WE HAVE JUST FINISHED THE LAYOUT DESIGN FOR A 28 PAGES FEATURE (WITH 2 PAGES INTERVIEW) ON MAARTEN VANDEN ABEELE'S PHOTOGRAPHY OF PINA BAUSCH'S TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL. SCENES FROM THE LIGHTNING BRIDGES, CLOSE-UPS OF SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE EVER ACTORS (DOMINIQUE MERCY, NAZARETH PANADERO, LUTZ FORSTER, JULIE SHANAHAN...) BUT ALSO FALLING WALLS, EMPTY SCENE, DUST & SMOKE, ALL EPIC & SUBLIME. IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK
WE HAVE JUST FINISHED THE LAYOUT DESIGN FOR A 28 PAGES FEATURE (WITH 2 PAGES INTERVIEW) ON MAARTEN VANDEN ABEELE'S PHOTOGRAPHY OF PINA BAUSCH'S TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL. SCENES FROM THE LIGHTNING BRIDGES, CLOSE-UPS OF SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE EVER ACTORS (DOMINIQUE MERCY, NAZARETH PANADERO, LUTZ FORSTER, JULIE SHANAHAN...) BUT ALSO FALLING WALLS, EMPTY SCENE, DUST & SMOKE, ALL EPIC & SUBLIME. IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK
...CURTAINLESS WINDOWS IN A CALVINIST COUNTRY WERE THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS I SAW, 3-D PSYCHOLOGY REDUCED TO A 2D SELECTION. THE WINDOW FRAME THE FIRST LESSON, THE PROTESTANT DISPLAY OF A LIFE UNTAINTED. BUT EVEN A CHILD CAN SEE THE CRACKS OF A WIFE LEFT FOR WEEKS BY A FLYING HUSBAND. ELIZABETH TAYLORESQUE IN A PEIGNOIR ALL DAY SIPPING SHERRY'S, THE FIRST EROTIC IMAGE. HER KIDS OBVIOUSLY IGNORED. THE TRUE PROTESTANT NEIGHBOR'S CHILDREN PRESSED WITH THEIR NOSES AGAINST THE WINDOW AS WE PLAYED SOCCER, POTHOLE COVERS AS GOALS. AJAX!!!!!! WHITE JERSEY & A RED STRIPE. BEAT LIVERPOOL 5-1 IN THE FOG. ONLY A SMALL PATCH OF NATURE ON THE CORNER. WE CALLED IT THE FOREST, BUT ON REVISITING MY HOMETOWN, CLEARLY THE FOREST WAS NOW HOME TO 2 SMALL ONE-FAMILY HOMES WITH TINY YARDS. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL TO THINK THAT AS A CHILD, MY FRIENDS & I THOUGHT OF THIS ONE UNDEVELOPED CORNER IN THE SUBURBS AS THE FOREST. WE WERE COWBOYS & INDIANS, KNIGHTS. WILHELM TELL, ROBIN HOOD, IVANHOE, HEROES THAT GLOWED OUT OF THE BLACK & WHITE TELEVISION IN OUR LIVING ROOM. NOW I LIVE IN A BIG FOREST PERHAPS APPRECIATING THE TREES LESS. ONE ALWAYS SEEMS TO NEED OTHER’S EYES TO REALLY SEE.
AN EXTRACT OF NEVER PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TEXT BY ARI MARCOPOULOS, FROM 18 PAGES FEATURE (THAT INCLUDED 2 PAGES TEXT BY NEVILLE WAKEFIELD) WE ARE DOING ON ARI'S PHOTOGRAPHY IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK
IT'S A JEAN-PAUL GOUDE IMAGE FROM AN ARTICLE ON JUN MIYAKE (AS WELL AS FROM JUN'S ALBUM STOLEN FROM STRANGERS) IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK
STYLED BY TETSURO NAGASE, PHOTOGRAPHED BY MOTE SINABEL AOKI FOR SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK
ABOVE IS THE IMAGE OF THE FIRST & THE BIGGEST FEATURE OF THE SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE001 / SHEDDING SNATCHES OF SONG LIKE PETALS, ON THE SOUTH AFRICA BASED PHOTOGRAPHER ROGER BALLEN, 20 PAGES WITH 16 IMAGES OF WHICH 5 NEVER PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED & AN EXTENSIVE 3 PAGES INTERVIEW. WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARDS TO SEE HIS EXHIBITION BOARDING HOUSE THAT OPENS IN KAMEL MENNOUR GALLERY TONIGHT, IT WILL CERTAINLY BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SHOWS IN PARIS THIS YEAR
SEE CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN DURING SOME/THINGS LAUNCH EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2009 IN LIFT ETAGE TOKYO, ATELIER NEW YORK & SARTORIALOFT IN LOS ANGELES
MODEL MASHA YAKOVENKO, PHOTOGRAPHY & STYLING MONIKA BIELSKYTE, PRODUCED & EDITED BY SOME/THINGS AGENCY. WITH RICK OWENS PALAIS ROYAL, HAIDER ACKERMANN, SONGZIO & PEACHOO+KREJBERG FASHION
THE BLACK CHAPTER OF A PLACE TO WASH THE HEART PROJECT BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE
IN THE PINK OFFING, THE DIM FORM OF DAICHU-MARU WAS EDGING PAST THE OKITA-MARU, LEAVING THE HARBOR. IT WAS A STRANGE MOMENT WHEN THE IMAGE OOZES FROM THE DREAM INTO EVERYDAY LIFE, AN ACTUALITY FROM ABSTRACTION – A POEM BECOMES CORPORATE, A PHANTASY AN OBJECT. IF SOMETHING MEANINGLESS YET OMINOUS IS THROUGH SOME PROCESS TAKEN INTO THE HEART, THERE IS BORN IN THE HEART AN URGENCY TO GIVE IT A SHAPE, & SO SOMETHING COMES TO EXIST. PERHAPS THE DAICHU-MARU WAS BORN OF TORU’S HEART. AN IMAGE INDISTINCT AS THE SWEEP OF A BRUSH HAD BECOME A GIGANTIC HULL OF SOME FOUR THOUSAND TONS. & THE SAME THING WAS FOREVER HAPPENING SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD / YUKIO MISHIMA
CAROLINE DE MAIGRET IS WEARING GOWN, DRESS, SKIRT & CARCASSE DE JUPE FROM YOHJI YAMAMOTO ARCHIVES, STIFF LEATHER BELT BY ANN DEMEULEMEESTER, SHOES BY HAIDER ACKERMANN & ANGORA WOOL JACKET WITH FEATHER COLLAR CREATED BY YANG HEE MIN / VANDALIST EXCLUSIVELY FOR SOME/THINGS AS WELL AS THE FREDERIC MOLENAC SCULPTURE IN THE BACK OF THE SCENE. EDITORIAL STYLED & PHOTOGRAPHED BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE, IN THEATRE DE LA VILLE, PARIS DECEMBER 2009
PPS. SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK LINEUP WILL BE ANNOUNCED JANUARY 2010 & THE MAGAZINE ITSELF WILL BE IN PRINT EARLY FEBRUARY
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ALL OF YOU UNDISTURBED CITIES
HAVEN'T YOU EVER LONGED FOR THE ENEMY?
I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU BESIEGED BY HIM
FOR TEN ENDLESS & GROUND SHAKING YEARS.
UNTIL YOU WERE DESPERATE & MAD WITH SUFFERING;
FINALLY IN HUNGER YOU WOULD FEEL HIS WEIGHT.
HE LIES OUTSIDE THE WALLS LIKE A COUNTRYSIDE.
& HE KNOWS VERY WELL HOW TO ENDURE
LONGER THAN THE ONES THAT HE COMES TO VISIT.
CLIMB UP ON YOUR ROOFS & LOOK OUT:
HIS CAMP IS THERE, & HIS MORALE DOESN'T FALTER,
HIS NUMBERS DO NOT DECREASE; HE WILL NOT GROW WEAKER,
& HE SENDS NO ONE INTO THE CITY TO THREATEN
OR PROMISE, & NO ONE TO NEGOTIATE.
HE IS THE ONE WHO BREAKS DOWN ALL WALLS,
& WHEN HE WORKS, HE WORKS IN SILENCE.
A SPREAD FROM ZHU MING / LUMINESCENT MAN, AN ARTICLE WE HAVE PUBLISHED IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE001 / SHEDDING SNATCHES OF SONG LIKE PETALS, IT'S ONE OF OUR PERSONAL FAVORITE PAGES FROM AN ENTIRE MAGAZINE, WITH THE EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL IMAGE OF ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC ZHU MING'S PERFORMANCE WORKS & HIS MANIFESTO - A RANDOM SOLILOQUY (PUBLISHED BOTH IN ENGLISH & CHINESE) ARE SO MOVING. ZHU MING, ZHANG HUAN (WHOSE WORK HAS ALSO BEEN FEATURED IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE) & MA LIUMING WERE THE PIONEERS OF PERFORMANCE ART IN CHINA'S BEIJING EAST VILLAGE OF EARLY 90S
A PLACE TO WASH THE HEART CHAPTER 2 ORIGINAL PRINT (EDITION OF 2 + ARTIST PRINT, MOUNTED ON 3MM ALUMINUM SUPPORT, 20X30CM, INK JET ON FINEART PAPER) BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE, THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE001 / SHEDDING SNATCHES OF SONG LIKE PETALS CAN NOW BE FOUND SOME/THINGS ONLINE BOUTIQUE
WE ARE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO FEATURE IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE THE WORKS OF JENNY HOLZER, ONE OF THE MOST INCISIVE, ENGAGED & INFLUENTIAL AMONG THE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
AN IMAGE OF ONE OF THE MAIN EDITORIALS OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK STYLED & SHOT IN THEATRE DE LA VILLE PARIS BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE
DOUGLAS WHITE IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED (YOUNG?) ARTISTS IN BRITAIN. WE HAVE COLLABORATED WITH HIM ON AN ARTICLE IF THUNDER WAS DESIRE IF DREAMS WERE LIGHTNING FOR SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE001 / SHEDDING SNATCHES OF SONG LIKE PETALS & IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 WE CONTINUE THE COLLABORATION SHOWING HIS NEWEST WORKS FROM MALTA & ELEPHANT TOTEM SONG WORKS IN DOUGLAS' LONDON EAST END STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHED BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE
..WHEN IN A SULTRY NIGHT SHOT WITH LIGHTNINGS THE PLANE IS LANDING AT BEAUVAIS OR KALAMAZOO
& A STEWARDESS MOVES ABOUT QUIETLY SO NOT TO WAKE ANYONE WHILE THE CELLULAR WAX OF CITIES GLIMMERS BENEATH
I BELIEVED I WOULD UNDERSTAND BUT IT IS LATE & I KNOW NOTHING EXCEPT LAUGHTER & WEEPING
THE WET GRASSES OF FERTILE DELTAS CLEANSED ME FROM TIME & CHANGED ALL INTO A PRESENT WITHOUT BEGINNING OR END
MAARTEN VANDEN ABEELE IS A BELGIAN PHOTOGRAPHER THAT HAS WORKED WITH PINA BAUSCH & TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL FOR ALMOST 2 DECADES. THERE IS QUITE A NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT DID WORK WITH PINA BUT WE FEEL THAT MAARTEN'S WORK IS EXCEPTIONAL BECAUSE HIS IMAGES GO FAR BEYOND BEING ILLUSTRATORY OF A DANCE THAT ALREADY EXISTS. HE MANAGES TO FIND DIFFERENT ANGLES TO SEE CHOREOGRAPHY THAN THE CLICHE DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY, HE CONCENTRATE NOT ONLY ON THE SUPERFICIAL MOVEMENT BUT ALSO ON EMOTION, RELATIONSHIP OF THE CHARACTERS & THEIR STORY, TEXTURES OF THE SKIN & FABRIC, SCRATCHES ON THE STAGE, EMPTINESS & LIGHT. SOME OF HIS PHOTOS, JUST AS WORK OF PINA, ARE MAGNIFICENTLY HEARTBREAKING. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE PUBLISH A SELECTION OF HIS IMAGES AMONG WHICH QUITE A NUMBER NEVER PREVIOUSLY SEEN IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK,
PS. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH YOU SEE LUTZ FORSTER SINGING IN SIGN LANGUAGE IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF PINA'S CREATIONS, NELKEN
..NOW TIRED MEN THROW BACK THE SHUTTERS & STEP BLINKING INTO THE PALE HOT LIGHT – ETIOLATED FLOWERS OF AFTERNOONS SPENT IN ANGUISH, TOSSING UPON UGLY BEDS, BANDAGED BY DREAMS. I HAVE BECOME ONE OF THESE POOR CLERKS OF THE CONSCIENCE, A CITIZEN OF ALEXANDRIA. SHE PASSES BELOW MY WINDOW, SMILING AS IF AT SOME PRIVATE SATISFACTION, SOFTLY FANNING HER CHEEKS WITH A LITTLE REED FAN. IT IS A SMILE WHICH I SHALL PROBABLY NEVER SEE AGAIN FOR IN COMPANY SHE ONLY LAUGHS, SHOWING THOSE MAGNIFICENT WHITE TEETH. BUT THIS SAD YET QUICK SMILE IS FULL OF A QUALITY WHICH ONE DOES NOT THINK SHE OWNS – THE POWER OF MISCHIEF. YOU WOULD HAVE SAID THAT SHE WAS OF A MORE TRAGIC CAST OF CHARACTER & LACKED COMMON HUMOR. ONLY THE OBSTINATE MEMORY OF THIS SMILE IS TO MAKE ME DOUBT IN THE DAYS TO COME
FROM ALEXANDRIA QUARTET BY LAWRENCE DURRELL
CIRCUMSTANCES BY HANS OP DE BEECK & A PLACE TO WASH THE HEART CHAPTER 1 BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE, 2 JOINT SOLO SHOWS - PART OF THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN LITHUANIA & BELGIUM, IS IN VARTAI GALLERY VILNIUS UNTIL DECEMBER 14. SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CAN ALSO BE SEEN THERE & ALSO (UPON REQUEST TO GALLERY STAFF) TATCMUAM IMAGE BOX
MOTE SINABEL AOKI IS AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHER-VIDEOMAKER-MUSICIAN WITH WHOM WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO WORK ON 2 INCREDIBLY EXCITING ARTICLES FOR SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK