PROVOKE

verb

To stir up purposely; provide a needed stimulus 

/ Kanye West, Bon Iver in Francis and the Lights' 'New 'Friends' Video / "As its name implies, friends of the band play a role in the song and in the clip, which features Kanye West and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon." Rolling Stone.

/ Maryam Nassir Zadeh and Her Family Visit Mexico / "The designer and boutique owner Maryam Nassirzadeh and her husband, the photographer and artist Uday Kak, recently made their annual pilgrimage to Mexico." The New York Times.

/ Decisive Moments: Olivia Arthur / "In missing the storm the picture becomes more about the couple and it made me realise that what you think you’re looking for is not always the most important element." Port Magazine.

/ Inspiration Comes When We Linger to Observe / "Every single object, situation, place, or person that we have the chance to meet has something that is incredibly fascinating and can become the trigger of inspiration, it can be a colour, a certain shape, even a smell or flavour. I really believe that there is a difference between see and watch the world and that inspiration comes when we linger to observe." Creative Digest.

/ Sofia Coppola's Dreamscapes / A super-edit of every dreamy moment of Sofia Coppola's 'cool-girl aesthetic.' Nowness.

PROVOKE

verb

To stir up purposely; provide a needed stimulus 

/ Kika Karadi: Time and Monstrosity / "Just as motion is more than the sum of successive positions in space, duration is not encompassed by the series of successive moments that seem to comprise it. This is why our experience of time varies so wildly from the hours, minutes, and seconds measured by the clock. It is not that our mental state skews our perception of time; rather, it is the chronological subdivision of time that fails to capture our participation in time, as well as our experience of it." Portfolio.

/ The Many Pleasures of Reading Donald Britton's Poems / 

Tonight you are privy
To the stars’ most intimate
Thoughts about you. Under
Their menace, edges of furniture
Seem like old news
As tears fall single file.

Hyperallergic.

/ Sui Park Creates Sea Creatures from Cable Ties / “It is an abstract representation of objects or concepts that recreates our surroundings.” Blouin Artinfo.

/ Scroll, Skim, Stare / "Art – like all cultural production – has a complicated status online. It becomes ‘content,' that catchall phrase for the stuff that advertising is sold around. And that is also the condition in which art is viewed: as part of a mass." The White Review.

/ Video Premiere: 'Go Ahead,' from Pillow Person / "A dance-infused pop song you're gonna want to wake up to all summer." i-D.

Image: Sui Park, Summer Sculpture Showcase.

To embrace and be present in each mundane moment is to find true contentment.
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Model: Mattea Beeson 
Director of Photography: Caylon Hackwith
Art Director: Rachel Schultz
Camera Operator: Tanner Hackwith
Sound: Calvin Brue

PROVOKE

verb

To stir up purposely; provide a needed stimulus

/ Meet Shaun Russel, Founder of Skandinavisk / How did it all start? What is the philosophy behind the brand? What is it about Scandinavia that he loves so much? Nordic Design.

/ Luigi Ghirri’s Brilliant Photographic Puzzles / “His constellation of favored themes is distinct: maps, landscapes, windows, still lifes, interiors, fog, the seaside, the objects in artists’ studios, people obscured in some way and many images that test the divide between the world and an image of the world. New York Times.

/ Blood Orange, Augustine / A deep dive into sound, songwriting and theater. Includes a link to preview the band’s newest album. Pigeons & Planes.

Image: Cecily Brown, Thomas Dane Gallery.