MANUS X MACHINA - FASHION IN AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY PHOTOS BY MIGUEL VILLALOBOS - MAY 5 - AUGUST 14TH

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Dear Shaded Viewers,

Manus-Machina - Fashion in an Age of Technology explores how fashion designers are reconciling the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of both the haute couture and the avant-garde ready-to-wear. The more than 150 ensembles date from the early 20th century to the present. Haute couture was founded in the 19th century when the sewing machine was invented. Manus= hand and Machina= machine and with the machine came the onset of mass production.The exhibition will study how hand and machine are presented as discordant tools in the creative process and question the relationship and distinction between haute couture and ready-to-wear.

The Robert Lehman Wing galleries on the Museum's first floor and ground level present a series of case studies focusing on the hand/machine conundrum. Prototypes are presented as 'monuments to ideas." A series of rooms will be based on traditional metiers including embroidery, featherwork, artificial flowers, pleating, lacework and leatherwork. These will be presented alongside innovative processes such as 3D printing, computer modeling, bonding and laminating, laser cutting and ultrasonic welding. 

The Metropolitan Museum

1000 Fifth Avenue 

NYC, NY 10028

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the spring studio

http://www.boweryboogie.com/2016/01/displaced-from-soho-the-spring-studio-finds-new-life-at-293-broome-street/

Spring Street Natural wasn’t the only victim of the rent hikes at its now-former HQ. The increase, which forced the restaurant to relocate to Kenmare Street, also displaced its little-known basement occupant. The renowned “Spring Studio.”

Well, the Lower East Side opened its arms to the artistic refugee. Spring Studio, founded in 1992 by Minerva Durham, just settled at 293 Broome Street within the last couple weeks. As before, the business remains a professional art studio that offers “ongoing life drawing sessions 7 days a week.” (The studio coincidentally celebrates its 24th anniversary next month.)

It’s a pretty awesome deal, too (i.e. budget friendly). For instance, a package of five sessions only costs $75 (that’s $15 for an hour). Full pricing:

5 sessions $75 Good for 1 Year
10 sessions $140 Good for 1 Year
25 sessions $300 Good for Unlimited Time
50 sessions $500 Good for Unlimited Time

Durham’s lease on the basement of 64 Spring Street expired at the end of December. (Upon moving there, rent was $900; upon departure, $2,000!) The owner will probably use the spot as storage for the new ground-level tenant, and even sent architects to take measurements while she was still there. Durham concluded to the New York Times back in October that the SoHo art scene is pretty much over.

“It got to be a sign of wealth rather than a sign of struggle, to have space,” she said. “Artists need space to make art. But people with money wanted space for consumption, and they got the art. It’s like eating your enemy’s brain. You have everything — art and money.”

While purists might miss the dingy, but lovable basement digs, the new location on Broome Street is literally a step up for the business. Above ground, that is.

The building itself, meanwhile, is historic in its own right. 293 Broome Street dates back to 1823. Unfortunately, the owner decided to raise the roof some six years ago for additional residential space, yet the project never concluded. It remains in a state of arrested development. Indeed, the two-floor skeleton sits untouched, thanks in part to an active stop-worker order from 2010.

DAVID BOWIE BY MIGUEL VILLALOBOS

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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