Tag: Humanities
Nonsense saved me: interview to Simon Fujiwara on his latest show in Milan
The creator of Who the Bær: «I created a cartoon character in order not to become one myself». In Milan, the exhibition Who is Who-Dimensional? at Gió Marconi
Fast fashion is out of fashion – is capitalism eventually going to collapse?
«Most people don't realize that the capitalist model we’re living in is a construct, it’s a man-made system» Dr. Hakan Karaosman and Professor Donna Marshall
Fashion lives and dies in the pipelines of consumerism
Otto von Busch: «what if fashion is just a byproduct of something else? What if fashion is just the exhaust of social processes? What if fashion is just the exhaust...
The unsustainable impact of patriarchy on the industry: Maryam Lotfi with Amy Boote
The globalization of fast fashion supply chains has raised concerns about gender equality, and the industry has irresponsibly accumulated social sustainability violations
Lampoon RUVIDO, the new issue is ‘rough’
Skin, patina, eyelids — anything that is rough on our hands and eyes; Ruvido, meaning ‘rough' in Italian, is the title of the new issue of Lampoon, and composes its...
Regards Vénitiens: the exploited city seen with a reverse glaze. Nikos Aliagas
Fondazione dell'Albero d'Oro hosts an exhibition by the Greek-French photographer Nikos Aliagas. Venice seen from the outside is all about respect and contamination
The carefreeness of childhood collides with adult reality in Luca Staccioli’s exhibition
ArtNoble Gallery presents Luca Staccioli's exhibition WAKE-UP CALL, an intimate reflection on the meaning of childhood in relation to the socio-cultural environment that surrounds us
Liao Wen: wooden sculptures to investigate the human body and its complexity
Liao Wen for Bodies and Souls, a group exhibition for Cassina Projects curated by Manuela Lietti and in collaboration with Capsule Shanghai
«My relationship with photography is a love affair», Domino Leaha for Lampoon digital
«I strive to evoke a visceral experience for the viewer. I invite them into a private world; one of raw intensity and honest emotion». Domino Leaha for Lampoon online
Gamification is just another word for creating tribes. Filip Custic plays with tech-art
Diving in the Madrid art scene, the multidisciplinary artist parades the raw tissue of beauty. Smartphones, mirrors, and masks, he tackles contemporary identities
Craving for a Renaissance in our era, the Awards conceived by Eco-Age
Conceived by Eco-Age and co-founded by Livia Firth in 2021, the awards involved young activists in the field of social and environmental innovation
Controversial, Shakespearean: Sonia Boyce wants the public to talk, reflect and react
In conversation with award-winning British artist Sonia Boyce, as she navigates through Black British history and its relationship to the present day
Shirley Villavicencio Pizango, between Amazon rainforest and Belgian galleries
Fast lines, colors and acrylic paint for contemporary portraits between drawing and painting, in balance between Peruvian roots and Belgian education
Paradise Found: An Erotic Treasury for Sybarites, a compendium by Betony Vernon
Vernon's artistic journey ranges from art to activism in the erotic realm: the book enables an exploration of the secrets of pleasure through a pictorial voyage
Unraveled, Maxine Bédat: Jeans, as a symbol of globalized and popular fashion
From cotton farming in Texas to manufacturing in Bangladesh and on to disposal and donations in Ghana, the whole terrifying life cycle of clothing
Having muscles – the courage to have a purpose. Banca Ifis and the Economy of Beauty
This effort of estimating the impact of beauty is reflected in the annual Banca Ifis report Economy of Beauty – a volume released in June 2022 and shot by Sanja...
Mapping the Anthropocene, Synchrodogs’ art is an example of eco-art
The Ukrainian artistic duo Synchrodogs talks about the tension between humanity and nature halfway between reality and sleep life to raise climate crisis awareness
Matylda Krzykowski – Topics, disciplines: Letting yourself be surprised is a form of courage
Matylda Krzykowski, when transdisciplinarity becomes doing. «Whatever you want to become or do in your life is not just a matter of naming who you want to be, but actually...
Russian-ness, pan-Slavism. Michel Eltchaninoff explains Vladimir Putin’s policies
Michel Eltchaninoff sits down with Eleonora Rajneri Karageorgevitch for Lampoon, investigating Putin’s ideological and philosophical foundations of thought
Absurdity, masculinity, and a nude Cary Grant: Kurt Kauper’s take on painting
«All great paintings are great whether it’s Giotto or Picasso because of the way the volumes move through space». In conversation with American painter Kurt Kauper
Leveraging blockchain technology to put plastic back into the production cycle
Recovered seaside plastic is an alternative to virgin plastic. Tracking it through blockchain technology can prevent its dispersion by promoting recycling
«Wear your trauma proudly» – Petite Meller, music is a liberating force
In sound and vision from the French-Israeli singer, songwriter, model and philosopher, we find the power of music and dance to free people. Petite Meller speaks at Lampoon
Hussein Chalayan, Souffleur: Pretension, Fake Celebrations, Post-Colonial Bodies
«Digital life in itself is a consumed situation where we become digital creatures and hide behind our digital self» – Hussein Chalayan presents his solo exhibition to Lampoon
Colonialism is not a matter of the past: Sebastiano Mauri, Lorcan O’Neill, Julian Bedel discuss
The thing with power is what do you do with it. Competition and bullying are a part of Nature, and our nature. Sebastiano Mauri talks with Lorcan O’Neill and Julian...
Armani Neve – From the mountains of Canada, landing in Sankt Moritz for a show
A series of pictures shot by Alex Black in Canada: the Armani Neve collection is going to presented worldwide in Sankt Moritz on December 9th
The Never Never: fake news, national stereotypes and false myths – Jeremy Hutchison and Evelyn Simons
British artist Jeremy Hutchison and Belgian curator Evelyn Simons present The Never Never, second chapter of Driftwood, or how we surfaced through currents (2017) supported by Fondazione Prada
Oscar Murillo – A Storm Is Blowing From Paradise, the wind of progress takes over Venice
The storm of progress theorized by Walter Benjamin takes the form of thousands of drawings and marks made in almost ten years by children and school students world-wide
Just a transparent layer on the boundaries of horizons: reporting Golden Goose
Photographer Lorenzo Venturini deals with one of the purest elements that we can find up in the mountains: the air. A project supported by Golden Goose
Madre di Me – Gabriele Rosati. We born twice: tackling photography like the clay of a sculpture
A reflection on roles, context has become fluid and unlimited – Gabriele Rosati «If home brings family, then family could also be a place where one feels at home»
Teasing Lampoon’s newly published Muscles Issue — The Elusive Modernist in conversation with Hamed Khosravi
The lithe social muscle of an early freelancer: «As a reader and later as a writer of his character, it was not difficult to imagine [Gabriel Guevrekian] in Gertrude Stein’s house or in...
The Great Design Disaster. Bridging the commercial gap between collector and artisan
A collaboration between the founders of TGDD and Fonderia Artistica Campagner puts Italian craftsmanship under the spotlight again
Masks, colours, coffee – Pascale Marthine Tayou from Cameroon to the world
A journey to Cameroon and African landscapes through the chromatic range of cups designed by Pascale Marthine Tayou for illy Art Collection
How to fight malnutrition at a global level – Sanku’s project
Through the inclusion of critical nutrients into the food, Sanku is trying to prevent diseases and deficits for malnourished populations
The hallucinated smoke of clubs: Vitali Gelwich
Vitali Gelwich, The Next Era – Maria Grazia Chiuri presents a collaboration between Dior and D-Air lab, the Italian start-up founded in 2015 by Lino Dainese
Michelangelo Pistoletto and Otobong Nkanga on the new responsibility of art
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev in conversation with Michelangelo Pistoletto and Otobong Nkanga on the need to put art back at the center through a synergic cooperation with science and technology
Author Stephanie LaCava presents I Fear My Pain Interests You
With similarities to Joan Didion, I Fear My Pain Interests You examines issues of power, how it is or is not inherited, what the consequences of being defined by others...
Pauline Scotto di Cesare and the nonverbal communication of body language
Pauline Scotto di Cesare for Lampoon Digital Edition: aside from being decorative, we use gestures and movements to convey messages
«Reusing and repairing are longer processes than creating a mass production» – Baserange
«When we started the brand, we agreed that we would do it in the cleanest way possible. You don't want to create a business that would harm nature» – Blandine...
From self-irony to eroticism to cultural identity, Julie Poly’s artworks do not shy away
The artistic meeting at the intersection between fashion and pseudo-documentary photography. In conversation with Ukrainian visual artist Julie Poly
What makes a man? – questioning masculinity, Sharifa Morris and Guarionex Rodriguez
Masculinity is constructed and defined socially, historically and politically, rather than being biologically driven. Sharifa Morris design a story about the condition of manhood today
Break Performance. Between the body of nature and the human orderly disruption
Daoyang Han, Peng Ding, and Huadong Zhu: three architects use their bodies to perform order disturbance juxtapositioning urban surroundings and green elements
ADI Museum, Milan. A design museum, the story of over 70 years of Made in Italy
Born in the middle of the pandemic, ADI is the first design museum in Milan born from the collection of the prize Compasso d’Oro established by Gio Ponti in 1934
Night Run and Voices Fill My Head: selected sound works from Kristin Oppenheim
The double LP Voices Fill My Head, released from INFO, features the second collection of Oppenheim's early sound works from 1993 to 1999
Documenting New York Street Style: Johnny Cirillo and the revival that never died
Thrift Culture in NYC: A Sixty Year History of Anti-Fashion and Environmentalism - New York born photographer Johnny Cirillo and creator of @watchingnewyork increasing popularity of thrifting
HELLO, My Name Is: Nadia Lee Cohen’s Recent Exhibition is an Ode to the Mundane
Nadia Lee Cohen casts her cinematic eye on the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in Los Angeles in her debut US exhibition on the allures of the ordinary
Humanism, individualism and feminism in the spectrum of portrait painting by Alice Neel
Alice Neel’s candid portraits of American society shines light upon those who are underrepresented, impoverished, overlooked, flamboyant and unapologetic
