The Mall, London full of Union Jack in honor of Queen Elizabeth II birthday.

Artwords bookstore on Broadway Market that carries Paris, LA.

Paris, LA on the shelves of Artwords next to i-D, 032c, and Fantastic Man!

A nice range of colors along the canal on the east side next to the London Fields.

For the new PARIS, LA #4 poster the American author ARIANA REINES turns the YSL MANIFESTO itself into a poem, taking the words as her own, transforming it into an intimate declaration of “Resolute Elegence”.

As a end result, ten different versions of the poster have been realized. All coming from the orginal Yves Saint Laurent Manifesto #6.

On top, the movie describes the printing process of the poem, in one abricot color ink silkscreen.

At the bottom features the ten diffrent versions of this amazing collaboration, between YSL, ARIANA REINES, and PARIS, LA.

PARIS, LA #4

Summer 2010

On the POSTER — LOST AND FOUND MANIFESTO, a tribute to the YSL woman by ARIANA REINES. On WRITING — LE RÊVE DE D’ALEMBERT, Marie Jager’s collages, accompanied by an 18th century dialogue on the theory of materialism by Diderot, create an abstract piece of poésie. On SOUVENIR — Bettina HUBBY recalls, with SEMIOTEXTE co-editors Hedi El Kholti and Chris Kraus, 10 years of art in LA’s CHINATOWN GALLERY SCENE; followed by A PORTRAIT OF PICO AVENUE, LOS ANGELES 2000-2005 by the artist AMY YAO. On ART— I’M STILL GAME: DOROTHY IANNONE reveals to Trinie Dalton the lioness inside her that once defeated the U.S. Government. On MUSIC — Clovis Goux meets French musician CHLOÉ on the occasion of her new album One in Other. On FASHION — HAIDER ACKERMANN—the hope of French fashion—speaks about Paris, Anvers, family, and friends; followed by DEAR ME, a story about seduction, sex-appeal, and self-love! On EROTISM ­— PAUL P. and CÉDRIC RIVRAIN celebrate the romance of flesh. On PHOTO — Marlene Marino capture the voluptuous lines of YOKO—a sphinx-like beauty from JAPAN; followed by FAR EAST FAR WEST, MONGOLIA seen like the mirror of Western America by Philippe Chancel.

PARIS, LA #3

Winter 2009/2010

ON THE POSTER— an original artwork by world-renowned graffiti artist KAWS;

on ARCHITECTURE— a story about JULIA MORGAN, the first female graduate of Ecole des Beaux Arts Paris, who designed the dreamy HEARST CASTLE; on ART— HILTON ALS converses about self-portraiture, and enigmatic narratives that accompanied it; on SPORT— SANDY BODECKER, Nike Vice President of Global Design, talks about making sneakers by hand, Lance Armstrong, and Eric Cantona; on FASHION— OLIVIER THEYSKENS creates a new language with his body, while LOTTA VOLKOVA ADAM plays the model during a hellish summer night, CÉDRIC RIVRAIN draws RESORT 2010 collections, and Rosie Roberts creates BIJOU collages; on PHOTO— Daniel Trese captures the essence of TOPANGA CANYON, the extra super natural healing force; on MUSIC— FLYING LOTUS, the Angeleno electronic music pioneer, pictured at home in Northridge and interviewed at The Low End Theory Club, while in Paris dDAMAGE brothers explain how they engineer a singular transgenic sound by mixing rock, rap, and electro.

If you’re interested to purchase PARIS, LA#3, or to subscribe, see SUBSCRIBE/ORDER menu.

Love always,

–dp

(photo via in light of tomorrow)

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LISTENING TO MY TROUBLE MIND

The Gaslamp Killer

My Troubled Mind EP

[Brainfeeder, 2009]

1. Intro A
2. Anything Worse
3. Turk Mex
4. Intro B
5. Baiafro
6. Ruskie Electric
7. Birthday Music

My Troubled Mind ultimately portrays the eccentricity and multiple personalities of the wildest DJ in Los Angeles. Raw drum breaks glide over the deep sample palette of GLK’s prestigious world psych/funk collection, making the My Troubled Mind EP a true voyage into sound. The Gaslamp Killer experiments with freak-out sound effects and analog delays, married with analog synth lines provided by close friend and collaborator Computer Jay. The result is a truly remarkable audio experience, meshing perfectly with the unclassifiable sonic aesthetic of Brainfeeder. –Kevin Marques Moo (alphapuprecords.com)

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READING THE COMING INSURRECTION

The Invisible Committee

The Coming Insurrection

[semiotext(e), 2009]

“It’s useless to wait—for a breakthrough, for the revolution, the nuclear apocalypse or a social movement. To go on waiting is madness. The catastrophe is not coming, it is here. We are already situated within the collapse of a civilization. It is within this reality the me must choose sides.”

The Coming Insurrection is an eloquent call to arms arising from the recent waves of social contestation in France and Europe. Written by the anonymous Invisible Committee in the vein of Guy Debord—and with comparable elegance—it has been proclaimed a manual for terrorism by the French government (who recently arrested its alleged authors). One of its members more adequately described the group as “the name given to a collective voice bent on denouncing contemporary cynicism and reality.” The Coming Insurrection is a strategic prescription for an emergent war-machine to “spread anarchy and live communism.”

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SEEING HELLO GOODBYE THANK YOU, AGAIN

HELLO GOODBYE THANK YOU, AGAIN

Richard Artschwager, Belgium, Johnny Cash, elles, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Wojciech Gilewicz, David Hammons, Bertrand Lavier, George Lois, Gustav Metzger, Oscar Tuazon, Josip Vanista, B. Wurtz, Klaus Wyborny

A group show currated by Anthony Huberman at castillo/corrales

65 rue Rebéval, Paris 20

from August 10 to September 26, 2009

There was another exhibition like this one two years ago, and there will be another one two years from now, and then again two years after that, and so on. Like a biennial. It is a biennial. And always with the same curator, like Muenster, kind of.

nb: The gallery will be closed from Friday, August 14, to Wednesday, September 2

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WISHING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OOGA BOOGA

Ooga Booga — the only store in LA offering a perculiar selection of books, zines, clothes, art and music, and founded by the genius Wendy Yao — happened to turn five during the summer!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OOGA BOOGA & LONG LIFE TO YOU!!!!

We’re heading our summer break, so we’ll be off the blog for couple of weeks. Time for us to wish you all a great summer 09. We see you soon back again end of August, the head and the heart fully filled with energy, genius ideas, and love. Till then enjoy your summer time and don’t forget to blast loud music anywhere you stand!!!!!!!

Love always,

–dp