January 2017 - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Community

They Call it Acid, a new documentary on the history of the acid house music scene

Gordon, a part-time DJ was well-connected in the acid house scene, and took his camera around to the various parties...

Los Angeles Art

Caren Motika and Adam McPherson bring healing arts to the LA community with the space, Window of the Sky

Their humble residence was originally conceived as a test model: Built by a man who made a successful career as...

Food

All You Can Eat food magazine makes us hungry for more

Now, another magazine has the joined the fold to tap into this hunger, All You Can Eat. For Austrian publisher...

London Community

Meet the FvF Contributors: Liz Seabrook

Liz has a chameleon-like perspective when shooting—and her photographs allow one to see the world from the perspective of a...

An Anti-Trump live streaming installation by Labeouf, Rönkkö & Turner

And as the xenophobic, sexist former reality TV star took to the podium on January 20 becoming the 45th president...

Paris Architecture

The eternal optimism of utopia explored through the socialist housing estates of Paris

Following World War II, modernism in Europe promised to raise the living conditions of the masses in a quick, affordable...

Community

Pushing the Boundaries of Human Perception through Artistic Exploration

As part of transmediale/CTM festival’s vorspiel, this exhibition running from January 26 – 29, Dark Science at Spektrum Berlin hopes...

New York City Design

Documenting Creativity: Filmmaker Gary Hustwit on self-fulfilling concepts, and his upcoming film on Dieter Rams

Gentrification is arriving at a more leisurely pace than in its immediate neighbor to the south, Williamsburg; Greenpoint’s creative class...

Companion Magazine #9: Exploring the many faces of Switzerland

For a small country, Switzerland’s diverse culture and development made for the perfect destination to explore in the latest issue...

Link List

Link List #62: Spirit cooking with Marina Abramović, Machiavelli’s advice for nice guys, and why John Berger is more important than ever

Thanks for reading! We hope our links inspire you and give you a small window into what the FvF office...

Design

Netflix’s new documentary series has an eye for design

Examining design from all angles through the lense of different disciplines: architecture, graphic design, photography, stage design and more, Abstract...

Samtskhe Javakheti Art

Time stands still for the award-winning photographer Daro Sulakauri with her project, Double Alien

For Daro, the region of Samtskhe Javakheti bears mythical connotations—an inaccessible place of fairy-tale like beauty. Small townships are scattered...

Paris Home Stories

Igor and Judith of Urban Jungle Bloggers explain why plants became so important for our city homes

Whether placed in a pot in the living room, hanging them from the ceiling in the bedroom or growing in...

Berlin Home Stories

Anna Lehmann-Brauns captures light and color in her nostalgic images of lifeless interiors

The empty interiors, that we usually see inhabited, cast their own particular spell, as we ourselves experience when we visit...

Community

The ironies of life explored in Jean Jullien’s first monograph, Modern Life

Renowned French artist, Jean Jullien looks at the world with a humorous eye, combining intelligent social commentary with tongue-in-cheek illustrations....