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AltaRoma Fashion Festival

Mónica Boixeda Only-Be, Roman

Fashion defines reality. And that has little to do with what you buy and wear, what the others wear and you watch in shop windows, shopping centers… nothing to do with at all. Fashion generates aesthetic senses that strongly influence reality. Catwalks, despite being ephemeral, are always covered by international media including printed, radio, television or internet. A fashion show, even if it seems illogical, is a political “statement”, is the next step, a portion of the future that goes through your eyes. The risk in the parades ranges from the material of the designs, the cutting of fabric, accessories and of course the models themselves, who are creatures from another reality, who do not belong to any human species. Here goes one of the contradictions of this vision: what bodies is fashion being designed and what is the purpose of these designs. What is the message below the clothing? Is it that the suit is dressing up the model and not vice versa? The fashion risk at a level of creativity and performance should be considered a performance art indeed. Of course AltaRoma Altamoda is an essential event if you want to know the best and latest in design. The AltaRoma takes place twice a year in the Monumental Complesso Santo Spirito in Saxia, and combines elements of traditional fashion shows with a series of unconventional events and experimental performances, seeking to further remove the fine lines that now exist between art, fashion and entertainment. Thus, the catwalks show classic collections of renowned designers, as well as the most daring creations made ??by young talents, who dare looking... read more

Hipnotik Festival 2011 in Barcelona

Mónica Boixeda Barcelonian, Only-Be

A new era begins, says the slogan of the Hipnotik Festival 2011 of Barcelona. This interesting proposal seeks to break the summer concerts records with a proposal that exceeds 13 hours of Hip Hop music and art in the scenarios of the Centre for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona, ??which will be held on July 9. Few things are as attractive as music, perhaps it is the ancestral spirit that leads us to communicate with the body, the environment and to free the mind for the cathartic process of listening and expressing the sounds with movement. These reasons make of Hipnotik 2011 the perfect festival because the music integrates a whole range of art and dance in the competitions, battles, brakedance, exhibitions, graffiti, graphic design and audiovisual. Catching up with social networking, the Hipnotik 2011 is open to participation through the Internet and prepares its platform to make this version of the festival interactive. For those who want to earn some euros with their talent for Hip Hop, Hipnotik 2011 has an award of 2,000 euros to be granted at the end of the MC Battle to be held in the Festival. In addition, they will have to go on stage to prove their quality to the renowned MC. For those worried about global warming and pollution due to excess of waste and their taste for art takes them to dream of other worlds, they will be able to approach the recycling urban art exhibition organized by Hipnotik along with Drap-Art. Drap-Art is a non-profit association that works and promotes ecological awareness through exhibitions and art workshops with recycled items,... read more

Lucknow in Paris

Mónica Boixeda Only-Be, Parisian

Maybe it is not just a coincidence that the city Lucknow in India has been known for centuries as the Golden City of the East and the Constantinople of India, located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where the first bank of ADN Asia is found. Not in vain do the above mentioned credits refer to the splendid multicultural past of this city, whose legacy is still remembered as something legendary and whose power of inspiration continues though there was a rapid decline of the so extraordinary and fabulous city after the Rebellion of 1857 and the establishment of the imperial power of the British over this Asian country. Its aura, halo and charisma live on despite the controversies in regards to the national identity, moving constantly in a territory of ambiguity and contradictions. Therefore it is difficult to define the place that occupies the myth of Lucknow in culture. Its position varies in the collective unconscious – also in historical records that are so special in the culture of this Asian country. It keeps moving between places where we find sources of great national pride and those where it is impossible to speak of the golden eras that disappeared to never return again. We can inform ourselves through the splendid exposition at the Guimet Museum for Asian Art with the title Une cour royale en Inde: Lucknow (XVIIIe – XIX ème siècle). Through more than 200 pieces of art that include paintings, water color paintings, sketches, jewelry, decorative art and fotos (not just an art in itself but an excellent medium for propaganda with the purpose to create... read more