Salaryman Project

Documenting the Japanese everyman in an illustrated planner

Part weekly planner, part conceptual documentary, “Salaryman Project” from Bruno Quinquet merges the practical with the artistic. Quinquet’s architectural eye for composition pairs with his subjects, a hard-working mass of faceless, suited men that pepper the streets and subways of Tokyo. A Frenchman who has spent seven years in Japan, Quinquet recently released this illustrated 2013 planner that explores the the average Japanese salaryman as …

Land of Light

The instruments behind Jonny Nash and Kyle Martin's brilliant musical experiment

Land Of Light, an eponymous new album from London-based duo Jonny Nash and Kyle Martin, is an ethereal labor of love intended for serious listening. The talented musicians spent the last three years creating the 37-minute-long LP, and the upshot is a highly sophisticated set of sounds that channels Nash and Martin’s interest in constructing thoroughly evolved, experimental compositions. To achieve the record that they …

Fonds Municipal D’Art Contemporain

Highlights from the municipal collection at the 2012 FIAC Exhibition

While browsing the 2012 FIAC exhibition in Paris last month, we were thrilled to discover the Fonds Muncipal D’Art Contemporain (FMAC) or Municipal Fund for Contemporary Art, which was showing their 2012 purchases. As opposed to private galleries, FMAC is free from market constraints and selling perspectives. It pursues a purchasing policy aimed at collecting the most remarkable achievements of the new generation to curate …