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EMERGING: Tom Beard
Tom Beard’s shot everyone from Florence Welch to Hercules & Love Affair, but his own personal photography’s a much more downbeat, street-wise affair: mice in their death throes, little paws clutching at air; boys on a council estate staring suspiciously at the outsider in their midst. Wonderland talks to Twickenham boy made good.
Grayson Perry in conversation with Gilda Williams
As Frieze swings into action, we have an exclusive video of Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry in conversation with renowned art critic Gilda Williams (courtesy of Yoox). The two ponder the failings of contemporary art, good taste, and the vanity of small differences.
NEW NOISE: Gabrielle Aplin
Since finding fame via the wonders of social media, 19 year-old Gabrielle Aplin is the latest in a lengthy line of internet phenoms. With over 10 million YouTube views and counting and her debut EP gaining critical applause, Aplin is set to embark on a November tour. Wonderland caught up with the singer/songwriter just as […]
SEVEN WONDERS: Most anticipated films of BFI London Film Festival
Film festivals aren’t all about eating popcorn in the dark with a room full of strangers – there’s plenty of cultural enlightenment to be had too. Wonderland takes a look at the seven films that have critics buzzing at this year’s BFI London Film Festival.
SHU UEMURA: Make Up Not War
Wonderland go all graphic in our beauty film Make Up Not War. Heavy brows, bright jags of colour and pearl-white luminescent skin – maybe not the most wearable of looks, but dare to wear it out and you'll most definitely be ready for combat. All cosmetics by Shu Uemura.
EMERGING: Toby Ziegler
Somewhere in an underground car park, 14 floors below the streets of West London, lurks Toby Ziegler's newest show, 'The Cripples'. Based on Renaissance artist Bruegel's paintings, Ziegler has combined both the 3D objects of his work alongside Bruegel's 2D figures to ominous, brooding effect.
RISING STAR: Director Rob Savage on Strings
The word ‘wunderkind’ is thrown around a lot. But it's pretty understandable in director Rob Savage's case, seeing as the 20-year-old's film Strings was made when he was only 18 and was nominated for Best Debut Feature at Raindance film festival. Wonderland talked to him about visual inspirations and going out there and making it […]
WONDERLUST: Ben Allen
We had the pleasure of catching up with boy of the moment Ben Allen from Select, who took the modelling world by storm after opening for Prada last season. Now he's hanging out with A$AP Rocky & casting for David Sims – and it all started with a friend spitting in the street.
OUT OF THE BLACK: Boys Noize talks laptop DJs, EDM and Snoop Dogg
Alexander Ridha is back to terrorise the dancefloor with his third Boys Noize release, Out of the Black. The legendary Berlin DJ talks EDM poseurs, laptop DJs and chilling with Snoop Dogg.
THE ACTRESS: Director Ben Charles Edwards acts up
Ben Charles Edwards is a British film director, screenwriter and photographer, whose love of vivid colours and enhanced postproduction have been likened to that of David LaChapelle. Wonderland caught up with the man himself to chat find about more about The Actress, his new short film, and his place as a judge on the Guardian's […]
CHLOE ATTITUDES: Curator Judith Clark talks through the Chloé exhibition
Not every brand gets to celebrate its diamond jubilee with an retrospective in the hallowed corridors of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. But then again, Chloé – spiritual home of the French ingénue – isn’t most brands.
SAVAGES: Riot Grrrls
So Savages blew apart the stage on Jools Holland last night in what must rank as the most ferociously meteoric rise for a British guitar band in, well, ever. Read our interview with them from our September/October issue.
EXCLUSIVE: ROMANS, "The Die Is Cast"
This video for The Die Is Cast arrived in our inbox with no explanation. No context. Nada. It's apparently part of a master plan from the enigmatic, faceless ROMANS, who – if this video is anything to go by – intends to provide music with the kind of stadium-filling bombast it desperately needs, complete with […]
NEW NOISE: Seye
SEYE is Gbenga from Metronomy's younger brother and the new act on Stranger Records, the small NYC label that put out Lana Del Rey's Video Games more than a year ago. After he joined her on tour, he's now in the studio working on his first album, promising irresistable, sun-drenched Afro-pop. We talked to Seye […]