SONGZIO & HAND ACCESSORIES BY FLAKA JAHAJ. STYLING & PHOTOGRAPHY BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE
THIS IS REALLY EARLY IN THE EVENING (6PM?) BEFORE IT ALL REALLY STARTED AT LE PALAIS BOURBON. IMAGES TAKEN BY MAXIME BUECHI OF SANG BLEU MAGAZINE
SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE IS NOW AT GAGOSIAN GALLERY THAT REPRESENTS ROGER BALLEN, ON WHOM WE MADE 20 PAGES FEATURE IN THE ISSUE001
BESIDED GAGOSIAN SOME/THINGS NOW HAS 34 STOCKISTS IN 12 COUNTRIES, SEE THE FULL LIST HERE
FROM TOMORROW THE PRINTS OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE001 / SHEDDING SNATCHES SONG LIKE PETALS ARE AVAILABLE IN SOME/THINGS ONLINE BOUTIQUE:
20X30CM MOUNTED ON 3MM THICK ALUMINUM, EDITION OF 2 + ARTIST PRINT, SIGNED AS WELL AS SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE001 THAT COMES WITH THE PRINT
FROM THE SHOOTING OF THE LAST RADIOHEAD WORLDTOUR SHOW WITH THE INCREDIBLE LIGHT SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY ANDI WATSON, ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING LIGHT DESIGNERS EVER. ANDI HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE BAND SINCE THEIR EARLIEST CONCERTS IN EARLY 90S. MORE SOON XX
MONIKA BIELSKYTE / YOU HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH RADIOHEAD FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW, HOW DID YOU MEET THEM & HOW DID YOU DECIDE TO WORK TOGETHER?
ANDI WATSON / I FIRST MET THEM WHEN THEY WERE THE SUPPORT ACT FOR A BAND I WAS WORKING WITH. WE WERE PLAYING TINY PLACES & AT THAT TIME THEY HAD ANOTHER DESIGNER WORKING FOR THEM. I THOUGHT THEY WERE AMAZING & WAS DELIGHTED WHEN THEY ASKED ME TO DO THEIR LIGHTING AFTER THE ORIGINAL DESIGNER HAD LEFT TO PURSUE HIS MUSICAL ASPIRATIONS.
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MB / WHICH OF THE RADIOHEAD TOURS WERE HARDEST & WHY? WHICH TOURS SEEM MOST MEMORABLE FOR YOU? CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE LIGHTS YOU’VE BEEN USING FOR THEM?
AW / MOST OF THE TOURS HAVE BEEN PRETTY TOUGH AT THE BEGINNING, ALTHOUGH IN THE PAST I HAD ALMOST NO TIME TO PROGRAM THE HUGE NUMBER OF SONGS THE BAND WANTED TO PLAY. ON THE LAST FEW TOURS I HAVE HAD MUCH MORE PRODUCTION REHEARSAL TIME BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ACHIEVE HAS BEEN WAY, WAY MORE. THE LAST TOUR WAS PROBABLY THE MOST COMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SO INSTANTLY BEAUTIFUL & FLEXIBLE.
IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT, WE PROBABLY FOLLOWED A PRETTY HISTORICALLY ACCURATE PATH. FOR THE FIRST FEW TOURS I DIDN’T WANT TO USE MOVING LIGHTS, JUST USING FIXED INCANDESCENT LAMPS, MOVING ON TO COLOUR CHANGING FIXED LAMPS. THE FEEL WAS PERHAPS MORE TRADITIONALLY THEATRICAL ON THOSE TOURS. THEN WE DID SEVERAL TOURS WITH MOVING LIGHT RIGS, EVEN ADDING THE LASER IN THE TENT, BEFORE THE ‘HAIL TO THE THIEF’ TOUR WITH THE PIXELLINE LED WALL CONTROLLED FROM THE CUSTOM CATALYST SOFTWARE. THE TOUR AFTER THAT INVOLVED A COMPLEX CAMERA SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME & AN EVEN MORE COMPLEX MULTIPLE PROJECTION SYSTEM. FINALLY, OF COURSE, THE ALL-LED ‘IN RAINBOWS’ DESIGN WITH ITS 3D VIDEO SCREEN OF VERTICAL PIXEL ELEMENTS MADE UP OF ELEMENT LABS VERSATUBE HD UNITS & THE MULTI REMOTE CAMERA SYSTEM USED TO CREATE MUCH OF THE VIDEO SCREEN OUTPUT.
Excerpt from A CONVERSATION WITH ANDI WATSON. ENTIRE 26 PAGE FEATURE ONLY IN PRINTED EDITION OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK
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