we were kindly invited over to Mark & Cate’s house on Sunday for dinner, a couple bottles of wine, good chats and a tasty dessert of bread pudding + Pastis and ice. I’ve never been a huge licorice or sambuca fan but the drink was a welcome treat. apparently they sell for cheap at most carrefours. xo
went back to the tongchuan seafood market last weekend, ohhhh man.
从90年代的旧金山，2000年代的巴塞罗那，直到今天，来自全世界的滑板玩家聚集在一个新的朝圣地:上海。在这个高楼群起充满机遇的地方,“Shanghai5”将向您介绍具有上海特色的滑板文化与发展定居上海的法国摄影师Charles Lanceplaine拍摄的新片Shanghai5将于下月10日在上海长乐路Source店内举行首映式。In this place full of opportunities and architectural craziness, Shanghai Five will introduce you to the local skateboard scene, its culture and its international roots.
When: December 10th, 7:00 – 10:00PM @ The Source!!!
ps. Come early for free giveaways from Vans, Nike, Converse, Gift, Vagabond & more!
loving the recent coolhunting post on montreal-based artist JON RAFMAN. it’s a big world out there and he’s poured over a zillion google maps streetview images to pull together an amazing collection of images. check out his tumblr for more. xx
baidu recently launched an amazing 3D map of shanghai, and i was inspired by my friend drew’s labeled stomping grounds map and thought i would make my own!
ONE emily & wynn’s place TWO john and i’s apartment THREE pines grocery, overpriced foreign foods that i buy on the regular FOUR tom & jenna’s FIVE drew & yaya’s old place SIX my old office, w+k shanghai SEVEN jellymon office EIGHT coley & zia’s place NINE sammy’s place TEN where john & i met for our second date! <3 ELEVEN arugula lady (although i may not go anymore, after yesterday’s news, i’ve decided to buy only organic) TWELVE my first apartment in shanghai! (also, sammy’s old apartment) THIRTEEN el coctel, shelter, etc. FOURTEEN kiitos FIFTEEN ado’s place.
01. Yashica T4 35mm Camera.
02. FILSON Rucksack.
03. FJALL Raven Classic Backpack.
04. Sunglasses by Karen Walker.
05. Vans Authentic Lo-Pro.
06. Take Ivy by T.Hayashida.
07. Pop Quiz Backpack by The Herschel Supply Co.
08. Fits the Billiard Tea Set.
09. Set of Nesting Owls.
10. Birdcage Necklace.
11. Iphone 4 Custom Bamboo Case by IMAKETHINGS.
antibiotics finish tomorrow and thursday is Das Racist!! the shelter is holding a thursday till saturday party in honour of their three year anniversary – the line up is as follows:
December 2: Shelter Anniversary Part 1 — Das Racist
December 3: Shelter Anniversary Part II — DJ Mitsu the Beats
December 4: Shelter Anniversary Part III — Sub-Culture pres. Jack Sparrow
adrian & i will be deeeeejaying part one of the celebrations, so come on over & paarrrteee with us? also, smart shanghai has posted more about the show etc here so please have a click. xxoo
coupl’a photos + nice video from the Steve Garrow: Insight Presents Garage Art Tour set up from The Source. sadly, i’ve been MIA for the last week and didn’t make the show, a horrid stomach flu slash allergic reaction to antibiotics left me bedridden (and missing out on turkey dinners!) but i heard it went very well and there are still some pieces up in the gallery for sale. prices are reasonable, starting from ¥2000 upwards, so if you want to pick up an original, i would highly recommend getting your butts over to the shop sooner rather than later. the gallery will be up for a few more days, so goooooooooooo!
checked out this new women’s boutique shop on julu lu this weekend and picked up ring & winter jacket. it’s only a few weeks old but the store is already generating a fair amount of buzz – the space itself is teeny tiny but the selection is fantastic and the prices are reasonable – hand sourced vintage and new pieces from around the world, definitely worth a stop!
GloryBox: 403 Julu Road near Shanxi South Road
pleased to announce that my friend Sean Marc Lee is having his first solo show! you might remember him recently being featured on neocha’s Creative Edge, so if you’re in brooklyn and want to check out the show, here’s a snippet of the show blurb written by Yew Leong Lee:
Sean Marc Lee / 李子仁: Chi Seen!
Sean Marc Lee’s anagram name is LASER MENACE, which wouldn’t you say is super apropos for a photographer. I once put my name through an anagram generator and it spat out WELL EYE GONE and just before I was due for LASIK correction too! Fortunately, fate isn’t always written in one’s name and this writer still has two well eyes to ogle at the gorgeous collection on display starting from 3 Dec 2010, at K&K gallery.
Lee’s solo exhibition, comprised of 130 photographs, is called CHI SEEN, and when I first saw the title, I wondered if Lee, being Chinese (get it? CHI SEEN=CHINESE), was making a point about one of the many minority races in America that are increasingly less so, but still being invisibilized. Perhaps, I thought, Lee is using photography as a tool to raise the status of the Chinese in America. Also, might CHI not in fact allude to the invisible life force believed by the Chinese to literally animate us, and might CHI SEEN, then, not refer to captured manifestations of a Chinese way of seeing, or even its opposite: of being seen?
As for the mystery of the show’s title, I soon received my answer in an Email the next day. “Chi Seen is in Cantonese which is what I speak.” (This writer, being of a different dialect group than the photographer, does not understand Cantonese.) “If one were to translate it literally “Chi” means sticky, and “Seen” means string, but it’s a slang term used to connote one’s mind as being all wound up/sticky like string. However, it’s used as a slang of a slang of the original meaning, kind of like an interjection when someone tells you something and you are more or less saying “whaaat?” or “ridiculous” although it’s not necessarily negative! I know, language is confusing!”
Opening December 3, 7-10pm through December 26
K&K
Hours: Fri-Sun 1-7
109 Broadway. Brooklyn, NY
(JMZ to Marcy Ave. or L to Bedford)