Tonight I’m on Broken Hearts’ Jazz FM show Peppermint Candy talking about Teddy Boy style.
Music: Baby’s On Fire – Die Antwoord + Cut The World – Antony & The Johnsons
There’s plenty of great new music around at the moment; concurrently I have two contrasting tracks going round in my head, which is dizzying but exhilarating.
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White Noise: Pictures from the exhibition
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.
Rebel Rebel: Essay on Derek Boshier in Pallant House’s new catalogue
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
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.
Television: Don Letts’ Subculture
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.
Curating: The Past, The Present & The Possible at Les Subsistances, Chaumont, May 26 – June 10
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.
Consulting: Royal Mail’s Great British Fashion stamps
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
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.
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.
Amber Butchart talking Mary Quant + Bazaar at 138a King’s Road
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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