SIRIUS

Continuing on the sci-fi theme, my Mum owns these Sirius sci-fi novels. She has over 200 of them and has been collecting them for ages.  From what I can gather they used to come out every three months and would have an average of ten short sci-fi stories by different authors inside. The authors would be from a range of different countries. 

So I've featured here some of my favourite covers from the collection. They're pretty awesome. I've tried to figure out who the illustrations are by, but I might be wrong. On a lot of them it says the images were obtained from the VPA? I have no idea what that might be.

Left: Issue 104, 1985,"Bani", graphic direction by Ivica Bartolic 

Right: Issue 90, 1983, "The Electric Ant", image from the VPA

Left: Issue 27, 1978, "The Voice of the Lobster", graphic direction by Ivica Bartolic and Ljudevit Gaj

Right: Issue 68, 1982, "Pela, The Sacred Snake", image from the VPA

Left: Issue 63, 1981, "The Day of Wrath", graphic direction by Ivica Bartolic and Ljudevit Gaj

Right: Issue 125, 1986, "The Menagerie", graphic direction by Berislav Grabusnik

Left: Issue 97, 1984, "A Little Something for Us Tempoanuts", graphic direction by Ivica Bartolic and Ljudevit Gaj

Right: Issue 127, 1986, "R.U.R.", graphic direction by Berislav Grabusnik

Left: Issue 96, 1984, "Starlady", graphic direction by Ivica Bartolic and Ljudevit Gaj

Right: Issue 8, 1977, "This Moment of the Storm", graphic direction by Ivica Bartolic and Ljudevit Gaj

Left: Issue 70, 1982, "Persephone and Hades", image by Miroslav Sinovcic

Right: Issue 5, 1976/77, "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World", graphic direction by Ivica Bartolic and Ljudevit Gaj

Left: Issue 42, 1979, "Planting Time", graphic direction by Ivica Bartolic and Ljudevit Gaj

Right: Issue 54, 1980, "Arena", graphic direction by Ivica Bartolic and Ljudevit Gaj

Left: Issue 144, 1988, "Barbie Murders", graphic direction by Durda Marosevic

Right: Issue 76, 1982, "Reality Trip", image from the VPA

Left: Issue 102, 1984, "The Wonderful, All-Purpose Transmogrifer", graphic direction by Ivica Bartolic and Ljudevit Gaj

Right: Issue 15, 1975, "Una",graphic direction by Ivica Bartolic and Ljudevit Gaj

MAGRITTE/MARGIELA

I have always really liked this painting. There's something so eerie about it. And the fact that the way the people are positioned suggests that this is a happy moment that they are spending together, as far as the viewer knows they could be crying beneath the veils. Also, the only identification they are given is that they are lovers, two people in love, other than that they are completely anonymous. It gives the image a weirdness, to identify two people only by their feelings for each other, and nothing else.

The painting also reminds me of Maison Martin Margiela's SS09 RTW runway looks, with the covered heads.

CLAYTON CUBITT

I came across this guys website. Clayton Cubitt. His photos are really nice. I've taken quite a liking to this one. The vagina looks so pretty, and I think its a great idea (for a photo) to use makeup or whatever the pink stuff is. It looks so gentle, the colours are great. 

This photo is from the "damageddoll" set of works.

Check him out at www.claytoncubitt.com

SHIBARI

Shibari is a Japanese form of rope art. I think it's mainly used in conjunction with the body. It looks so good... I think so at least. I bought some more silk rope so I might give it a shot.