Dancers among Us

"BE passionate, joyful, euphoric, intense, desperate, present, ALIVE"

This are the words that have inspired Jordan Matter from 2009 when he decided to start

this project, Dancers among Us. Matter was wondering after watching his little kid play,

 Where does our passion go when we grow up? How would it look if we do everyday 

activities with joy? So, the idea for this project became capturing people doing regular 

activities with passion, for this he chose dancers. In the words of the artist : 

 "Dancers are storytellers. They’re trained to personify passionate moments, their bodies 

imbued with a stunning combination of artistry and athleticism. They create a fantasy 

world, offering us a deeper look into familiar settings. They bring to life what we feel but are 

unable to express physically."

Everyday places, different people, different attitudes.

"The process of producing the images is organic; created through a spontaneous 

collaboration with the dancers. The resulting photographs are unaffected and not highly 

stylized. The essence of the subject material parallels the current state of our society, 

where people are finding an appreciation of smaller, simpler pleasures. The images are 

infused with a humor and joyfulness that make the viewer feel good. The carefree nature of 

the work is a welcome antidote to the persistent anxiety that defines many people’s lives."

- Jordan Matter

POP-UP PARADISES

Today I'll be featuring another Argentinean artist, Manuel Ameztoy. He was born in La Plata, Argentina, he has done a 


large number of succesfull artistic instalations in the country and abroad, his most notabel work are surelly "Las Fuentes 


del Nilo" (2011) and "Cortar y Pegar" that he made for Fundacion PROA  (one of Argentinas most respected art 


institutions). In this las work he also explores Fretwork as in "Paraisos Desplegables" (Pop-Up Paradises) his latest 


work that  its now at the  Faena Art's Center. 

Paraisos Desplegables  is a site Specific Installation of 630 square m, made of synthetic and artificial textiles that have 


been cutted by hand. The exhibition is inspired in the landscapes of Entre Rios, the  province were the artist currently 


live, wich has a very humid climate that results on a very varied vegetation, this is  important  because the exhibition is 


very jungle like, the fabric is coming from the ceiling and you feel in some kind of forest's. As I already mention the 


inspiration is nature so he made each fretwork unique but also using within the same piece a pattern that he would 


repeat, rotate and also mirrored. The result is  beautiful, if you are  in Buenos Aires right now you shouldn't miss it. 


Following the picture there is a video  of the artist talking(it's  in Spanish) but you can also see the dimensions of the 


sculptures and and texture that one cannot appreciate in the pictures,

Al  images via Design Boom

Inovation in Fashion Shows

The 2pac Hologram this year( though it wasn't the first hologram to be featured on a concert), set the

start for a trend that, I think, we are going to see a lot more. Two shows have taken advantage specially

well of this technology: Burberry Fashion Show in Beijing and the Stefan Eckert's Fashion Show . The

use of this technology was quite similar although the results look very different, the Burberry show

looked a lot more conservative than the Eckert's  show.  Overall, both shows looked beautiful and

exiting, the use of holograms is perfect for fashion shows because it ads movement and other elements

that takes them to a whole new level.

SerpentSea

Sophie Auchauer Started this project, Serpent Sea, after coming back from a sailing trip. All the 


rugs are made of recicled sailing ropes and woven with tradicional sailor knots. I love the fact 


that she named her rugs styles after three famous pirates, "Drake", "Bonny" and "Morgan".  

All the rugs are handmade and unique, I'm in love  with the color combinations

This image was taken from http://www.backyardbill.com/

Triangulo Dorado

So, continuing with the Latin American theme that I started yesterday, today I'm going to show you

my favorite street artist from my city, Buenos Aires. 

Santiago Panichelli, Pedro Panichelli and Francisco Ferreyra are all visual art graduates wich share their

pasion for  painting  and art. Together the make this team called Triangulo Dorado. What I love about

their work is the use of color, it has the perfect combination between intuitive and studied, due to their

academic background that gives them the knowledge on color theory.Their work are usually huge


murals that you can see on the street or just riding the train, most of the time they are an image next to

a text that sets the mood for the image. 

Great color combination different shades of blue and purple, combine in such a way that they make a 

texture that looks absolutely organic

Car Poolers By Alejandro Cartagena

This is a photographic story on Mexican Car Poolers done By Artist Alejandro Cartagena, that I

loved. As a Latin American I see this daily and I  had never thought that someone can make something

artistic and fun on something that is absolutely normal here, like too many people in one car traveling

on a freeway like this. Its dangerous but its one of thous things that you just take for granted because

they are there and you wouldn't stop to think about. That's why I believe this serie is so good, because

of it's quotidianity because he puts on the spot something that is usually unseen.

Further Soaps on the Behance Network

Further Soaps on the Behance Network

Further is a line of skin care products, lotions and candles made from derived vegetable oil. Their products has a signature 


fragrance made of Bergamot, olive and exotic grasses. But the most important  facts is that it's sustainable and doesn't 


test their products on animals. So, in  order to create a package fit  for this product the  creative agency, Aesthetic 


Movement ,  made a package honoring the "made in the garage" tradition using cans and containers that would normally 


be used for oils and paint. It  resulted in this beautiful product line that reflects very well the nature of the product.

More of this Agency's work:

 More on the Agency's work on :www.aestheticmovement.com