* uN NOUvEAU iDEAL by fILEP mOTWARY

Song of the day, Saturday aPRIL 29th 2006 : "vALENTINO" by Connie Francis

  ZEVSPERPETUAL ENDING :jusqu'au 29 AVRIL 2006 performance samedi 29 avril à 20h précises  >> "Intoxication télévisuelle"Flasheur d'ombres, pub killer, auteur de Visual Rapes et du Visual Kidnapping (Lavazza), Zevs jette cette fois son dévolu sur la télévision.Pourquoi ce choix, par ZEVS, de la télévision ? Parce que celle-ci, plus que tout autre médium actuel, est celui par excellence de l'aliénation à l'image, le paradigme de notre mise à distance du réel  (extrait/texte de Paul Ardenne. Texte intégral sur demande).Pour la deuxième exposition personnelle de Zevs, la galerie Patricia Dorfmann a choisi de montrer d'une part les «Ombres» et d'autre part «Perpetual Ending», les deux extrémités d'une même démarche. Zevs s'expose ainsi totalement. La polémique régulièrement soulevée entre la supposée séparation du « monde l'art » et du « monde tout court » serait-elle cette fois, en train de se dissiper ? NICOLA L.Nine Historic Hysteric Women and My news 11 mai - 24 juin 2006 vernissage samedi 11 mai de 18h à 21h"Il faudrait prendre énormément de temps pour raconter l'histoire de Nicola, écrire des romans, des livres, ou bien faire un film" (...) cf Art as a Destiny par Pierre Restany in « Profile Nicola » par Alan Jones paru à New York en 2005.Nicola L vit à New York depuis la fin des années 70. Elle est devenue ce qu'elle dit d'elle-même a New Yorker with a french accent.
Nicola L se consacre à différentes formes artistiques comme la performance, les arts plastiques, l'écriture, le cinéma ou encore le mobilier « Functional Art ».Pour sa deuxième exposition personnelle à la galerie Patricia Dorfmann, non seulement le « monument manteau noir » fait le voyage de New York à Paris mais pour la première fois sera montrée dans son ensemble la série des neuf draps des « Femmes » qui deviennent « Nine Historic Hysteric Women ».
Parallèlement seront présentés les collages de voyage « Snail-Head, My News » réalisés lors de son récent séjour à Paris Communiqués et images disponibles sur le site de la galerie :

http://www.patriciadorfmann.com/ Avec le concours de  proddomo / emmanuel de brantes  Galerie Patricia Dorfmann 61, rue de la Verrerie - 75004 ParisTél : +33 (0)1 42 77 55 41 - Fax : + 33 (0)1 42 77 72 74 61, rue de la Verrerie - 75004 ParisTél : +33 (0)1 42 77 55 41 - Fax : + 33 (0)1 42 77 72 74

 

 

Dear iDEALS, YESTERDAY while I was having a "jus d'orange presse" at Starbucks with my friend Costas Argyriou, we received a phonecall from designer Christoforos Kotentos, who was inviting us to his press presentation due to take place at his studio/atelier in Psirri area.While at Starbucks, we met this old man who refused to have his picture taken because, as he said, he worked for the Secret Services (as if!!). He was such a weirdo. At a point he started yelling at the waitress for no apparent reason. I thought I had a video of him but now I see that my camera finally didn't work. Anyway, back to Christoforos now...Costas came to pick me up with his car at around 21:00. On the way we were listening to the music he mixed for Loukia Couture two months ago. A song by Velvet Underground was on repeat mode for about 15 minutes and we exchanged our opinion on why we liked the it so much. I love Costas!! When I entered the event, a model was standing infront of a mirror, slowly changing her pose. The weird thing was that the make up was so perfectly done that I thought the rest of the girls (who stood still) were real dummies.The modern version of William Tell inspired silhouettes have leather and tweed as main material. The collection is kind of dark, combined with anthrax coloured tights for all the outfits.The hair was by Despina Papazoglou, one of the Greek masters whom I know since the time I was working as a stylist's assistant for L'officiel Greece.Christoforos was having fun with his idea tonight and I asked him to explain to me the what was behind  the presentation and also whether I could go backstage and see his collection archive. To watch the videos just click on the PLAY sign.Behind the scenes, while I was having a look at the older clothes, there was a lady who looked quite stressed. I went up to her and asked her whether she works for the designer. She answered with a smile: " I know Christoforos since he was born, I am his mother". I thought of this as the sweetest incident and made me think once more of how important mothers are in our lives. Here she is with me The make up artist refused to have his picture taken (I don't know why) but I managed to take a snap of his "colours"I saw many people I am fond of and met some new ones who allready knew "Un nOUveau iDEAL".Uber journalist, Efie Falida introduced me as the best blogger of Greece, to her friends. Well, that was quite a compliment.Thank you Efie!!!!!This is Costas Argyriou (responsible for the soundtracks of the best fashion shows of every Hellenic Fashion week-Diane Pernet refers to him as the Michel Gaubert of Athens) with hairstylist Despina Papazoglou after the end of the presentation....I was so "everywhere" with my camera.This is Carlos Leondaritis with his friend Maria. Mme Miuccia Prada was also among us tonight. After the show was over, I went with Costas for a drink to this amazing restaurant called PELICULA (click to view)..My friend had to leave early because he was DJing. On my way home I stopped once again to this window. The sight of this real size plastic horse always makes me silent

dEAR iDEALS, before I move with Casa Susanna's book presentation, I recomend that your soundtrack should be "O VENEZIA, VENAGA, VENUSIA" by Nino Rota ( from Fellini's Casanova Soundtrack). So, as I was saying the following report is about "women" from the 1950's and 1960's who came from a past, unfamiliar to us for it's existenz. This book presents hundreds of snapshots of drag-queens that were found on a table at a flea market in New York..Doris Day, Katerina Valente in drag decked out as average middle-class suburban women like something out of Leave it to Beaver were a gathering every now and then at an Elvira small townhouse in upstate New York. Susanna, a professional drag female impersonator, and her loyal friends are the proof what we thought as a 1980's mania , that it actually wasn't ... The American dream belongs to everyone who want's it and it is for free. Just let your iDEAL self free, whatever you are....

mORPH is the new aesthetic as W magazine just announced. Daria looks like the kid from Madonna's "Bedtime Stories" Video and I the styling is more than iDEAL. Photographers  Inez & Vinoodh once more gave me an electric shock..For more please visit http://www.style.com/

you know that point iN your LiFe when

you realize the houSe you grew up in isn't

really your homE anymoRe? All of a

 sudden, even though you have

 someplace where you put your shit,that iDEA of

"home" is gone.... click here on the link

 http://www.yatabazah.com/SentimentalJourney.html

Dear iDEALS, today I am happy to give you this interview of maybe the most important artist of Cyprus. Maria accepted to answer to my questions only because she trusts me. Please note that the "eyes portrait" of Maria was illustrated by myself and it has nothing to do with her work.
FilepMotwary:First of all thank you for accepting this interview. I know is pretty rare for you. Maria, while looking at your curriculum vitae, I noticed that the tittles you give to each of your projects are, somehow, commissioned to one another (A la gloire du corps, The myth of Ariadne in three acts, L'infini du reve, Horse, Space and Psyche, Along the line, Let's get lost, The wreckage of Serenity...) Allow me to say that they all belong to a completely feminine point of view but at the same time they don't have any feminist's aspects from your behalf. Am I wrong here?
Maria Loizidou: Each Tittle comes right after I feel that I am finished with a project. I give the name, a masculine or feminine, like every name, without feeling any provocation.
fM: How did the experience of 15 years in France affect your work in Cyprus which is a country that's been continuously "raped" by so many nations?
m.L: I don't know whether there's ore violence in France than Cyprus. fM: You are a mother, a wife, a daughter and an artist. Is there a moment you felt like giving up any of the above to be more devoted to the rest? mL: It's the everyday life that lead us artists to produce and I am thankful for this.
fM:Cyprus is almost part of a Europe that's racked with fear, that's scared of taking risks, that lacks the mechanisms of improvisation. How do you cope with this fact as Maria Loizidou, the artist?
mL: Art has always been invited somehow to stand against conservatism and an art piece is an art piece only if it has a new message to the world.
fM: You are a woman who loves fashion. When we met in Cyprus two weeks ago you expressed the need to collaborate with a fashion designer for a future project. How do you imagine this step, what would be ideal for you to fulfill this wish you have?
mL: I am open to any inspirational ideas, from sewing using a needle to construct or decorate a space. Anything that belongs to the communication through craftsmanship, which will allow me to learn something new. Fashion has always been a challenge to me because it is the answer to questions about matters like design, materials and time...
fm: Where there any fashion moments that were illuminating or really struck you/or your work during all these years?
mL: There are designers who "silently keep me company" at my work and my everyday life
fM:Could you share with us your future plans? Any projects you are taking part in?
mL: Right now I am involved in a project in Portugal; also for the ART FAB at Saint Tropez in July 2006 and also, I am working on a solo project entitled "SELF OTHER" which is going to be a video installation for next FALL in Athens.
fM:How does it feel when you work is exposed? How different is for you now than it was when you first started? Please share with us the experience you had at Rethimno/ Greece?mL: Well my answer is this picture from the Rethimno project.
Every exhibition is a quite a matter without a beginning or ending. It's fatal if you try to take away it's freedom...fM:What is ideal for you. mL: Consequence...fM:Do you like "Un nouveau Ideal?
mL: As each what that allows the improvement and it leaves one pending for the next subject. Interesting...
fM:THANK YOU MARIA
Note: Any reproduction of this interview if forbitten unless you have a written "ok" by myself, Filep Motwary