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24 Dec

This artist captures the scent of exhaustion after climax

This artist captures the scent of exhaustion after climax
Opening today, artist Katharina Dubbick's scent installation TIMECAPSULE 7:32am conjures raves and bodily fluids “I would like to capture the moment of exhaustion after a climax – the sense of space that’s left when feelings settle.”  In TIMECAPSULE 7:32am (2019) scent designer Katharina Dubbick creates a room-filling installation with a scent distilled from her memories. It was produced in collaboration with Irish perfumer Meabh McCurtin in Paris and the chemical compound is distributed via steam into the nostrils to stimulate associations with sweat, saliva, cigarette smoke, sex, gin and tonic, latex, sticky skin and cleansing products. Casts of various bodies (a torso, underarm, belly and breast) are suspended in a mist, contributing to the heady mixture...
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26 May

Hazel Gaskin’s photography captures the pageantry of the on

Hazel Gaskin’s photography captures the pageantry of the on
Candid and intimate, the photographer’s images document the neglected great thing about our day-to-day lives In photographer Hazel Gaskin’s own words, beauty is “something that is exclusive” inside all of us. By that definition, her photos are bonafide capsules of pure bliss, capturing moments of quiet beauty within the mundane everydayness of life. Gaskin’s distinct eye for documentary storytelling got here naturally from the start. Growing up near the coastline within the suburbs of Dublin, she began snapping stills of seaside locals at any time when she could. Since then, she has remained inspired by – and connected to – her seaside community, despite wanting to “leave Dublin and move to London” for so...
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12 May

Fumi Nagasaka’s recent book captures the great thing about

Fumi Nagasaka’s recent book captures the great thing about
Since moving to Recent York, Japanese-born photographer Fumi Nagasaka has spent the last 20 years exploring the US together with her camera. But it surely wasn’t until 2017 that she visited the agricultural or southern states when a friend Tanya invited her on a visit to her hometown of Dora, Alabama.  With a population of around 2,300, Dora is a real small town. “Church, college football, and regional fast food chain Jack’s are popular with locals,” writes Nagasaka. “Tanya’s family introduced me to every of those during my first visit – an initiation of sorts.” Despite its modest scale, something in regards to the place deeply moved Nagasaka. “My first trip was full of emotion,” she recalls. “I witnessed kindness, pain, and...
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