May 2011
12 posts
FULL MOON. UNMARKED.
It was legendary New York City nightlife celebutante James St James who lamented, in a 2001 documentary about the downtown scene, that it was in the mid 1980s when mainstream America, gripped by Reganism and a booming Wall Street machine, became hip to what was then percolating in the art scene and realized there was money to be had. It wasn’t long after that he looked out his...
Palace of Assembly
by: Dilan
Le Corbusier, a swiss architect, always dreamt of creating an ideal city and at 350 kilometers above sea level in the sweltering planes of the Punjab lies his vision. In a country that lives through its past glory, Chandigarhs imposing grid stamps indian society with a heavily european influence. A city composed of government buildings and monuments that float upon a vast artificial...
Backwards, Into the Sky...
Photo: Austin Green Styling: Dilan Balaclava: models own Human hair jacket: models own Denim: cheap monday Shoes: jeffery campbell (custom) Sunglasses: Slow and Steady Wins the Race Model: Dilan
A Nameless Wave
By: Joel Collier
To most people the words “No Wave” mean nothing. To the members of bands involved in the “No Wave” movement, the title itself was the negation of their ideals. Musicians and artists of varying mediums came together in 1978 to form bands of their liking. They joined thought to create sounds free of outside tampering. A breeding ground for original sound...
VALA
A candid conversation with Vala Durvett by: FULL MOON
Full Moon creators Austin Green and Joel Collier sat down with long time DJ and nightlife promoter Vala Durvett to discuss her clubland roots and what’s next for the ambitious gamine.
FULL MOON: You’ve had a long history in the nightlife scene. Can you tell our readers how it all began for you?
Vala Durvett: I started going out in...
DON'T PANIC PROFILES DILAN
Written by Tshepo Mokoena
Art Work by Dilan Walpola
Photos by Austin Green
Ever tired of the idea of predictable jewellery? You know, the type where the rings encircle the finger, the earrings sit separately in the ears and so on? Well, then you should get to know Dilan Walpola. This 21 year-old artist and designer is shaking things up the only way he knows how, and challenging our ideas of...
DR!P DROP
Photo: Cory Dante Hall for UNMARKED. Location: DR!P - The Grace Hotel
Vandam Nights
Photo: Austin Green Featuring: Miss Tomorrow, Joel Collier, Sugar Walls
BRINGING EASTERN TRADITION TO A WESTERN MOVEMENT
By: FULL MOON ART WORK BY: Olga Nenazhivina
Autoportrait 1
Looking at Olga Nenazhivinas work is like peering into an era of art where tradition and its reprise were rewritten with modern thought. Where society, culture, and free thinking became art. Her work isn’t inspired by these ideas but are the traces of this modernist movement in present day. Full Moon sat down with Olga...
Limelight
Review By: Joel Collier Documentary: Limelight Presented by: Tribeca Film Festival Director: Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys)
After watching this documentary, at the Tribeca Film Festival, on the life and death of the Limelight and Rudy Giuliani’s crusade against the club’s owner, Peter Gatien, I was left questioning the current status of New York City nightlife.
We all know...