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Cathartic photographs, Michael Ackerman’s picture first and foremost show an irrepressible need to miss nothing. Not a place, not a face, not an atmosphere. Fruit of a unique technical elaboration, emerging far away from any school – Michael Ackerman is a self-taught artist -, his images, through their light, their reflects, their grain, even their [...]

Designer born in Munich and based in Berlin, Johanna Dehio invents pieces questioning the obviousnesses about furniture and even our certainties about usefulness or practical objects. As shows her Hockerbank line, which proposes round benches and tables extensible thanks to planks wearing holes. Usable alone or together, these constituents are all made of different woods, [...]

“Breaking My Heart” is a clip excerpted from “Ratchet Shit Vol. 2″, the last 6-tracks of Mach Five (Atlanta). A peaceful vibe backed by Bilal & Hollyweerd on a Kyle “Pro” Stewart’s production. The video, really talkative, has been directed by Artemus Jenkins. “Ratchet Shit Vol. 2″ is available for a free download on Bandcamp.

Born in 1976 in Phoenix, Casey McKee combines photography with painting. Indeed, after having worked and composed them, he uses an emulsion to fix his pictures on their support. Then starts a meticulous labor to get the wished effect and rendering. Sometimes sweet, sometimes provocative, McKee’s world climbs out from any specific temporality. The paleness [...]

Born in February 1957 in Bessanone (Italy), Willy Verginer sculpts wood. Gifted with an impressive technique, he partially and precisely stains his pieces. The process allows him, despite a classic cutting and a conceptual expression, a visual rendering excessively contemporaneous. To such a point he seduces lots of looks, experienced or not. His works have [...]

Released at fall 2011, “Reclamation” is the second opus of the australian band The Strides. Joyfully mixing reggae, afrobeat, jazz and hip hop, the album features the singer Ras Roni and London’s Mc LTL Gzeus to propose, in ten tracks, a trip through atmospheres. Energetic horns and furious rhythms or smooth basses and heavy layers, [...]

José Parlá, whose collaboration with French JR has recently been appreciated, has literally imported the street and its expressions into galleries. Without any travesty or stylistic concession, he has been able to impose his works in prestigious exhibition places. Rough and spontaneous superimposition of layers, calligraphies and collages, each piece reflects the urban roots of [...]

The italian firm Porro bases its vision of design on three principles: simple lines, regular forms and functionality. With this purpose, Porro proposes variable dressings both discrete and luxurious. Adjustable to any kind of space, they play on the contrast between inside and outside. The choice is so given among glass doors and sliding white [...]

Little pause, short escape… Here is the clip “Banana Wine” of the producer Mo Kolours. A video directed by Jim Demuth to promote the second volume of the “EP” trilogy. The track “Banana Wine” perfectly illustrates the balance of the Mauritania’s origins and the British influences of Mo Kolours who discloses a sound shared between [...]

Ellen Von Unwerth is a German photographer born in Frankfurt in 1954. After a model career, she takes the camera and develops a recognizable style inspired by Helmut Newton’s work. Defending the idea of a free woman, able to use her assets, she prefers the close shots and the color contrasts but never ignores staging [...]