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cultural asphyxiation

manifestcontent — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:23:42 -0500

Overpainted Photographs by Gustaf Von Arbin and Vassili Brault

"To highlight the irony often held within model poses in editorials, we turned obviously sexually explicit pictures meant to display designer clothes, into a show of models gasping for air. Thank you for shopping."

Another Day Inna Di Life

manifestcontent — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:08:11 -0500

I am beyond myself, I am the collective exhale of everything I absorb.
I am beyond myself, I am the collective exhale of everything I absorb.

I am beyond myself, I am the collective exhale of everything I absorb.

Blinking

manifestcontent — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:03:07 -0500

In one blink, I can ascertain your secrecies, your fears, your shame; I can verify the root cause of each of your behavioral patterns. In that same breath, I can scale the vastness of your brilliance, your wealth of unknown potential, that inner umph that may never emerge…Then I blink again, and you return into the stranger you are.

FLY OR DIE

manifestcontent — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:34:37 -0500

Dear Cincinnati,
Weather's getting warmer, and Main Street is packing that heat on every playing field. The new store "Original Thought Required" is coming together with the area's most engaging personas to bring you "Fly or Die", a culturefuck of raw, much-needed energy.

This event will be located at the Grammers Bar
Performances include Uzi, Wally Vega & Garrett Stallings
On the wheels will be DJ Clockwork, DJ Belle & DJ Bandcamp
Flyer by Mreeuh Chang

WE CUM IN PIECE

manifestcontent — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:54:28 -0500

I put a great deal of pressure on myself when it comes to art--what colors to use, where to put certain objects, does it look realistic enough? While every other part of me resonates with comfort, my inner artist is still a little insecure girl, always high-strung, desperate and getting set up on fruitless blind dates.

This time rather than thinking about making art, I tried to focus on life. How something made me feel, how they can be represented, the causes, the cures, the relation between objects, topics and ideas...not how realistic it looks, but how it is conceptually realistic. I started & I finished these yesterday.

For this series, I was inspired by motifs of reproductive organs, the process of conception and gender dynamics. The need for intimacy, the need for solitude and the agony that stems from both. Sexual biology. Anthropological intercourse. I decided on running with this concept and creating a nine-piece series. 9 represents Born; we also spend 9 months in a prenatal environment before coming into this world.

Click on the images for the full-size version + + + + + + + + +

CAVIAR JUNGLE x LRG x LEADERS OF THE NEW COOL

manifestcontent — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:39:03 -0500

Once again its on, and bigger than ever before: Caviar Jungle teams up with LRG & Leaders of the New Cool for the official after party. New York, New York: show up & show out! Shout out to DJ Bonnie Danger. Flyer by Mreeuh Chang

What am I?

manifestcontent — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:35:21 -0500

Unlike everything else, I don't isolate myself for preservation.
In fact, I do the very opposite.
I get bored easily, sifting through lovers.
I am sought after from everyone from those easily influenced, to intellectuals.
I am a trophy for those who manage to stay genuine,
but those champions are quickly ruined with my glory.
I am just as superficial as I am full of substance.
It takes just as much luck as it takes talent to get me.
Without enough of me,
you will starve.
With too much of me,
your psyche will splinter.
I ignore quality.
I disregard struggle.

What am I?
I am recognition.

Our Vices Make Good Pets

manifestcontent — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:58:40 -0500

Karolin Wolter by Thomas Schenk
Vogue Germany March 2010

RIP MALCOLM X

manifestcontent — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:48:34 -0500

"Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."

R.I.P. Malcolm X
May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965

Pussy to the Rescue

manifestcontent — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:31:28 -0500

Coco Rocha by Craig McDean 2008

Secret of Happiness

manifestcontent — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:02:14 -0500

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

manifestcontent — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:50:31 -0500

"Lonely, ain't it?":
"Yes, but my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody else and handed to you. Ain't that something? A secondhand lonely.":

Constellations

manifestcontent — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:44:57 -0500

“

It is part of human nature to like order, to see patterns even when no patterns exist. When we look at the stars, we imagine that they form constellations - shapes that link these points of light into a skeletal picture - when in reality there is no such link between them.

”"Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable" by Brian Clegg

Una Dia Inna Di Life

manifestcontent — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:39:22 -0500

Rather than stumbling upon & sharing images I found through the interwebs, I documented bits & pieces of my day via digital camera. Sometimes we go so far out of our way to find inspiration, when it is really all around us. You wanna visit the greatest art gallery ever designed? Step outside, beloved. We navigate a 3 dimensional landscape, portrait & collage everywhere we go.

Settling for Less is the New Black

manifestcontent — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:20:14 -0500

Something That Needs Nothing

manifestcontent — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:04:20 -0500

“

It is terrible to have to ask for anything ever. We wish we were something that needed nothing, like paint. But even paint needs repainting.

”Miranda July from No One Belongs Here More Than You

HOW I FEEL

manifestcontent — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:48:55 -0500

It's serious.
Artwork by Luke Chueh

It Must Be Someone's Fault

manifestcontent — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:03:26 -0500

Material Things - Jake Troth

manifestcontent — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:17:55 -0500

Material Things Oompa Loompa Mix from bluecinamon on Vimeo.

"No youre not a measure of what's in your pocket/
but its certainly a pleasure just to buy a gold locket/
I can never stop it/
These material things/
Oh the happiness these materials bring/"

Taken from Jay West's blog

What You Owe

manifestcontent — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:39:16 -0500

DOCTRINE

manifestcontent — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:29:32 -0500

Coming In Peace

manifestcontent — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:26:53 -0500

Photography: Tim Walker
Stylist: Kate Phelan
UK Vogue: October 2009

The gift & the curse

manifestcontent — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:45:46 -0500

The same thing that fed me, fueled me and gave me value also infected me, enslaved me and turned me into a commodity. Creativity.

The American Dream

manifestcontent — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:35:18 -0500

Dear Diary - Mach 5 ft. Khaos Da Rapper

manifestcontent — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:36:40 -0500

<a href="http://machfive.bandcamp.com/track/dear-diary">Dear Diary by Mach Five</a>

& over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over