Arguably the most commercially successful indie band in India right now, Shaa’ir + Func are certainly on their way to being the most prolific. Formed officially in 2007, Shaa’ir + func, commonly known as S+F, have already garnered recognition as VH1’s top emerging artists of 2007, best independent artists of 2008 (VH1), nominations from the AVIMA foundation as Best Dance Act in South-East Asia in 2009, and recognition from the Jack Daniel Rock Awards for best female front-woman of a band.
In three years, whilst actively touring throughout India, the UK, and the East coast of the US, S+F wrote and released two commercially successful albums, New Day: The Love Album, and Light Tribe, and are currently in the final mixing stages of their third record, Mantis due to release very soon. Their music includes a heavy dose of experimentation within the popular and cutting edge genres of dance/electronic/and rock music, while retaining a world pop accessibility.
S+F can’t stop, won’t stop, and seem to be riding some sort of magic carpet that was created by the eastern winds specifically for them – This carpet has carried them to play at the Big Chill Festival UK, Glastonbury UK ( saw them play live, they smashed it) , Oya Festival Norway, C/O Pop Germany, On The River Fest UK, India Festival Amsterdam, Nokia Music Festival Dubai, MIDEM Music Conference France to name a few. Ambassador’s for what they call The New India, S+F’s music is as explosive and flavoursome as India’s cuisine itself; a suitable metaphor for the versatility of these punk, guru-esque, elctro-folk, soul-funk, down and up-beat musicians of the world.
2 lovely geniuses Really feeling this music video, with the track stop motion works perfectly. I also like the bits were they levitating of the ground slightly like superhuman space musicians in odd settings. Love it at 01:53 Shaa’ir eyes glaze over and turn white!
BO! And still pretty!
New music video from Shaa’ir + Func upcoming album Mantis
Art House is based in Brooklyn, NY and builds international art projects tie thousands of artists together –and anyone can participate.
Dopeness!
Each artist is sent the same blank Moleskine sketchbook. We’ve only got two rules: first, the book must be used in some way – no sending us back an empty book or a completely different book! Second, the sketchbook must stay within its original dimensions (because we don’t want to have to provide an extra suitcase just for your book while we’re touring the country).
Each book will be given a barcode so we can easily catalog it into The Brooklyn Art Library system. Once we catalog it, artists will be able to track where on the tour their book is viewed and how many times someone pulled it from the shelf – we want to make sure you can stay connected with your sketchbook!
A brilliant idea set-up by Steven Peterman & Shane Zucker 3 yrs ago. > Read More
Seems like the online payment system is only allowing people with a US billing address to enter at the moment, while Art House sorts out they funds. But got a friend to purchase mine and post it out to me. Should arrive in a few weeks. I choose the title “Where i live” for my sketchbook, there are a few other options to choose from check the site.
Born and raised in Toba, Japan, Yoskay Yamamoto moved to the United States at the age of 15. A self-trained illustrator, Yamamoto’s artistic tastes expanded as he fell in love with the urban culture of the West coast. Yamamoto discovered a way to fuse the two different cultural backgrounds together into his work. Yamamoto nostalgically blends pop iconic characters from his new Western home with traditional and mythical Japanese elements, balancing his Asian heritage with urban pop art.
I particularly like his carvings and sculpture work. Wonderful little characters which lend themselves to illustration rather well.
The International Network for Training, Education and Research in Burns is a non-profit, independent organisation with collaborating centres currently in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Wales.
Interburns was founded informally in 2006 by three Surgeons. Tom Potokar (Wales, UK), Shobha Chamania (Indore, India) and Shariq Ali (Karachi , Pakistan). In 2007, they decided to formalise their passion for the cause of burn injuries worldwide and in January 2008, Interburns was incorporated as a UK registered charity, which led to an active partnership between the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, UK, Choithram Surgical Research Burns Centre, Indore, India, and Dow University Medical College Burn Unit, Karachi, Pakistan. This core group quickly inspired other international health-care professionals to become involved in the vision.
I designed Interburns first annual report, a 27 page document with the aim to help Interburns raise awareness and funds through donations and as an internal guide to chart the charities progress.
Written and complied by Ruthann Fanstone Photography by Nathan West & Junaed Rahman
Bang Bang Films is a Bombay-based commercials production company that is dedicated to the internationalization of the Indian media & entertainment sectors. With a global pool of directorial, artistic and technical resources, both exclusive and freelance, Bang Bang is India’s international production company, servicing top-tier agencies and blue chip clients in markets across the world.
I was asked to design the front-end of the companies new flash website. The initial concept was developed by Bang Bang Films with the site starting with a game and flowing into the main site. I provided screen-grabs and elements for animation while Bang Bang Films built and animated the final site.
Initial development
A few research images for the cityscape. A mixture of Bombay Gothic, contemporary architecture and the newly built Worli Sea Link
Vehicle designs
Full cityscape – Click image to view full size
Screen-grabs : Opening load page for the game
Dodging traffic
Game Over
After the game the rickshaw drives into the city toward the Bang Bang Films offices …
Navigation and content
The site is not 100% what i spec’ed, as the animation and build appears to have been done by blinksolution A shame really, as it could have been much slicker.
Australia’s largest and most exciting international festival of contemporary art. Includes information, images and articles on the upcoming exhibition.
I received a book of Inka Essenhigh’s work about 2yrs ago now. Was blown away by the surrealist fluid paintings. She communicates so much movement through her paints especially in her later work.
Always stunning and inspiring. Would love to own any piece of work of hers from 2002-3, check more on Personal Planet. Shame you can’t see much of the detail in these web images.
“The actual surface of the painting, become a fundamental reality, the material door through which immaterial realities could be apprehended” - Unknown
