SOME OF THE FASHION PIECES AT SOME/THINGS SECRET

photography by elise toide



THIGH BOOT, 2011-12 A/W, LEATHER / METAL BY KEI KAGAMI




VA-263-08 CHAIN MAIL SLEEVE, LEATHER / OXIDIZED STEEL, HANDMADE UNIQUE EDITION BY VALUS ARCHIVA









STEEL SINGLET, UNIQUE EDITION BY NICHOLAS JULITTA




GOLD WEDGE BOOT, LEATHER / HAND LAYERED & MOULDED SOLE, EDITION OF 2 / SIZE 39 / SIZE 41 BY GUIDI




BLOOD BAG, UNTANNERED SKIN / WATER / PIGS BLOOD, DYED & MOULDED BY HAND, UNIQUE EDITION BY BORIS BIDJAN SABERI

MORE BEHIND THE SCENES / & HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES

SOME/THINGS SECRET UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN PREPARATION FOR OPENING NIGHT



PRéSIDENT CALACATTA MARBLE CANAPE & BUREAU BY FRENCH ARCHITECT JOSEPH DIRAND. PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WALLS FROM THE 'EMPTINESS FLOWER' SERIES BY MOTE SINABEL AOKI モートシナベル青木 FEATURING MARCEL CASTEN MILLER FOR SOME/THINGS SECRET EXHIBITION HER HEAD WAS FULL OF THE SOUND OF RAIN



















THE COMPLETION OF THE SOME/THINGS LIMITE/DITIONS HAND-WELDED PATINATED BLACK STEEL LIBRARY WITH JAPANESE RUNNER DOORS. AVAILABLE IN MADE-TO-ORDER UNIQUE EDITIONS. CONTACT US FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.


ALL PHOTOGRAPHY BY NOAH ALVEBERG

BEHIND THE SCENES / & HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES

LONDON-BASED JAPANESE DESIGNER, KEI KAGAMI, INSTALLING 'FLYING U-BOAT' FOR THE & HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES EXHIBITION AT SOME/THINGS SECRET / 23 JUNE - 25 SEPTEMBER.

ALL PHOTOGRAPHY BY NOAH ALVEBERG

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER005 / SHE HAS NO STRINGS APOLLO LINEUP

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER005 / SHE HAS NO STRINGS APOLLO is about the earth / going deeper, beneath the surface, both physically & metaphorically. Specific focus will be on architecture, as well as exploring science, history, & geography.

CHAPTER005 looks at the transformation of matter— decay, deterioration, & erosion / sedimentary strata, dust, dirt, ash, mud, & rust / the irregular geometry of rock formations, crystal, gold, ore, & other precious metals & stones— recontextualised through themes surrounding sexuality, the occult, taboo, & ancient rites. Travelling in time & culture / creating an imagery where ancient & modern cohabit.

Portraits, editorials & fashion related features infuse Middle Eastern, Central, & South Asian aesthetics / the layering of heavy, rough & damaged fabrics, knits & treated leathers, with emphasis on materials & textures & their interaction with skin, time, & age / faces & bodies that reveal the story of a lifetime. Underneath the austere exterior lies richness & magic / the most delicate of cloths, fine silks, jewellery, & totems. CHAPTER005’s woman is a fortune teller, a mysterious yet somewhat frightening beauty. carrying within HERSELF forgotten cities, vast, empty, boundless landscapes, the smell of the desert, & the promise of undiscovered land.



ADALBERTO GIAZOTTO

ADEL AL-YOUSIFI

ADRIEN DIRAND

BERNHARD EDMAIER

CAROL CHRISTIAN POELL

DAVID MAISEL

DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD

ELENI KARAINDROU

GUIDI

HTRK

HANS DANUSER

JACQUES DIRAND

JULIAAN LAMPENS

KATSUYA KAMO

KENRO IZU

MICHAEL GRAHAM-STEWART & JOHN GOW

MICHAEL NYMAN

MONA HATOUM

MOTE SINABEL AOKI モートシナベル青木

NAOYA HATAKEYAMA

NICHOLAS ALAN COPE

NORA RENAUD

PAUL HARNDEN

PIERRE GONNORD

RICK OWENS

ŠARŪNAS BARTAS

STEVE MCCURRY

THEO ANGELOPOULOS

TOM KUNDIG

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384 PAGES / HARDCOVER / 13 CREATIVE PAPERS
NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION

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AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER FROM JULY 12

MORE IMAGES FROM THE OPENING OF & HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ELISE TOIDE.



KEI KAGAMI'S FLYING U-BOAT INSTALLATION




ADRIEN DIRAND & GUIDO




JOSPEH DIRAND WITH DREAM CATCHERS BY NORA RENAUD




ETIENNE RUSSO, GIULIO SAPIO & MONIKA BIELSKYTE ON JOSEPH DIRAND'S CALACATTA MARBLE WITH BERNHARD EDMAIER IMAGES BEHIND





























MARIA POTERIAIEVA & VITALY PLISSOV OF CREATIVEST




PARIS KAIN OF ABRAXAS REX WITH CHAD CURRY & TAIANI GIEFER




MONIKA BIELSKYTE WITH BARBARO OF MODEM ONLINE
























MARY-CATHERINE [ARIELLE DE PINTO]




DRAWING ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF SOME/THINGS SECRET BY MOTE SINABEL AOKI モートシナベル青木

WORKING ON CHAPTER005 / MAS YENDO

Before the arrival of dawn, there is neither light nor shadow, only a void between time and space. A place evolves and decays, at once liberating and repressing us.

IMAGES FROM THE OPENING OF & HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ELISE TOIDE.



CHAD CURRY INFRONT OF PROJECTED PHOTOGRAPH OF CRISTO VELATO DI RAIMONDO DI SANGRO BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE




THE SPACE WITH SOME/THINGS LIMITE/DITIONS ILLUMINATED JEWELLERY BOX IN THE FOREGROUND




MARIA POTERIAIEVA, NICOLAS ANDREAS TARALIS & VITALY PLISSOV ON MARBLE FURNITURE BY JOSEPH DIRAND




NICOLAS ANDREAS TARALIS' PLEXIGLASS BOX WITH ASH, SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER004 BEHIND




CHRISTINE MAZZA









HAN LO & GUIDO




ANNA VARIANO & GIULIO SAPIO [OWENSCORP]









SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER004 ON MARBLE FURNITURE BY JOSEPH DIRAND. BERNHARD EDMAIER PHOTOGRAPH BEHIND




BRIGHTON POLAROIDS BY PAUL HARNDEN




THE SPACE, SOME/THINGS LIMTE/DITIONS COMODE & WARDROBE. DRAWING ON THE FLOOR BY MOTE SINABEL AOKI. CHAIR BY MAURIZIO ALTIERI / CARPE DIEM

MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA / ARTISANAL / A/W 2011/12 & MMM TOILES IN SOME/THINGS CHAPTER004

SCOTT BARNHILL PHOTOGRAPHED IN MARGIELA TOILES BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE FOR SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER004





DAY 1 OF COUTURE WEEK AT THE HôTEL LA MAISON CHAMPS-ELYSéES





THE FINALE OF THE MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA AUTOMNE/HIVER 2011/12 COLLECTION 'ARTISANAL'





BETWEEN THE TWO ROOMS AFTER MARGIELA COLLECTION 'ARTISANAL'





DESCENDING THE STAIRS TO THE LOBBY OF THE MARGIELA HOTEL





THE DINING ROOM AT HôTEL LA MAISON CHAMPS-ELYSéES

& HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES / EXHIBITION AT SOME/THINGS SECRET PARIS

KRAFLA VOLCANIC REGION / ICELAND / EUROPE, FUJIFLEX MOUNTED ON ALUMINUM IN CADRE AMERICAIN, BY BERNHARD EDMAIER





STEPWELL #1 / INDIA, UNMOUNTED INKJET PRINT ON Hahnemühle PAPER, BY JACQUES & ADRIEN DIRAND





PUTESCO #1, UNMOUNTED INKJET PRINT ON Hahnemühle PAPER, BY NICHOLAS ALAN COPE & DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD



AN EXHIBITION INSPIRED BY THE LIFE & WORK OF RAIMONDO DI SANGRO— PRINCE OF SAN SEVERO, ALCHEMIST, SCIENTIST, MAGICIAN, HERETIC.

& HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES WILL FEATURE A VARIETY OF OBJECTS FROM THE ARCHIVES, IN ADDITION TO THOSE CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SOME/THINGS BY ARTISTS & DESIGNERS AS DIVERSE AS ADRIEN DIRAND, AMINE EON AMHARECH, AOI KOTSUHIROI, ARIELLE DE PINTO, BERNARD DELETTREZ, BERNHARD EDMAIER, BORIS BIDJAN SABERI, DEBRA BAXTER, DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD & NICHOLAS ALAN COPE, GREG CHAIT / THE ELDER STATESMAN, GUIDI, JOSEPH DIRAND, KEI KAGAMI, MICHELE LAMY, MAURIZIO ALTIERI / CARPE DIEM, NICOLAS ANDREAS TARALIS & NORA RENAUD, NICHOLAS JULITTA, PARIS KAIN / ABRAXAS REX, PAUL HARNDEN, RICK OWENS, & VALUS ARCHIVA. THE EXHIBITION WILL ALSO LAUNCH A COLLECTION OF SOME/THINGS LIMITE/DITIONS INTERIOR DESIGN OBJECTS. AN ONGOING PROJECT, SPECIALISING IN ARTISANAL WORKMANSHIP, UNIQUE HAND-FINISHED TREATMENTS, AGED METALS, & WOODS.

DIFFERING FROM THE PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS, & HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES WILL DISPLAY ONLY 3 HUNG ARTWORKS— A SERIES OF STRIKING IMAGES OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS BY BERNHARD EDMAIER. ALL OTHER PRINTS & OBJECTS WILL BE LEFT FOR VISITORS TO DISCOVER WITHIN THE SPECIALLY CRAFTED FURNITURE & BOXES.

THE EXHIBITION WILL SHOW SEVERAL EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMENS FROM ADALBERTO GIAZOTTO’S MINERAL COLLECTION; AS WELL AS PIECES BY ABRAXAS REX, ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE JEWELLERY DESIGNERS, WHOSE USE OF RAW MINERALS & DECISIVE YET UNIQUE SHAPES & FORMS POSSESSES A TOTEMIC POWER, RESEMBLING ALCHEMIC RESEARCH MORE THAN TRADITIONAL JEWELLERY; PLUS ORNAMENTS BY DEBRA BAXTER, WHICH CREATE A FUSION BETWEEN CRYSTAL & FLUID HUMAN FORMS; & WORKS BY AOI KOTSUHIROI, UTILISING HAIR TO WEAVE EXQUISITE SHAPES— A SHAMANISTIC AESTHETIC WITH JAPANESE SOPHISTICATION.

MAURIZIO ALTIERI WILL EXHIBIT A FURNITURE PIECE RESURRECTED FROM THE CARPE DIEM ARCHIVES— NEVER PREVIOUSLY PUT INTO PRODUCTION, NOW MADE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT SOME/THINGS— THE RESULT OF A CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN SOME/THINGS & ALTIERI, BEGINNING WITH THE EXTENSIVE & INTIMATE FEATURE IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER004.
& HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES ALSO CONTINUES THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOME/THINGS & THE HOUSE OF RICK OWENS & MICHELE LAMY, PRESENTING NEVER PREVIOUSLY SEEN OBJECTS.

ADDITIONAL WORKS INCLUDE PAUL HARNDEN'S POLAROID PHOTOGRAPHS; 2 ENORMOUS ARCHITECTURAL FURNITURE PIECES, CRAFTED FROM EXQUISITE VEINED WHITE MARBLE, BY ARCHITECT JOSEPH DIRAND; AS WELL AS A SCULPTURAL DRESS BY KEI KAGAMI CREATED SPECIALLY FOR SOME/THINGS, MADE FROM A METALISED & RUSTED FABRIC, SUSPENDED IN A BACON-ESQUE FRAME; & AMINE EON AMHARECH’S WHITE CARRARE MARBLE CHAIRS, PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH SPADACCINI.

THE EXHIBITION WILL ALSO PROVIDE A GLIMPSE INTO THE THEMES & AESTHETIC OF THE UPCOMING SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER005, WITH ADRIEN DIRAND'S STEPWELLS SERIES; AS WELL AS NICHOLAS ALAN COPE & DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD’S PUTESCO PRINTS.

exhibition opening [invitation only] 8-10PM THURSDAY JUNE 23RD
at SOME/THINGS SECRET / 16 villa gaudelet 75011 paris +33147009190
exhibition details gallery[at]someslashthings[dot]com
press enquiries press[at]someslashthings[dot]com





JEWELLERY BY ABRAXAS REX, ARIELLE DE PINTO & VALUS ARCHIVA & DEBRA BAXTER'S UNIQUE SMOKY QUARTZ, BRONZE & BURNT WOOD ART PIECES IN SOME/THINGS LIMITE/DITIONS ILLUMINATED DISPLAY BOX





CARRARE MARBLE CHAIRS BY AMINE EON AMHARECH & WAXED COTTON & PLASTIC DREAM CATCHERS BY NORA RENAUD





FLYING U-BOAT SCULPTURE INSTALLATION BY KEI KAGAMI





CANAPE président IN CALACATTA MARBLE BY JOSEPH DIRAND





ARIELLE DE PINTO, BORIS BIDJAN SABERI, DEBRA BAXTER, THE ELDER STATESMAN, GUIDI, KEI KAGAMI, NICHOLAS JULITTA, NORA RENAUD & VALUS ARCHIVA PIECES IN SOME/THINGS LIMTE/DITIONS HAND WELDED STEEL & INK DYED WARDOBE





LIMITED EDITION LEATHER & STEEL CHAIR BY MAURIZIO ALTIERI RESURRECTED FROM THE CARPE DIEM ARCHIVES

ALL WORKS FEATURED IN THIS EXHIBITION ARE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT
SOME/THINGS SECRET 16 VILLA GAUDELET 75011 PARIS +33147009190
exhibition details gallery[at]someslashthings[dot]com
press enquiries press[at]someslashthings[dot]com
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

JARVIS COCKER IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE003 & PULP AT ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL

Jarvis, on the top of a tower of amps taken from the stage by Kim Sion.



SOME/THINGS DEPUTY EDITOR RAINA LAMPKINS-FIELDER backstage in the dressing room with artist Carmela Uranga, & JARVIS COCKER after Pulp's show at the Isle of Wight Festival.

RAINA LAMPKINS-FIELDER / We were introduced to each other by our sons and so we started our friendship as ‘parent friends’—something I normally loathe doing. But we clicked and we quickly were able to establish our own friendship context, which was hastened along by daily coffees and doing the crossword together. What is it about a crossword that captivates you so much?

JARVIS COCKER / I like puzzles generally but I particularly like crosswords. I think that’s because of living in France—they help you to keep your vocabulary going in a way that Sudoku can not. I tried Sudoku when it first came out and there’s a certain satisfaction that you get from solving it, but you don’t go anywhere. Once you’ve done one, you’ve done them all. I find there’s not that much interesting in the numbers 1-9. Whereas words—it’s like playing that association game where you search through your vocabulary to come up with a word. Like I say, that’s helpful I think when you’re in a foreign country to feel that you are keeping your English vocabulary. But then also certain words will trigger memories or stupid rhymes or stuff like that. So, I find a crossword more stimulating.

RL-F / I’m curious HOW THAT was HELPFUL IN ESTABLISHING A FRIENDSHIP WITH ME? I’D NEVER GOTTEN TO KNOW A PERSON LIKE THAT BEFORE—OBVIOUSLY WE’D HAD OUR NORMAL INTERACTIONS, HANGING OUT AND WHATNOT, BUT THIS ALMOST PURPOSEFUL WORD EXCHANGE WAS A NEW ONE FOR ME. THERE WAS SOMETHING ALMOST VICTORIAN ABOUT IT, LIKE REVIVING THE LOST ART OF LETTER WRITING OR SOMETHING.

JC / Yeah, well I’d been in Paris for a while & probably hadn’t realised how much I missed doing that mildly cerebral stuff with somebody. We should point out once & for all that we’re talking about the ‘concise’ or ‘speedy’ crossword here – not the high-end ‘cryptic’ version! The vocabulary a person has tells you something about them – you being from the U.S. means you’ve got a different set of references to me— & it’s a nice way to get to know someone, don’t you think? Certain words would trigger certain memories for both of us & we told each other stories about ourselves—& I bet if we’d been more self-conscious or ‘aware’ of how we were presenting ourselves it wouldn’t have been half as entertaining – or revealing. I’m a big fan of the ‘unconscious signifier’, as you know.

[..]

RL-F / There’s this story that you told me awhile back—either on your birthday or the day before your birthday—that I think about often. It really affected me. You were in your early 20’s and it was your birthday and you were in Sheffield with your Mum and you went to get some chicken or something…

JC / Oh, yeah! Well I used to get very depressed on my birthday.

RL-F / Which is something I never do. You know how much I love my birthday!

JC / I used to get very morbid. I was living at me Mum’s house at the time. A Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet had opened down the road. That was still quite exotic in those days. There weren’t that many of them around. And they did barbequed beans which seemed amazing. So I walked down there and got some barbequed beans and some chips—I had the sense even at that age not to go for the chicken. Across the road from the Kentucky Fried Chicken was a graveyard, the City Road Cemetery, the biggest cemetery in the town. It became my quest to wander around this graveyard. And I had a small bottle of whiskey as well. So I was chugging back the whiskey, eating the chips and beans—terrible isn’t it—and for some reason it became important for me to try to find the grave of someone who had died on the same day that I was born—the 19th of September 1963—so I paraded the walkways. Maybe the whiskey had kicked in too much but all I could find was someone who had died on the 19th of September 1962, I couldn’t find 1963. I don’t know what I was looking for there. I suppose on your birthday you consider mortality because you’re aware of the beginning so you can’t help but think about the end. It wasn’t like Jim Morrison and the dead Indians on Dawn’s Highway bleeding, where their souls leapt into his young body and he channelled them. I didn’t think that, that I was going to channel a steel worker who died on my birthday. But I was interested to find that person. Why do you think you were particularly struck by that?

RL-F / I was struck by that story because it’s very sad and very sweet at the same time. And mature in a way, a mature understanding of death and renewal. It actually seemed less about mortality and more about immortality and strangely celebratory.