The multitalented Indira Cesarine relishes the spiral. Her newest series of animated photographic light paintings employing this ancient symbol constitute the “Lumière” Series. Logarithmic and equiangular, the curve repeats scales and is thus considered fractal. I had the pleasure of witnessing the phygital presentation (pairing digital artwork with physical works) at The Untitled Space gallery […]
2023 was fruitful in many regards, post COVID. Businesses are surging, health scares have generally subsided, and remote everything has been replaced with real-time fashion shows, real-time launches, grand openings, notable galas, and artsy exhibits. An exciting year that undoubtedly turned ugly and heartbreaking by October, thanks to a resistance fed up with occupation, and […]
Hearts drained of red blood, Sheaths of warmth, love, and sanctity torn viciously like the formal contracts binding humanity. Innocence bewails, as mothers’ babies are stolen away, like the basic right to hydrate, eat and dignity. Crimson that ribboned Israel’s pleasant Saturday, Anchors Palestinians every day, in captivity being […]
As a kid, I religiously peeled the skins off grapes first. A bitter foil to the soft fleshened interior to follow, I bit them brief and swallowed whole as a sort of drum roll. That stark of a distinction between the skin and its grape body hadn’t existed again until this day… several decades later. […]
The Chashama Art Gala and Party, an ‘immersive’ art event featuring over 200 performers last week was certainly other worldly. Deemed the “most outrageous art party,” (and I will not contest), two endlessly spanning floors equipped with labyrinthine installations, silent auction, food stations, extraterrestrial costumes, ball pit, wild cosmetic and makeup stations kept attendees entertained […]
A Prohibition-style Speakeasy has taken over the underground spot beneath LouLou French bistro in Chelsea, and we are endlessly curious: Adelaide’s Salon. Laden with palatably curated cocktails, light bites, live music, and performances, amid vaudeville, enter the soda pop door downstairs to the 1920’s underground… and prepare to be delighted. Conceptualized and hosted by […]
SoHo Shakes, NYC’s most innovative new theater company, alongside communications director Marina Dojchinov hosted a stylish cabaret benefit last week. Intended to garner continued support for free education and programs, plus grants and scholarships for paid courses, the self-sustaining theater company offers free beginner to advanced classes and education to 18+, while producing 4-5 shows […]
Hudson Yards Gallery hosted the opening reception of their ‘street art exhibition’ this past month. Featuring several talented artists, the exhibition, curated by James Weber and Savior Elmundo, pays homage to mixed media aesthetic and fractalized discourses of real-world truths and self-discovery. First, I was particularly drawn to Whitney Anne Marie’s large-scale piece of two […]
Conveniently set close to Halloween, the exhibit featuring two self-taught abstract expressionists left attendees in states of visceral awe and dumbstruck wonder. Magnificently curated by the old 3Squared Gallery’s very own founders, Marina Dojchinov and Akaash Mehta, renowned for shining a light on unique emerging artist rebels with pronounced voices amid craft, 30 thoughtfully arranged […]
The following poem analogizes the developing fetus, embryo and baby to its corresponding fruit or vegetable. It elucidates various evolutionary milestones encountered from within the womb. Baby Fruit Conceiving of you, my Seedling. Has been a blessing And an eye-opening journey Through vapors of nausea and cream We have become a […]