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Archive for May, 2011
Own a piece of rock history
Our newest partner rocking our world? Sonic Editions.
Long-time friends and entrepreneurs Russel and Shane founded Sonic Editions with a shared passion for cult music photography, spotting the gap in the market for accessible, high quality prints.
Shane says: “We’ve always loved music photography and classic images from rock n roll. They seem to define the modern era as much as politicians or movie stars. But to get your hands on one of these images you either had to get a poor quality poster from Athena, or go to the other end of the scale and go for an expensive, fine art print.”
With iconic content from some of the world’s most noted music photographers and the most extensive music archives, Sonic Editions’ photography collections span decades of music history, and gives music lovers the chance to own prints of everyone from ABBA to Zappa, via The Beatles, Stone Roses, Johnny Cash, Blondie, Miles Davis, The Libertines, Led Zeppelin and Kurt Cobain.
Each print comes individually numbered with photographer name and the story behind the image, giving music fans a behind-the-scenes insight into what inspired the captured moment.
And with prices ranging from £45 – £159, fans can own a piece of history without paying much more than a gig ticket.
You can see more of the Sonic Editions collection at CultureLabel.com.
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20-years ago, international retailers made 95% of their sales through brick-and-mortar outlets. Today many successful businesses make 30% or more of their turnover online. Technology has changed how we do business and how we maintain relationships. Yet, with the exception of a few global museums and galleries, the culture industry has not fully leveraged technological development and entrepreneurial practices into its business models.
Meanwhile, on the ground, ongoing global economic turmoil that has curtailed public funding sources has left numerous high profile arts organizations around the world with an unprecedented financial challenge. American institutions were particularly hard hit and many were also unfortunately exposed to investment losses and the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme disaster. Like any other industry, the culture industry relies on numerous economic factors and partners to sustain its position or even growth. With public funding drying up, cultural entrepreneurs are needed to sustain the rising appetite for cultural experiences by mainstream consumers and spotting opportunities or challenges ahead of time is more crucial than ever. For these reasons cultural organizations are starting to think about how their business can become more self sustainable and policy makers are pushing for more economic responsibility within the arts.
We are about to witness a major shift in cultural consumption and how the cultural industry conducts its business. The next few years will transform the cultural landscape through the use and development of new technologies and how culture is embedded into our lifestyle.
Remix offers insights and inspiration, ideas and opportunities from an industry that is on the brink of change.
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Dior Exhibition At The Hermitage
MOSCOW — More than 50 years after Christian Dior did the unthinkable and organized a show in the heart of Soviet Moscow, the storied French fashion house is back with another splash for the Russian capital.
Dior has transformed Moscow’s Pushkin Museum for “Inspiration Dior,” an exhibit that is in part an exploration of what drove the house’s founder to create his revolutionary silhouettes. It opens to the public Thursday, one day after the unveiling of the house’s redesigned boutique on Moscow’s luxury-lined Stoleshnikov Lane.
Luxurious ballgowns from the five designers that comprise the house’s 64-year history stand beside paintings by Toulouse Lautrec and Pierre Bonnard, photographs by Man Ray and Richard Avedon, Japanese prints and rarely seen works by Cézanne. The grand staircase leading to the halls that make up the exhibit stands dimmed, its centerpiece a work by contemporary Russian artists that has Dior’s signature bag emerging from stone, reminiscent of Michelangelo’s unfinished sculptures.
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