Monday, May 4, 2009

We love Venezuelans!



Here is an email Marisa received from one of her Venezuelan friends after our last Girlcore party - how sweet is he?

"Hi Marisa!!

How are you? I hope that you are well and Oliver too ))))

What a nice party do I have with you the other day, I really love it and for sure you will be having me in all next editions of it.

The people was so cool, the bar is nice and the music is perfect, and you and your friends are amazingly nice people, (I was blessed by the girlcore team ))))), I have to thank you the invitation and at the sane time ask you for the next one )))))))) the last thursday of every month is filled with your party.

Have a nice end of this large weekend if you are in London and if not, have a nice time wherever you are.

I hope I can see you both again soon for more drinks and nice chats.

Take care,
juan"

Julia (Goulia) Corsaro, Girlcore's Resident photographer



Julia and her boyfriend Martin are showing their photos and illustrations at this shindig below. Go go go!!
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‘WE HEART URBANISM’
DALSTON SUPERSTORE

Private View Tuesday may 5th, 7 till 10 pm

117 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB

‘Urbanism, that lover who makes our cities fascinating,
That lover who creates more barriers between us’. (Alessandro Bartolomei)

East London’s brand new venue the Dalston Superstore presents to you ‘We Heart Urbanism’, an exhibition born from the pages of Swedish illustrator Martin Wollerstam’s unique fanzine ‘Heart Heart’.

Wollerstam’s unmistakable illustrations are fast becoming a notorious part of east London’s urban landscape and across the board. His mono graphic lines create and deliver a twisted wit and social commentary; it is this individual take on the world that makes his curatorial skills so interesting and has resulted in this exhibition.

We heart Urbanism explores the work of five artists from around the world, living and creating work in urban environments, and exploring their responses to the concept of Urbanism. Through their artistic perception and language, a thought process is uncovered which creates a visual and conceptual urban landscape from the artist’s point of view.

Unexpectedly this is not an exhibition of Street art influenced work but subtle descriptions and poetic capturing of what makes us/we urban.

Martin Wollerstam is a Swedish illustrator based in London. He's received commissions from Selfridge's, Swear and night club Fabric to name a few.
His work is concerned about the ‘possibilities of illustrating the feelings and the emotions of his dark humoured drawings’.

www.wollerstam.com

Argentinean photographer Julia Corsaro is based in London. Her work mainly consists in documenting her own personal experience with any available camera and ordering pictures in sets that suggest hidden narratives.
As a part of music and art collective GIRLCORE, she is working together with other members in the launch of an art publication that will showcase female talent around the world.

www.juliacorsaro.com

Italian Photographer Alessandro Bartolomei is based in London and has had numerous exhibitions of his work in Italy.

www.alexbatolomei.com

Bigote Rojo is a Swedish born artist who lives between Sweden and London, for this exhibition his work concentrates on A highly populated urban environment called ‘Urville’ on an island off the coast of France. His work explores concepts of urban creators and the relationship between them, their metropolis, its inhabitants and humanity as a whole.

London based artist Alex Noble draws influences form Art Nouveau, comic books, 70’s poster art, myths and legend, pornography, sub culture, pop art, and fetishism.

In this exhibition he explores a humorous personal take on his responses to Urbanism, street culture, ghetto’s, urban jungles and homo-eroticism in an urban landscape.

www.allisalexnoble.comWollerstam

Friday, May 1, 2009

Happy Birthday Little Boots!



Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday dear Victoriaaaaa. Happy Birthday to you!

We have a special place in our hearts for Victoria. After all, it was a gig with her first band that brought us all together for our first big night out. That was over two years ago! Now - WOW! She's all grown up and on the brink of being an international pop superstar.

Vic - from all of the ladies at *GIRLCORE* we hope you have a fantastic birthday and don't drink too much like we would!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

GIRLCORE has Faith tonight!

Hallelujah!

Line up includes: Marizla, Naomi///, Bisoux Bisoux and Inked By A Jap!

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Friday, April 24, 2009

Foodlebrities!

Just for some Friday fun. Check out this hilarious site which mixes food and celebrities.

Foodlebrities.com

BENICIO DEL CHURRO


NOTORIOUS B.L.T.

Girlcore Recommended Summer Reading

As mentioned in an earlier post, one of our beloved Girlcore members, Becky Mills, is headed to Peru for 2 months to apprentice with a real live shaman! We will miss her dearly. Since she'll be secluded in the jungle for all that time she asked the girls to recommend some good reading. I thought I'd post the results:

Naomi's Picks:
The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
Lanark - Alasdair Gray
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
The Contortionist's Handbook
Mao II - Don Delillo
Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk (anything by him in fact)
and maybe some Paul Auster

Carmelita's Picks:
anything by Haruki Murakami but 2 I really like are The Wind Up Bird Chronicle and South of the Border/West of the Sun
Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugarman
anything David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day is my fave)
Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector
Colors Insulting to Nature by Cintra Wilson
and anything by Philip K. Dick. there are like 40 books...druggie science fiction


Lolo's Hippie Picks:

The Soul Of Money by Lynne Twist (recent, im reading it now)
The Life Of The Masters by Baird T Spalding (super old, beautiful)
Shantaram by Gregory Davis Roberts (really captivating story of a dude escaping from prison moving to India)
Letters To A Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (my granny's fave book)

Julia's Picks:
VALIS- phillip k dick
high rise or cocaine nights -- ballard
a confederancy of dunces --- Tool ( fucking hilarious )
the master and margarita (bulokov or something like that- russian)
any Borges book- short stories
The savage detectives -- bolano (chilean writer but it happens in mexico. i do recomend this for any trip in Latin America)
Special service (Pantaleon y Las visitadoras in spanish. Mario Vargas Llosa, its peruvian, it happens in the jungle).

Kirsten's Pick:
TWILIGHT!

Ellesse Tennis Art Competition


Ellesse is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the design competition CREATE TENNIS ART and with uber cool illustrator and typographer Si Scott as part of the jury. The iconic Italian sportswear brand is now unveiling 2 new collaborations, with textile print superstar Kate Gibb and Greek animation genius Babis Alexiadis.

You could win €4,500 and be sent to the Ellesse 50th anniversary event this summer in Rome where your work will be on display.
The categories for the competition range from fashion and textiles, right through to fine art, sculpture, street art, graphics and digital.

Deadline is May 10th.

For more info on the competition head to the competition page.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

SOUTHAMERICAN GIRLCORE: La Tigresa del Oriente!!!

Check out this Peruvian chick! We are sending Becky to Peru soon to do an internship with this lady who is way advanced on GIRLCORE techniques.
(do watch the video to the very end!)

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Girlcore Portable VIP Section

Only for Girlcore and Hardcores.
Introducing the Girlcore Portable VIP section! We can take it with us wherever we go! Next on our list...portable coat check area, and plush porto-toilet.


Wednesday, April 1, 2009

*GIRLCORE* DOES DISCO




*GIRLCORE* are DJ-ing at a real club this Friday - the Double Club. If you haven't been there yet, the Double Club is an Congolese inspired 'pop-up' space created by The Prada Foundation and the people who brought us Momo and Sketch - they even imported the bar in the main room from Africa.

We're DJ-ing in room 1 - the sparkly club room. It has a rotating dance floor, a big disco ball and LOADS of fun twinkly lights - soooo fitting for disco - and all kinds of disco - expect everything from Abba to Glass Candy. It's FREE!

See you there?