It’s jazz. Not just any jazz. It’s Japanese jazz and jazz-funk. So there.
1 Flying by Toshiaki Yokota & Primitive Community
2 Shrimp Dance by Hiroshi Suzuki
3 Breeze by Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media
4 Sunrise by Zerosen
5 Heated Point by Akira Ishikawa & His Count Buffalos
6 Theme (Mustache) by Takeshi Inomata & Sound Limited
7 The Vamp by Jiro Inagaki
8 Painted Paradise by Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media
9 Revulsion by Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos
10 Kuro to Shiro by Hiroshi Suzuki
The debut collaboration between Christopher Bailey of Burberry and Gosha Rubchinskiy, whose label is owned by Comme des Garcons may be the fresh new step Burberry needs. Referring to the dilution the brand has been suffering from for a significant period of time now, with Burberry’s signature pattern being ‘stolen’ by many other productions and becoming printed in various objects, including Burberry frauds.
This collaboration may be witnessed as ‘classic meets modern’, where modern everyday vibe channeled through Rubchinskiy’s street wears mixes with Burberry’s British classic, somewhat conservative signature tone. It may also be seen as a fashion ‘catch-up’, where yesterday’s fashion trends meet today’s newest contemporaries. Lastly, it may be seen as how fashion is merely a huge and developing loop, in which pieces of style from time to time not only experience developments but also comebacks.
Maybe in our reality today, the thought of entering a world without capitalism becomes outrageous, ridiculous even. But the mere thought and wonder of what the world would actually be like without it is just what the Museum of Capitalism in Oakland, California is trying to evoke through its exhibitions. Regarding the mission of the museum itself, its statement is the following, “Much of the evidence of capitalism is either eroding over time or simply not known or easily accessible to the public. Our ambition is to connect and integrate these many efforts before the evidence is erased forever.”
The establishment of the museum perhaps is heavily influenced by a statement from British political theorist Alex Callinicos, who suggested that one day there would be a museum to memorialize capitalism, just as we have museums of apartheid and communism today while speaking on a panel. By touring the museum, visitors may find thought-evoking installations regarding the current world’s primary economic system. Take for instance an interactive installation by Christy Chow (a Hong Kong artist) where visitors are given glimpses of the step-by-step process of garment assembling in a Chinese factory through a video while they run on a treadmill. Another installation is a massive piece of steel container as part of a sculpture by Gabby Miller (a Vietnamese-American artist). The message behind the installation is to remind visitors how container ship shipments from Oakland to Vietnam played a huge role during the Vietnam War.
The main idea of the museum is to simply make capitalism recognizable to the visitors. According to the curators, nowadays capitalism is so often performed that it becomes ubiquitous and invisible. And apparently ironically, the only way to make people aware of the fact is by presenting the possibilities of a world without it.
This may be a must try for those in need of a twist and a break from just your regular old burgers. A fresh new look and addition to the already existing culinary sensations within Jakarta, Belly Bandit proposes a new way of eating out and munching in on burgers through The Build Your Own Bandit Burger.
Also introducing your not so typical flavors to be added to your customized burger; avocado salsa, spicy corn relish, pickled jalapeno, bacon jam, and more. Definitely worth the munch for those who’re starting to find the regular-average-you can find at any junk food outlet type of burgers to be mundane and bland. Especially during this month where the constant need to find new exciting places to eat out with our dearest ones becomes more necessary.
You can find this Belly Bandit at the mezzanine floor in Noble House, Mega Kuningan or check them out on their website www.eatbellybandit.com.
Well, here’s a fresh yet somewhat twisted intake of how romance—both platonically and sexually—can be. Set in the near future, Spike Jonze tries to portray to us the ups and downs of being romantically hooked to a piece of machine. Through Her, Jonze definitely challenges his audience in redefining their understanding of how broad the term ‘modern love’ may be. And how literal—as he’s involving an actual product of modern technology into the equation.
Perhaps we’ve heard it countless times; how it’s possible for human relationships to develop and somehow change in this modern, digitalized age. However, Jonze actually takes us through the course of this movie to show how a lonely man can have a relationship through a machine; not with another person on the other side, but with the artificial intelligence of the machine itself. It definitely opens up our imaginations to realize not only how technology may have very far improvements in the future, but also how on a certain state of loneliness one might feel due to feeling alienated from one’s surroundings, one may actually consider having sex with an artificial intelligence—the details of which you may witness yourself by watching the film.
Overall, Her gives an explorative perspective and a whole new understanding of modern love. Presented in a poetic, calming, and beautifully written storyline, this one from Jonze definitely has what it takes to be considered a well curated and relevantly eye-opening piece of art, especially in a time where it becomes more necessary to understand the possibilities and difficulties of engaging in modern love.
Her (2013)
Director: Spike Jonze
Synopsis: A young man who feels lonely and empty with his life develops a romantic relationship with an operating system, only to discover that the relationship may not be so picture-perfect after all.
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