VLUF Party Video

Yeah, I know I'm like a broken record about all this VLUF party stuff at the moment.  This video is very groovy though, as well as informative, giving the background information behind all the playas that make up the V.L.U.F in VLUF. 

You can catch a glimpse of me in it, furiously grinning for a photographer while sitting on a dirty, vintage sofa.

Which is totes how I roll.  Nahhhht.

IAM/ STAR CROSSED TATTOO

Ollie Walker is a talented friend of mine who co-started the wicked website AWEH, an online portal connecting you to cool creatives from around the world.  Since Ollie resides in Seoul but is South African, much of the content that he creates and curates for AWEH is based on people of interest who are living in Africa and Asia - two highly undervalued continents when it comes to worldwide recognition of their contemporary art scenes.  

With the advent of the internet - and therefore sites like AWEH, Durban is Yours and (hopefully) Chincha - the global, English-speaking audience is recognising that worthwhile art is not limited to European and American cities.

This video by AWEH has just been released, and is part of a new collaboration with South African clothing company IAM.  The video follows two SA tattooists Rich Phipson and Ross Turpin, who own a studio in Hong Kong called Star Crossed Tattoo.  It follows their mission as tattooists and shows some awesome shots of the tattooing process, as well as the pair's intensely unusual designs.

If you're ever in the Hong Kong area (come to Asia, it's amazing), you should definitely swing by the shop to see these guys in action.  I'm already planning my trip.

Rectangles

Some of my 'mazingly talented friends at AWEH made this wicked video on an iphone while they were travelling around Vietnam last month.  Check it out - seriously - the effects are phenomenal, especially since it was made with such limited equipment.

/// RECTANGLES /// from aweh.tv on Vimeo.

They recently gave me a sneak peek of some other mini-documentaries they have in the making and they're definitely videos you're going to want to see.

Add them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter too so you can keep updated.

Aweh

One of my friends launched a website called Aweh last Saturday in Seoul.  The party was cool, it was at this tiny expat art gallery called the Laughing Tree Lab.  I love parties in obscure locations; it makes them way more interesting.

The party would have been interesting enough anyway. Lots of quirky art, people and music.  Because the Laughing Tree Lab is a compact venue, everyone spilled out onto the pavements in front of the venue, chilling out while drinking home brew and soju (Korean vodka).

Aweh is a super slick-looking website.  I've become obsessed with in the short time it's been on the internet.  The concept is simple: mini bios and interviews with creatives all over the globe.  I'm sure it's been done before and it'll be done again.  The difference is that the guys behind Aweh have such a good taste in all things subcultural and know how to make a website look aesthetically awesome.

Read my post about Aweh on Chincha!? and make sure you check out Aweh itself.