Webcam Venus

Are Botticelli and Hugh Hefner really that different?
A project by Addie Wagenknecht and Pablo Garcia where they asked online sexcam performers to replicate iconic works of art. This piece is an experimental homage to both fine art and the lowbrow internet phenomenon of cams.

Webcam Venus project is developed for FAT lab by Addie Wagenknecht and Pablo Garcia. Webcam Venus is a work in two parts and will be shown in its entirety at FAT GOLD April 1-13 2013 at Eyebeam NYC.

This post is made possible thanks to Remco van Bladel

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on April 16, 2013 at 12:25 pm, filed under Art, Craftsmanship, Dematerialization, Digitalization, Internet, Selfies, Various, Video. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

it’s art baby!

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on April 11, 2013 at 4:55 pm, filed under Craftsmanship, Folk, Research, Things 'n Flings. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Prison fantasy escapes

Many of America’s prisons boast visiting rooms that are festooned with bizarre wall art, so that friends and family members of incarcerated people can take pictures of their loved ones on backdrops other than the depressing, institutional grays and whites of the correctional facility.

Artist and photographer Alyse Emdur has compiled six years worth of such portraits for her new book, Prison Landscapes. Inspired by a childhood photograph of herself posing with her incarcerated brother, Emdur contacted 300 prisoners and asked if they’d like to provide family photos and get involved in the project.

“My act as a photographer is not from behind the lens but as a collector of images,” Emdur told Wired. “I see myself as a mediator. These are people who have had no relationship with the outside world so while Prison Landscapes might be a very small gesture, the people who chose to be involved in this project want to be seen; they have their own agency. They want the outside world to know they aren’t the criminals they are stereotyped as.”

Emdur also sees her work as a critique of our country’s ever-growing prison system. “Clearly prisoners are more than their crime,” she says. “I’m not saying they’re not criminals; they are in prison because they were convicted and proven guilty. I am not going around that but it is important to look at these images and consider the rise of the prison industrial complex. The portraits reveal a system and how individuals fit within that system.”

This story is taken from Wired and text is taken from Animal New York.

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:37 am, filed under Craftsmanship, Folk, Ghetto gold, Glam Chaos, Other ecstatics, Photography, Various. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

A selection of Russian profile pics

These images are taken from this site. This blogpost is made possible by Katharina Drasdo

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on February 15, 2013 at 12:20 pm, filed under Craftsmanship, Digitalization, Folk, Internet, Photography, Selfies, Various. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Brenmar’s latest release BF/GF

New York-based producer and DJ Brenmar creates his bassy trademark sound by mixing up house music with R&B and hip hop, clearly drawing on his influences from growing up in Chicago during the 90s – yesterday Dazed Digital premiered his brand new track “BF/GF”, with the album artwork we designed and our online love message service, 4eva. The very talented Brenmar wanted us to hand tailor an haute fashion cover for him. We offered him a cyclopean ghetto gold-ruby diamond wrapped in a Cartier à la Pinar&Viola jewel Box. The song is now the over and over of the studio. You can download it here.

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on December 11, 2012 at 9:25 am, filed under Craftsmanship, Decadence, Digitalization, Ecstatic Surface Design, Friends, Ghetto gold, Graphic design, Music, Pinar&Viola, Published, Visual ecstasy. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Pattern we made for This is Chorus

This pattern we made for This is Chrous is inspired by skeuomorphs, which are visual information appendixes. Please see the blogpost we made a year ago investigating examples of it.
This is Chrous is a freshly debuting Fashion brand from Melbourne, Australia. They express that their agency lies in the ‘inbetween’, both that moment of contradiction when serious bursts with humour, and the instant old becomes new.
Please visit their page for more information and for further inquiries and orders please contact Cassandra Wheat.

For the ones who follow us in instagram (pinar_and_viola), as soon as we receive the garments, we’ll put self-mirror shots covered in the pattern we designed. : )

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:13 pm, filed under Craftsmanship, Ecstatic Surface Design, Fashion, Friends, Pinar&Viola, Published, Visual ecstasy. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Candy Art

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on November 27, 2012 at 6:18 pm, filed under Craftsmanship, Dematerialization, Folk, Other ecstatics, Things 'n Flings, Various. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

P&V 4 Adidas

We recently made a Adididas post, under the category, Research where we gathered bootleg version of the trefoil logo. The research was meant for a project we were hand crafting for Adidas. When they asked us to make a pattern, we took the chance to make a Ghetto-glam-didas version of the brand. Please look closer to the ecstatic pattern.

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on at 10:10 am, filed under Craftsmanship, Decadence, Dematerialization, Digitalization, Ecstatic Surface Design, Ghetto gold, Pinar&Viola, Published, Visual ecstasy. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Bōsōzoku

Bōsōzoku (暴走族?, literally “violent running tribe”) is a Japanese youth subculture associated with customized cars, motorcycles or trucks. Bōsōzoku is popular since the 1990s.
Bōsōzoku are known to modify their car, motorcycles or truck in peculiar and often showy ways.
These cars are often modified with large exhaust pipes, bright paint, and large aero kits, he latter modelled on Group 5 “Special Production Cars” of the 1970s. Also popular are oil coolers or less commonly large turbo or supercharger intercoolers with highly polished tubing, usually mounted in a prominent position in the front bumper.

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:54 pm, filed under Craftsmanship, Dematerialization, Folk, Ghetto gold, Glam Chaos, Other ecstatics, Subculture, Uncategorized, Various. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Life action role playing

A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters’ actions.
LARP blends elements of the legend of Robin Hood, classical fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings, improvisational theatre, the epic of King Arthur, tabletop games like Dungeons and Dragons, a Renaissance fair and maybe a little psychodrama.

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:27 am, filed under Craftsmanship, Subculture, Various. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Halloween costume inspiration 2: Art Lover

This entry was written by Pinar&Viola, posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:11 pm, filed under Art, Craftsmanship, Dematerialization, Fashion, Folk. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.