Monday 7 January 2008

2007 Round Up

In no particular order Tying the knot and all the family and friends and associated hidden meanings and frolics in a word Romantic New Bikes and the liberty they bring Blondie Karrier Art Bar in Copenhagen- thank you Jeppe Hein http://www.karrierebar.com/en/ Karriere is a café/restaurant/bar situated in Flæsketorvet "Pork Chop Street" in the still operational Kødbyen "Meat City" of inner Copenhagen. Features a whole stack of installations including maze like toilets and our favourite audio artist Janet Cardiff Guitar Hero London in November and our contemporary art tour of Hoxton and Bethnal Green including White Cube and the incredible Vyner Street and its vaults of warehouse galleries Babyshambles Flight of the Conchords..brilliant Kiwi TV singing and laffing sensations Joe Strummer Manchester and Vivienne Westwood with my style guide Shell Sankt Hans (midsummer bonfire night) we spent singing around the campfires of Christiania with Bridget and Bob, Sandra and Jørg and their aussie friends Rekindling and Staying in touch with English couisin Gabriella and her family in Hove Visiting my UK based friends Sophi and Paul and their little boy Cassidy and their brand new daughter Elkie and dreaming of our commune on the coast..one day Headbanging with Soraya at her junior assistant's band gig in Soho and celebrating her KohSamui wedding to honorable and eternal Ben. Poetry old and new Marching with the thousands strong Ungdomshus through the city streets to the sounds of ACDC from the sound system stopping traffic in Kongens Nytorv and being part of a movement to express a voice for differences in the face of yawning uniformity 2007 for me Started with new year crackers on the streets of berlin on 30th of December 2006 and ended with more crackers on the streets of copenhagen .. seeing your local street corner transformed by the anarchic Loud showers of unpredictable and relentless colour and sound was unforgettable. Power to the people Power to the future Power to us

Current Favourite Artist Peter Land

With very simple technical means, Peter Land succeeds in giving a new refreshing meaning to the tradition of body art. Seriousness and moralising gestures are abandoned on behalf of humour, self-mockery, and a keen eye for the situation of man at the end of the 20th century. His interest in the human body arises from an entirely sculptural interest. http://www.nicolaiwallner.com/artists/peter/baselinstallation1.html