Juan Miguel Entrelanas

V&A STEPHEN JONES HAT EXHIBITION

Ahhhhh belated blogging... so I was completely in shock really about having a piece included in the exhibition at all really, as I stored it in my mind as one of those things that couldn't possibly be happening until I could see it with my own eyes! I was so nervous I ended up bending the ear off a Swedish journalist who was waiting to interview Philip Treacy- in retrospect I think I tired her out with barrage of words! Anyway she was enlightening me about the state of Swedish headwear and how they are burdened with the necessity of wearing woolly bobble hats which are rarely innovative- Louise Goldin could perhaps branch out and make a killing???

I was super-honoured to be invited to the Milliners Lunch where I nervously kept piling my plate with ordurves but was so nervous i could eat them and started offering them out.

Well the exhibition itslef is a beautiful education- my faveorite bit being the re-creation of

Steven Jones's studio in the centre- a little hub of wonderings and treasures!

And the opening night... what can I say, truffles on sticks- lots of important people with head nests and floating echoes of heaving conversation- I think parties where the volume of conversation overpowers the music are the most exciting (everyone making their own atmosphere) I was endeared to the visual status of the KCTV entourage (Kenny etc...) who were wearing Piers Atkinson.

Stupidly I didn't make camera plans, so I have borrowed these pics from urbanjunkies.com



I Ended up chatting to a designer called Ben Hall, a British footwear designer who was wearing a tall paper hat creation which reminded me of one of my favorite DADA inspiration pictures- turns out his shoes are super-hot so I am going to investigate more of his workstuffs.

My Favorite was of course very literal and jovial;

Beata Boucht

Nicholas Routzen

Glynis Selina Arban

Frej Hedenberg

Rokolectiv ‘09

ROKOLECTIV ‘09
FESTIVAL FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND RELATED ARTS

The fourth edition of Rokolectiv - festival for electronic music and related arts - kicks off between 10th and 12th of April 2009. Over 20 artists will participate with concerts, installations, and special events.

The first two days of the festival are hosted by a new spectacular venue - Bucharest’s creative commodities exchange The Ark, a neonesque industrial building reconverted into space for contemporary culture. As usual, MNAC supports the last day of the festival.

Rokolectiv presents outstanding live acts of the moment, most of them a Bucharest premiere, starting with the rare appearance of the Norwegian dizzying disco magician Lindstrom, followed by Canadian house experimentalist Frivolous and Berlin’s biggest deepologist Prosumer, in an obsessively dancing Saturday night.

On top of everything, to spice up the magic during the night program - some floral and animal interactivity, and a bit of playfulness with Lego sounds…

Friday is a dubstep goes techno night with special appearances from Shackleton, 2562 and Deadbeat, under the close supervision of the Romanian producer of the moment TRG with a mind-blowing DJ set.

Fennesz brings on Sunday some of the Black Sea’s waves to MNAC, following the recent release of his new album. An eclectic night completed by a display of Optical Machines, a grand finale combustion by the noisiest neo-metal funksters MoHa, and a spacecraft managed by half of Zombie Zombie - Etienne Jaumet - and the Romanian duo Minus si Ion, in a quest for a deeper sound.

Friday 10.04 / The Ark / 22h00
2562 (NL)
Larytta (CH)
Shackleton (UK)
Deadbeat (CA)
TRG (RO)

Saturday 11.04 / The Ark / 22h00
Legoloop(CH)
Bogdan (RO)
Lindstrom (NO)
Frivolous (CA)
Prosumer (DE)
SKVJ (RO)
Videocote (RO)

Sunday 12.04 / MNAC / 19h30
Optical Machines (NL)
Fennesz presents ‘Black Sea'(AT)
Etienne Jaumet (FR)
Minus si Ion (RO)
MoHa (NL)
SKVJ (RO)
Videocote (RO)