Long Weekend With André | The Shoe

André Saraiva pulled from his personal experiences as a modern day bon vivant for his directorial debut The Shoe, but the artist and club owner also channeled the cinematic ghosts of his leading man. “The central character is a little as if Leo [Fitzpatrick’s] character in Kids has moved to Paris nearly 15 years later,” Saraiva says. “It’s a clin d’oeil [wink] to it, with the skateboard, the kisses, girls and free love.” Fitzpatrick was a mere 14 years old when he was discovered by Larry Clark while skateboarding in Washington Square Park. The maverick filmmaker promptly cast him in his controversial 1995 movie Kids. (^NOWNESS)

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LARRY CLARK: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN?

Those of you who know me well. Larry Clark is an inspiration. I still remember the day we went and saw Kids. They called it a movie, I think its a documentary about Generation X on the street-level. Mr. Clark is more than a writer and movie maker. He's a historian that has utilized his own words, pictures, and film to capture the lawless side of Americana over many decades. So many people have tried to imitate his style and end up looking like fools. Below is from A Blog Curated By...

"Widely regarded and hyped up by media pomp as being the enfant terrible and guardian of American photography’s suburban underworld, Clark’s images offer unapologetic portraits of dysfunctional teenagers in various scenes of vulnerability, self-destruction and intimate sexuality. Having been enveloped in the drug cultures of suburban life growing up in Tulsa in the 60s, Clark began documenting and creating narrative photography of his marginalised coterie shooting amphetamines and taking part in salacious acts. But despite his one man mission to uncover the seedy depths of suburban life, his method of documentary is not unique, being bandied together with a multifarious group of rebellious photographers including Nan Goldin, Dash Snow, Terry Richardson and the recent entry, Sandy Kim."

Larry Clark “What do you do for fun?”
10th February 2011 – 2nd April 2011
Simon Lee Gallery, 12 Berkeley Street London W1J 8DT U.K.

www.simonleegallery.com

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Zippo Lighters are awesome. Individuals collect them and most don't ever get disposed. This one is interesting and has a bit of humor to it. At least to me...

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I may one day too... RE:design and live in a church.

The decline in church attendance over the last several decades has meant that countless churches across the Netherlands have lost their function. They are crumbling, are demolished, or are put to new uses. Their specific architectural features often fall by the wayside in this process. Not every church can be turned into a municipal exhibition hall, and if, for example, a residential use is chosen, the original spatial qualities are usually lost. A dutch firm named Zecc has converted an old chapel into an apartment, carefully respecting and enhancing the character of the original building. The chapel was part of a large housing complex of the Friars of Utrecht, which at its height, around the mid-20th century, housed 217 residents.

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To redesign a vintage foundation and create your own environment without taking away from the original object is one of the hardest things to do. However, when done with mindful precision -- it's a beautiful thing.

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