tata naka presentation

some other pictures from the TATA NAKA presentation.

faces-s-s

some faces from the TATA.NAKA a/w 2011/2012 presentation
for which I worked today during London Fashion Week, at Somerset House.

KOKI

roba per gente positiva!

koki è il moroso di una mia amica che, mannaggia a lei,
mi ha fatto appassionare alla scena rap italiana,
e mi ha fatto innamorare di Dargen d'Amico.

Anyway Koki vive a Roma e fa il rapper-architetto,
clicca qui per ascoltare il suo nuovo singolo,
di cui ha curato rime, beat e illustrazioni

UAUU

days i miss home

le canzoni le scrivi per gli altri
e io che penso sempre siano per me.
però se canti che ti piace come lei curva le dita,
quando è confusa,
è di me che stiamo parlando?
io non so scrivere in rima
le frasi diventano filastrocche, pensierini

ma allora come faccio

vorrei anchio mettere in un disco
sillabe e battiti che capiamo solo io e te,
ma chi ascolta di là può pensare " questo è per me"
mentre noi continuiamo a parlare di noi, per noi, per me, per te.

valentine's day

this is what we did to celebrate valentine's day,
in the absence of a formal partner
we tried to invent love
with fantasy and improvised outfits.

maybe it was just an excuse to go out for dinner

icons of my imagination

I have an obsession with sacred art,
icons of saints, gods and mythology.

I know that every church/cathedral/abbey I visit abroad always seems boring,
this is probably what it happens when you are born and raised in Italy, I supposed.
But churches in the North of Europe have great stained glasses, which I love so much.
I love the bright colour and the light reflections on the floors,
and those ways to capture a scene with a timeless stillness,
fixing a moment of emotional or narrative climax,
these images become like a pop image that you might find on a poster,
or a snapshot of a music video.

this image has been taken at Victoria&Albert musuem, though.
Which is a magic and HUGE place to visit. Loved it.

the year of the rabbit

on the 3rd of February London Chinatown (Leicester, Trafalgar, Shaftesbury Ave.) celabrated the Chinese New Year.
It was a complete mess, a huge crowd of people moving in the same direction so slowly and so pushed, just to follow a cheesy chinese dragon.


Awful.

the royal borough of kensington and chelsea

Sunday we went to the Barbican to see the Japanese Fashion Exhibition.

I've never been at Barbican before, and I fell in love with this huge art space,

it's so big and so interesting, I felt relaxed and stimulated to discover new things.

By the Way I never liked japanese fashion designer, but I really enjoyed the exhibition

and I found touching the poetry and point of view of the work and life of Yojhi Jamamoto,

designer who I knew before but never deepen his work and language.

london art fair

last week we went to the London Art Fair, Where more than 1000 galleries from London exhibit the best of the artists they rappresent.

It's a fair for the ones who want to buy art.

We went just because we are curious (no money for art)

and these are the pieces I liked the most:

Lisa Swerling

Charlotte Cory "Brighton Rabbits"

Jayoon Choi (my favorite perhaps)

David Begbie "unud I"

Nathan Ford

Jonathan Huxley "Figurescape"

Lynn Chadwick "Sitting Couple"

Veronica Bailey "Perfect Target"

Gary Anderson "Princess and the Pea"

Gavin Nolan

Gavin Tremlett

Rob and Nick Carter "Volcano"

Grayson Perry "The Walthamstow Tapestry"

upper Street, Islington