material concern

so, i’ve been running lately. on the east coast i got plenty of exercise by walking to the train or riding my bike places: but here you pretty much have to make an effort or you feel like the people in wall-e. On the plus side, you can run outside year round and i live in between pretty lakes (reservoirs).

The search for sneakers was pretty long…i bought the ones i bought primarily on their lack of offensiveness…I’m not going to say who they are by, because i own them primarily for what they are not.

However, while i was looking for running shoes: there were a dearth of options: everything for the ladies looks like its inflated and really, really white. On the plus side, once you put on giant, puffy white shoes: your legs look skinnier by comparison so it pretty much does the trick without even having to go running.

if i were to care who saw me while they pass me while running: i would wear some of these…or ideally the jeremy scott’s in an earlier post…

these fila shoes remind me of micheal j fox’s outfit in back to the future II (seen on nitrolicious)

i like these colorful nikes here:

and i love these weird nikes:

and these reebok ventilators:

i found this 2007 color way

which reminded me of these balenciaga’s:

which would be like a death wish to run in.

So, Michael Kors is getting sued by the Tony Duquette foundation…

Hutton Wilkinson, keeper of the legacy of the late Los Angeles tastemaker and  interior, home furnishings and jewelry designer Tony Duquette, filed suit yesterday in U.S. District Court against Michael Kors. He’s alleging that the New York designer and “Project Runway” judge used the Duquette name to market his resort collection of tie-dye caftans, tunics and sweaters in stores now.

The lawsuit claims Kors knowingly and willfully used the Duquette mark in conjunction with clothing without permission or license, and used photos, images and patterns from the Abrams book “Tony Duquette” in advertising and promoting the resort collection. Unspecified damages are sought.

i guess i’m lucky i was just inspired (and didn’t pull directly) by Tony Duquette and the recent Tony Duquette book, as well…..and that i’m a couple seasons ahead of michael kors…but we knew that already:)

i like objects and accessories that are perfectly simple and classic…but aren’t.

things that look like drawing of things instead of the actual object. like these shoes from zuriick

they are similar to a material concern favorite, generic man…but they are like the cute, funny, younger sibling…

come check out tomorrow’s hot shit

so: i am currently on the apartment hunt.

We live in an awesome place right now: but for various reasons (need more works space) we are going to move.

I’ve looked at places with potential, places for homicidial maniacs, places for very small homicidial maniacs and places without bathrooms or kitchens and at some liveable places too.

Nothing is right.

Currently I’m searching by myself: Isaac will help me next week, but he’s getting ready for open studios. But it will be good to have him keep me in check. sometimes I see spaces and I’m like, oh yes: this will totally work: and then realize there are no windows but i’m imagining putting in skylights (but its on the first floor). and other times, i’m just a brat and am like NO (like yesterday this guy asked it i wanted an application and i said no way, and told him the apartment was pet-sized).

and we are looking for either: a well organized one bedroom that will be accompanied by a large, unfinished studio. or a giant live/work space.

so, of course when faced with reality, many people turn to fantasy. Right now i’m thinking about packing all. of. our books.

so here’s some fantasy book scenarios as opposed to heavy ones I’ll be dealing with soon:

love this bookshelf/staircase to a loft:

done by levitate architects  and found via

in our next place: i want to organize the books by color. currently they are organized by theme: art/social theory/fiction..but it doesn’t look like this:

of course it you aren’t renting you can build-in a bookshelf:

and this is kinda wonderful and kinda awful:

the bibliochaise from nobody and co:

case in point: winged shoes by jeremy scott for adidas…awesome

release date supposedly in march….

when you think rick owens….do you think backpack?

rick owens is going to do a collaboration with eastpack (home of backpacks for rollerbladers..at least that’s who carried eastpacks in milwaukee circa 1986).

however, in my google searching to do more research…i found these raf simons collabs with eastpack…which i like.

the only thing is: are these for kids? or are they for some club kids collection of pacifiers?

i have always been looking for a good backpack for bike riding: but otherwise i can’t get my head around it…are backpacks acceptable?

i love robert downey junior: he’s  (as my crazy cousin would say) a ‘real live wire.’

he’s so focused and on in everything he’s in: and takes roles that either push the envelope (tropic thunder) or he breaks out of the genre (srsly: iron man, at the end…that last scene: i almost cheered. not really, but it was good).

and, the guy has had some serious drama in his life, which is why i get a kick out of him being a little F*$%&$ it at the golden globes, and for saying stuff like this, when asked if he googles himself:

Says Downey, “Oh, I love all that shit, personally. Sorry. I love just it. Because it’s a hoot. Some people overstate their support, like they know you. Other people are busy doing something else and just want to go on this chat site and say some despicable character assassination, which I honestly think they kind of nailed it. I do have that shortcoming. It’s really fun.”

love it: via perez.

and also:

Hana van der Kolk and Five Thirty Three Present:

Still Point: Harmony, Justin and Hana

January 23 & 24, 2009 at 8:30pm

Still Point consists of intertwining solos, examinations of stillness through movement and portraits of the performers themselves. The work is inspired by and features excerpts from T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. 

Housed in a former factory in downtown Los Angeles, Five Thirty Three is a gallery as well as a studio shared by sixteen visual artists and architects. The industrial setting of Five Thirty Three places the sparseness of Still Point against the backdrop of enormous windows, revealing theactivity of the city. 

With lighting design Carol McDowell, original score and live accompaniment by Cassia Streb, and performed by Justin Streichman, Harmony Bench and Hana van der Kolk.

Five Thirty Three 

533 SOUTH Los Angeles St. (between 5^th and 6^th Streets), 2^nd Floor

Parking is available on the street or in nearby lots on Los Angeles Street

Suggested donation of $15 at the door (no reservations)

taken un-abashedly from ForYourArt…this weekend is an art doozy….

ART LA
Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, Jan 23–25
Presenting over 60 top international and Los Angeles-based contemporary galleries. Click here for the 2009 exhibitors. Saturday’s programming for ART LA includes Richard Hertz, Municipal de Fútbol and Agathe Snow. Tickets for the weekend: 1-day $15, 3-day $25

Los Angeles Art Show
L.A. Convention Center, Jan 21–25
The 14th Annual Los Angeles Art Show is showing through the weekend at its new location – the L.A. Convention Center. Showcasing 135 galleries and sales from Rembrandt to Ruscha. Thursday–Saturday, 11am–8pm; Sunday, 11am–5pm

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22
Opening Night Reception benefiting MOCA
ART LA, 6:30–10:30pm
Held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. ART LA is open through Sunday – come view the New Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Fair while mingling with collectors and enthusiasts alike. Click here for opening night tickets

Everyday Urbanism
LACE, 7:30pm
Presenting the editors of Everyday Urbanism Margaret Crawford, John Kaliski and John Chase, LACE and LA Forum host a panel discussion moderated by Patricia Morton

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23
Susanne Zottl: Styrofoam Lover with (E)motions of Concrete
SCI-Arc, 7–9pm
Vienna-based architect Susanne Zottl invites one to question existing space and the improvement of energy efficiency, focusing on the use and idea of the wall. At 6pm, Zottl will discuss her exhibition with SCI-Arc director Eric Owen Moss

suddenly: a dinner
Clockshop, 7pm
Dinner, drinks and talk about art and urbanism with artists from the exhibition suddenly with curator Stephanie Snyder and writer Matthew Stadler. RSVP here

Code countdown
Khastoo Gallery, 7pm
Performed by Alex Frost, Aurélien Froment presents his show based on an interview with illusionist Benoît Rosemont

Elias Simé and Arnold Mesches
Santa Monica Museum of Art, 7–9pm
Opening reception of Elias Simé: Eye of the Needle, Eye of the Heart in the main room and Arnold Mesches: Coming Attractions in the project room

How Molecules Move Electrons
Machine Project, 8pm
Presenting a talk by Christopher Allen discussing how chemists use their knowledge of molecule structures to design new materials

SATURDAY, JANUARY 24
Raymond Pettibon: Part II Cutting Room Floor
Regen Projects II, Closing Saturday
Last chance to see Pettibon’s new works at Regen Projects II. Open Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–6pm

Municipal de Fútbol
ART LA, 1pm
Presented at the Ruskin Theater (across the street from the Barker Hangar), slide show, reading and discussion about the book Municipal de Fútbol of photography, writing, art and design celebrating L.A.’s largest subculture of the independent soccer leagues. Lead by Maghen, Wells and writer Jennifer Doyle

Ed Templeton Booksigning
D.A.P. Booth at ART LA, 3pm
Check out Templeton’s Deformer installation at D.A.P. booth at ART LA and meet the artist during his booksigning

USC MFA – Roski School of Fine Arts Open Studios
Graduate Fine Arts Building, 4–10pm
Current USC Master of Fine Arts graduate students will present their visual, performance and media work within their studios. Performances and music from 9:30pm to midnight

suddenly: where we live now
Pomona College Museum of Art, 4pm
In promotion of the suddenly book, exhibition series and public events, curator Stephanie Snyder will lead a walkthrough, which is followed by an opening reception for the exhibition from 5–7pm

artHAUS 2009: 25 artists 9 lofts
Dogtown Station, 5pm
Opening weekend of the group show in Venice featuring artists from Berlin and Los Angeles, such as Kimberly Brooks, Tom Chapin, Werner Huthmacher,
Joachim Seinfeld, Bill Sosin among other. Curated by Thomas Schirmboeck of the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Germany

The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project
Los Angeles Art Show, 6pm
Mike Phillips, former curator of Tate Galleries, in discussion with Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen on his cross-over art project using live chickens from various countries. Vanmechelen’s upholds that his work displays multiculturalism, globalization, cloning where where “art only has to be confrontation with the other”

Olivier Babin: When I Was Young / When You Were Kings
Honor Fraser, 6–8pm
View the solo show by this Parisian artist which is inspired by language and conceptualism, drawing a line between literal and conceptual

Marianne Mueller: Dream-US-09 and Penelope Gottlieb: No $ Down
Kim Light / Lightbox, 6–8pm
A joint show between Mueller and Gottlieb. As Mueller’s first solo show in the U.S., the Swiss artist displays her photographic style of herself, her habitation and the surrounding world, which is juxtaposed with Gottlieb’s pencil drawings of domestic architectural facades

Fifth Floor’s 1 Year Anniversary
Fifth Floor Gallery, 6–9pm
With refreshments and the chance to win $100 credit for this gallery/design space, Fifth Floor celebrates its one-year anniversary while showing L.A.-based Dameon Lester’s Works of Paper

Hunting and Gaming
Robert Berman Gallery, 6–10pm
Vanessa Prager & Kathy Grayson art show, hosted by Erika Christensen and Jeff Vespa

SUNDAY, JANUARY 25
Art of Two Germanys / Cold War Cultures
LACMA | BCAM, 11am
The first special exhibition on view at BCAM. Including over 300 pieces of sculpture, photography, painting, installation, books, multi-media by 120 artists such as Hans Haacke, Heinz Mack, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, and others. On view through April 19

suddenly: Public Speakers
The Mandrake, 2pm–2am
12 lectures or something “like a lecture” happening over a 12-hour period, featuring Andrew Berardini, Marc Joseph Berg, Zoe Crosher, Michael Damm, Molly Dilworth, Michael Hebb, Michael McManus, Mostlandian Citizens Lady O. and Junior Ambassador, among others

Louise Bourgeois
MOCA Grand, Closing Sunday
Last chance to view the survey of Louise Bourgeois work – from surrealism to conceptualism – Bourgeois is still alive and working today at the age of 97

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27
Reinventing Los Angeles: Easing Sprawl, Growth and Gridlock
Hammer Museum, 7pm
Discussion between Stefanos Polyzoides of Moule & Polyzoides and Kenneth Small professor of economics at UC Irvine on Los Angeles’ epic congestion, traffic and smog and finding a path to a sustainable L.A.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28
ecoLOGIC
Cypress College Art Gallery, 6–8pm
Curated by Patricia Watts, ecoLOGIC presents several artists, architects and designers projecting their aesthetic of enivronmentalism leading to new awareness. Artists include Calvin Abe, Kim Abeles, Samantha Fields, Glen Small and Joel Tauber, among others