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 | Newsletter | 7 March 2012 |
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| CURRENT IN YOUR FACE: VITO ACCONCI | |
| Vito Acconci is the latest creative heavy-weight to be interviewed for SHOWstudio's In Your Face series. The acclaimed contemporary artist proves a willing interviewee - offering up a frank discussion that gives a unique insight into the ideas and processes behind his fifty-year career. Famous for visceral pieces - including his controversial work Seedbed, in which Acconci masturbated under a ramp in New York's Sonnabend Gallery, the visitors exciting his autoerotic fantasies - Acconci has received wide-spread recognition for his ability to transform the viewer into an active participant in his work. Acconci was interviewed by journalist Nicolas Niarchos in New York, the city where he was born. He offers up a forthright analysis of everything from his early career as a poet to the intentions and inspirations behind his most famous works. [more] | |
| CURRENT TUMBLR: SIMON FOXTON GUEST EDIT | |
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 In a pioneering venture SHOWstudio invites a selection of designers, stylists, photographers, make-up artists and more to 'edit' SHOWstudio's newly-launched Tumblr. Each guest will have full create control to make the Tumblr their own for one week each month, posting images they find inspiring. Giving readers a unique insight into some of the most inventive minds in the industry, the Tumblr will play host to the visual thought process inspire the work of some of our most acclaimed contributors. The first guest curator to grace us with his presece is a long-standing SHOWstudio contributor and collaborator, the epoch defining menswear stylist Simon Foxton, who will post imagery as inspiring as that seen on his own Tumblr. Posting an image every hour Foxton's taste in visuals will not disappoint, so check in from 5 - 9 March 2012. Stay tuned and follow SHOWstudio's Tumblr for more exciting imagery. [more] | |
| CURRENT COLLECTIONS: PARIS A/W 2012 | |
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 A turning point for many of fashion's best-loved houses - for the good, and perhaps the bad - the Paris collections are the cherry on top of Autumn/Winter 2012's fashion cake. With stellar collections from the likes of Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Louis Vuitton - as well as a final hurrah from Stefano Pilati at Yves Saint Laurent that counts amongst his best - Paris offers the definitive final glance at a season yet to come. As the catwalk circus comes to a close - with a Louis Vuitton-branded steam train, no less - catch up on all the fashion, farewells and frolics you missed with candid reportage from SHOWstudio fashion director Alexander Fury and hot-off-the-catwalk images courtesy of NOWFASHION.com. [more] | |
| CURRENT PHONECARTE: KARLIE KLOSS | |
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 Calling in straight from Paris is one of the most wanted models of the moment - Karlie Kloss. As a new participant of the SHOWstudio Phonecarte series, following the footsteps of Karen Elson, Irina Lazareanu and Lilies Cole and Donaldson, Kloss leaves SHOWstudio voice messages captured during her busy schedule of fittings, backstage prepping and hectic runs between shows. Karlie has been hanging on the telephone throughout the week, offering a unique insight to all aspects of her day, providing the gossip and giving a unique aural peek behind the Autumn/Winter 2012 collections. Dial in and catch her final posts from Paris. [more] | |
| CURRENT FAN CLUB | |
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 The latest film by director Ruth Hogben, 'Fan Club', launched on SHOWstudio last week along with a brand new one-minute edit exclusive to SHOWstudio. Created in collaboration with stylist and LOVE magazine Editor in Chief Katie Grand the film celebrates the fourteen-year reign of designer Marc Jacobs on the throne of one of fashion's most exclusive houses - Louis Vuitton. At the end of this week the full-length fashion film will be unveiled in Paris alongside a multitude of Vuitton paraphernalia as part of the exhibition Louis Vuitton - Marc Jacobs at Les Arts Décoratifs. Inspired by Busby Berkley musical extravaganzas and the dream factory of 1930s Hollywood, this fashion film showcases a modern fantasia of covetable Vuitton accessories, some of which make it into the retrospective charting Jacobs' outstanding creative output for the label to date. The film is a must-see for fashion fans the world over and another one of Hogben's masterpieces. [more] | |
| CURRENT IN YOUR FACE: MUSIC - VULA | |
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 Following in the wake of stellar performances from singer Ladyhawke and rapper Kate Tempest SHOWstudio's In Your Face: Music series debuts brand new on demand footage. Those who missed British songstress Vula's live performance now have access a video edit of her soulful performance live from Bruton Place. Most famous for her infectious vocals on Basement Jaxx's 'Oh My Gosh', Vula is a music veteran who has collaborated with numerous artists across the UK. This film is a true celebration of her astounding acappella abilities - a perfect musical pick-me-up. [more] | |
| COMING UP THE NEW FACES | |
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 SHOWstudio unveils an exciting new film by photographer and filmmaker Dean Chalkley, The New Faces. This unashamedly retro film short focuses on the sartorial passion and commitment of young British Mods, following in the footsteps of Chalkey's acclaimed 2010 photographic exhibition, The New Faces’ Exhibited at The Book Club, that display was a study of eight young Mods, bound together by their shared passion for smart dressing, rare soul music, socialising and dancing. Almost two years to the day, Chalkey returns to The Book Club, to show off the film-version - a dynamic visual experience and engaging contemporary documentary. The film will launch exclusively on SHOWstudio on Friday 9 March 2012 after its debut screening at The Book Club, East London on Thursday at 19:30 GMT. Perfect viewing for all those who are nostalgic for the swinging sixties. | |
| CURRENT FASHION MIX | |
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 It's a win for the boys on this week's Fashion Mix with musical offerings from two of British fashion's best-love menswear faces, Ritchie Charlton and Simon Foxton. On Monday Charlton, managing director of acclaimed London tailor Hayward, dropped a tracklist diverse both in terms of generation and genre, with hits by everyone from Amy Winehouse to The Stooges - proof that his music taste is as sharp as his suits. On Friday stylist Foxton will continue his SHOWstudio takeover, with a unique insight into his musical must-haves. The mix launches in conjunction with the last day of Foxton's SHOWstudio Tumblr curation, giving viewers access to the key sounds that compliment his extensive bank of visual inspirations. [more] | |
| FROM THE SHOP 'IN YOUR FACE' - FINAL WEEK | |
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 This week is the last opportunity to see SHOWstudio Shop's exhibition 'In Your Face'. The show ends this Friday 9th March to make way for our new exhibition 'Selling Sex'. Exploring the ability of portraiture to challenge and provoke 'In Your Face' gives a unique setting for directly confrontational work from work from fine artists, photographers and filmmakers. Find us at 1-9 Bruton Place to view Marina Abramović's conflict inspired 1978 performance piece with partner and fellow artist Ulay, a still from Luis Bunuel's hugely influential film Un Chien Andalou and London based artist Walter Hugo's film and sculpture, PAX6. We have the dark humour of LittleWhitehead's life size sculpture 'Any Last Thoughts' accentuating the macabre of Gareth Pugh's living sculpture 'Stealth Bomber'. Theres masks from Givenchy's 2011 S/S collection and a triple headed piece by London design duo Void of Course. And of course, Shaun Leane's iconic silver mouthpiece, created for Alexander McQueen's A/W 2000 collection 'Eshu' designed to pin open the lips in a permanent, aggressive snarl. Find more this week at SHOWstudio Shop in your final chance to view work from established and emerging artists. 'In Your Face' will end this Friday, 9th March 2012 visit SHOWstudio Shop at 1-9 Bruton Place, 11am - 6pm everyday this week for a last chance to explore this extraordinary exhibition. [more] | |
| FROM THE ARCHIVE DESIGN_DOWNLOAD: MARTIN MARGIELA | |
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 Just days after the latest Maison Martin Margiela Autumn/Winter 2012 show, and as the Paris shows draw to a close, the time feels apt to revisit our 2004 Design_Download, allowing worldwide viewers the chance to collaborate with the esteemed maison and craft your own homage to the designer. A simple shift dress pattern, without sleeves and with no hem, was Maison Martin Margiela's contribution to our series, saying true to their signature considered, stripped-back approach. Engage with the house in a conceptual dialogue by using this as the basis to make a design of your own. As if joining the actual designers at the key stage in the making of a garment, this is your raw material to shape into a completely new and individual garment. Browse our submissions gallery to see how others interpreted the pattern and then get to work! [more] | |
| LATEST ENTRIES BLOG | |
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Amanda Harlech - Choupette...  Karl with his Burmese kitten, Choupette - back from the vet with an Elizabethan collar. [more] | |
Liberty Ross - Pixels  Human Statue of Liberty made up of 18,000 soldiers in support of World War 1, 1918 by Arthur Mole and John Thomas. Audrey Hepburn by Craig Alan both images via colossal [more] | |
SHOWstudio Shop announces their new exhibition 'SELLING SEX', Opening March 22, 2012  SHOWstudio is delighted to announce its upcoming exhibition 'SELLING SEX', set to open on March 22, 2012 at SHOWstudio Shop, 1-9 Bruton Place. The concept for the show began when we set out to create an exhibition that looked at the fetishization of objects in Fine Art and Fashion. Given the success of our acclaimed film series Object Fetish, it made sense to extend this online program into our gallery space. But, as our research progressed, an enduring imbalance was brought to the fore that was too hard to ignore. [more] | |
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