Kilimanjaro Edits: Art, Love and Everyday Life
Feb 04, 2010 - Feb 27, 2010
Kilimanjaro Magazine Edits: art, love and everyday life, is a show curated by Olu Michael Odukoya at 20 Hoxton Square Projects. The show features work by five photographers and three sculptors.
Established and founded in 2003, Kilimanjaro magazine is Odukoya鈥檚 personal labour of love. It speaks to a growing global, creative community; an 鈥榓rt thirsty鈥� target audience seemingly tired of beautiful but empty publications. With back鈥恡o鈥恇ack creative talent, an evolving broadsheet format and cutting鈥恊dge design, Kilimanjaro has established itself as an art magazine offering a point of creative difference: it challenges its audience through offering an active user experience.
鈥淚f I could play piano, Kilimanjaro would have been a band,鈥� Olu Michael Odukoya.
Collaborating with 20 Hoxton Square Projects, Kilimanjaro is now an exhibition too. In this show, like all the things Odukoya does, there is a rich mixture of cultural references. Erected in the middle of the gallery are a series of tunnels designed by architect Tom Finch and built out of flat pack mdf. Inside the space are photographs by international talents, Henry Roy, Robi Rodriguez, Claudia Stockli, J.H.Engstrom and LukasWassmann.
Henry Roy was born in Port au Prince in 1963 but grew up in France. He studied photography in Paris, after which he worked as a photojournalist and in 1996 published a book of black鈥恆nd鈥恮hite studio portraits, reminiscent of Richard Avedon or Irving Penn, titled Regards Noirs. JH Engstrom learnt his craft as Mario Testino鈥檚 assistant in the early 1990s and in 2009 he was part of Ca me touch茅 a photography show curated by Nan Goldin at the Arles Photofestival. While Roy and Engstrom are more established, Lukas Wassmann, born in 1980 is an emerging, as well as prolific talent. In the past year his work has appeared in Art Review, Das Magazin, ID, Another Magazine, 032c and Interview.
All of the selected works possess a sense of freshness and simplicity and also a fascination with everyday life. This essence of elevating the everyday is paralleled with Odukoya鈥檚 selections. He uses the photographs as he would found, everyday items; weaving a narrative out of the selected works and in doing so replacing the images original purpose with his own interpretation.
To further accentuate the narrative theme, Odukoya has selected by sculptures by Alex Hoda, Michael Samuels, and Milton Marques. These works again take everyday objects and give them new narratives by transforming familiar, mass produced objects into strange, unique forms.
Milton Marques makes his work from technological apparatus he finds in second鈥恏and shops, such as optical elements, printers, copy machines, scanners and cameras, with which he creates fantastical and hybrid gadgets. Michael Samuels creates playful structures from old furniture 鈥�(table tops, vices and Angleposie lamps), which dominate the space and tower over the viewer, while Alex Hoda melts down his source materials made from latex and rubber to produce monstrous, hybrid creatures.
Established and founded in 2003, Kilimanjaro magazine is Odukoya鈥檚 personal labour of love. It speaks to a growing global, creative community; an 鈥榓rt thirsty鈥� target audience seemingly tired of beautiful but empty publications. With back鈥恡o鈥恇ack creative talent, an evolving broadsheet format and cutting鈥恊dge design, Kilimanjaro has established itself as an art magazine offering a point of creative difference: it challenges its audience through offering an active user experience.
鈥淚f I could play piano, Kilimanjaro would have been a band,鈥� Olu Michael Odukoya.
Collaborating with 20 Hoxton Square Projects, Kilimanjaro is now an exhibition too. In this show, like all the things Odukoya does, there is a rich mixture of cultural references. Erected in the middle of the gallery are a series of tunnels designed by architect Tom Finch and built out of flat pack mdf. Inside the space are photographs by international talents, Henry Roy, Robi Rodriguez, Claudia Stockli, J.H.Engstrom and LukasWassmann.
Henry Roy was born in Port au Prince in 1963 but grew up in France. He studied photography in Paris, after which he worked as a photojournalist and in 1996 published a book of black鈥恆nd鈥恮hite studio portraits, reminiscent of Richard Avedon or Irving Penn, titled Regards Noirs. JH Engstrom learnt his craft as Mario Testino鈥檚 assistant in the early 1990s and in 2009 he was part of Ca me touch茅 a photography show curated by Nan Goldin at the Arles Photofestival. While Roy and Engstrom are more established, Lukas Wassmann, born in 1980 is an emerging, as well as prolific talent. In the past year his work has appeared in Art Review, Das Magazin, ID, Another Magazine, 032c and Interview.
All of the selected works possess a sense of freshness and simplicity and also a fascination with everyday life. This essence of elevating the everyday is paralleled with Odukoya鈥檚 selections. He uses the photographs as he would found, everyday items; weaving a narrative out of the selected works and in doing so replacing the images original purpose with his own interpretation.
To further accentuate the narrative theme, Odukoya has selected by sculptures by Alex Hoda, Michael Samuels, and Milton Marques. These works again take everyday objects and give them new narratives by transforming familiar, mass produced objects into strange, unique forms.
Milton Marques makes his work from technological apparatus he finds in second鈥恏and shops, such as optical elements, printers, copy machines, scanners and cameras, with which he creates fantastical and hybrid gadgets. Michael Samuels creates playful structures from old furniture 鈥�(table tops, vices and Angleposie lamps), which dominate the space and tower over the viewer, while Alex Hoda melts down his source materials made from latex and rubber to produce monstrous, hybrid creatures.
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Kilimanjaro Magazine Edits: art, love and everyday life, is a show curated by Olu Michael Odukoya at 20 Hoxton Square Projects. The show features work by five photographers and three sculptors.
Established and founded in 2003, Kilimanjaro magazine is Odukoya鈥檚 personal labour of love. It speaks to a growing global, creative community; an 鈥榓rt thirsty鈥� target audience seemingly tired of beautiful but empty publications. With back鈥恡o鈥恇ack creative talent, an evolving broadsheet format and cutting鈥恊dge design, Kilimanjaro has established itself as an art magazine offering a point of creative difference: it challenges its audience through offering an active user experience.
鈥淚f I could play piano, Kilimanjaro would have been a band,鈥� Olu Michael Odukoya.
Collaborating with 20 Hoxton Square Projects, Kilimanjaro is now an exhibition too. In this show, like all the things Odukoya does, there is a rich mixture of cultural references. Erected in the middle of the gallery are a series of tunnels designed by architect Tom Finch and built out of flat pack mdf. Inside the space are photographs by international talents, Henry Roy, Robi Rodriguez, Claudia Stockli, J.H.Engstrom and LukasWassmann.
Henry Roy was born in Port au Prince in 1963 but grew up in France. He studied photography in Paris, after which he worked as a photojournalist and in 1996 published a book of black鈥恆nd鈥恮hite studio portraits, reminiscent of Richard Avedon or Irving Penn, titled Regards Noirs. JH Engstrom learnt his craft as Mario Testino鈥檚 assistant in the early 1990s and in 2009 he was part of Ca me touch茅 a photography show curated by Nan Goldin at the Arles Photofestival. While Roy and Engstrom are more established, Lukas Wassmann, born in 1980 is an emerging, as well as prolific talent. In the past year his work has appeared in Art Review, Das Magazin, ID, Another Magazine, 032c and Interview.
All of the selected works possess a sense of freshness and simplicity and also a fascination with everyday life. This essence of elevating the everyday is paralleled with Odukoya鈥檚 selections. He uses the photographs as he would found, everyday items; weaving a narrative out of the selected works and in doing so replacing the images original purpose with his own interpretation.
To further accentuate the narrative theme, Odukoya has selected by sculptures by Alex Hoda, Michael Samuels, and Milton Marques. These works again take everyday objects and give them new narratives by transforming familiar, mass produced objects into strange, unique forms.
Milton Marques makes his work from technological apparatus he finds in second鈥恏and shops, such as optical elements, printers, copy machines, scanners and cameras, with which he creates fantastical and hybrid gadgets. Michael Samuels creates playful structures from old furniture 鈥�(table tops, vices and Angleposie lamps), which dominate the space and tower over the viewer, while Alex Hoda melts down his source materials made from latex and rubber to produce monstrous, hybrid creatures.
Established and founded in 2003, Kilimanjaro magazine is Odukoya鈥檚 personal labour of love. It speaks to a growing global, creative community; an 鈥榓rt thirsty鈥� target audience seemingly tired of beautiful but empty publications. With back鈥恡o鈥恇ack creative talent, an evolving broadsheet format and cutting鈥恊dge design, Kilimanjaro has established itself as an art magazine offering a point of creative difference: it challenges its audience through offering an active user experience.
鈥淚f I could play piano, Kilimanjaro would have been a band,鈥� Olu Michael Odukoya.
Collaborating with 20 Hoxton Square Projects, Kilimanjaro is now an exhibition too. In this show, like all the things Odukoya does, there is a rich mixture of cultural references. Erected in the middle of the gallery are a series of tunnels designed by architect Tom Finch and built out of flat pack mdf. Inside the space are photographs by international talents, Henry Roy, Robi Rodriguez, Claudia Stockli, J.H.Engstrom and LukasWassmann.
Henry Roy was born in Port au Prince in 1963 but grew up in France. He studied photography in Paris, after which he worked as a photojournalist and in 1996 published a book of black鈥恆nd鈥恮hite studio portraits, reminiscent of Richard Avedon or Irving Penn, titled Regards Noirs. JH Engstrom learnt his craft as Mario Testino鈥檚 assistant in the early 1990s and in 2009 he was part of Ca me touch茅 a photography show curated by Nan Goldin at the Arles Photofestival. While Roy and Engstrom are more established, Lukas Wassmann, born in 1980 is an emerging, as well as prolific talent. In the past year his work has appeared in Art Review, Das Magazin, ID, Another Magazine, 032c and Interview.
All of the selected works possess a sense of freshness and simplicity and also a fascination with everyday life. This essence of elevating the everyday is paralleled with Odukoya鈥檚 selections. He uses the photographs as he would found, everyday items; weaving a narrative out of the selected works and in doing so replacing the images original purpose with his own interpretation.
To further accentuate the narrative theme, Odukoya has selected by sculptures by Alex Hoda, Michael Samuels, and Milton Marques. These works again take everyday objects and give them new narratives by transforming familiar, mass produced objects into strange, unique forms.
Milton Marques makes his work from technological apparatus he finds in second鈥恏and shops, such as optical elements, printers, copy machines, scanners and cameras, with which he creates fantastical and hybrid gadgets. Michael Samuels creates playful structures from old furniture 鈥�(table tops, vices and Angleposie lamps), which dominate the space and tower over the viewer, while Alex Hoda melts down his source materials made from latex and rubber to produce monstrous, hybrid creatures.
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20 Hoxton Square Hackney - London, UK N1 6NT
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