October’s issue of L’uomo Vogue headlines Dalston as a place where THINGS really happen in the CITY (their caps). I’m not going to argue with that. Rather sweetly, they’ve chosen two of my photos from Superstore to illustrate their point [thanks Emanuele!]. The photos are from Hot Boy Dancing Spot’s pre-pre opening party and Helen Noir‘s night Film Noir.
Dusty Limits, Ophelia Bitz, Ladies of Pleasure, Akimbo Moonchild (pictured), Nathan Evans… pix here
After two years at Images on Hackney Road, Gutterslut ventured down to Aldgate for their 2009 Slut Ball. Bravely/foolishly, after a couple of weeks of having been documenting stage performance handheld, by available light, I decided to shoot most of the night the same way (with a f3.5 zoom, and my D300 amped up to over ISO 3200, followed by a liberal application of Noiseware Pro on the final image data). Judge the results for yourselves: pix here.
Scottee’s eclectic night of performance returned to the Marie Lloyd Bar at the Hackney Empire for a special evening in honour of dancer Masumi Tipsy Saito’s imminent return to Japan. Pix here.
Fire and Knives — a new quarterly print magazine of food writing — launches in November. Editor Tim Hayward has commissioned us to put together a piece on Tony Hornecker‘s Dalston restaurant pop-up The Pale Blue Door. Stay tuned for the final article, but for now, some of the shots we might use are up on Flickr….
Back at Bistrotheque for another night of performance mayhem. Nando Messias, Fat Content, Michael Twaits, Tricity Vogue, Chrisalys. Pix here.
The second of Sean Brosnan’s Future Disco compilations, released on his new label NeedWant, has hit the shelves. I’ve only had one listen so far, but the quality of tracks and edits seems up there with those of the first Future Disco, which was released earlier this year by Azuli. Grab a copy. And come along to the launch party at the Queen of Hoxton on October 16th — Faze Action (Live), Crazy P (Live / DJ Set), Severino, Sean Brosnan, Matty J provide the music for what should be a big night. As with the first Future Disco compilation, …
Over the past months, I’ve been documenting Nando’s development of his performance piece Sissy, which forms part of his practice-based PhD research on the issue of male effeminacy. This week I’ve been over at the Central School of Speech and Drama taking photos of final rehearsals and full dress rehearsal. The show, created in collaboration with Biño Sauitzvy, is brilliant. Last performance for the current run was last night, but keep an eye out of possible future dates. Nando is also performing next Tuesday (6 October) at Bistrotheque, as part of the UNDERCONSTRUCTION season. Dress rehearsal photos here.
Our favourite platform for new performance work, curated by the tireless Lisa Lee, returned this week to Bistrotheque for its fifth season. Pix here.
Thursday night saw Tony Hornecker and Ralf Obergfell team up for a one-night-only architectural/performance takeover of Dalston Superstore, for the private view of Beautiful Freaks, an exhibition of Ralf’s nightlife photos. Jonny Woo, Ryan Styles, A Man To Pet, Pia Arber, John Sizzle and Per QX were amongst the performers/participants. An amazing launch. Pix here.