The Imaginarium of Dr Panasus

STEAM PUNK

Contemporary Victorians!
Broadly, steampunk is about re-imagining the Victorian age and creating the appliances, clothes, weapons and lifestyles that might have come about if some present-day innovations had been invented way back when.
"It's about taking modern technology and presenting it in a way that the Victorians would have accepted," said Mr Richardson-Brown.

The broader field of steampunk traces its origins to an offshoot of science fiction which detailed a fictional past in which zeppelins, trips to the moon and Mars and science that depended on the harnessing of titanic energies was commonplace.
One of the best known steampunk works is the Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. 
Since then the ideas have cropped up in short stories, films, cartoons and on fashion catwalks. Its influence is becoming more and more pervasive.
The "punk" in the steampunk name comes from cyberpunk which was a hugely influential branch of science fiction pioneered by, among others, Gibson and Sterling. It swapped space opera for gritty streets, body mods and the "consensual hallucination" of cyberspace. The "punk" comes from the DIY ethic that powered the music of the same name.

Many adopt Victorian dress. Frock coats, waistcoats and top hats are popular among men. Women favour gowns, bustles and corsets.Most are bedecked with accessories that were never even dreamt of in the days of Victoria. Goggles are enhanced with extra lenses, metres and sights. Jewellery is fashioned to look like miniature pumps or knife switches. Brass, leather, buckles and cogs are all to the fore.
Many are dedicated makers and crafters who make their own clothes, accessories or mod their gadgets to have a more neo-Victorian feel. Steampunk balls are becoming more common as are conventions and themed outings.

The growing number of artists and amateurs who have built steampunk devices has led the Oxford Museum of the History of Science to mount an exhibition of them. The show runs until February 2010.

 

Silent View

Silent-View photography is an art photo project consisting of a photographer (Silent-View) and a model (Fraeulein von Rosenfelde). Since 2005 both of them implement with their pictures particularly gloomy and bizarre, sometimes unsettling themes, but extended their repertoire in 2007/2008 to fashion, glamour and band photography as well as to video art.

 

 

Footlocker Ad Campaign

Julian Beever

UK-based artist specializes in realistic pavement drawings, wall murals, and traditional paintings.

Takato Yamamoto

 

 

Kindred times and Future goodbyes

In an abandoned 19th century ruin in South Tel Aviv, four local artists with international roots invited the public to see what they’ve been up to on weekends. Know Hope, Klone, Zero Cents and Foma spend Saturdays decorating the streets and buildings of Israel’s seaside conurbation together. “We just started painting…then decided to go back the next week…and the next,” Know Hope states. They eventually decided to make an exhibition of their work, the location was kept secret until the opening day.

 

 

Woody Allen

"Life doesn’t imitate art, it imitates bad television."

MARNI HORWITZ

Marni Horwitz is a New York photographer, Horwitz first became interested in photography when she was seventeen, she started taking pictures of the world most immediately at hand --her family--a subject that continues to be of great artistic importance to her.

 

 

Tom Wood

“I think of the photograph as a receiver of sensations, sensations are intangible, I try to organize them through the act of photography.”
Wood has spent over fifteenyears and shot over 3,000 rolls of film photographing Liverpool and its people from a bus. Visually stunning and dramatically revealing it is a body of work of immense power. Tom Wood’s first book Looking for Love established his reputation as one of the most original photographers working in the UK.

Published History :

• 1989 – Looking for love (Chelsea Reach Nightclub from 1982 to 1985)
• 1999 – People – Wienand
• 2002 – All Zones Off Peak – Dewi Lewis Publishing (1979 to 1996 bus rides atound Liverpool)
• 2002 – Bus Odyssey – Hatje Cantz Publishers (more 1979 to 1996 bus rides atound Liverpool)
• 2005 – Photie Man ( Retrospective book)

Ric Bower - 'The Chair'

Welsh Photographer and Artist, took part in the Group Show exhibition at G39 Gallery Cardiff.

 

 

What Would Jesus Drive?

The Sunday Times The hottest downloads; "What Would Jesus Drive?: Boomtown T***s Shouty, spittle-flecked dissing and electro-punk banditry. Sublime."

Diane Arbus

Was one of the most original and influential American photographers of the 20th century. In 2003, she and her work were the subject of a major traveling exhibition: Diane Arbus Revelations. In 2006 her life story was the subject of a motion picture starring Nicole Kiddman as Diane Arbus.

 

 

Sequin Galore

Sequins are definitely the most DAZZLING of trends this season. Whether they be worn day or night and teamed with leather, this trend is sure to make you shine!

 

Celebrating 25 years of London Fashion Week

Its been 25 years since London Fashion week first stormed on to stages and calenders across the globe. In that tie its produced a galaxy of global design superstars - fro John Galliano to Alexander McQueen - and a £40 billion industry. To check out the latest videos, images and interviews go to www.londonfashionweek.co.uk NOW!

Chunky Knits!

Texture is certainly not missing from this years Autumn/Winter collections. Chunky knits are certainly a main feature, with some designers taking it to the extreme! Textured knits are a great alternative to the traditional coat...

 

 

Brian Viveros

Mix cigarettes, alcohol and blood with beautiful female illustrations and you will come up with work by artist Brian Viveros....

Future Ghost Tribal

Kokon To Zai  

Autumn/Winter 09/10 Collection

  

Kokon To Zai Store

The name Kokon To Zai, which means “east meets west” in Japanese was chosen by the store founders, Macedonian design duo Marjan Pejoski and Sasha Bezovski. The newest store can be found on Golborne Road, near Portobello Market in Notting Hill, west London. The store stocks the designers’ own labels including Pejoski and KTZ, a label designed by both Pejoski and Bezovski. Sitting alongside these are a mix of brands including Vivienne Westwood’s Anglomania, Peter Jensen, McQ by Alexander McQueen and Bernard Willhelm. Various objets d’art and macabre make for exciting visual merchandising props and double up as products for sale. A stuffed peacock keeps watch over the shop floor under the shade of a bright green parasol. Skulls, framed butterflies, antique taxidermy and quirky jewelery are carefully placed around the store. The Kokon To Zai store is a must see for any fashion or interior design fanatic...

Luella and Owen Plummer

Brit designer Luella collaborates with the prolific zine maker in creating original drawings created by Plummer on tees, bags and brooches. An in-store exhibition that will be on display throughout London Fashion Week at the Luella store on Brook Street...

500 Days of Summer

Junk Jewels

Junk Jewels is the creation of independent, London based jewellery designer, Miss Jones. The online collection boasts a mixture of eye-catching vintage charms and modern trinkets that hang from inches of silver and gold plated chain - At tiny prices!!! Junk jewels can be found every saturday at Portobello market, Notting Hill. There you will find a collection of cute charm necklaces and matching bracelets. One-off pieces can also be found exclusively at Portobello market. Or otherwise visit www.junkjewels.co.uk. Here are some of Miss Jones new Autumn collection...

 

 

No need to cover up your undies ladies!

Many fashion elements have emerged from the 1980s and its clear certain elements have a place in this decade and the next. The 80's was the last time we saw the shift towards lingerie as outerwear.  So it is that we see various pieces of underwear return to the fore as outerwear to feature amongst 2009 and 2010 fashion trends. In many ways i think this may become one of the ubiquitous fashion trends; one that is transseasonal, and one that emerges more as we pay fresh attention to tights and stockings as a feature piece, and not just an accessory, courtesy of the hoisery trend! The following images are taken from Christian Dior Autumn/Winter 09/10.

BANKSY

All those of you who were unfortunate enough to miss the Banksy exhibition held at Bristol Museum, here are some personal pics you should check out from the show...