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Photography: Guy Sargent

Arto M. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:45:57 +0000

London based photographer Guy Sargent has mastered his ability of capturing breathtaking landscapes. His photos, featuring isolated and distand beaches or the ruggedness of urban landscapes, spark a range of emotions from calmness to humility.

Sargent’s series What Lies Beneath is a long term project taking focus on both natural landscapes and architecture, shot throughout the UK and Europe since 2006.

Lift: Gallery

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:42:21 +0000

Lift has put their close relationship with designers into form through various collaborative projects. Ranging from collection showcasing to more abstract presentations, they all have shared a quality of being visually striking. Together with Masahiro Tsunoda of Lift, we compiled a gallery of projects both earlier and more recent.

Carol Christian Poell

B-sides (1), Paranoid (2), Disjointed (3, 4)

O-Project by Luca Laurini

m.a+ by Maurizio Amadei

Escape / Evolution

Lift Gallery space

Alessandro Tinelli

Arto M. — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:17:04 +0000

Recognizable for his abstract, almost eerie visual presentations, Tokyo based artist Alessandro Tinelli has gained attention for his video production for the likes of Damir Doma and Italian shoe maker Guidi. Born in Spoleto, Italy, Tinelli studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia. During that time, he also became acquainted with Issei Fujita, creator of Lumen Et Umbra who at the time worked with Maurizio Altieri. Tinelli was soon working on various projects for Carpe Diem, including the Sartoria video presentation – a short documentation on Altieri’s made-to-measure line of garments, shot between Paris and Torgiano. The collaboration was lengthy and focused on documenting the creation of garments through processes, development, trial and error.

After Graduating, Tinelli moved to Torino and began exhibiting some of his work both in Italy and abroad, winning some prizes given to young artists and designers. After his gallery closed, he moved to Tokyo and began working for an agency selling interactive technologies to big fashion houses like Cartier and Chanel among others. In Tokyo, Tinelli met Masahiro Tsunoda from Lift, after which he began collaborating with the boutique as well as labels such as Guidi. The ongoing collaboration with Paris based fashion designer Damir Doma has resulted in the Veil project – a visual presentation produced by the duo that has been presented both at Lift and Atelier New York.

Tinelli is also responsible for the soundtrack of Damir Doma’s f/w09 runway presentation in Paris. Coming from an artistic background, he prefers to reach out to various type of work. “Video production is my favorite thing but I also work with sounds and I draw. I want to see a variety of knowledge spreading out from the same source, that is inspiration for the imagination and intuition for thought.”

Currently working on the soundtrack for Doma’s next show this June, Tinelli is enjoying the collaborative work with the designer. Collaborations are, after all, the source of his contacts and thus a major contributing factor to his work. “The more streams there are flowing together, the more interactive it gets and the result can be surprising”, he explains. “When I work alone the process is actually slower because I have less limits”. When keeping an eye on online fashion media, chances are one will come across Tinelli’s creations – whether its runway soundtracks or conceptual video installations in boutiques around the world.

Cover video produced exclusively for Scoute by Alessandro Tinelli. Interview coordinated by Marc / Stealth Projekt.

visit www.iku.it for more of Alessandro’s work.

Michael Kenna

Arto M. — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:42:48 +0000

Growing up in Lancashire, England, Michael Kenna entered a seminary school at the young age of eleven. With art as his strongest subjects, instead of becoming a priest, he applied to an art school, advancing onto studying photography at the London College of Printing. Though it wasn’t until the mid 70’s when Kenna moved to the US and started to discover that he could make a living from his passion for photography. Known for his breathtaking black and white landscapes, Kenna prefers to revisit his photo locations rather than simply going from one place to another. Among them are China, India and perhaps most importantly Japan, where he travels regularly.

“Imagine being out at night, alone, under starry skies. Listening to silence, watching the world slowly move, all senses alive, thinking, imagining, dreaming. The camera is recording, creating, documenting, seeing what the eye cannot see – cumulative time. Or the sensation of being in a field as the snow falls on a single, exquisite tree. White all around, just the sound of snow falling.”