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Friday Fun- A big Ray of Sunshine

September 3rd, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, we were striding down Bond Street, on our way to Dover Street, when I thought I had fallen into a daydream. You see, some of my daydreams do include the hunk of manly joy that is Ray Winstone… but that’s quite another story.

The Halcyon Gallery, on New Bond Street, is wrapped in this HUGE portrait of Ray Winstone painted by Mitch Griffiths whilst the new gallery space is completed. This beautiful artwork was part of an exciting exhibition of Griffiths’ new work which was held at the Halcyon Gallery on Bruton Street.

Ray Winstone's portrait on Bond Street

Tags: Bond Street, Halcyon Gallery, Mitch Griffiths, Ray Winstone
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Blink Events: The Art of Dance

September 2nd, 2010

On Sunday I enjoyed my favorite London walk from Somerset House to the Tate Modern. If you ever feel tired of London, its a sure fire way to fall back in love with this amazing city.

We arrived at the Tate in time to have a random wonder around the galleries and then head down to the Turbine Hall in readiness to catch the Michael Clarke choreographed dance installation. I’d read about this in the week’s edition of le Cool (if you don’t subscribe already then do it now!) and had been really looking forward to it. Not only is Clark a long term favorite of “Blink”, but I was also really interested in the concept of this ‘installation’.

Michael Clark and his company have been working in the Turbine Hall for the past seven weeks, making the development and rehearsal stages of this piece visible to all. This piece incorporates some of the company’s immensely skilled dancers along with 75 untrained members of the public. During the performance, the division seemed purposefully clear between ballerina and non-ballerina with a difference in costume (the non-dancers in black) as well as Clark cleverly using the dancers in different ways. This created a really great energy as well as a stunning visual spectacle.

The space is immense, but the pumping Bowie soundtrack and the dashing and surging dancers really worked the space brilliantly. The graphic, monochrome floor complimented the linear and sharp shapes in the piece. The only downside was that I wanted to be one of the special 75, not one of the spectators- but maybe next time! This was ‘Part 1′ of Clark and company’s residency and there will be a ‘Part 2′ of the project in June ‘11. So, all that’s left to ask is where do I put my name down for it?

Michael Clark's dance intallation at the Tate Modern

Michael Clark's dance intallation at the Tate Modern

Michael Clark's dance intallation at the Tate Modern

Michael Clark's dance intallation at the Tate Modern

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Tags: Michael Clark, Somerset House, Tate Modern, Turbine Hall
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Blink Inspiration: Cut and Paste Art

September 1st, 2010

We were, camera in hand, searching East London finding great new street art for the Autumn edition of the ‘Graphics’ report when we came across a really innovative looking piece on Redchurch Street. As we were ooh-ing and ahh-ing, admiring this variation on the Virgin Mary, the artist himself stepped up.

Ernesto Muniz is a scalpel wielding genius. He very kindly sent us some images of other works from the streets of London as well as his home town of Mexico City. There’s also some really interesting creations with vinyl records. The use of religious iconography reflects Muniz’ Latino roots and makes for some really innovative artwork.

If you like what you see here, Ernesto can be contacted at munizer@hotmail.com. He’ll also be exhibiting alongside artists like Banksy at Liverpool’s Corke Gallery in November.

The artist himself

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Tags: Banksy, Corke Gallery, East London, Ernesto Muniz, graffitti, Graphics, Redchurch Street, street art
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Blink Discoveries: Lu Flux vs the World!

August 31st, 2010

We first came across Lu Flux at the Estethica exhibition at the last London Fashion Week, and we then had the pleasure to meet Lu again whilst at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion. Lu Flux is not only a brilliantly innovative London based brand, but it’s also created in an ethical and sustainable way- and that really rings our bell.

We were super excited to see that Lu’s work has made it on to the red carpet. American actress, Brie Larson, wore a Lu Flux frock to the ‘Scott Pilgrim vs The World’ European premiere in London’s Leicester Square. The dress, called ‘Bluetit’, is from the SS ‘10 ‘The Eco Life of Riley’ collection. Its made completely from salvaged silks and is a total one-off.

Lu Flux will be showing as part of Estethica again at September’s London Fashion Week and we are really looking forward to seeing her new collection.

Brie Larson wearing Lu Flux (image from the Eyeprime blog)

Tags: Brie Larson, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, Estethica, London Fashion Week, Lu Flux, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Somerset House
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Friday Fun: Heavy Petting at Louis Vuitton

August 27th, 2010

Okay, well at least the title of this post made you stop and have a look. Sorry there’s no actual heavy petting to brighten up your Friday!

We spotted these animal themed bags in the window of Louis Vuitton’s new Bond Street flagship. It was lovely to see that a brand this luxurious and high end still has time to be a little fun. The beautiful glass cloches added some gravitas and all the animals were really amazingly executed so LV shows us how to have a giggle and yet still retain utter poise and chic!

Enjoy and wishing you a wonderful weekend from the team at “Blink”!

Louis Vuitton, Bond Street

Louis Vuitton, Bond Street

Louis Vuitton, Bond Street

Tags: Accessories, Bond Street, handbags, Louis Vuitton
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Blink Travels: The Long Walk in Copenhagen

August 26th, 2010

Copenhagen Fashion Week is no longer just called Copenhagen Fashion Week. With tourists and Copenhageners invited to join in by attending ‘The Worlds Greatest Catwalk’ event and other shows embracing a more open and public friendly stance, it is now also known as the Copenhagen Fashion Festival.

On August 14th, Danish underground DJ, Djuna Barnes delivered colorful and upbeat music whilst more than 200 models, celebrities, babies and ballet dancers began the 1.6 km long walk along the hot pink catwalk, creating a new world record! Starting at Rådhuspladsen down Copenhagen’s biggest shopping street ‘Strøget’ and ending in Kgs. Nytorv, this event showcased Danish and Scandinavian SS’11 collections in a really celebratory way. Forever supermodel and great Dane, Helena Christensen was the hostess for this event and several shops in Central Copenhagen donated 1% of the days income to Chernobyl Children’s project International.

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