This months Remedy

Stuck for ideas? Creative juices at an all time low? Well we've got the Remedy!
Take a look at this music video, crazy, creative and weird, just how we like it!

The Wallpaper Exhibition featuring Designer Ismat Jaffer

Arts and Crafts wallpapers together with contemporary examples by David Mabb and top graduates from LCC, including Ismat Jaffer ( featured in Remedy issues 1 &2).
At the Cuming Museum from 7th July. London SE17 1RY

Calling All Illustrators

You're going to love this blog! It's constantly updated with the hottest new talent in illustration, it's a great source for inspiration and keeps you informed with new trends.
www.illustrationpages.com

Vaani - Promoting Creative Talent

We at Remedy were really pleased to be informed about a great new project that is dedicated to promoting talent in the creative arts and writing. Vaani promotes Asian talent from all walks of life that is admired and can be appreciated by all. They've got great projects in the pipeline so watch this space. www.vaani.org

Remedy's Photographer of the Month: Ria Mishaal Cooke

We've chosen Ria Mishaal Cooke as our Photographer of the Month, for her unique observations translated through her work. We are especially loving her latest work at the Hobbs fashion show. She is very versatile and able to capture special moments or make even mundane moments look beautiful. Ria's work is subtle with hints of magic that sparkle brighter with every look. Her work is constantly developing so we recommend you keep your eye on her! And you can do so at www.riamishaalcooke.co.uk/blog

Over 250 Elephants Stampede through London

Elephant Parade is a conservation campaign that shines a multi-coloured spotlight on the urgent crisis faced by the endangered Asian elephant. Brought to you by www.elephantfamily.org, the event sees over 250 brightly painted life-size elephants located over central London this summer.

Each decorated by a different artist or celebrity, the elephants brighten and beautify the city, enhancing every park, street corner and building they grace. Running from May to July 2010, this is London’s biggest outdoor art event on record. With an estimated audience of 25 million, wthe elephant parade aims to raise £2 million for the Asian elephant and benefit 20 UK conservation charities.

In the past century, numbers of the Asian elephant has tumbled from 250,000 to just 25,000 and if this trend continues, the species will be extinct by 2050.

All of the elephants are for sale by auction and every bid you place is a bid for habitat. Mini elephants are available at Selfridges, 80 Regent St, 36 Carnaby St and Greenwich Central Market. Happy elephant spotting!

Elephant parades have already been held in Antwerp and Rotterdam, and after London it will move to New York and Milan.

REMEDY RECOMMENDS
Key dates for the elephant parade:

22nd April- 15th May
'THE CREATION OF ELEPHANT PARADE'
-Free Photographic Exhibition at the Hempel Hotel

22nd May
'MEET THE ARTISTS' DAY

23rd June- 2nd July
VIEWING WEEK AT CHELSEA ROYAL HOSPITAL
- Free viewing of all elephants for the London public

30th June
ELEPHANT PARADE MELA, WITH GOLDIE HAWN

3rd June
GRAND ELEPHANT AUCTION

4th July
FAREWELL TO THE ELEPHANTS

Kristen Weaver on Remedy Magazine

Orlando photographer Kristen Weaver shares her Remedy experience:
"If you’re on Facebook, and haven’t been living under a rock today, you probably saw my 300 updates about my feature in this issue of Remedy Magazine, London! Ok, so I’m exaggerating a little bit – but this was a huge deal for me. This year has brought me a lot of amazing opportunities, but as I stress about starting my own business, and finding my place in this world of photography-saturated markets, I’m reminded about why I do what I do. It never started as a way to make money, but for many of us, I don’t think it ever does.

I started in photography as a way to express myself. It was about being someone I wasn’t. Photography made me popular, if you will. I could become anyone, or anything, I dreamed. I could surround myself with Gucci and Jimmy Choo, with models and stylists – artists and dreamers. It’s never an easy place to be, surrounded in self-doubt and competition.

This is where Remedy comes in.

What is a dream worth? It’s too often that value isn’t placed on talent. I’m reminded of this every day when I get asked to lower my prices on portraits, weddings – anything. It’s easy to take the lower prices, because bills are due and life gets in the way, but then what would I be saying about myself? That I’m not worth the price I charge? I can’t go through life doubting myself, my business, or my talents. I don’t want to get on some huge soapbox about pricing, that’s not the point of this – but if you’re a potential client (of any photographer, artist, stylist…) remember that an artist is a dream-maker. What dream can we paint for you?

Remedy was started a year ago by Farhana Jaffer. Her goal was simple: “Remedy wants to encourage the new generation to look at their own talents and be inspired by it and others around them, we only promote those who have done, or are working towards doing something positive with their lives. We offer a platform for people to promote their work on an international stage.”

Remedy promotes photographers, designers, artists, poets, singers – the list goes on. Remedy promotes the arts, and that’s why you should love Remedy, and everything they stand for. It was an honor to be selected for their magazine as a featured artist, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to share my dreams with so many others."

View the entire issue here: www.remedymag.co.uk/pages/archive/issue5/remedyissue5.html

Chocolate Easter

Everywhere people are boasting about how much chocolate they're going to scoff this Easter, just like every Easter before. You can't help but wonder where this tradition has come from? And do we really care anymore?

These days Easter is best known as the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. But the actual practices that involves eggs and even the word Easter, interestingly has Pagan roots.

Easter
The word "Easter" is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox.

The Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit. Long ago, he was called the "Easter Hare", hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility. The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass. The Romans believed that "All life comes from an egg.

Painting Eggs
In ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Persia eggs were dyed for spring festivals. In medieval Europe, beautifully decorated eggs were given as gifts.

So whatever your reason for celebrating Easter, we hope you enjoy it and if you're wondering how to work off all that extra chocolate, we recommend taking part in a sponsored run for charity. What better way to welcome in the Spring and love thy neighbour.

We will be taking part in a 5k run for Cancer Research, to show your support go to:
www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/farhanaremedy

info from: inventors.about.com

What a load of GAGA

What is lady Gaga's identity?
Gaga: "I am whatever you perceive me to be"
Within the same interview she stated that through pop music, make up ... you can encourage young people to harness their identity... Huh???

We love Gaga's creativity, but we are not fans of contradicting messages...

What do you make of it? To view go to:
CNN interview

Because we’re worth it… and they're not.

Featured in Remedy Issue 6
By Farhana J

I was watching a documentary about slums, and how people have to live to survive, it highlighted to me just how powerful the TV is. I had no idea just how bad the situation is. This TV screen was showing me in great detail just what is happening, and that we in the west are so privileged and there is a lot we could be doing to help. Just then came an add break, a bombardment of plastic faced women telling me I deserve to have shiny hair, longer lashes and baby like skin ‘because I’m worth it”. It just felt so wrong, this TV screen was giving me completely contradicting messages. One minute I’m shown a women forced to work in a landfill so that she can put her children through school, the next I’m being told my eyes should be perfectly lined with thicker lashes and that I should be worrying about wrinkles! We have such a powerful communicative tool, what are we doing with it? Enforcing hiding behind fickle ideals rather then encouraging each other to look at how easily we could help others.

A child dies every 15 seconds in the slums, but my lips can stay glossy for up to 24hours.

We need a Remedy!
www.remedymag.co.uk