Caitlin Doherty. Artist. Canada.

mixed media.
Caitlin's series, Learn to Multiply, references SX70 Polaroids from the 70′s. With these found photos, Caitlin uses collage to subtly change the images and then she duplicates the figures in her paintings.
caitlindoherty.blogspot.ca

Bungsu. Krupuk Maker. Sumatra.

Bungsu lives in the village of Desa Nusa, Aceh, an area that was mostly destroyed in the 2004 tsunami. Because of an early warning, most of the villagers lives were spared, including Bungsu and her family. After the tsunami, Bangsu continued making krupuk as she had for over 10 years. Before the 2004 tsunami, Desa Nusa was known for making snack foods, that people would make at home and sell. Bungsu is the only women left in the village still cooking and selling krupuk today. Krupuk is a generic term for fried treats and Bangsu's are made of tempeh, a delicious fermented soybean product.
Why I love S.E Asia... food-crafters like Bangsu who make one thing only-but do it well.
From Stephanie of Trans Planted food blog: trans-planted.com

Duncan Terrace. DOS Architects. London.

“Our clients brief for this project was to add a modern ground floor extension to their Grade II listed Georgian terraced house in Duncan Terrace, Islington. More specifically, they wanted this extension to contain an extra bedroom, a kitchen and a living space which would act as a connection between the house and the garden whilst also respecting the existing Georgian Architecture. Our response, which obtained full conservation and planning approval, was to create a split volume that, on one hand wouldn’t compete with the existing Architecture and on the other offered a direct link to the house’s surrounding: The first and more solid volume takes the form of a wooden box which, like a piece of Japanese origami, envelops the bedroom and literally brings a natural element (Iroko wood) from the outside world to the inside. The second volume, entire in glass, brings natural light into the new living space and acts as a visual link between the Georgian house, the wooden box and the garden. The high tech structural glass used for this volume, moreover, acts as a contrast to the beautifully handcrafted timber slatted detail which envelops the adjacent volume. Wood was the natural choice for the cladding of the volume, as it relates directly with its live surroundings and vegetation. Details such as the Olive tree, of the same age of the house, 150 years old, are only one of the connections between the interior and exterior.”
dosarchitects.com

Bombay Beach. Film. 2011.

A film by Alma Har'el.

Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea, a man-made sea stranded in the middle of the Colorado desert that was once a beautiful vacation destination. The story follows three protagonists: The trials of Benny Parrish, a young boy diagnosed with bipolar disorder whose vivid imagination create both suffering and joy for him and his complex family. The story of CeeJay Thompson, a black teenager and aspiring football player who has taken refuge in Bombay Beach hoping to avoid the same fate of his cousin who was murdered by a gang in LA; and that of Red, an ancient survivor, once an oil field worker, living on whiskey and cigarettes. Together these portraits form a triptych of manhood in America. True to her roots as a photographer, video artist, and music video director, Har'el has crafted an artistically innovative film with music by Beirut and Bob Dylan.

Tilo Uischner. Artist. Berlin.

mixed media.
saatchionline.com

Tokyo Bike Artist Series. London. 2012.

A. Four/Lucas Price.




Alex Daw.




Mike Guppy.



Simon Memel for Tokyo Bike




Tom Pearson.

To mark the opening of their new east London store, Tokyo Bike commissioned six creatives to customise one of their bikes and safe to say the results are tres jolie.
tokyobike.co.uk