Eroticacaca

Since I got home from work (Thankfully without another crime scene on the top deck of the bus - another story completely) I've been checking out the live stream of The Erotic House of Peter Saville at SHOWstudio. It's the photoshoot for Saville's editorial piece in July's issue of Wallpaper* magazine which is constructing images of furniture fetishism. It's yet another fantastic collaboration from SHOWstudio - we all know Saville is one of the most important graphic designers of our time, and Wallpaper* is one of the most uber-chic, aspirational lifestyle magazines. I'm always constantly impressed by SHOWstudio though; I listened to a Tate Events podcast a while ago with Penny Martin from SHOWstudio talking about the collision of art and fashion (recorded 11/05/07 and available through iTunes) which was really interesting, particularly with other guest speakers including Charlotte Sinclair from Vogue and one of the editors from Tank. SHOWstudio are one of the organisations that really push the limits of technology, audience participation and new ways of experiencing art, and one of the key themes from the talk was art's ever diminishing boundaries between creator and audience. Their archive of past projects is pretty amazing if you have a spare hour or so to check it out.

Head on over to http://www.showstudio.com/project/softfurnishings
Wallpaper*'s Sex issue goes on sale on June 11th.