Berlin artists being evicted from famous commune
By JESSICA MANN
BERLIN (AP) — An artists’ commune that became an icon of the German capital’s post-reunification creative boom celebrated its 19th anniversary Friday amid doubts about whether it’ll be around for its 20th.
Tacheles was once one of dozens of decaying buildings in East Berlin occupied by artists, anarchists and bohemians after the Wall fell in 1989. But the graffiti-covered, dilapidated structure has seen its value skyrocket as the area around it gentrified — leaving the group of sculptors and painters in a fight to buy the former department store in a bid [...]

13 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Damien Hirst shoots himself in the head in this sculpture by Eugenio Merino, “For The Love of Gold”. I must say, this is probably the greatest work of art so far this year.
In a sure sign of the state of the modern art world, the single artwork attracting the most attention at ARCO (the Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair) that opened today was not a masterpiece by DAMIEN HIRST, but rather a parody of [...]

13 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

This is an experimental film made up of over 35,000 photographs. It combines an innovative mix of stop motion and live projection mapping techniques. By Xavier Chassaing.

13 Feb 09  /  Photography, Video  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Mary-kate Olsen takes the March cover of Interview magazine looking especially wicked. There is a video of the photoshoot where she looks completely and totally at ease in front of the camera, which I suppose doesn’t come as much of a surprise considering her history, but to me personally it is baffling. I get uneasy when more than two people are looking at me. You can read the rest of the interview preview here & see a few other thumbnail images.

13 Feb 09  /  Fashion  /  3 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Pretty cool ad for Jean Paul Gaultier’s ‘Madame’ perfume line, featuring bad ass Agyness Deyn.

12 Feb 09  /  Fashion  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Awkward video blog. Awkard interview. Awkward camera work. Awkward combination of people. Everything about this is awkward.

11 Feb 09  /  Photography  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes

I’ve been injured for the past week so I was unable to go out and get some new photographs. However, being a photographer, I have a surplus of unused photographs to draw from. This weeks selection of photos is completely FROM TOKYO random with LOTS OF AWESOME TOKYO SHOTS no underlying theme what so ever (seriously, don’t even try to read into them, I MEAN IT). The majority of them were actually shot using a pocket camera, but unfortunately some of them were not (oh the horror). So, without any more fuss, enjoy this weeks Pocket Camera Retro Wednesday TOKYO [...]

11 Feb 09  /  Features, Photography, Retro Wednesday  /  3 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Really like these paintings of calculators by Holly Exley.
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11 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes