| Helen Frankenthaler |
| 12.28.11 | No Comments |
Rest in Peace Helen Frankenthaler.
| Brooklyn Snow Day |
| 12.26.10 | No Comments |
I just went for a walk in the first real snow of the season.
photos by Seze
| Happy Hanukkah |
| 12.01.10 | No Comments |
Category: amazing women |architecture |design |installation |New York City |spirituality |too beautiful for words
Artist Kiki Smith and architect Deborah Gans talk about their stained glass window in the Museum at Eldridge Street. Their new design is the culminating piece of the 20-plus-year restoration of this national historic landmark, an 1887 synagogue. Smith and Gans’s design features a celestial motif – illuminated stars in a swirling pattern that evokes the Big Bang.
Listen to the story here
Stained-glass window by artist Kiki Smith and architect Deborah Gans
in the 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue
Courtesy Museum at Eldridge Street
| Raster Noton at the Bunker tonight |
| 06.05.09 | No Comments |
Flyer by Seze Devres
| Sometimes it is fun to go to the movies by yourself. |
| 05.30.09 | No Comments |
photo by Seze Devres
| Danceteria |
| 05.19.09 | No Comments |
My dad found an old drink ticket from the 80s NYC club Danceteria and scanned it for me. I always loved their logo and flyer designs.
front & back
An amazing archive of Danceteria Flyers
Danceteria blog filled with cool videos and memorabilia
Late Night Reruns - Stephanie Chernikowski - 4/09/82
| The luscious girly sounds of Telepathe |
| 04.30.09 | No Comments |
Dance Mother, 2009
Brooklyn’s Telepathe is my favorite new band. Bryan gave me the album this morning and I have been listening to it nonstop all day in the studio and in transit while I was running errands. They are the perfect combination of synth and indie. Some of the songs are very Shoegazer-esque, reminding me of the really good Lush songs. They seem really young, so I hope they keep making more and more gorgeous music.
Download a Telepathe Mix Tape and Lauren Flax’s Telepathe remix here
| goodbye Helen Levitt |
| 04.01.09 | No Comments |
Helen Levitt died this week at a ripe old age in her sleep. Reading her obituary reminded me how much I have always loved her street photographs of children in New York City. Here are some of my favorites:
| The Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall |
| 12.07.08 | No Comments |
My dear friend Zoh invited me to see The Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. Her costume shop she worked on the fancy crystal costumes for the final skit. It was a such a treat to have a ridiculously festive date with her.
All photos by Seze Devres
| William Eggleston at the Whitney |
| 11.19.08 | No Comments |
On November 6, I went to the Whitney Museum of American Art for the opening of the William Eggleston’s exhibition The Democratic Camera. I consider William Eggleston to be one of the fathers of color photography. I used to stare at his images in photo books for hours at the library when I was Stephen Shore’s photography student art Bard College. His strange images were a huge influence on me. Eggleston made it ok to turn snapshots into works of art, and therefore he made me feel more confident about my own early images. He is a master when it comes to color. The richness in the way Eggleston printed his images was something very new at the time.
Photo by William Eggleston
In my opinion this is one of Eggleston’s best photographs. It displays the sheer bliss of light (sunlight) and photography, my two favorite things.
I showed up alone at the opening but I ran into a few friends, which was an unexpected surprise. It is always a nice to bump into people from a another part of your life at a completely different kind of event. I saw my friend Kirsten there who happens to be an old family friend of the curator of the exhibition Elisabeth Sussman. Kirsten immediately introduced me to Sussman and her brother Paul Sacks. We were all very excited for Sussman! I have admired her curatorial work for years and it was a pleasure to meet her.
Elisabeth Sussman and her brother Paul Sacks
Kirsten Sonnenberg and Paul Sacks
With my mentor Charles Traub, the head of the SVA MFA Photography program.
Then as if it was not already an amazing night, I had a chance to walk through the exhibition with Dan Bell?!! It is always great to see how another artist that I admire reacts to iconic works of art.
Photo by William Eggleston
Dan Bell could relate to this photo because he tours all the time.
More images at www.egglestontrust.com
