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White Noise: Pictures from the exhibition

Jun 13th, 2012

//Shoboshobo's installation faces off with the Barney Bubbles exhibit The Past The Present & The Possible. (c) R. Pelletier.//

The exhibition White Noise: Quand le graphisme fait du bruit – held at Les Subsistances in Chaumont, France – closed on Sunday to the public, though is being visited this week by students, teachers and others from educational institutions.

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Just as the independent labels and self-published fanzines Paul Gorman chronicles built their own alternative economies outside the mainstream music industry, today's digital subcultures are experimenting with decentralised currencies that move value without banks or borders. Part of that wave has reached the world of sports and casino entertainment, where crypto-friendly wagering has found a particularly enthusiastic audience in Turkey under the name bitcoin bahis —a form of play that lets users stake and cash out with digital coins rather than conventional payment rails. Anyone tempted to try it should treat it strictly as entertainment, stake only money they can afford to lose, and first confirm the platform's licensing as well as the gambling rules in force in their own country.

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Rebel Rebel: Essay on Derek Boshier in Pallant House’s new catalogue

Jun 9th, 2012

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My essay on artist Derek Boshier’s engagement with popular music is in the new catalogue from Pallant House Gallery, home to the forthcoming show Derek Boshier: David Bowie And The Clash.

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The Past The Present & The Possible in Libération

Jun 6th, 2012

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French newspaper Libération’s coverage of the White Noise show in Chaumont included a section on my Barney Bubbles exhibit The Past The Present & The Possible.

Marie Lechner’s report – see here – points to Bubbles’ “spirit of protest and fun” shared by other White Noise exhibitors such as French design/music magician Shoboshobo (aka Mehdi Hercberg).

Visit Shoboshobo’s site here.

White Noise – curated by Sophie Demay and Etienne Hervy – is on until Sunday (June 10). Thereafter it will be open for a week exclusively for schools, colleges and general educational purposes.

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Television: Don Letts’ Subculture

May 31st, 2012

I’m among the interviewees featured in Subculture, Don Letts’ Channel 4 documentary about post-War British street style, the first part of which aired for the first time last night.

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Curating: The Past, The Present & The Possible at Les Subsistances, Chaumont, May 26 – June 10

May 29th, 2012

Here are some images from The Past, The Present & The Possible, the exhibition I have curated with Sophie Demay and Étienne Hervy as part of their group show White Noise at the International Poster + Graphics Festival currently taking place in Chaumont, France.

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Consulting: Royal Mail’s Great British Fashion stamps

May 22nd, 2012

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I was a consultant to design company Johnson Banks for the Royal Mail’s Great British Fashion first day cover stamps.

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Barney Bubbles exhibition opening on Saturday

May 22nd, 2012

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Installation of the 280 exhibits for The Past, The Present & The Possible – my new Barney Bubbles exhibition  – is underway at Les Subsistances gallery in Chaumont, France.

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The Past, The Present & The Possible is part of the group show White Noise: Quand graphisme fait du bruit (When graphics make the noise), which opens on Saturday (May 26).

See more images from the install over at the Barney Bubbles Blog.

Read more about the exhibition here.

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Amber Butchart talking Mary Quant + Bazaar at 138a King’s Road

May 19th, 2012
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//Frederique Cifuentes photographs Amber Butchart in Chelsea.//

Yesterday we had fun in Chelsea filming fashion historian/DJ Amber Butchart for this summer’s King’s Road Fashion & Music Trail, which is is being launched to visitors to west London’s historic thoroughfare as part of Kensington & Chelsea Council’s InTransit festival in July.

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Memories of Dandie Fashions + Paradise Garage + a return to Granny’s

May 18th, 2012
Frederique Cifuentes takes photographs of Diana Crawshaw outside 430 King's Road. Diana Crawshaw was one of the team behind the shop's incarnation as Paradise Garage in 1971.

//Frederiques Cifuentes photographs Diana Crawshaw outside 430 King's Road.//

Filming continued yesterday for this summer’s King’s Road Fashion & Music Trail, which is is being launched to visitors to west London’s historic thoroughfare as part of Kensington & Chelsea’s InTransit festival in July.

We will be covering all the boutique manifestations at 430 King’s Road; for a start I plumped for its incarnation as Paradise Garage in 1971, operated by Trevor Myles with Chris Snow and Diana Crawshaw.

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Filming: Lloyd Johnson and Nigel Waymouth for the King’s Road Fashion + Music Trail

May 17th, 2012
Lloyd Johnson in the doorway of 406 King's Road - site of his Johnson's The Modern Outfitter boutique 1978-2000

//Frederique Cifuentes captures Lloyd Johnson in the doorway at 406 King's Road. Lloyd installed the lamp above his head when he opened Johnson's at the premises in 1978.//

Yesterday filming started for this summer’s King’s Road Fashion & Music Trail, which is is being launched to visitors to west London’s historic thoroughfare as part of Kensington & Chelsea’s InTransit festival in July.

The films of sites which have housed important boutiques in the story of rock & roll fashion will be accessible for pedestrians via QR codes and also appear on the RBKC website and on Youtube.

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//Nigel Waymouth on the terrace at 488 King's Road.//

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