Punk Steams Up
Today we’re shootn’ up a subculture that’s gaining momentum and drawing attention from the fashion world to science geeks alike. The 3rd annual steampunk fashion show and exhibition held in the DUMBO Loft was jam packed full of inginuetive looks that mixed elements from the Victorian era, sci-fi and mother nature. Set against a gorgeous Brooklyn fall backdrop, these steampunks really sizzle.
Keep it hot.
~Nitsirk
Harvesting the New Wave Crop
Happy Halloween Eve! I hope this finds you getting your greatest get-up on.
Fall is the most invigorating and exciting time in fashion. After digesting what’s on the horizon from the spring/summer 2011 collections and taking notice of what’s eye-catching on the streets of New York this fall season, I’ve noticed a cool crop of new wave looks — with influences from 80s and 90s punk and grunge with a dash of goth sprinkled on top.
Check out a few looks from Y-3′s S/S 11 runway show:
Hot off the streets of NYC:
Keep on inspiring.
~Nitsirk
Zero G in Style
Today we’re shoot’n up — zero G style. My first generation Virtual Daughter Spacewear prototype, the Earhart Aviatrix Jumpsuit (inspired by what Amelia Earhart will look like when she’s found in the future) made it’s weightless debut on Liz Kennick, the president of the Space Tourism Society of New York. She reported the jumpsuit performed beautifully and got a great response from everyone else on the flight, Zero G and a gold star approval from the FAA. Virtual Daughter Spacewear won 1st place in a Space Tourism Society fashion competition and will be featured at the upcoming Space Frontier Foundation’s New Space Conference in California.
— We are ready for takeoff —
All photos by Steve Boxall provided by the Zero Gravity Corporation
Stay tuned in for more looks to come from Virtual Daughter: the authority on what to wear in space.
~Nitsirk
The Good Life
I was born in the USA, on a farm in South Central Nebraska to be exact. Their motto is “the good life.” What’s not to love — there’s big open sky and flat land as far as the eye can see and more animals than there are people. When you do happen to meet some of the locals, they tend to be sweeter than apple pie with extra cream on top. This 4th of July get grounded with your roots — cuz you’re gonna need them as we go shoot’n up a creek without a paddle and I sure hope ya don’t mind.
Let freedom ring and keep liv’n the dream —
— Nitsirk
The Availabilists
The starlets of today’s flight of fancy are “availabilists” (coined by performance artist and musician Kembra Pfahler), whom “utilize everything, from shards of broken safety glass to abandoned lampshades to create the ultimate artworks of the period — themselves,” says artist and community activist Clayton Patterson. I became mesmerized by Patterson’s photographs at the opening of his “Pyramid Portraits” photography exhibition at the Esopus Space, which features the crème de la crème of the mid-80s New York Pyramid club availabilist crop. Patterson masterfully captured his Queens in the dressing room of the Pyramid over the course of several years of Sunday night cabaret shows.
Grab a great big dose of inspiration from some of the stunning starlets of Patterson’s knockout show:
Clayton Patterson
In addition to this exhibition, be sure to check out Captured — a great documentary film about Patterson showcasing his work from the ’80s up until now in New York’s Lower East Side.
Keep shoot’n on up —
Nitsirk
Feathers Fly
I happened upon a mystical Aztec tribe’s ceremony on one of these recent fine days in Central Park. Gotta love the magical moments in NYC:
Keep on flying higher.
Over + Out —
Nitsirk
Reflectation
Gazing through my looking glass:
Photo by Truls Blaasmo — www.blaasmo.com —
Photo by Truls Blaasmo — www.blaasmo.com —
Photo by Truls Blaasmo — www.blaasmo.com —
There is no solution because there is no problem sculpture by Ron Arad
Look beyond the mirror on your wall and see what you see.
Reflect what you want reciprocated in the future.
Keep shoot’n up ~
~Nitsirk
Earth to Aliens: We Are Ready
Today we’re shootnup Dr. Michio Kaku’s plan for when we make alien contact on the set of his show “Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible.” For this episode Kaku posed the question of what we might say to the aliens once we meet up. He answered it with, “We could communicate through the universal language of mathematics and give to them his theory of everything.”
Dr. Kaku is currently completing Einstein’s final, unfinished work of summing up everything into a one inch equation. Kaku also gave his four step plan of defense should they try to attack our human race. His strategy included implementing sensors on the asteroid belt, quantum computers and the principles of Jūdō — We could use and reflect their intelligence, power and momentum back at them.
Hold on for the ride denizens as we go shoot’n up some aliens ———
Thanks to Dr. Kaku and his crew for the spectacular journey into the unknown and for keep’n it surreal and so futuristic!
Over + Out —
Nitsirk
PS) Stay tuned into Discovery’s Science Channel to see this episode air internationally next fall.
Living Life Large
It’s time to toss out those skinny jeans and baby tees because we’re amidst a revival of ’80s and ’90s power dressing. Women in New York look prepared to carry the weight of the world on their shoulders and bigger is looking better. Featured on many S/S and F/W ’10 runways and just trickling onto those of the brave—the padded shoulder, wide-leg pants and oversized silhouettes in general are commanding attention on the street.
Living life large,
Nitsirk
Happy Beltane! On May Day the Celts would mark the beginning of the pastoral summer season by driving herds of livestock out to the summer pastures and mountain grazing lands. Others dance with ribbons around maypoles, which act as a symbolic axis linking the underworld, the world of the living, the heavens and other realms.
Today we go shoot’n up to Houston Street for a look at Shepard Fairey’s powerful new piece and around Brooklyn and NYC where April showers have indeed brought on spring flowers.
Keep shoot’n on up!
XO,
Nitsirk
