This entry was written by , posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:31 am, filed under Ghetto gold, Internet, Various. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
James Kuhn: “I am an artist, retired drag queen, whiteface clown, former nudist, born again Christian, average 46 year old guy… Well maybe not exactly average! I love to paint on anything, including most recently, flesh!”
Click here for a related former blog post about face painter Hilary Leigh.
This entry was written by , posted on May 14, 2012 at 1:57 pm, filed under Craftsmanship, Folk, Persona. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Woouuuu! We launched The panda Show yesterday and it took off to himalayas. Download The Panda Webcam App and Incarnate in a panda too!!! We’d love to see more pandas ♡ There can never be enough pandas!
Send us your panda via Twitter and Facebook.
This entry was written by , posted on May 10, 2012 at 6:15 pm, filed under Digitalization, Ecstatic Surface Design, Friends, Internet, Pinar&Viola, Various. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
♡ NEW Panda Webcam App ♡
The Panda Show is a webcam application which enables you to make pictures of yourself with a panda mask. We custom-tailored this playful application for Nicolas Formichetti, to make his Panda Family grow.
Yes! We can never have enough pandas!
Please feel free to download The Panda Show, make a pic of yourself and send it to bureau@pinar-viola.com
The technology of this app is developed by Hilal Koyuncu.
Instructions:
Before you use this app make sure you have good lighting otherwise ghost bunnies will freak you out. Make sure you turn of any software that uses the camera on your computer (photo booth, Skype, etc.) Unfortunately PC version is not available yet. All of your photos will be saved in the data folder.
This entry was written by , posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:22 pm, filed under Craftsmanship, Digitalization, Ecstatic Surface Design, Friends, Internet, Persona, Pinar&Viola. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
We collected this real tech pandas while we were busy with a new work: The Panda Show (coming soon!). Get high by the graphical attraction of these photogenetic cheap-tech panda gadgets:
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This post is made possible thanks to Jugglu
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A selection of solar powered gadgets to optimize your everyday life
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↑ At right Original Lo-Life Founders: Big Vic-Lo aka Thirstin Howl the 3rd, Uncle Disco and Bek Live from 85. Photo taken on 42nd st. NYC. Circa.1987

↑ At left Original Lo-Life Founders: (L-R top row) Og Dennis, Og Rack-Lo, Og Ski-Lo, (L-R Middle row) Og Reese-Lo, Og Shillz da Realz sitting in middle and Steve Austin to the right in blue flag sweater. Og Montoun-Lo in Blue Flag hat and T-shirt. Og Marco Polo (R.I.P) sitting in front with white Paddle Shirt. Photo taken in Brownsville, Brooklyn Circa.1990
At right Original Lo-Life Founders: Og Ski-Lo in white Big Flags, Og Big Vic-Lo in Red Cookie Goose, Og Uncle Disco in center, Og Bek Live in white and Black POLO USA goose, Og Montoun-Lo in white and red POLO USA goose. Photo taken on 42nd. St. NYC Circa.1987
Lo-life was a black gang movement in New York in the late 80s and early 90s. Just as Britain’s football casuals adopted Lacoste as a uniform, it was an aspirational working-class and criminal appropriation of conspicuously upper-class sportswear. Lo-life gets its name from Ralph Lauren’s Polo brand. It’s Ralph’s cheaper diffusion label, and also makes gear for rich-people activities like sailing and skiing. An original lo-life kid Rack-Lo organises get togethers for fans of Polo’s early 90s colourful, graphic peak, and is considered the authority on lo-life style. (via Vice magazine)
You can read an interview w/ Mayhem Lauren here
This post is made possible by Pinar&Viola’s Mental Executive Officer Emile Zile.
This entry was written by , posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:35 am, filed under Fashion, Ghetto gold, Glam Chaos, Subculture, Various. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Ay ay ayyy! We’re in the Dazed n Confused May issue. Diplo makes us blush like little cherries w/ his introduction:
These girls are super rad. I love the way they twisting internet memes into their own pallette. When most artists are just playing around with trends, mesmorized by today’s internet wasteland, they act like the old shamans that lived in these deserts for centuries. They have a definite vision of whats to come: Technocolored clarity.
This entry was written by , posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:31 am, filed under Pinar&Viola, Published. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
We’ll be part of this lecture series in Mediamatic Vijzelstraat tonight.
We can get people in, send us an email if you’d like us to put your name at the door.
April, 25th 2012 at 20:30 Mediamatic Bank, Vijzelstraat 68, 1017 HL Amsterdam

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