PhotographGetty ImagesIllustrationsAnthony CalvertDETAILS BRIEFINGFOR YOUR BLACK BOOK...Proving it’s not just where you stay but how you stay that matters, hotels are amping
up their accommodation. Here is our pick of rooms to check out (and in) this summerThe Muraka
at Conrad
Rangali, Maldives
Killer feature: Underwater bedroom
Total size: 652 square metres
conradmaldives.comNobu Villa
at Nobu Hotel
Miami, US
Killer feature: Wraparound terrace
Total size: 232 square metres
nobuhotelmiamibeach.comRooftop Penthouse at
Grand Hotel Tremezzo
Lake Como, Italy
Killer feature: Two private Jacuzzis
Total size: 158 square metres
grandhoteltremezzo.comGreen 10 at Finca Cortesin
Marbella, Spain
Killer feature: Unsurpassed views of
the Sierra Bermeja mountain range
Total size: 781 square metres
fincacortesin.comIf you looked out over the crowds at Glastonbury this year, you
would surely have to agree: Love Island has a lot to answer for.
The male of the species – at least at the millennial end of the
spectrum – has reimagined his summer festival wardrobe as a
cross between a man-cleavaged reality television star and a
Mennace advertising campaign. It’s a very simple formula, and
one that’s designed to satisfy the preening ego of those who
adopt it. First, take a tourniquet-tight, muscle-fit Hawaiian shirt- or simply a bomber jacket worn with nothing underneath
(because #chestday). Next, add a pair of thigh-throttling shorts
that rise so high they’re in risk of an asbo. Finally, finish with a
tight fade, the haircut of choice for anyone with the styling
imagination of a peanut. Oh, and you can get the whole look for
just £1.99. Need we say more?
Story by Charlie BurtonMen, stop dressing soBASIC this summerYou can lose yourself, quite
literally, in the work of Claudia
Hart. She creates art in
virtual reality – such as “Alice
Unchained” (below), in which
animated figures dance through
a labyrinthine virtual world of
emojis and QR codes – and is
one of four artists featured in
Enter Through The Headset 4, an
exhibition at London’s Gazelli
Art House, showcasing art that
incorporates VR and augmented
reality (AR integrates “real-life”
elements too).Hart has become a standard
bearer for VR. It is, she says,
“a hybrid between sculpture,
architecture and photography”.
When Hart first began teaching
herself animation, inspired by
a viewing of Toy Story at the
1995 Berlin Film Festival, the
only other people who knew
how to use the technology were
former “military people”, who
spent their time building virtual
“sex dolls and porny things”.
Artists didn’t figure in the
picture. Now, she says, curators
don’t bat an eyelid at the idea
of interrogating thorny political
issues through a pair of goggles.
So is VR the future of art? “It’s
not the future,” says Hart. “It’s
[already] happening.”
Enter Through The Headset 4
is at Gazelli Art House from 5
September. gazelliarthouse.comStory by Thomas BarrieNEWSFLASH:The futureof art isalready hereStory by Bill Prince09-19DetailsNews.indd 81 10/07/2019 16:25
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