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Studio Ezio Gribaudo A joyous organised disorder heralds the abundant universe of Studio Ezio Gribaudo. The studio was conceived in 1974 by friend and architect Andrea Bruno. This exponential box has the interior of an atelier. A sinusoidal staircase made from rounded carved wood cutouts with wide steps serve as a library that invites one upstairs. Books and works from all periods cover the walls. The intertwining of history, practices, images and forms - between what has existed and what is becoming - are all part of Gribaudo’s work method. The glass cupola placed above the workroom on the intermediate floor - which floods the works-in-progress with light - indicates an exercise of observation (both within and outside of the studio) is taking place through the lens of a giant kaleidoscope. Ezio Gribaudo died July 18, 2022. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #architecture #atelier #sinusoidalstaircase #printer #publisher #artist #collage #andreabruno #turin #brutalist #glasscupola #edizionedartefratellipozzo #studioeziogribaudo #eziogribaudo (at Turin, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkIYDB3oJ32/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Roxanne Lowit “No one thought there was anything going on backstage, so for years I was alone and loved it. I guess I made it look too good because now it’s so crowded with photographers. But there’s enough room for everybody.” - Roxanne Lowit, Photographer. Roxanne Lowit’s career spans decades and her archives tell fashion's story. Lowit invented backstage fashion photography and solidified her place in fashion history as a gifted documentarian. A documentarian of a world everyone wants to see - yet precious few do. Her work has been published in numerous books and exhibited in the world’s most prominent galleries and museums: the ‘Gagosian’, ‘Metropolitan Museum of Art’, ‘Whitney Museum’ and the ‘Victoria and Albert Museum’ in London. Lowit parlayed her gift into high-concept fashion editorials for magazines world-wide. She was the fashion world’s backstage storyteller - and fashion was her muse. Roxanne Lowit died unexpectedly on September 13, 2022. She was 80 years old. Roxanne Lowit 1942 - 2022. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #FIT #textiledesigner #donnakaran #scottbarrie #antoniolopez #katemoss #yvessaintlaurent #newyork #photographer #fashionphotographer #editorial #backstagefashionphotographer #nightlife #backstage #models #roxannelowit https://www.instagram.com/p/CiwwFtIoBye/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dagmar van Weeghel Born in 1974, Dagmar van Weeghel is a highly regarded photographer, currently living in the Netherlands. She studied Film and Photography at the ‘Amsterdam University of the Arts’ and the ‘Netherlands Film Academy’. Van Weeghel lived and worked in many African countries as a filmmaker and as a freelance TV Director/Producer before becoming a full-time photographer in 2015. Van Weeghel’s images promote women. Through Van Weeghel’s eyes the narrative unfolds - inviting viewers to connect with real stories and real people. Within each of her series, she focuses on telling stories inspired by the African female experience within the Diaspora. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #africanwomen #blackwomen #africanexperience #africaninfluence #history #diaspora #importance #filmmaker #photographer #dagmarvanweeghel (at Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgeJJxuM07G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Pirates Gold The gold earrings pirates wore served different purposes. The gold hoops ensured that if their body washed ashore there would be enough money for a funeral. Whoever found the body could use the gold jewellery as payment for burial. Some pirates even had the name of their home port engraved on their earring so they could be returned to their families. The earrings also served as hearing protection when firing canons. Pirates would dangle small pieces of wax from their earrings for quick insertion into the ear should firing begin. OG ear plugs alert. There are superstitious about certain items of jewellery bringing certain kinds of luck. Sailors are known for being extra superstitious. Some pirates believed that earrings would protect them against drowning and ensure that they got back to safety. During the height of piracy in the 17th and 18th centuries much of Europe, and especially England, had a number of sumptuary laws in place that regulated what common people could wear and how they could live. These stifling laws prescribed what colours people could wear, what genders could sport jewellery (men were not allowed to) and where one could flaunt the “approved” items they could afford. Those who refused to obey these laws could face jail time or heavy monetary fines. Unsurprisingly, this culture of control didn’t really gel with freewheeling pirates. The flamboyant dress that came to be associated with historic pirates was a direct response to these sumptuary laws. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #pirates #superstition #goldearrings #hoopearrings #burial #crossingtheequator #plundering #talisman #seasickness #improvedeyesight #sumptuarylaws #symbols #pirates #gold https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj-LrhkoJg2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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LASSCO “Use soft fabrics in unusual ways: in frames or hung on walls. Ham House is the best example of how to do this, but we can’t all afford a set of tapestries, so why not plump for a pretty quilt or rug from the North Country? It will improve the scale of the room and soften the acoustics to give it an intimate air. There’s something quite grand about them but a bit of ostentation in moderation is fine. Our signature style at ‘LASSCO’ will always be English shabby chic, even though it’s been chewed over many times in gastropubs. The winning formula is always a combination of strong brownwood furniture, symmetrical arrangement and red and gold accents. Never underestimate the power of a reflective surface or soft wax finish, either. Subconsciously it implies a room is clean and well-maintained.” - Adrian Amos, Owner, ‘LASSCO’. Established in London’s East End ’LASSCO’ has dealt in reclamation and salvage since 1979. Bridging the gap between the demolition trade and architectural design - you’ll find architectural salvage, decorative and garden antiques, doors, entranceways, woodwork, pub, bygones, bathrooms, metalwork, panelling, lighting and reclaimed wood flooring. Plus ‘Brunswick House Café’ if you get a little peckish. London's best-known reclamation yard (which now has an Oxfordshire outpost) has been selling reclaimed goods for over 40 years. Goods range from the basic to the stupendous – go looking for a doorknob and leave with a wrought-iron balcony. All three venues have on-site restaurants. ‘LASSCO’, 30 Wandsworth Road, Vauxhall, London SW8 2LG. ‘Ropewalk’, 41 Maltby Street, Bermondsey, London SE1 3PA. ‘Three Pigeons’, London Road, Milton Common, Oxfordshire OX9 2JN. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #dukeofbrunswick #vauxhall #jacksonboxer #brunswickhousecafé #curated #architecturalsalvage #demolitiontrade #extraordinary #ornate #architecturaldesign #adrianamos #LASSCO (at Lassco) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj40VctIrro/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Common Ground “My approach has always been focused on developing my art rather than working towards a career. All through my childhood years I enjoyed spending my time making things with papier-mâché, stitching, embroidering, drawing, and painting but never saw these interests as culminating into taking up art as a professional career. It was my father who recognised I had many other interests related to the arts. I think getting introduced to the lives of other artists and their ways of thinking inspired and left an impression on my brother Rajiv (Architect Rajiv Saini) and me.” - Reena Kallat, Artist. Reena Saini Kallat (b. 1973, Delhi, India) graduated from ‘Sir J.J. School of Art’, Mumbai in 1996 with a B.F.A. in painting. Her practice - spanning painting, photography, video, sculpture and installation, often incorporates multiple mediums into a single work. She is interested in the role that memory plays - not only what we choose to remember but in how we think of the past. Kallat frequently works with officially recorded or registered names of people, objects and monuments that are lost or have disappeared without a trace, only to get listed as anonymous and forgotten statistics. One of the recurrent motifs in her work has been the rubber stamp, both as an object and imprint, signifying the bureaucratic apparatus, capable at once of confirming as well as obscuring identities. Her more recent series using salt as a medium explores the tenuous yet intrinsic relationship between the body and the oceans, highlighting the fragility and unpredictability of existence. ‘Reena Kallat: Common Ground’, October 20, 2022 - January 22, 2023, ‘Compton Verney’, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #visualartist #identity #painting #photography #video #sculpture #installation #politicalborders #forcedmigration #comptonverney #exhibition #reenakallatcommonground #reenakallat (at Compton Verney Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjsAZDBoeUL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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A Cheerful Person The rural ‘Church of San Rocco’ stands in the midst of the vineyards of Brachetto d’Acqui. It was built in the 18th century in rustic Baroque style. Today it is a delicate presence in the landscape with its small polylobate rose window at the centre of the façade. The great charm of this location and the vantage point of those arriving from a distance prompted Chinese artist Zhang Enli (Jilin, 1965) to revitalise the chapel with one of his works of abstract gestural painting. Borrowing colours from the surrounding natural setting Enli created a sort of “pareidolia” (human ability to see shapes or make pictures out of randomness) transforming the veneer of the church into a smiling face, delicately blurring the architectural features of with quick brushstrokes to form a unified whole. The project began during the pandemic in a period of lockdown. Enli envisaged a work of religious architecture set free amidst the vineyards as a happy presence capable of bringing a smile to those who encounter it. ‘A Cheerful Person’ is a tribute and response to Sol Lewitt and David Tremlett’s project in the 'Barolo Chapel’ (1999) one that transformed geometric colour fields into an explosion of marks - paying homage to the utterly Italian tradition of “gribouillage” (scribbling) - to Cy Twombly and to the creativity of childhood. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #artmappingpiemonte #fondazionecompagniadesanpaolo #fondazionetorinomusei #artissima #sollewitt #davidtremlett #gribouillage #abstractgesturalpainting #pareidolia #churchofsanrocco #italy #acheerfulperson #zhangenli (at Piemonte, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjAPjgvMJIg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Roxanne Lowit “I paint and there were people who I wanted to sit for me but had no time, so I started taking pictures of them. I liked the gratification of getting the instant image so I traded in my paintbrushes for a camera.” - Roxanne Lowit, Photographer. Roxanne Lowit did not go to school to be a photographer. She graduated from ‘Fashion Institute of Technology’ in New York with a degree in ‘Art History and Textile Design’. It was during her successful career as a textile designer that she realised something, Lowit wanted to be a photographer. Lowit started making pictures in the late 70’s with her ‘110 Instamatic' photographing her own designs at the New York fashion shows. Before long she was covering all the designers in Paris where her friends - models like Jerry Hall - would sneak her backstage. It was here that she found her place - and career - in fashion. For over three decades the lens of Lowit has captured the faces, places and spaces. Her images witness the creation of fashion, art, theatre and film. Lowit has photographed thousands of luminaries, including Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Kate Moss, Yves Saint-Laurent, Johnny Depp, Madonna and George Clooney. In short, she has captured the creative classes of the last three decades in her photographs, offering unprecedented visual entrée to the beau monde of New York, Paris and Milan. Lowit has always done things differently. You could say that she really created an entirely new genre of photography - by taking her camera where nobody else wanted to go -backstage at fashion shows. Whilst everyone else was fixated on the runway Lowit was busy capturing the real action. Roxanne Lowit died unexpectedly on September 13, 2022. She was 80 years old. Roxanne Lowit 1942 - 2022. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #FIT #textiledesigner #donnakaran #scottbarrie #antoniolopez #katemoss #yvessaintlaurent #newyork #photographer #fashionphotographer #editorial #backstagefashionphotographer #nightlife #backstage #models #roxannelowit https://www.instagram.com/p/CiwwL3KIwQN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Do A Runner Sean Young's ‘Blade Runner’ polaroids capture a literal snapshot of life on set. ‘Blade Runner’ was director Ridley Scott's follow-up to ‘Alien’ and was based on the novel ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Philip K. Dick. The story takes in place in the (then distant) future of 2019, where Harrison Ford's Blade Runner is tasked with taking down androids dubbed Replicants. Despite being a box-office disappointment upon release, the movie is now considered a landmark sci-fi film, thanks to its themes on what it means to the human, its great performances and stunning visuals. ‘Blade Runner’s' reputation would only grow in the years following its 1982 release, especially when Ridley Scott released a director's cut that removed Ford's pained voiceover and the jarring happy ending been forced on the movie by the studio. The movie eventually received a sequel in the form of ‘Blade Runner 2049’. This follow-up finds Replicant K (Ryan Gosling) tasked with tracking down Harrison Ford's Deckard, who vanished decades prior. ‘Blade Runner 2049’ was another visually stunning sci-fi epic that played more like an art movie than a blockbuster. But is anything as good as Young’s ‘Polaroids’? #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #sciencefiction #cultclassic #replicants #androids #rachel #deckard #behindthescenes #polaroids #movie #bladerunner #ridleyscott #harrisonford #seanyoung https://www.instagram.com/p/CfTVG8ZoJWl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Bandele Ajetunmobi “He was the youngest brother and he was disabled as well but he was very good at art, so they apprenticed him to a portrait photographer in Lagos. It suited him yet it wasn’t enough, so he packed up and, without anything much, left for England with my Uncle Chris.” - Victoria Loughran, niece of Photographer, Bandele “Tex”” Ajetunmobi. Bandele Ajetunmobi - widely known as “Tex” - was one of Britain’s first black photographers. Ajetunmobi was born in Nigeria in 1921 and was apprenticed to a portrait photographer in Lagos. In 1947, at the age of twenty-six, he stowed away on a boat from Nigeria. In Nigeria, Ajetunmobi found himself an outcast because of a disability from polio as a child. He settled in Spitalfields, East London, an area he documented through photography for almost half a century, focusing on immigrant communities and the multi-racial nature of the area. These images serve as early documents of a multi-cultural London in the post-war years at a time when a growing number of men and women were immigrating to Britain from the former colonies. They depict the Whitechapel area where many immigrants from the Caribbean settled. The music clubs in Whitechapel were shaped by and for black people - but from the start were also frequented by white people. Art historian Kobena Mercer noted in Britain “the nightlife surrounding black music was always a cross-cultural affair”. Most of Ajetunmobi’s work was destroyed when he died in 1994 apart for some two hundred negatives that his niece Victoria Loughran rescued. These are housed in the archive of ‘Autograph ABP', London. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #nigeria #polio #disability #stowaway #commercialstreet #spitalfields #streetphotographer #nightlife #multiracial #multicultural #crosscultural #immigrants #blackphotographer #autographabp #bandeleajetunmobi #tex (at East End of London) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckfs6WoIG5O/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Iconic House ‘Iconic House’ - not to be confused with ‘Iconic Houses’ a network of architect-designed houses that are available for visits - just opened their first property in the south of France. Co-founded by Thibaud Elzière, a French tech entrepreneur, and his brother Robin Michel, the company aims to combine the best of the hotel and Airbnb experiences. This particular property called ‘L’Étoile des Baux’ offers a dedicated concierge, swimming pool, open-air cinema, outdoor theatre, a gym, a boules court, a children’s playhouse and the ability to hire a chef on-demand - all wrapped up in a home built into the limestone cliffs of Les Baux-de-Provence with gorgeous interiors by the French designer Joséphine Fossey. The house sleeps up to 16. It inspired by the idea of the artist’s house - particularly Jean Cocteau’s ‘Santo Sospir’ in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. As such it is filled with the work of local artists, punctuated with an entryway mural by Florence Bamberger. While most interior architects start by redefining a space, then decide upon the art - Fossey reversed the process. She choose the art that would inform ‘L’Étoile des Baux’ first - sculptures by Thalia Dalecky, photos by Romain Laprade and paintings by Provence-based artists Joseph Bayol, Arsène Welkin and Caroline Beauzon. ‘L’Étoile des Baux’, D78G, 13520 Les Baux-de-Provence. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #lesbauxdeprovence #thibaudelzière #robinmichel #joséphinefossey #interiorarchitect #florencebamberger #mural #thaliadalecky #sculpture #romainlaprade #photographs #josephbayol #arsènewelkin #carolinebeauzon #letoiledesbaux (at Les Baux-de-Provence) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLAgNvI7om/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Iconic House ‘L'Étoile des Baux’ lies in a central location in the historical village of Les Baux-de-Provence, in an unspoilt valley close to the Alpilles’ beautiful stone quarries. Indeed, Alpilles stone is backdrop and backbone of this Provençal retreat that’s built into the landscape. Rock faces tower over the swimming pool; boulders form seats in the outdoor theatre for movie nights. The stone forms arches, walls and even coffee tables in the sleekly appointed interiors. The first residence in the ‘Iconic House’ collection by entrepreneurial brothers Thibaud Elzière and Robin Michel - ‘L’Etoile des Baux' reflects Art Curator and Artistic Director, Joséphine Fossey’s unique approach. Before interior architects Fossey begins a project she looks into the history of the premises and considers its future use in order to define an overall concept. From preliminary sketches through to accessorising Fossey considers how the client will look at and adopt the spaces. Defining a new way of living that is led by art Fossey revives concepts of the free-thinking ‘Arts and Crafts’ movement, whereby art pervades every aspect of daily life. ‘L’Étoile des Baux’, D78G, 13520 Les Baux-de-Provence. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #lesbauxdeprovence #thibaudelzière #robinmichel #joséphinefossey #interiorarchitect #florencebamberger #mural #thaliadalecky #sculpture #romainlaprade #photographs #josephbayol #arsènewelkin #carolinebeauzon #letoiledesbaux (at Les Baux-de-Provence) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLAOPlI8_P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Studio Ezio Gribaudo Let’s stop for a few moments at the studio Ezio Gribaudo has occupied since the mid-1970s. This brutalist-style architectural structure was conceived with his architect friend Andrea Bruno. The internal and external organisation of the studio reveal Gribaudo’s oeuvre. Styled as an observation post the initially bunker-like aspect of the building reveals axes on all sides. The studio is accessed through a garden guarded by a stone brontosaurus and inhabited by hybrid creatures that seem attached to their cages - not forgetting the iconic monster, Godzilla. Ezio Gribaudo died July 18, 2022. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #architecture #atelier #sinusoidalstaircase #printer #publisher #artist #collage #andreabruno #turin #brutalist #glasscupola #edizionedartefratellipozzo #studioeziogribaudo #eziogribaudo (at Turin, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkIYHxHIz5q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Horror Show An imaginative new art show at ‘Somerset House’ points to how the horror genre influences rebellious artists and helps us to understand a chaotic world. Whether or not you're a fan of the horror genre the ideas contained within it have been a major influence on the last 50 years of creative rebellion. That's the theory, at least, expounded by new exhibition ‘The Horror Show!’. Co-curated by ‘BAFTA’ nominated filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, and Somerset House's senior curator, Claire Catterale ‘The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain’ looks beyond horror as a genre and instead interprets it as a reaction to troubling times. In this way, the last five decades of British history are recast as a story of cultural shapeshifting, told through some of our most provocative artists. From 1970s punk to modern-day witchcraft, the aim is to highlight how the anarchic alchemy of horror - its subversion, transgression and the supernatural - helps us make sense of the world. Featuring over 200 artworks and culturally significant objects, this landmark show tells a story of the turbulence, unease and creative revolution at the heart of the British cultural psyche in three acts: ‘Monster’, ‘Ghost’ and ‘Witch’. Each act interprets a specific era through a classic horror archetype lens in a series of thematically linked artworks. These are accompanied by a soundtrack featuring Bauhaus, Barry Adamson and Mica Levi. ‘The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain’, ‘Somerset House’, London WC2R 1LA, October 27, 2022 - February 19, 2023 (closed Mondays). Image, Tim Etchells ‘Fade to Black’. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #counterculture #punk #goth #jamiereid #guypeellaert #dereckridgers #junocalypso #pamhogg #monster #ghost #witch #gothshop #somersethouse #thehorrorshow #thehorroshowatwistedtaleofmodernbritain (at Somerset House) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkF1ETvom4A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Pirates Gold During the Middle Ages (5th century - 14th century) earrings had fallen out of favour as a fashion statement - though they were never entirely forgotten. During this times wearing rings, necklaces, brooches and lockets became much more widespread. The large hats, high collars and popular hairstyles of the era generally covered the ears anyway. During the 13th century piercing ears was forbidden by the church, and for a time, earrings were usually only worn by thieves and the lower classes. Earrings made something of a triumphant comeback during the Renaissance (14th century - 17th century) when shorter hair became fashionable once more - leading to a surge in the popularity of smaller earring designs. Thus, earrings became popular with gentlemen once more. The writer and poet William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and the explorers Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596) and Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 - 1618) all have been depicted wearing an earring. It was around this time that sailors began to wear earrings - often made of solid gold. The intent was that if they ever fell overboard and were washed up on shore somewhere - the jewellery would pay for their funeral. Some sailors had the name of their home port engraved into the earring so they could be returned to their families for burial. The popular depiction of pirates wearing earrings is perhaps not so farfetched after all. Young pirates were often given an earring the first time they crossed the equator or when they plundered their first ship. It was thought to be a sign that a pirate had survived a shipwreck. It was believed that wearing an earring could act as a talisman to protect against seasickness, improve eyesight and prevent drowning too. That’s a lot for a bit of solid gold. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #pirates #superstition #goldearrings #hoopearrings #burial #crossingtheequator #plundering #talisman #seasickness #improvedeyesight #sumptuarylaws #symbols #pirates #gold https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj-LwDSoK4I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Earthseed Science fiction author Octavia E. Butler (1947 - 2006) created a dystopian world in her prescient ‘Parables’ novels. Set in America 2024 - a land devastated by climate change and corporate greed - where a Christian-fundamentalist brand of fascism is taking hold. Pure fantasy, surely? The books protagonist “Olamina” refers to all humans and the movement she created as “Earthseed”. Earthseed is a matriarchal cult, a philosophy and a manual for survival - born out of a necessity to resist chaos and victimhood. Humans (Earthseed) have the potential to escape the destruction they have wreaked and to “take root among the stars”. ‘Earthseed’ is also the genesis behind an exhibition at the ‘White Cube Paris’ featuring the works of three female artists: Marguerite Humeau, Julie Curtiss and Loie Hollowell. Their works echo the notions of travel to both outer and inner space. They consider the female form as a site of transformation. A portal for the imagination. Intriguing stuff. ‘Earthseed: Julie Curtiss, Loie Hollowell, Marguerite Humeau’, Curated by Susanna Greeves, ’White Cube Paris’, October 18 - December 17, 2022. Work by Loie Hollowell. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #earthseed #octaviaebutler #parables #olamina #travel #earth #seed #cosmo #femaleform #evolution #whitecubeparis #loiehollowell #margueritehumeau #juliecurtiss #earthseedjuliecurtissloiehollowellmargueritehumeau (at Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj7lBm8Io2K/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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