Tag: Music and Performance
Kevin Félicianne on Joseph Bologne: the Black Mozart symbol of a community
The dark knights of Bologne. Kevin Félicianne for Lampoon digital stage three black models in memory of Joseph Bologne. A violinist called the black Mozart, a musician symbol of a...
Langston Uibel on pursuing cinema in a post-streaming landscape
Films are made in consortium. Langston Uibel discusses processes of collaboration and notions of artistic voice with the award winning actor
Mia Moretti Explores Cultures and Community in Her Music
Multiculturalism in the producer's work. Sounds from different cultures as a way of passing messages to other communities. Mia Moretti in the lens of Jacq Harriet and Carolina Orrico
Kim Ann Foxman an interview aboutherDJing career and the rave community
«The industry has opened up, the community has opened up. It is way more diverse in terms of gender, sexuality, and color». Kim Ann Foxman on raves music, photographed by...
Collecting samples – the artistic experimentation of Pandora’s Jukebox
Yasmina Dexter, aka Pandora’s Jukebox, during her career has created a sound map that animates fashion catwalks. Soundscapes, horizons of meaning that need no translation
Drawing performances: Tosh Basco’s evolving artistic experimentation odyssey
Tosh Basco: «Nudity challenges divisions and allows us to see ourselves as vulnerable and authentic beings. Performance art can serve as a reminder of our common humanity»
Michel Gaubert: Can Fashion Soundtracks Carry Political Messages?
"Music is an image, fashion does fashion" – portraits of Michel Gaubert, an interview for Lampoon on shows and cinematic events
È possibile evolvere il cotone in un materiale non inquinante?
La filiera del cotone denim è a oggi tra le maggiori fonti di inquinamento nel sistema moda. Nel Parco del Ticino, una manifattura procede in sperimentazione con 95 milioni di...
Alva Noto – how rough architecture could be translated into music
From Berlin to Italy, from landscape architecture to soundscapes. Alva Noto aka Carsten Nicolai: a fusion of art, science, and rough sound moved by curiosity and collaborations
C2C Festival 2024, l’Avant Pop torna a Torino. Intervista a Guido Savini
A 22 anni dal debutto, il festival diventato ormai un’istituzione esplora la dimensione socialedella festa, come collante in grado di sopravvivere ai tempi e alle diverse culture
DIVA – the power of Divas is on display at the V&A museum in London
Someone might have seen the dress Edith Piaf used to wear, or the two-piece ensemble Cher wore at the 1975 Rock Music Awards, before they ever listened to one of...
Eckhaus Latta debuts 3D clothes at NY Fashion Week using Unspun technology
Luxury fashion brands are also to blame for excessive waste in the industry. Eckhaus Latta collection at NYFW features first pieces made with Unspun’s Vega™3D weaving technology
Le edicole faranno la fine delle cabine telefoniche? Il caso di Edicola + Pesaro
le edicole sono sparite dal 25% dei comuni italiani e solo 2.500 comuni dispongono di un’edicola: sembra che il destino sia segnato: il progetto di Where Is Mida / Edicola...
Burning paradises: El Niño hitting islands. Does mass tourism take part of the blame?
The wildfires that occurred in the Mediterranean and Pacific islands generated a catastrophe fueled by heat waves. From Greece to Maui, overcrowded island threat ecosystem
Bottega Veneta e l’editoria indipendente Butt, Air Afrique e Magma: la nuova pubblicità?
Butt, Air Afrique e Magma: un’indagine sugli investimenti pubblicitari in editoria di Bottega Veneta per la cultura indipendente per la moda. L’editoria è una voce intelligente del budget
Hollywood: since the strikes started, the arthouse cinema thrives
As a result of the strikes causing the shutdown of Hollywood productions, arthouse cinema has filled a gap in the film industry changing the dynamics
Teatro, musica, arti visive nell’universo di Jan Fabre, a Napoli il matrimonio e una nuova mostra
«Napoli mi è entrata nel sangue. Ordine nel caos, energia e spiritualità, ti aiuta a collegare le discipline»; Jan Fabre rinsalda la relazione con Napoli, la mostra allo Studio Trisorio...
Hugo Bouteyre: inside Freud’s Iceberg Theory and the unconscious mind
Black Mass – Hugo Bouteyre explores the dark storage of memories: «Memories, fantasies, desires are stored in our unconsciousness – an area we cannot reach because its resistance»
Chi si occupa di moda tende a rappresentarla in modo non serio
Ci si chiede della serietà della moda – ma nessuno si chiederebbe quali sono gli attributi che fanno della letteratura contemporanea una cosa seria – Parametri, confronti e rivoluzioni con...
Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Cologne forte. A collection of gender-neutral fragrances
«Eau de Cologne is a classic olfactive form. The power of classism relies in the simplicity of an expression and minimalism of the form»
Chromatic Shifts: the impact of climate change on flower pigmentation and pollination
The science behind the silent transformation of flora due to climate change. Pigment changes could make plants less attractive to pollinators
‘Eat the Rich’ – Hollywood: the renaissance of politically driven cinema
Situated in a world of greed, elitism and prestige, Hollywood throws out one hilarious satire after another, critiquing the mega rich and their tone-deaf struggles. The ‘Eat the Rich’ obsession
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris: 788 design objects
The Pipistrello Lamp was designed by Gae Aulenti for the Olivetti showroom in Paris. Still produced by Martinelli Luce, it can be purchased at 107 Rivoli boutique
Collaboration across borders – Magazzino Italian Art traces the contemporary Italian identity
Magazzino Italian Art – the museum's second building, the Robert Olnick Pavilion, designed by Spanish architects Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo, will open to the public on September 14,...
SC103 holistic approach – making a collection without the industry’s expectations
Whether bringing back mementos from their hometowns or finding meaning in reusing materials, Sophie Andes-Gascon and Claire McKinney constantly forge connections and preserve memories
Dall’house al pop elettronico – i suoni di North of Loreto, aka Bassi Maestro
Bassi Maestro, Mr. Cocky, Busdeez, Cock Dini, Cock Dizu, Busdiggy, North of Loreto. 30 anni di carriera e svariate identità da rapper, produttore, dj. Davide Bassi è il nome di...
Mark Ronson at the Montreux Jazz Festival: a suspended mirror over the crowd
The mirror was transformed into a screen, during the closing night of the Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 – Audemars Piguet and Mark Ronson return in Switzerland
Aphex Twin: lucid dreams and portals of consciousness
Marking the release of his EP Blackbox Life Recorder 21f, Aphex returns to the spotlight with his oldest bond: that with video art. A journey through AFX cinematic dimensions
Francesco Jodice: la metodologia e l’elaborazione della cultura americana
L’esplorazione di un Occidente sulla via del tramonto: l’ultimo progetto di Francesco Jodice indaga la fine del sogno americano, dalla Gold Rush al fallimento della Lehman Brothers
1983: con Fabio De Luca, l’estate in cui i Righeira lanciarono la bomba
Vamos La Playa nasce nella Torino industriale e operaia, dove la Fiat in quell’anno lancia la Uno – Fabio De Luca è autore di Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I...
Solitude and sexual innuendo: Georgia O’Keeffe’s paper drawings
77 years later, the NYC MoMA is hosting its second retrospective of Georgia O'Keeffe. Curator Samantha Friedman introduces the Mother of American modernism and her paper works
Ortigia Sound System – the island’s renovation and the Tropicalization of the Mediterranean
How has the island of Ortigia in Sicily changed thanks to a redevelopment plan and the birth of both cultural projects, headed by the Ortigia Sound System? A reportage
The Mangrove roots build up nurseries for organisms and ecosystems
Protecting from predators, strong heat, and forceful tides mangrove roots help the biosphere and remove five times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than terrestrial forests
Heroines of Sound: microtonality, noise, and drones on an all-female artists’ stage
In ten years, Heroines of Sound has presented over 150 female or non-binary artists, in a dialogue between contemporaneity and ‘heroines’ of the electronic music scene
Rolex Arts Festival ad Atene, nel solco di un risveglio culturale della città greca
Atene – la nuova Berlino, il Rolex Arts Festival, tra mostre, letture, installazioni sparse per la capitale greca ha riunito artisti dal mondo per celebrare i vent’anni dell’iniziativa Rolex Mentor...
Preserving Collective Memory Through Art and Fragrance: BYREDO and Dozie Kanu, Bal d’Afrique
Bal d'Afrique, which was inspired by someone else's memories, was created with the intention of preserving and celebrating diasporic connections
UN’s Convention to combat Desertification highlights gender inequality issues
Women play a role to ensure the health of the land. The UN’s Convention educates about effectively working the land and destroying barriers for women
Tra realtà e subconscio: gli spigoli umani di un avvocato, Stefano Simontacchi
In conversazione con Stefano Simontacchi, in arte The Prism, che presenta la mostra Project Revelation, a cura di Marco Senaldi – spiritualità creativa e pensiero laterale
Rischiare la vita per ottenere la cittadinanza: Disco Boy, l’opera prima di Abruzzese
Il film premiato con l’orso d’argento a Berlino che non è stato visto in Italia: il cinema italiano non si fa solo nel Bel Paese. Disco Boy opera prima di...
L’invenzione di Milano e il sogno di una città che rischia di infrangersi
Il saggio, L’invenzione di Milano, di Lucia Tozzi svela gli inganni del marketing e della comunicazione nella costruzione di una Milano che solo grazie al conflitto potrà salvarsi
Quira: an insight into contemporary femininity through the materiality of clothes
Veronica Leoni, finalist at the LVMH Prize 2023, recounts herself and her brand Quira through the names of the people and places that have defined her path
Being a duo but individual collections: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
For the first time in more than twenty years of career, by Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec presents two separate collections for Flos at Euroluce 2023
Fosbury Architecture, decentralizing spaces: Everyone Belongs to everyone else
Fosbury Architecture, a collective curating the 18th Venice Biennale, challenges the norms of the exhibition., «pushing people to go outside the outskirts of the Biennale»
Renaissance in Ferrara – Palazzo dei Diamanti re-opening by Studio Labics
Ancient and contemporary meet: architecture is a living art – the heritage of historical buildings must be made accessible and contemporary. Studio Labics vision
Kiko Kostadinov and his take on Kazuhide Takahama for MDW
Though it’s not his first attempt at interior design, «the challenging part was working with pre-existing timeless pieces», said Kiko Kostadinov to Lampoon
British curator Ben Broome: «Performances have the power to disrupt gallery spaces»
Art curator Ben Broome, interviewed by Lampoon, discusses his pathway to exhibition making, his passion for performances and unanswered questions
