The Life and Times of Giancinéphile

A BOOKISH TUESDAY

So, another book finds itself on top of my priority list or my one too many curiosities in print (despite my shelves seriously running out of space). It's all for the deluded cause of "for the love of art" or in other words a clever mélange of art and commerce and fashion by way of Bottega Veneta's The Art of Collaboration published by Rizzoli.

The cover with that ad campaign from 2010 done in collaboration with Robert Longo speaks greatly in significant unquantifiable ways which references his seminal work "Men in the Cities." It's a deeply meaningful work for me and other than that, there's other things stirs my curiosity from the collaborations by Tomas Maier which includes the likes of Nan Goldin, Ryan McGinley, Alex Prager, to name a few... over the years. 

WHEN LIFTING CAN BE UPLIFTING

Let's suppose that this product from Kiehl's can do some wonders like cover up (even just on the surface... of the skin) the deep-seated realities resting on the shoulders of a restless 20 something chômeur (like me from the ageing effects of bankruptcy, anxiety, and the inability to buy a few pairs of Pierre Hardy to activate endorphins within me). Furthermore, I'll probably be daft enough to spend the remaining and insignificant amount in my bank account on one. Perhaps, that's another way of saying that I need a serious "uplifting" with my quotidien. And perhaps this is my crafty attempt on a beauty post so I hope you enjoyed it by all means. 

BOOKISH PROFILE

In an ideal world, I'd happily live with doing self-portraits of myself together with my favourite books as a job (that pays the bills and allows me to live comfortably and travel in search of my books which are hardly ever available in Manille). So, it would conveniently go from the entirety of the Georges Bataille catalogue to Julia Kristeva, Proust, Kundera to Mehdi Belhaj-Kacem. Meanwhile, a good visual reference that came to mind is Fabrice Luchini in Anne Fontaine's Gemma Bovery. In any case I'd like to greet you a Happy Monday!