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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
All roads in Istanbul lead to Taksim
-> All roads in Istanbul lead to TaksimI’ve reached the end of my Turkish adventure, and after eight trips to Istanbul I’ll always have my colourful memories of the place… Sunsets over the Bosphorus (best experienced when in good company); the pita and delicious Kebabs; the barbequed eggplant… I already miss my favourite restaurant, “Doğa Balik”, which is accessed via a ...
continue..Are you a colour lover?
-> Are you a colour lover?As illywords readers know, on the blog (and facebook!) we’re focusing on colour for two months in the aftermath of the publication of #29 “What’s your colour”. I think we could talk about colour for a very long time, which is why I was happy to find a website out there that is doing just that. And more. COLOURlovers is a community of almost...
continue..Seductive Colour: A Conversation with Laura González
-> Seductive Colour: A Conversation with Laura GonzálezColour and attraction, Colour and seduction. They seem to go hand in hand. To verify my theory I consulted artist and seduction expert Laura González. Here is our conversation. AMK: Let's talk about seduction and colour. Let me start with a simple question... For our purposes, how shall we define seduction? Laura G: Great question! I have re...
continue..Harry Gruyaert on colour
-> Harry Gruyaert on colourFor more than thirty years, from Belgium to Morocco, and from India to Egypt, Harry Gruyaert has been recording the subtle chromatic vibrations of Eastern and Western light. While at Galleria illy in Istanbul, we asked him what role colour plays in his photography - knowing full well that the answer could only be in favour of the importance of colo...
continue..The “Green Plus” of Ireland
-> The "Green Plus" of IrelandI’m not the first to notice that in Ireland, Nature wants to be more important; she’s in control and you have to get used to her. The sky above you follows you, makes fun of you – and you’re never dressed appropriately. Ireland is blanketed by a color that it would be disrepectful to call ‘green’: it’s “green plus”. It’s a green...
continue..Stefano Giovacchini: What is Colour Design?
-> Stefano Giovacchini: What is Colour Design?An interview with Stefano Giovacchini, a colour designer in Lucca. What is Colour Design? What is colour design and how does one become a colour designer? Colour Design is a necessity: colour is a complex language that interacts profoundly with the individual both on a physical and psychological level. The language of colour plays into all th...
continue..Yellow is the colour of nostalgia
-> Yellow is the colour of nostalgiaAs 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...
continue..The kaleidoscope of art
Magazine -> #29 What's your colour?Blue like the women Yves Klein once stuck to a large sheet of paper so they could leave their marks, after every part of their body associated with fertility – breasts, stomach and thighs – had been painted in bright colours. The resulting Anthropométries were monuments to life, a combination of substance and flesh on the one hand, and sky and...
continue..Colour. A question of life
Magazine -> #29 What's your colour?What does colour mean to you? For me, colour is a kind of expression of life. Although I always wear black and wear the same colour make-up, I am particularly interested in strong, powerful colours. I don’t particularly like soft shades. I see colour as a life thing, especially in relation to very strong, bright colours. As far as black is con...
continue..Reaching the light
Magazine -> #29 What's your colour?What’s the most important life lesson that colour has taught you? I think it was a study of a Venetian painter from the 1950s, Mario De Luigi, an artist who unfortunately has been forgotten by many. Reading through his notes and writings, I came across a statement of his that said: “All I do is take away colour to get to the light”. It was...
continue..Coming soon: What’s your colour?
-> Coming soon: What's your colour?We are just five weeks away from the release of the next issue of illywords and we're making preparations for the events at which you'll be able to get your freshly printed copy. The theme for Number 29? "What's your colour?" Every emotion is the result of a unique mix of the three primary colours, a precise shade of the exuberant rainbow of lif...
continue..I look, I know, maybe I feel
Magazine -> #23 Emotion and SurpriseIt’s not true that emotions are simply there for the taking. Shock may well be a common feeling. So may disgust. A man baked in an oven out of revenge, laid out on a huge dish, well done and crispy, with a garnish of colourful vegetables, as seen at the end of one of Peter Greenaway’s movies. Something classical, such as ornamental wallpa...
continue..A snapshot on the city
Magazine -> #19 AequòpolisOver time, I have learned to observe with the eye of a detective, or someone who wants to gather documentary evidence, avoiding a critical spatial dimension. This means that my impressions are highly subjective, the same as any curious person's. Curiosity about places, different landscapes, far-flung destinations, what I saw as a child, the wonde...
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