RÖNTGENCİ MECMUA:

Ünlü - ünsüz, eş - dost, tanıdık - tanımadık; ilgimizi çeken, bizi kışkırtan, heyecanlandır an, kızdıran, kıskandıran kim varsa, usulca süzülüp hayatına röntgenliyoruz bütün ayrıntılarıyla...
  • Commuun Interview....Müge Buluntekin....02.11.2011

    Established in 2005 by Kaito Hori and Iku FurudateCommuun has held exhibitions during the Paris Women's Ready to Wear Fashion Week ever since. From its debut, with the Spring Summer 2006 collection, Commuun has constantly enjoyed a strong critical acclaim among some of the most highly-regarded stores in the world, such as Maria Luisa in Paris, Dover Street Market in London, 10 Corso Como and Isetan in Tokyo.

    Kaito Hori was born in Japan. After working as a stylist assistant and as a designer in New York from 1996, he entered Arnhem Academy of Arts in the Netherlands in 2000. His graduate collection at the Academy was selected for ITS3 (International Talent Support). Worked for Balenciaga in Paris. 

    Iku Furudate was born in Japan. After her Graduation at the Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo in 1998, she studied at the Central Saint Martins College in London. Her graduate collection was selected for Hyeres 2002. Worked for Sharon Wauchob in Paris.

    The core idea of all collections is drawn from the structural aspect of nature, with its balance and tensions. Commuun’s work aims at reconstructing these features through simple but strong shapes and fine detailing. This fundamental approach is also reflected in the exclusive use of natural and organic fabrics for the collection.

    Before each collection, a detailed research is undertaken in order to determine the most adequate fabrics to work with. Once carefully chosen, the materials are further refined through the use of the traditional French pattern cutting technique to create clothes of long-lasting quality, balance and functionality. Commuun's garments are best-known for their simple and well-tailored patterns reinforced by futuristic details.

     

     

    What is your story behind the visionary  fashion label Commuun, how did your paths end up together?

    We met each other in Paris and decided to start Commuun a year later. It was kind of instinct that we follow.

     

    Tell us your philosophy, what is fashion for you in today’s multi-cultural, cosmopolit world ?

    We thinks that fashion is about adjusting the time and finding reacent expression for it.  So it is quite natural for us to the away of changes such a globalization.

     

    You say you‘re global citiziens, born in Japan, studied in NY, London, Netherland, traveling the World and living in France. Do you gather your inspiration from all of them?

    Our inspiration comes as instinct and our experiences could be filter for us to see things.

     

    Do you think what a person wears reflects their personality and if so, in an ideal world who should wear your airy, sustainable, minimalistic collections?

    We imagine someone who is indipendent, pure, urban and aware of herself.

     

    You talk about sustainability and work in an  industry  that changes faces every season in the long run how would you keep your vision up?

    It is natural behaviour for us to think of sustainability after growing up in materialistic world such as Japan and we don’t think it is something special to consider today.

     

    For more info;

    http://www.commuun.com


  • REBELLION AND NUDITY by Gray Agent....Gizem Akgönül....06.06.2011

    As the receiving end of your art I find your work very satisfaction oriented; does it satisfy you in a special way and is your way of provocation just for the audience or is it a way to keep you going too?
    I produce to pleasure myself. Provocation is an appreciation yet also an acknowledgement that women use their sexuality as a submissive dominance.


    You have very strict rules and a mysterious aura to put your online persona and art in a controllable order. Is it because you want to keep people outside or to keep them interested and obsessed?
    There exists much that I do not post online due to personal and privacy agreements. I will however be showing these works at my live shows. These would be more intimate in the sense of raw interaction with the women I encounter. It is a show not to be missed.


    Tell me the story behind your collaboration with our paradoxical Size magazine.
    Size discovered me thru my viral video “Ode to 2011.” Upon viewing the contents of the magazine, we agreed that a collaboration was mandatory. I have something special in mind for Size.

    Let’s get deep about ‘riot’. Is there any cultural, environmental or personal issues that makes you want/have to revolt or rise up against?
    Censored sexual imagery in America. It is being torn apart in a frightening pace however by the video evolution. Nudity and even por­nography has become accessible thru uncontrollable mediums. Soon the non nude Alt Model will no longer exist. Good riddance.


    What is the influence and inspiration that makes you do what you do the way you do it? Somehow when I see your work it keeps me in between; edgy but soft, personal but out there. Is it your style that makes it contradictory?
    I am madly in lust with music and deadly attractive women, which both inspire and influence. I think it is premature to say I have a style. I am simply doing what I know how and doing it my best. I want the women in front of my lens to feel powerful. I want them to know that they are the baddest bitch in the room. To feel that the eyes upon them are yearning and craving is the psychy. Women love to be filmed. They love to be watched. They purposely act to acquire men’s reaction.


    How many times have you felt the lustful bedroom eyes of a woman as she smirks at you while her head rests tightly over the shoulder of her lover blissfully unaware?
    That’s the look I want. The power.


    Is ‘1.500.000 viewers and thousands of followers’ your main reason to make art? Do you appreciate the attention; are you sick of it or do you simply don’t care?
    I couldn’t tell you if it is art or what it is. Would I be filming naked women seducing me? Of course I would. Followers are nice… but most of the time I am misunderstood. I appreciate men who stand up for their freedom to applaud nudity and their natural sex drive. I appreciate women who feel that my work is based on my worship of the natural female figure and their mental ability to destroy a man.


    Finally who is graygent, is he your alter ego, is he an idea or yourself? Is he created or does he creates?
    Gray is fictional… I act out his fiction… which makes it nonfiction?

     

     

  • Maxime Ballesteros and Jen Gilpin....Bilgen Coşkun....16.03.2011

    Maxime Ballesteros ve Jen Gilpin’i Berlin’deki evimin yanında bulunan stüdyolarında ziyaret ettim. Maxime bir fotoğraf sanatçısı. İşi ise profesyonel modeller yerine daha çok tanıdığı insanları alışılmadık mekanlarda fotoğraflamak. Jen ise moda tasarımcısı ve DSTM (tarz ve modern hazır giyim markası) markasının ortaklarından biri. Bu iki sanatçıyı bir araya getiren tek şeyin Berlin olmadığı kesin.

    Sence pornografi aşağılık mı yoksa heyecan verici mi?

    Maxime: Pornografi heyecan verici değil; yalnızca erotik ya da bir fantezi ögesi. Pornografi çoğu zaman reklamlarda gördüğümüz gibi çok aptalca olabilme kapasitesine sahip.

    Peki işlerinde pornografiyi bir tema olarak kullanıyor musun?

    Maxime: Direkt olarak değil ancak sanat bağlamında pornografi değinilmesi eğlenceli olabilecek bir tema. Yalnız her şeyi açıkca gözler önüne sermemelisiniz ve kullandığınız sujenin ilgi çekici olması gerekiyor. Bu tür ayrıntılara dikkat etmek her zaman tekniğin önüne geçer ve çok daha önemlidir.

    Jen: Mesela bu üzerimde gördüğün deri kayış fetiş bir obje olarak değerlendirilebilir ancak onu yine de şık ve seksi göstermeyi başarabilirsin. Bu, o objeyi nasıl giydiğine göre değişen bir şey.

    Maxime: Evet, bu deri kayışa ilk baktığın anda onu bir tasarım objesi olarak algılıyorsun, pornografik olarak değil.

    Bazı sanatçılar pornografiyi ortaya koydukları işlerde sıkça kullanıyorlar. Sence pornografinin kendisi sanat olarak görülebilir mi?

    Maxime: Nasıl kullandığına bağlı olarak değişir. Yeterli inceliği göstererek pornografiyi farklı açılardan yorumlamayı başarmanız gerekir.

    Jen: Pornografi sözcüğünü birçok yere koyabilirsiniz. Eğer pizzacı çocuk eve gelmesinin ardından evdeki kadınla seksüel bir ilişkiye giriyorsa bu pornografidir. Ancak tüm bunlar kişisel ve kültürel perspektife göre farklılık gösterecek bakış açıları. Maxime’in işleri de pornografik olarak değerlendirilebilir. Sınırları nasıl belirlediğinize bağlı olarak anlamlar değişebilir.

    Kişisel ilişkinize gelirsek… Pornografik bir beraberliğiniz olduğunu söyleyebilir misiniz?

    Maxime: Kesinlikle!

    Jen: Maxime’in çektiği birçok fotoğraf bizim özel ve yakın temaslarımızın bir yansıması. Vücudun tamamını göstermektense daha çok belli bir bölümünü göstermeye dayalı.

    Maxime: Daha önce de söylediğim gibi pornografi tek başına sıkıcı bir şey. Ancak her şeyi bir anda göstermediğiniz zaman eğlenceli olmaya başlıyor.

    Sizi bir arada tutan en önemli şey nedir?

    Jen: Çalışmaya ve sekse karşı duyduğumuz tutku.

    Maxime: Aynen ve bir de espiri anlaşıyı var. Dışarı çıkmak, yeni insanlarla tanışmak, seyahate çıkmak, seksi bir tabu olarak görmeyip onun hakkında düşünmek ve onunla oynamak ve şeyleri olduğu gibi kabul etmemek olabilir.

    Belki de bu Fransız olmakla alakalı bir şeydir. Örneğin Berlin’de seks dolaysız yaşanan bir şey.

    Maxime: Evet, Berlin’de her şey çok açık. Bu kulağa hoş geliyor ancak pratikte işler bu şekilde yürümüyor.

    Jen: Fransızların espiri anlayışı oldukça erotiktir ve söylemeliyim ki bu konuda oldukça yaratıcılar.

    Maxime: Bir şekilde kendini tehlikede hissetmen ve korkman gerekir.

    Aranızda Fransızca konuşuyor musunuz?

    Jen: evet. Fransızcam gün geçtikçe daha iyiye gidiyor.

    Peki yatakta?

    Jen: İngilizce ve Fransızca… (gülüyor) daha çok Fransızca…

    Dominant kültürün bir parçası olduğunuzu düşünüyor musunuz?

    Maxime: Bir yabancı olarak hayır. Berlin’de kendi dünyamı yaratmış durumdayım. Berlin oldukça farklı insanların bir arada bulunduğu, agresif olmayan bir şehir. Burada yaşamaya devam etmeniz kim olduğunuza bağlı değil. Fransa’da ise ait olduğunuz ekonomik ya da sosyal sınıf keskin hatlarla belirlenir. Berlin daha çok kasaba gibi. Kendinizi evinizde hissediyorsunuz.

    Sizi bir araya getiren şey Berlin mi yoksa hayat tarzlarınız mı? İkinizde Paris’te yaşıyor olsaydınız tanışma şansınız olur muydu?

    Maxime: Hiç sanmıyorum. Paris’te insanlar pek iç içe değillerdir. Örneğin moda sektöründe çalışıyorsanız yalnızca o sektörden insanları tanırsınız.

    Berlin yaşanması kolay ve seksi bir yer mi?

    Maxime: Seksi olduğunu söyleyemem ancak yaşanması kolay bir yer olduğu kesin. Paris’te insanlar yalnızca nasıl göründükleriyle ilgilenir. Dışarı çıkacaklarsa mutlaka hazırlanırlar.

    Jen: Berlin’de yaşayanlar ne giydiklerine pek fazla önem vermezler.

    İkinizi de içeren en büyük pornografik hayaliniz nedir?

    Jen: Hmm…Geçtiğimiz günlerde Max, Kinki Magazine için yemek temalı erotik bir çekim gerçekleştirdi. Onunla birlikte çalışmak çok ve birlikte seksi bir şeyler üretmek çok eğlenceliydi.

    Maxime: Kendimizi ve ilişkimizi yansıttığımız erotik bir çalışmaydı. Seks zaman geçtikçe heyecanını yitiren bir aktivite.Bu nedenle yaratıcı olmalı ve birbirinizle ilgili dikkat çekici şeyler bulmalısınız.

    Jen senin için ne ifade ediyor Maxime?

    Maxime: Yakında eşim olacak.

    Onu bir hafta süreyle görmediğinde, ne tür şeyler Jen’i sana hatırlatır?

    Maxime: Onu her zaman görüyorum. İşlerinde dahi ondan ilham alıyorum. O benim iş, yaşam ve seks partnerim. Zamanımızın çoğunu birlikte geçiriyoruz. Benzer yaşam tarzlarına sahibiz. İkimiz de sabah 05.00’e kadar çalışıp sonra da güne geç başlayan insanlarız. Yaşam ritmimiz bile aynı.

    Jen: Max’ın sahip olduğu sanat birikimi bizim için gerçekleştirdiği moda çekimlerine değişik bir bakış açısı kazandırıyor. Bu markamızın en önemli özelliklerinden biri. Ayrıca tasarımlarımda Max’ın etkisi çok büyük.

    Maxime: Jen yeni fikirlere çok açık bir insan. Rahatsız edici bir egoya sahip değil. Böylece çalışma grubundaki herkes yaratıcılık gerektiren bu işe katkı sağlayabiliyor.

     

  • DAVID LACHAPELLE....Çağın Türker....08.02.2011

    Are you a photograph artist or photographer and do you think is there any difference between them?
    I like to call myself a photographer. I think that whether or not I’m an artist is something that only history and time will tell.

    How could you describe your projects?
    I’ve always tried to tell stories in my photos. I've become very interested in using religious narrative and mythology, some of the most celebrated scenes in art history, to depict smaller stories, the stories of regular life.

    If you couldn’t be a photograph artist what would you wanna be?
    I guess I’d be a farmer. There was a moment five years ago when I left everything behind and bought a farm in Hawaii. I became exhausted with running around trying to do so much, and I just left. I had finished my third book, Heaven to Hell. I was working for 11 months straight and I just needed to run away. I went to my farm and decided I wanted to quit and I thought “okay, I guess I’ll just live here on my farm and work the land and live off of it”. It didn’t last long though, because I realized I didn’t have to do my work for other people the way I had been. I need an outlet for expression and so I started working on my art projects. Taking photos again without working inservice to someone else.

    What were you doing before Warhol? How was your life and career before him?
    Before I met Andy, I was just living in New York working on my own photography. Taking pictures of my friends and spending a lot of time in the dark room. I was really young when I met him and was showing my work in galleries. -- I had my first gallery show around twenty years ago and now I'm showing in galleries again. I showed black-and-white pictures in a show called 'Good News for Modern Man' and a few months later we put on another exhibit called 'Angels, Saints, and Martyrs' – we didn't know yet to wait a year to have another show. No one was buying pictures back then -- of mine, anyway -- but the editors at Interview had come to the show, and they offered me a job working for them. Of course, I took it -- anything to take pictures -- and I worked for them from 84 to 87, when Andy died. My last gallery show was in 87, by which point I was experimenting with color.

    Why did you stop shooting video clips?

    I’ve always followed my heart and done what inspired me. I never say never so it’s not that I’ll never shoot another video if I am insipred by the music or an artist. At a certain point though, I just wasn’t excited by the work anymore. If something becomes so difficult in life to get through, it just isn’t worth the frustration or the time. Especially if I have some many ideas for things that I want to do that really excite me and I love working on.

    What is your most desire thing and what kind of disaster you afraid most?
    I hope for a world where there is clean air, clean water, and clean food. I had always known that, but now I feel it much more deeply. The biggest disaster I am concerned about is the one that we have created. We’re living in a world in which we know that what we are consuming and how we are consuming is destroying the planet. My fear would be that truth continues to be ignored.

    You had a really long break to shooting and you come back. Why did you do that? Is there any difference after you start over?
    Packing up and quitting everything was like shock therapy for me. I spent three months in my cabin in Maui that winter, without leaving. We had no electricity and it rained every day. I just had books. No television. No internet, none of that pollution from gossip or tabloids, no Facebook or MySpace. It was a rebirth. I detoxed from everything, mentally and physically. I realized that I was consuming too much: another pair of sunglasses, another pair of sneakers, an object for my house that I bought not because I was in love with it, but because I thought it would look nice. There's nothing I need. Everything is just rented, if you think about it, anyway. The only thing that matters to me, other than my friends and family, is making art.

    Creating and making art is a calling for me and a necessity. And soon I began to miss the adrenaline, energy and characters of my photo shoots. One day, Fred Torres, my long time producer and friend, called me up and told me that there were galleries that wanted to show my work, to exhibit pictures that came from my mind only, not selling anything but an idea. 
My life has really come full circle.

    Do you ever think shooting someone who is not celebrity? And if so, why dont you prefer that ever?
    I haven’t been shooting celebrities for almost five years now. With the exception of some good friends that I chose to photograph because I believed in their work or was inspired by their music. The majority of my latest works have been anonymous people in classical scenes. Celebrity is not what interests me, but the obsession that people have with celebrity is what I am often documenting.

    Is there anything for you to say “I wish I couldnt do that”?
    I try not to live my life with regrets. I’ve followed my heart in life and it’s gotten me to where I am today. I might not choose to continue to do the things that I’ve done in the past, but I needed to do those things and have those experiences in order to get where I am and grow as a person. I’m a work in progress. I believe we all are.

    I hate hate and intolerance.

    I love love and acceptance

    When I was a small kid I always wanted to be an artist.

  • KİM? OiVaVoi NE? MÜZİK....Çağın Türker....08.02.2011

    First of all thank you guys for this inter - view. And I would like to say welcome back.

    Thank you, we are very excited to be back!!!!! ,

    Well, We know what does the Oi Va Voi means like everyone else in the world. “Oh my god” are you guys saying Oi Va Voi to something in these days? and what is it?

    Being English we have to say ‘Oh My God’ to the weather.... It’s the same every year but we have a little bit of bad weather in The UK and everything stops, the roads close, the country stops. Will we every get used to it??!! Your music and sound is more likely or- ganic. and ıt seems like you are trying to keep away from electronic sounds...

    Do you have something special reason for that? Or what?

    When we were younger as a band a lot of our ideas started from electronic sounds. We wanted the latest album to be very song based but we never made a deci- sion not to use electronic sounds, it just seemed that when we were in the studio the songs felt right with the acoustic sounds we had, they felt finished. It would have been wrong to add electronic sounds just for the sake of it. The sounds need to come from the heart or they can sound cheap. Maybe in the future we’ll go back to the electronic sound, it depends on how we feel when we are writing.

    I guess you are so happy about attention in here. When will you guys buy a flat here? When we are gonna be neighbour?

    We are very lucky to be able to spend so much time in Turkey, all of our friends in the uK are very jealous of us. It would be great to have a big OI VA VOI house there and invite our friends out to share the wonderful experiences and food we have in Turkey.

    Do you think the muse exist in the world? and if it does how does it look like? When does it come and when it leaves? Or why are we talking about inspiration here??

    I’ve never seen the face of my muse. It’s very exclusive though and when it comes you have to be ready for it and make the most of it. It’s not always the right time but you have to make the time when it comes. You had the biggest attention with your “refugee” song. how much important was your jewish refugee roots for this fascinating song’s creation process... That song was inspired by 2 things. Firstly the older generations in our families that passed on the stories of the struggles that refugees have faced in the past and secondly, living in London you are surrounded by cultures from all around the world and everyone has their own story to tell about the struggle of leaving their home and settling somewhere new where life is different. We tried to tell a very human story with our song ‘Refugee’.

    What is your best album for you?

    The last album ‘Travelling The Face Of The Globe’ is our best album because we reached a new level of song writing.

    Can you describe me to your music’s color? and day... Which day is it? I mean your sound...

    I don’t really think in colours, I think in numbers and for me it’s a 7, which is obviously the most exciting of all of the numbers. If I had to choose a colour I would say warm yellow/orange. The day would be a Sunday because you can either relax or be very active on a Sunday. It’s your choice and our music is a bit like that.

    How is your relations between the members except the group? Are you close friends?

    Yes we are all close friends, this is lucky because we spend so much time together travelling the world. We are like a family and we are lucky to be able to share the experiences together.

    What is your most played 5 songs in ipod (all of yours)?

    The Bones Of You - Elbow Weird Fishes - Radiohead Crazy - Gnarls Barkley Sorrow - The National Young Blood - The Naked And Famous.

    What is your recently added songs in ipod?

    Sprawl II - Arcade Fire congratulations - MGMT Spanish Sahara - Foals We Can’t Fly - Aeroplane Champion Sound - Crystal Fighters.

    What does İstanbul mean to you?

    Amazing food, beautiful women, special energy.

    What is your favorite city in the world?

    ISTANBUL!!!!!!!!! (after London ;) )

     

    my motto is... Carpe Diem

    my favorite meal is... Grilled Fish

    my favorite band is... Arcade Fire

    I hate people that are dishonest because they waste everyones time.

    I love flying because I love the excitement of going somewhere far away and I can never get over how amazing it is to be able to travel in that way.

    When ı was a small kid I always wanted to be a footballer. But I wasn’t very good so I became a musician.

    Before I die I absolutely wanna fly in a wing suit like this...

    Thanks