The pop cover of illywords #29 contains holes through which we can try to see the world as we once did when we were little, looking through a kalaidoscope that filtered reality and brought on marvellous emotions. Mix the shades of your emotions as you please, adjust the quantities and alter the tones. Decide what colour you are today!
A print magazine has limited space; a theme like colour has unlimited possibilities. So, for the next two months, illywords blog will talk about COLOUR!
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As a child, I loved flipping through the family photo albums and looking at the old photos, first black and white, then in colour, of my grandparents, distant ancestors, cousins I never met, family friends, my parents’ younger selves. Although great-grandpa’s handlebar moustache was a lot of fun, I always lingered longer on a series of photos of my mother in her late teens, dressed in what seemed to be an endless series of yellow, and often polka-dotted, outfits. In recent years, it seems to me that we’ve developed an association between yellow and the 1960s and 70s, thanks to the natural ageing of the kodak paper and polaroid photos …
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Italy’s museums and galleries are rolling out their Fall plans after the slow summer – here is a selection of exhibits opening in September that involve people who make up the “world of illywords”.
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The Festivaletteratura di Mantova – Mantova’s big literature festival – is just two weeks away. Illywords will be available in select locations so you can pick up your free copy (the list is below). We’re excited about the events featuring young authors from the Scritture Giovani program; this moment in Mantua will always be the best incubator that helps generate relations between editors and aspiring authors.
Read moreSam Taylor-Wood’s Ghosts, a 2008 photographic exploration of the Yorkshire moors, will be on display this Fall at the Herstory Gallery of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. The series was inspired by Emily Brontë’s classic Victorian novel, Wuthering Heights, with its legendary atmospheric descriptions of the bleak, wild landscape.
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Make your own itinerary around the two exhibits at Tate Modern and Tate Britain dedicated to the Belgian-born artist Francis Alÿs (who has been based in Mexico since 1986). Alÿs’s work starts with a simple action, either by him or others, which is then documented in a range of media.
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Odile Decq has a unique take on the colour black. She explains in this video what it means to her, and explores what it means for others…
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illywords #29 on the theme of colour will be presented at Galleria illy in Berlin, which runs from September 2 to 25, 2010. Here are some photos of and details about the Galleria and what you can expect from illywords during the event.
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Want to know what the theme is for issue #29 of illywords? Which school participated this time, and where to get your free copy? Illywords will be available at three major arts and cultural events this Fall…
Read moreAn exhibit in Florence, Vinum Nostrum, traces the history of wine in the Ancient Mediterranean and reminds us of how closely linked we are to our past in the culture that surrounds this precious vine and its fruit.
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The meaning of colour evolves in parallel with culture.Colour has always been with us and has been, and will always be, one of the great unsolved mysteries.All I do is take away colour to get to the light.Last photo
Headline & EditorialLast Issue: #29 What's your colour? Red creates energy, blue inspires calm. Yellow evokes or reflec... More in Photo | AuthorsPeter LorenzPeter Lorenz has two degrees in architecture, one from Innsbruck University (1975) and one from Veni... More in Authors | Headline
Headline & EditorialLast Issue: #29 What's your colour? Red creates energy, blue inspires calm. Yellow evokes or reflec... More in Headline |
