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Kaws & Jose Parla

Kaws & Jose Parla

May 17th, 2012 Sorted under Art, Design, SB Projects and tagged with

Thought I’d post an interview I booked and moderated between two of my favorite New Yorkers, artists Kaws and Jose Parla. The article was published on Jay Z’s website, Life+Times. Since we hadn’t seen each other in a bit due to travels, we thought we’d make the cheap excuse of meeting up for a home cooked meal at Jose’s home. Together, we fell back all night to reminisce about the good ‘ol days. Read more »

Amadou & Mariam with TV on the Radio

Amadou & Mariam with TV on the Radio

March 21st, 2012 Sorted under Music and tagged with

Last month I was invited to DJ a very cool music video shoot by Director Jennifer DeLia and Producer Julie Pacino. The song is created by the genius African duo, Amadou & Mariam with a collaboration by TV on the Radio’s Kyp and Tunde. Filmed at The Box (NYC), it was the party of parties I must admit… Read more »

Listen to All Sugar Barons Shows

Listen to All Sugar Barons Shows

March 11th, 2012 Sorted under Music, Profiles, SB Projects and tagged with

By popular demand, here’s my Sugar Baron radio show podcasts. Stay tuned for tons of interesting guests — cuban influentials to cuban-philes. Expect Latin funk from neighboring nations as well as Cuban classics, jazz, boogaloo, mambo’s, and anything else I can dig up. Read more »

Familial Finery

Familial Finery

March 10th, 2012 Sorted under Fashion, Just Because, SB Projects and tagged with

A few yeas ago, a fresh new magazine approached me and asked about my mothers style influence on me. Preen asked a few other women the same question actually. The following is the result of this trip down memory lane. Read more »

Chris Habib Goes Deep Inside Twitter

Chris Habib Goes Deep Inside Twitter

March 9th, 2012 Sorted under Art, Books, Design, Digital News and tagged with

Chris Habib is one of the few artists we know who deserves to be filed under “interdisciplinary.” The history of his wonderfully subversive creations are too long to list, so we enocurage you to visit his universe, Visitor to better understand the complexity of his mission. Read more »

Daphne Guinness’ First Film

Daphne Guinness’ First Film

February 15th, 2012 Sorted under Art, Digital News, Film, SB Projects and tagged with

Recently, I bumped into an old project I produced for Daphne Guinness, entitled Phenomenology of Body (2008) inspired by a book she introduced me to, Phenomenology of Spirit. We were both passionate about women’s roles and their archetypal dressing throughout history. Read more »

Sugar Barons Show #1

Sugar Barons Show #1

February 13th, 2012 Sorted under Music, SB Projects, World Affairs and tagged with

Years in the making… and officially launched. Last week was the first Sugar Barons Radio show, weekly selection of latin funk, cuban jazz, boogaloo, and classics. Here’s the playlist from my maiden voyage. Read more »

Looking Back on Ostalgia

Looking Back on Ostalgia

December 25th, 2011 Sorted under Art, World Affairs and tagged with

20 years after the Berlin wall, The New Museum exhibited more than 50 artists from both the East and West last October 2011. The art was a profound commentary on Communist society. Here’s the interview I conducted with the shows curator for The Standard Culture site. Read more »

Oscar de la Renta Loves Spain

Oscar de la Renta Loves Spain

December 24th, 2011 Sorted under Fashion and tagged with

We love Oscar de la Renta… and Oscar de la Renta loves Spain. We were called upon Nowness to film Oscar de la Renta and Andre Leon Tally discuss the paintings of Joaquín Sorolla alongside an exhibit of exquisite top designers, all conceived by De la Renta and curated by Leon Talley. Read more »

Buckminster Fuller Project

Buckminster Fuller Project

December 21st, 2011 Sorted under Design, SB Projects and tagged with

This December, my co-Director Crystal Moselle and I, experienced one of our favorite gigs, speaking to the prominent British architect, Lord Norman Foster, about his reconstruction of Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion car. It all took place at Art Basel 2011 in Miami Beach. Read more »