June 2010
20 posts
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from london to new york to shanghai
i met Kim when i was living in London. he was a friend of a friend, we on Brick Lane for a few hours and then he took a bunch of photos of my friend and I playing in the garbage, which I still adore as they capture the mood of that night so brilliantly.
i moved to new york, he moved to shanghai and i always looked on to what he was doing happily through facebook. kim’s one of those people...
“Having Kim’s work in the window is like having a drugged-up rainbow dream...”
– the wilhelmine project
Watchcan you handle how hot this build was?
“I’m attracted to the juxtaposition between these commercial toys and big moments...”
– the jem collective
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The Jem Collective: The Last Supper
Dolls? Really? And what are these dolls?
I grew up in Wisconsin and I have the classic city-adult story: Wisconsin was wonderful, love that I grew up there, but I always felt a bit out of place and that there was a different world out there that I needed to be a part of.
So it’s 1985/1986 and I’m six years old, right in the height of Barbie playing phase. Barbies were fine. They...
May 2010
8 posts
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“I love these drawings because they’re my chance to appreciate the simple...”
– jill usdan
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Watcha talk with jill usdan after she installed jill’s zoo
this is my first movie edit ever so cut me some slack ;)
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jill's zoo
On Saturday May 15th the Wilhelmine Project will excitedly welcome its first exhibit into the space: Jill’s Zoo by the talented Jill Usdan, aka SpudKing. The exhibit consists of a series of line drawings of animals whose textures are brought to life through the use of numbers.
We’re loving the elegant simplicity of these drawings and the tension between the natural world of the animals and the...