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++++ June 2011: Gauche Protocol shifts Base Camp 1,500km...

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:32:59 +0200

++++ June 2011: Gauche Protocol shifts Base Camp 1,500km northeast. ++++ Online Shop re-opens once we’re installed in Berlin.

Boyscout

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:52:50 +0200

Boyscout

Jose Antonio wearing his Gauche Protocol scarf at his home in...

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:32:00 +0200

Jose Antonio wearing his Gauche Protocol scarf at his home in Poblenou, Barcelona

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Photo: Annie Olivia

Matteo wearing one of his Gauche Protocol scarves at his home...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:44:00 +0200

Matteo wearing one of his Gauche Protocol scarves at his home in Ciutat Vella, Barcelona

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Photo: Annie Olivia

"Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western..."

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:23:25 +0200

“Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity.”

- Aldous Huxley, 1962

The Press Conference, June 9, 2008 Photo: Adam Broomberg...

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:23:00 +0200

The Press Conference, June 9, 2008 Photo: Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin

In June 2008, the potographers Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin moved around Afghanistan, embedded in the British Army. They rejected the daily chase after the best war shot - they didn’t take a camera to the front. For their series The Day Nobody Died, they carried with them instead a light-proof cardboard box containing a 50m roll of photographic paper - which they exposed to the sunlight bit by bit. The abstract colour strains of the stills may be viewed as a radical gesture of denial - and of impotence before the horrors of modern warfare.

Two Guedras (Morocco, 1971) Photo: Irving Penn

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:12:30 +0200

Two Guedras (Morocco, 1971) Photo: Irving Penn

I USED TO BE DIFFERENT “I used to be different.” My...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:00:00 +0200

I USED TO BE DIFFERENT

“I used to be different.” My friend Simon said it to me once, shrugging his shoulders and closing an outline of his curriculum back in October 2008. The apparent simplicity and weightlessess of the sentence charmed me, so I wrote it down: Maybe I would one day find the right army surplus item for this phrase - then I would turn both into a Gauche Protocol design.

The cotton handkerchief that is the basis of this scarf design was originally destined for use by the National People’s Army: the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (Eastern Germany) that were disestablished in 1990. The handkerchief was manufactured by the VEB Oberlausitzer Textilbetriebe in the area of Dresden and is available with tartans in one of three colours: brown, green or blue. The scarves have been silk-screen printed in two colours by hand in a limited edition of 30.

Sometimes, we look back on our own lives. For whatever reason: To tell a tale, to psychoanalyse, to kill time, to never forget that feeling - just to name a few good reasons for it. The best thing - the one certain thing - that we can take from these reflections is this: I used to be different. (And I am always new.)

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Christian wearing his Gauche Protocol scarf in the Raval,...

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:46:55 +0200

Christian wearing his Gauche Protocol scarf in the Raval, Barcelona www.gaucheprotocol.com

Photo: Annie Olivia

Whitewashed Heart on a Sycamore Tree (Barcelona, 2011) Photo:...

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:27:27 +0200

Whitewashed Heart on a Sycamore Tree (Barcelona, 2011) Photo: Annie Olivia

The Last Summer of Childhood, Russian Vogue (June 1999) Photo:...

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:06:49 +0200

The Last Summer of Childhood, Russian Vogue (June 1999) Photo: Jürgen Teller

Saül wearing his favourite Gauche Protocol scarf in Poblenou,...

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:24:00 +0200

Saül wearing his favourite Gauche Protocol scarf in Poblenou, Barcelona www.gaucheprotocol.com

Photo: Annie Olivia

Portrait, Twist Magazine N°8 (March 2011) Photo: Lionel...

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:20:00 +0200

Portrait, Twist Magazine N°8 (March 2011) Photo: Lionel Guyou

Just found this fashion portrait inspired by “Tinker, Tailor”, a counting game, nursery rhyme and fortune telling song traditionally played in England, that can be used to count cherry stones, buttons, daisy petals and other items. The most common modern version is: “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief.”

Information Source: Wikipedia

"There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in."

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:24:29 +0200

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”

- Leonard Cohen

Gunilla Wounded (Paris, 1977) from Helmut Newton’s...

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:00:00 +0100

Gunilla Wounded (Paris, 1977) from Helmut Newton’s Illustrated N°4: “Dr. Phantasme” (1994)

I’ve got a copy of the magazine. My brother gave it to me some time ago.

Source: simplythingswelike

WHAT CULTURE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:26:00 +0100

WHAT CULTURE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE:

Good article on historiography, presenting a book - better, set of books - containing every edit made to a single Wikipedia article, The Iraq War, during the five years between the article’s inception in December 2004 and November 2009: a total of 12,000 changes and almost 7,000 pages. “Everything should have a history button.”

Olivier (Quartier Monclar, Djibouti, July 13, 2003) Photo:...

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:24:00 +0100

Olivier (Quartier Monclar, Djibouti, July 13, 2003) Photo: Rineke Dijkstra

Anonymity: Legionnaires may enlist under a different name and nationality - an arrangement that allows people to start their lives over. After a year’s service, they may choose to resume their true identity.

Untitled (Hamburg, 2008) Photo: Annie Olivia The kids will be...

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:14:28 +0100

Untitled (Hamburg, 2008) Photo: Annie Olivia

The kids will be ok.

ALRIGHTY-OH! Handkerchief scarf in 100% cotton Originally...

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:58:00 +0100

ALRIGHTY-OH!

Handkerchief scarf in 100% cotton

Originally designed for the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany

Silk-screen printed by hand in a limited edition of 30

Available online now

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Photo: Chus Sánchez for GAUCHE PROTOCOL

Oh my Gauche, everything’s so …...

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:06:05 +0100

Oh my Gauche, everything’s so … new!