November 2009
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RAD HOURANI 4 VOGUE RUSSIA
Little girls are predisposed to fantasize about their futures.
Prince charming and a knight in shining armor and ultimately, trailing off into the sunset to live happily ever after.
With a divorce rate that has long since lapped the success of marriage, we now know better. The modern woman doesn’t dream of the perfect man— she wants the perfect career, and this little girl dreamed of...
busy as ever!!!
I’ve been ticking this keyboard like a pianist to his ivory, working until unspoken hours and finally, slipping into bed to rise early with ideas that cannot wait a moment, even for breakfast.
I’m spending the rest of the afternoon at a vintage archive and tomorrow on a fashion editorial shoot for Vogue Russia. I’m finding inspiration everywhere I turn, writing constantly, and musing about more...
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Dreams really do come true:
Achieved in unison what alone would not have been feasible or even conceivable, the following pictures represent the triumph of the artistic community of Savannah, Georgia, and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Through his project which integrated the efforts of the entire community, Nick Cave sought to cater his craft to the local environment and produce an outcome which served to benefit...
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SNEAK PREVIEW!
Conceived during his stay in Savannah, today Nick cave is hard at work on an idea for a sound suit constructed primarily of BALLOONS!
(to be revealed for the first time at the performance tonight!)
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"I want people to wake up in the morning and...
Tonight I witnessed a transformation of identities so profound that no amount of preparation could have groomed me for this experience.
To begin the evening, I observed as Nick gathered the dancers together for a group discussion regarding the sound suits. He explained their ability to transform the identity of the wearer from the very moment it embraces the skin, and added that, although equally...
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Mission Accomplished!
Visual sensory overload in a playground of sound suits:
No time to elaborate but clearly the images can speak for themselves!!!
Now back to rehearsal to see these sculptures come to life… .
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Can you keep a secret?
I feel as though I am waiting for a Christmas that keeps getting postponed. Although in actuality, the sound suits were never intended to be opened before Thursday, like a child mesmerized by packages in front of the tree, I am desperate to open the large boxes and over eager to inspect what lies inside.
Carefully packaged and shipped from Chicago, the sound suits are not just detained in these...
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Also starring:
Even his suggestion of composition and sudden inclination to pile a chair on his back rally for the claim that Nick Cave cannot escape abstract, three dimensional, and artistic elements from their permanent residence in his conscience.
Clearly, the form of the body can be made as much a part of sculpture as the inanimate objects it befriends. And who ever said sculptures must be statuesque? ...
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Introducing: N I C K C A V E
I left my house at dawn and spent the day in transit. Two trains and two planes and I was delivered safely from New York to my old home of Savannah, Georgia, to attend the deFINE ART Festival at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Specifically, commissioned by my former school to photograph the artist Nick Cave and the preparation, as well as final presentation, of his “spoken-word,...
Nicholas Mendise
Nicholas Mendise took me by surprise. I fell fast and hard for friendship with this consistently charming, unapologetically talented and refreshingly unusual character.
He makes me laugh until I fall out of my chair, and then I laugh a little on the floor.
He can go a whole week without sleeping if it means completing a project he is passionate about.
Nicholas takes beautiful pictures with...
These two made my Halloween.