For #FlashbackFriday, in lieu of yesterday’s review of opera ’The Life and Death of Marina Abramović’, here’s the music video for ‘Cut The World’ by Antony + The Johnsons.  Directed by NABIL, starring Willem Dafoe, Carice van Houten + Marina Abramović, the video deals with the violent outcome between Willem’s likable businessman + Carice, his secretary.  It begins with […]

Watch Robert Wilson discuss his recent collaboration with Marina Abramović in opera ‘The Life + Death of Marina Abramović’ at the Park Avenue Armory.              If you’re lucky enough to still get tickets to this opera, you’re in for a treat.  If not, the following images might hurt a bit, as they are […]

Although brief, it’s still pretty powerful + emotional.   Here’s a quick look at a past cover shoot for the lab magazine Issue No.7, featuring the inimitable genius that is all Marina Abramovic, the ‘Godmother of Performance Art’. Shot by Justin Tyler Closer + styled by Michelle Carimpong, we see Marina go from donning big hair in […]

How great is this fashion film for Raquel Allegra‘s AW/13 collection?  It so reminded me of Marina Abramovic’s ‘Light/Day‘ with performance artist, longtime collaborator + ex-lover, Ulay.  In Marina’s (godmother of performance art) version however, they’re kneeling.   I just love the juxtapositions at play here:   The collection as a whole, is full of […]

Hit And Misses At This Year’s Costume Institute Gala

Usually, the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is always surrounded by a lot of ‘buzz’, but this year’s Gala which took place on Monday, celebrating “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations”, a fictitious meeting between the two fashion design icons was definitely not any different. With the exhibit dealing with Miuccia Prada, considered an […]