Born on May 1, 1968 in Bordeaux, France, Alain Laboile is a photographer and father of six. In 2004, as he needed to put together a portfolio of his work as a sculptor, he acquired a camera, and thus developed a taste for macrophotography (more…)
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Fashion Narratives
fashion curation consultancy
Fashion Narratives is a boutique fashion curation consultancy.
Founded by Gemma A. Williams it enables companies and designers to communicate their stories by curating content across a variety of digital and physical platforms. These include fashion exhibitions, events, presentations and films.
Gemma is the author of Fashion China, Thames & Hudson, and the former curator of Fashion Space Gallery, London. She consults to a variety of clients including Shanghai Fashion Week and sits on the mentor panel of the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland.
Upcoming projects include an exhibition of fashion from Ireland and Japan at the National Craft Gallery, Ireland in August 2017.
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Second Nature
Devised and designed a site-specific response to the country home of renowed English architect Sir John Soane RA, Pitzhanger Manor House & Gallery. Research of John Soane and conception of brief and design highlighted greenhouses as a focal point to investigate how nature inspires and informs fashion collections.
Second Nature featured over 40 garments and accessories loaned from designers worldwide including Giles, Peter Pilotto, Roland Mouret, Donna Karen, Zandra Rhodes, Michael Kampe and Tomihiro Kono. It was the third only fashion exhibition as part of the arts-focused program of arts and design exhibitions.
Head On
Co-curated and devised the 2012/13 academic programme of free exhibitions and events at Fashion Space Gallery, situted at the London College of Fashion’s flagship campus.
Head On explored the contemporary role of headwear in contemporary fashion, given that society no longer dictates milliners daily use. Their use in editorial, on the catwalk and even on the highstreet continues to flourish and Head On showcased contemporary collaborations, interpretations and subversions.
By displaying headwear as part of ensembles on mannequins, the exhibition illustrated how scale, shape, color and proportion is used by milliners, designers and stylists to reframe the body. It featured bespoke hairpieces by Bumble and bumble, created by Radio Hair Salon and Gallery.
Layer by Layer
Co-curated and devised the 2012/13 academic programme of free exhibitions and events at Fashion Space Gallery, situted at the London College of Fashion’s flagship campus.
Layer by Layer focused on 3D printing and its potential as a tool for design. By outlining some of the processess, stages of development and materials invoved in the printing, it outlined some of its most innovative uses in contemporary fashion practice.
The display featured an operational makerbot 3D printer as well as a collaboration with Neri Oxman from MIT’s Media lab printed by Stratasys.
Fashion China
Fashion China is the first illustrated book of its kind to detail the landscape of contemporary Chinese fashion designers. Showcasing designers on the mainland and working internationally, it features among others Uma Wang, Xander Zhou, Renli Su, Babyghost and Ms. Min.
Published by Thames & Hudson, it has received press worldwide including Forbes, the New York International Times, Vogue China, the Irish Times and Women’s Wear Daily. A panel of industry experts featuring global supermodel LiuWen oversaw the selection.
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Wallace StevensPoet
More than any other modern poet, Wallace Stevens was concerned with the transformative power of the imagination. (more…)
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Submit to ARTPILYear Round / International
Artpil is accepting submissions of Profiles, Articles, and Announcements. With a focus on modern + contemporary arts, Artpil provides stories, event news, exhibition guides and interviews, featuring profiles of artists of all disciplines (more…)
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World Press Photo 2022Award & Exhibition Schedule
Providing a variety of perspectives from all corners of the globe, the 2022 World Press Photo Contest awarded works present courageous stories, invaluable insights and a diversity of interpretations (more…)
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Joseph BeuysArtist
Joseph Beuys was born in 1921, in Krefeld, Germany. During his school years in Kleve, Beuys was exposed to the work of Achilles Moortgat, whose studio he often visited, and was inspired by the sculptures of Wilhelm Lehmbruck. (more…)
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The Shadow PandemicViolence against Women in Times of Covid
The U.N. has designated November 25th as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. By truism, this is a proposition that states really nothing beyond what is implied by its terms… (more…)
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Venice Biennale / 59th EditionThe Milk of Dreams
The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams, will open to the public from April 23 to November 27, 2022 at the Giardini and the Arsenale, curated by Cecilia Alemani and organised by La Biennale di Venezia chaired by Roberto Cicutto. (more…)
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Alec SothPhotographer
Alec Soth’s work is rooted in the distinctly American tradition of ‘on-the-road photography’ developed by Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Stephen Shore. From Huckleberry Finn to Easy Rider there seems to be a uniquely American desire to travel and chronicle the adventures that consequently ensue. (more…)
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Yayoi Kusama / Dancing Lights…Jul 6, 2022 – Jan 15, 2023
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present Yayoi Kusama: Dancing Lights That Flew Up To The Universe. (more…)
