Double Feature IV

A 'False Encyclopaedia' double feature with Matthew Attard Navarro, discussing:
Dior Spring/Summer 2015

Dior - Madame/Mrs/Ms. Dior all in one. No better time to be in Paris and this season really proves this. The LVMH family finally realised that the buyers of tomorrow must be wowed over today - and this Dior collection is exactly that, a pleasing collection for the previous generation of Dior owners, and a search for the new. After this season closes there'll be no surprises as to why Tait won that designer award. Is it all a bit too much?

/MATTHEW

What starts as blank minimalism with space age references, twists and turns via the baroque (Marie Antoinette robes) towards Tirolean folklore (floral embroidery) and handicraft tradition (knitted heels with woven-in contrast threads). A post-Disney, postmodernist fairytale.
/HORST





1. Dior Spring/Summer 2015
2. Giovanni Michelotti Matra Laser, 1971
3. Clement Chabernaud Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2007
4. Unknown
5. Jeff Koons Bound Of Flowers, 1991
6. Sigourney Weaver Alien, 1979
7. Fantaghirò Still, 1991-1996
8. Dior Spring/Summer 2015

Art Interiors

Artworks Henri Matisse

The chronological endeavour begins with Monsieur Matisse who presents kitchen interiors with floral tablecloth, cats and distorted piranha aquaria. But who does live here? A lady, a gentleman? Where does the physical room (with furniture as subject) end, where does the background as wallpaper (decorative pattern) begin? What is sur-reality?
/HORST

A Photo Booth Biennale, Epilogue V

A second look at The Artwork Will Be Present, 2013.






1. Robert Mapplethorpe Calla Lily, 1988
2. Robert Mapplethorpe Leather Crotch, 1980
3. Robert Mapplethorpe Mountain, 1983
4. Robert Mapplethorpe Veronica Vera, 1982
5. Robert Mapplethorpe Self Portrait, 1980

By now, it should be evident that this 'exhibit' is about the aestheticism of the 'ugly' side: the human longing for the most basic means of survival. As victims of our nature, we do deny the subliminal. Yet, we cannot stop ataring at it. This gaze is being well provided by Mapplethorpe.
/HORST

Miusing Escher VI

1. Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2013
2. M. C. Escher Reptiles, 1943

Tin opener and luxury handbag. Lizard and cactus. Again, we are confronted with symbolism without meaning (see Welcome To Tomorrow). The still life as chain of associations, as exquisite corpse.
/HORST

Flower Power

1. Lanvin Spring/Summer 2013
2. Prada Spring/Summer 2013

In times like these, we all need a little optimism. Therefore, I am dedicating those flowers to N. May he finally take all the praise he deserves and found the very own and true 'Nicolas Ghèsquiere for Nicolas Ghèsquiere'.
/HORST

P.S.: I am not giving up on the 70s re-revival theme. Even the most radical/pessimist minimalist can accept some monochrome daisy print.

Love Parade

1. Chanel Spring/Summer 1997
2. Blumarine Spring/Summer 2012
3. Norbert Bisky Occulto, 2006
4. Maison Martin Margiela Spring/Summer 2010
5. René Magritte A Memoria, 1948
6. John Galliano Spring/Summer 2013
7. Rodarte Fall/Winter 2011

Luxury is the utopian illusion of a perfect state of being. Consumption is the ecstatic result of a never-ending rave. Reflected in a world of fluffy clouds, neon sun beams and cyan blue skies.
/HORST

A Short History Of The Grid In Popular Culture IV

1. Sølve Sundsbø Dazed and Confused, June 2012
2. Kraftwerk
3. Tim Mara Table Top, 1989
4. Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1989
5. Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1992
6. Sølve Sundsbø Dazed and Confused, June 2012
7. Sarah Moon 10 Magazine, Spring/Summer 2008
8. Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2012

What if the idea of clothing was enhanced by holograms and light projections. Possibly controlled by bare thoughts. The Overprojected installation was a first attempt, the hologram fabrics by Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton an affirmation of this thought.
/HORST

Ani/Mate V

1. Final Fantasy IX Kuja, 2000
2. Christopher Kane Spring/Summer 2012

Christopher Kane introduces the Transformers flower dress. And thus equally refers to the sweet (かわいい, kawaii) and brutal (むごい, mugoi) of Anime. Meanwhile the idea of 'origami' is as present as the Japanes fetish for hi-tech (q.v. boots/sandals).
/HORST

Fleur-De-Lace, 2012

or 'Thank god I'm normal'

Shirt Comme des Garçons

Flowers to Rei Vriens. And yet another Parisian look. Hiding behind, showing off. Another chapter of the multitude of sermons of Horst, your sacred dearest, a sinful priest.
/HORST