Teja
WILD Face: Teja Blatnik Directed by: Joseph Isho Levinson Cinematography by: Livia Coullias-Blanc
Tags: Joseph Isho Levinson, livia coullias blanc, s models, silent models, Teja, Teja B., Teja Blatnik, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, thewildmag, Wild Faces
Pizza, Mirrors and other art trends at Frieze NY
Rainbows. Mirrors. Shiny stuff. Pizza. Paul McCarthy, Balloon Dog You could say these are a few of my favorite things, but that would be an understatement. These are a few of everyone’s favorite things. Or so it seemed at New [...]
Tags: Anish Kapoor, Arts, Frieze, frieze art fair 2013, Jack Early, Jeff Koons, Kate Messinger, Kehinde Wiley, marina Abramovic, mirrors, Nick Cave, pizza, Randel's Island, Takashi Murakami, the WILD, The Wild Magazine
Best Of: CUTLOG & Wish Meme
Though they might not have been held on their own private islands and only supplied plastic cups of wine instead of organic champagne in flutes, it was the smaller, underdog art fairs of this year’s Frieze that were the ones [...]
Tags: ART, art fair, cutlog, Frieze, frieze art fair 2013, Jordan Doner, Kate Messinger, Paddle8, pizza art, the WILD, wish meme
A Muse’s Musings: the Art of India Salvor Menuez
We remember and return to the clear-eyed India Salvor Menuez because her beauty is of the disquieting and diaphanous variety, without a specific name. You might have seen her recently in our pages (here and in the inside cover of [...]
Tags: Artist, India Salvor Menuez, Nonoo, Olivier Assayas, painter, Picasso, Something In The Air, the WILD
June
Name: June Occupation: Freelance Videographer Seen: 19th & NE Alberta St., Portland WILD Wish: I wish I were in Bali right now.
Tags: Portland street style, Seen on the streets, Street fashion, the WILD
Ulla
WILD Face: Ulla Reiss Directed by: Joseph Isho Levinson Cinematography by: Livia Coullias-Blanc
Tags: Isho, Joseph Isho Levinson, livia coullias blanc, s models, silent, silent models, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, thewildmag, ulla, ulla reiss, WIld, wild face, Wild Faces
Chelsea
WILD Face: Chelsea Banos Directed by: Joseph Isho Levinson Cinematography by: Livia Coullias-Blanc
Tags: chelsea banos, Joseph Isho Levinson, livia coullias blanc, Major, Major Management, major models, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, thewildmag
Cass Bird and Daria Werbowy: Androgyny is In
Skirt? Pants? Lady? Man? Who gives a damn any more. All we know is that gender bending, stop motion videos and models that can armpit fart are all the rage right now, and we are down with everything photographer Cass [...]
Tags: Androgynous, Cass Bird, Daria Werbowy, fashion video, gender equality, Nowness, the WILD
116 Artists’ Names You Pronounced Wrong
Have you ever been to some art event and while trying to fit in among those beautiful bowtied men and intimidating Norweign art dealers with the perfect, not-too-goth purple lipstick, tried to make a semi smart comment about Ed Ruscha [...]
Tags: ART, artspace, Ed Ruscha, Kate Messinger, pronunciation, the WILD
Atomic Stop Motion Animation
Listen up you Artsy Geeks and Geeky Artists, IBM scientists created the smallest stop motion animation ever. Using a microscope that enlarges the image over 100 million times, they manipulated atoms to create a stick figure jumping up and down [...]
Tags: Atomic, Atoms, IBM, Scientists, stop-motion, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, thewildmag, WIld
Cara Delevingne goes PUNK
See Cara Delevingne go jumpy Punk for Quentin Jones, in a new Vogue Punk Stories video.
Tags: Cara Delevingne, quentin jones, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, thewildmag, Vogue, WIld
Artist Profile: Xu Wang
Xu Wang is one of 2,254 Chinese currently enrolled at Columbia University. But he’s the first and only student from Mainland China to ever be accepted to the School of the Arts’ prestigious Visual Arts program, and he’s about to [...]
Tags: Chinese Art, Columbia arts, painter, the WILD, Xu Wang, Yermi Brenner
A Brief History of the Hunger Strike
“I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds,” a Guantanamo Bay prisoner said recently in a New York Times op-ed. “I will not eat until they restore my dignity.” The op-ed, dictated by the [...]
Tags: Alice Paul, Bobby Sands, Colby Cosh, Ganshi apartheid, Guantanamo, hunger strike, Ireland, Irish Republican, Lucy Burns, MacClean's, National Women's Party, Sarah Kess, the WILD, Tiananmen Square
Baby, You’re a Rich Man
Ever wondered how your wealth stacks up to the other 7 billion souls on this planet? Do you ever wonder just how many people are richer than you? How many are more miserable? Or just how much or how little [...]
Tags: Global Rich List, Money, Rich, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, thewildmag
EULA: Visceral and Loud
We recently had the opportunity to catch up with Alyse Lamb from EULA to talk about the group’s new single “I Collapse,” animal rights, thrift store shopping, and wearing spandex. What’s the first record you ever bought? Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker [...]
Tags: Alyse Lamb, Eula, Godmode Records, Stella McCartney, the WILD, Xena Blair
Unwilling Informant
Unwilling Informant: An Experiment in Long Distance collaborations. I asked model friend Wylona Hayashi for a raw sequence of events in the life of an unwilling informant. A cinematic sequence of sorts, raw in nature. - The nervous informant arrives [...]
Tags: Autopsy Jude, Autopsy Jude Wanda, Isho, Joseph Isho Levinson, Joseph Levinson, the WILD, The Wild Mag, The Wild Magazine, thewildmag, Unwilling Informant, wire, Wylona, Wylona Hayashi
LK Cecil
WILD Face: LK Cecil Directed by: Joseph Isho Levinson Cinematography by: Livia Coullias-Blanc
Tags: Isho, Joseph Isho Levinson, livia coullias blanc, LK, LK Cecil, Model, New Faces, New Model, the WILD, The Wild Mag, The Wild Magazine, thewildmag, WIld, Wild Faces, wildmag, Young Model
Llynn Foulkes Retrospective at the Hammer Museum
A long overdue retrospective of Llyn Foulkes is now on show at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. The extensive retrospective consists of 140 works spanning the breadth of Foulkes’ compelling and under-recognized career. Although Foulkes had a solo exhibit [...]
Tags: Andy Warhol, ART, Hammer Museum, LA Art, Llyn Foulkes, Robin Newman, the WILD
Eny
Name: Eny Seen: The Grove, Los Angeles Occupation: Fashion blogger at Styleesta Diaries WILD Wish: To skydive!
Tags: Eny, Seen on the streets, Styleestadiaries.blogspot.com, the WILD
Ricardo Seco Merges Fashion and Faith
In his Autumn 2013 ready-to-wear show, Ricardo Seco found a muse in his new neighborhood: Williamsburg, the junction of hipster and Hassid. In a very strict translation of his inspiration, Seco’s models were clad in yarmulka-shaped leather caps, oversized coats [...]
Tags: Bianca Ozeri, Hassidic, Ricardo Seco, the WILD, Williamsburg
Old Hollywood, New Form
The most recent work at the Cheim & Read Gallery in Chelsea may highlight old Hollywood, but the approach is all new. McDurmott and McGough, artist duo, have transformed scenes from the silver screen featuring starlets such as Elizabeth Taylor and [...]
Tags: ART, Cheim & Read Gallery, chelsea art, Elizabeth Taylor, Kate Messinger, Lauren Bacall, McDurmott & McGough, Old Hollywood, the WILD
A Nation Diversified: Introducing the new, diverse 113th Congress
Alright, so: rich, old, white guys may be the forefathers of this country, but for the first time in history, the United States Congress is starting to reflect the population it represents. Besides bringing a whole binder of women to [...]
Tags: 113th congress, Congress, diversity, infographics, Kate Messinger, LGBT, Politics, Racism, Sexism, the WILD, Think Progress, women in politics
Elliphant / Down On Life
For her latest video, singer/rapper Elliphant has traded in the urban Stockholm landscape for some of Iceland’s most glorious natural vistas. The young artist and her two comrades ride along an empty beach on horseback, and Elliphant performs against absolutely [...]
Tags: beach, electronic, Elliphant, Horses, Iceland, Joseph Johnson, landscape, music, nature, pop, rapper, singer, Stockholm, Sweden, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, urban
Marc Jacobs SS2013
If Marc Jacobs’ fall show was the pinnacle of fairytale opulence, his offerings for spring/summer were in a decidedly opposite direction. In fact, we can sum it up in three words: stripes, stripes, stripes. Taking inspiration from Andy Warhol’s favorite [...]
Tags: Marc Jacobs, Marc Jacobs spring 2013 show, New York Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013, Tara Lamont-Djite, the WILD
Erin Fetherston Spring 2013 Show Review
When Erin Fetherston is mentioned, sweet, romantic party dresses and sequins come to mind. This season however, the designer experimented with a tougher aesthetic. There was still a heavy infusion of luxe, girly fabrics and prints as well as Fetherston’s [...]
Tags: Erin Fetherston, Erin Fetherston Spring 2013 show, New York Fashion Week, NYFW, spring 2013 show reviews, spring 2013 shows, Tara Lamont-Djite, the WILD
VPL Spring 2013 Show Review
Photos by Livia Coullias-Blanc For VPL, undergarments will always be on show. Such was the case in Victoria Bartlett’s Spring 2013 show, where a refreshing summer palette of mint green, vivid orange and tame neutrals stalked the runway. If you [...]
Tags: fashion shows, livia coullias blanc, New York Fashion Week, NYFW, show reviews, spring 2013 fashion week, Tara Lamont-Djite, the WILD, VPL, VPL spring 2013 show
The Dirty Projectors’ “Hi Custodian” is a Cinematic Trip
The Dirty Projectors are already world famous for their experimental indie rock, but did you know they’re film makers now as well? “Hi Custodian” is the first ever short film to come out of the band’s critically acclaimed album Swing [...]
Tags: Amber Coffman, Bobby Bukowski, British Midlands, California, David Longstreth, Dirty Projectors, Haley Dekle, Hi Custodian, Landmark Sunshine Cinemas, Nat Baldwin, NYC, Pitchfork, Pitchfork.TV, Swing Lo Magellan, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, yokai, YouTube
Black Breath:Sentenced to Life
Let’s cut through all the esoteric nonsense that encapsulates metal. Metal music is political. Meaning to say, people take their metal seriously. Some, more seriously than others. I’m of the latter variety, a novice, if you will. There is no [...]
Tags: Black Breath, Black Metal, Sentenced To Life, Southern Lord, the WILD, Xena Blair
Celebration Table: Crowdsourcing a More Sustainable Local Food Culture.
WILD friend Shannon Mustipher tells a different kind of story. As a creative professional living in New York, she faces the daily stresses that many of us encounter, however, she has decided to take the city head on and get [...]
Tags: csa, kinfolk magazine, Nick Cope, organic farming, shannon mustipher, superette, the WILD
Santigold / The Keepers
Santi is known for her thoughtful words, backed up by a killer-quirky voice and some stellar beats. Her music videos never fail to leave the viewer mentally stimulated, pleased, or downright confused. Her debut of “The Keepers” is not exempt [...]
Tags: Alisha Acquaye, GZA, Master of My Make-Believe, Santigold, The Keepers, the WILD
Didact Hair
8.00pm. I had a sip of Ruinart in fashionable Les Abbesses. I leave my house, declaring my excitement via a standardly preppy look: vintage Burberry handbag and just a touch a pink: pink shirt, pink lipstick, and pink nail polish. [...]
Tags: Angélique Deforge, Didact Hair Building, Fashion, Hairdressing, Paris, Stephane Amaru, Stephane Cruzel, the WILD
The Breakdown: Best of Resort 2013
The cycle of fashion moves so quickly it can be easy to forget resort and cruise collections, but occasionally these are the shows that produce the most interesting fashion statements of all. Case in question: Chanel’s cruise collection (which Karl [...]
Tags: Bottega Veneta Resort 2013, Chanel Resort 2013, Erdem Resort 2013, Fashion, fashion shows, fashion writing, Karl Lagerfeld, Oscar de la Renta Resort 2013, Resort 2013 shows, Tara Poesy, the WILD
Six Eco-Friendly Accessories to Wear This Spring
Eco-friendly, organic, and sustainable practices don’t mean you have to compromise on style. With designers such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, and Charlotte Ronson pledging not to use fur, Stella McCartney’s fierce fight against cruelty to animals, and Marni’s quirky [...]
Tags: Concrete Polish, eco-friendly fashion, Eco-friendly fashion accessories, green fashion, MARNI, Natalie Frigo, Saloni Lodha, Stella McCartney, sustainability in fashion, Tara Poesy, the WILD
WILD PROFILE: HELIO MORAIS FROM LISBOA
Who: Hélio Morais Where: Lisboa/Portugal What he does: Musician What’s on his mind today: Updating my touring agenda and late rehearsal with Linda Martini What he is currently working on: PAUS has a new record, so I’m touring with them [...]
Tags: Artist, helio morais, if lucy fell, lia hallie, linda martini, lisboa, music, paus, rock band, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, WILD PROFILES
VISIONARIES COVER SHOOT
As our first printed edition launched just before the holidays, we wanted to share with all our readers a little preview of the issue. Check out the video from the cover shoot, featuring the beautiful Ulla wearing clothes from Louis [...]
Tags: "Sadness Is A Blessing", "VISIONARIES" issue, Chloe Crespi, Gloss Studio, Guillaume Boulez, Gustavo Bernal, Halston, Hussein Chalayan, Jessica Skiles, Kristen Lotto, Louis Vuitton, Lykke Li, Max Azria., Schlomi Mor, Sonia Rykiel, the WILD, Ulla Lauska, Vincent Oquendo
WILD PROFILE: JANE ALDRIDGE’S SEA OF SHOES
Who: Jane Aldridge Where: Dallas, TX What she does: Blogger at Sea of Shoes What’s on her mind today: Christmas cheer-my little sister came home after 5 months away last night so nothing could ruin my mood. Trying to draw [...]
Tags: blog, fashion blogger, Jane Aldridge, Sea of Shoes, Texas, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, WILD PROFILES
WILD PROFILE: JESSICA, BUDDAH AND SOUTH PARK
Who: Jessica Mitrani. What she does: Short films, performance, objects. Where: Franklin Street, studio one, NYC Photos by: Britt Kubat What’s on her mind today: Today I am editing a new video called “headpieces for peace” about an imaginary non-hierarchical, [...]
Tags: "headpieces for peace", Britt Kubat, Buddah, Carol Beer, Franklin Street, free energy, Guillaume Boulez, Gyrotonics, Jessica Mitrani, Little Britain, NYC, objects, Pedro Almodovar, performance, short films, Solar energy, South Park, the WILD
PARIS SS12: CHANEL
An aquatic extravaganza for Chanel’s Spring Summer 2012. Under the irreplaceable glass ceiling of the Grand Palais, a magical « under the sea » world was created for the occasion. The models strolled through a bubble tunnel, corals, shells, and sea horses, [...]
Tags: Chanel, Florence Welch, Marine de la Morandiere, Paris Fashion Shows, Paris S/S 2012, Ricardo Gomes, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, Womenswear
The WILD and NYC Climate Week
As NYC roasts in some of the hottest weather in history (Newark, NJ hit 108 degrees!), it’s a good time for all of us to think about our planet and it’s slowly climbing temperatures. Climate change is a problem that is [...]
Tags: Nick Cope, nyc climate week, the WILD, The Wild Magazine
Los Herederos screening at Exit Art
This week the interdisciplinary cultural center and exhibition space Exit Art is sponsoring a screening of Los Herederos, a Mexican documentary touching on the daily toil of migrant child labor in Northern Mexico and the cycle of poverty inherited from the [...]
Tags: David Byrne, exit art, los herederos, Nick Cope, the WILD
RAGGAMUFFIN
Who would have thought Belgium had so much soul… © Hans Spooren Raised in the Belgium town of Leefdaal, Selah Sue embodies the heart of a lion, with her acoustic sounds accompanied by the spirit of reggae. Her music is [...]
Tags: Ayana Gibbs, Cee-Lo Green, Fyah Fyah, Raggamuffin, Selah Sue, the WILD, The Wild Magazine
THE BEST PART OF HUMAN NATURE: THE VERY BEST + INVISIBLE CHILDREN
Recognizing their shared goals, bringing people together, The Very Best included an Invisible Children video synopsis with their Super Mom Mixtape which can be downloaded for free at their site. The Very Best have dropped a paragon of cross-cultural jams [...]
Tags: Blaine Skrainka, Child Soldiers Uganda, Invisible Children, Joseph Kony, Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, Malawi, Super Mom Mixtape, the very best, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, Uganda
LIGHTS UP! CONFETTISYSTEM+UNITED BAMBOO
The dynamic duos behind party paraphernalia purveyor Confetti System and the ever-innovative fashions of United Bamboo have teamed up once again to grace us with their special brand of creative wonder. Photo courtesy of United Bamboo For their first collaborative [...]
Tags: Confetti System, Julie Ho.Miho Aoki, Lights Up!, Mia Kim, Nicholas Andersen, the WILD, The Wild Magazine, Thuy Pham, United Bamboo, W/-- Project Space
WILD PROFILE: ALEXA IS A WINNER!
Who: Alexa Winner Where: New York, NY Does: Whatever feels right that day. stylist, designer, artist and photographer by definition though. Photo Britt Kubat On her mind today: Wondering why the cloud formations in Thailand are so different than those [...]
Tags: Alexa Winner, Britt Kubat, Fashion, Guillaume Boulez, the WILD, The Wild Magazine
SALVOR PROJECTS ON FORSYTH STREET!
A few days ago, Salvor Projects’ Ross Menuez, an industrial designer before jumping into fashion, opened his first retail store in NYC’s Lower East Side. Working with designer Nick Dine, Menuez created the entire store without paint, sheetrock, or visible [...]
Tags: Guillaume Boulez, NickDine, Ross Menuez, Salvor Projects, the WILD, The Wild Magazine
LONELY ISLAND’S RELEASE
Latest Lonely Island video
Tags: Garance Wilkens, Jack Sparrow, Lonely Island, Michael Bolton, Saturday night live, the WILD, The Wild Magazine
MEXICANS VS DRUG WAR
Thousands of Mexicans have marched into Mexico City, the capital, to protest against the wave of killings that has claimed 38,000 lives since Felipe Calderon, the president, launched his war on drug gangs in late 2006. The march started on [...]
Tags: Felipe Calderon, Javier Sicilia, Joseph Isho Levinson, the WILD, The Wild Magazine
16 YEAR OLD SUES US GOVERNEMENT
How do kids react to the knowledge of being in the 11th hour? Well, some take action! Photo (c) Tom Giebel On may 5th, sixteen year old Alec Loorz filed a lawsuit against the United States of America, for allowing [...]
Tags: Alec Loorz, Garance Wilkens, iMATTER, Kids VS Global Warming, the WILD, The Wild Magazine
JESUS – RICK GONZALES
The Wild loves sexy Rick Gonzales in the Lady Gaga Judas video! The video was shoot in 2 days on the Universal lot, and directed by Laurieann Gibson and Lady Gaga. Rick Gonzales, a 31 year old Brooklyn born (of [...]
Tags: Guillaume Boulez, Lady Gaga, Laurieann Gibson, Rick Gonzales, the WILD, The Wild Magazine
ALL AND EVERYONE
In this beautiful track, PJ Harvey explores themes of war and conflict between nations over a jumpy xylophone riff. In an interview earlier this year with the AV Club, she discussed her writing style and the inspiration for her album [...]
Tags: ALL AND EVERYONE, Garance Wilkens, Let England Shake, PJ Harvey, Seamus Murphy, the WILD, The Wild Magazine
