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LONDON’SSKATEBOARDING: YOUNG ANJAZZ OUTLET STARS DUBAI’S A NEW WAY STREET TO LIVE STYLE REDEFININGFOR PASSION THE IN SOUNDTOKYO AUGUSTJULY 20182018 UAE architecture:How the city smarter, became greener, a canvas more for art inclusive EXPLOREWHERE TO SHEUNG GET DRESSED WAN’S LADDERIN LAGOS, STREETS NIGERIA OS_082018.P01_Cover1.indd 1 7/24/18 6:08 PM armanibeauty.com AP DP ADG ABSOLU OPEN SKIES 390x260+DCC2X7mm UAE.indd 2 05/06/2018 14:59 THE NEW SENSUALITY AP DP ADG ABSOLU OPEN SKIES 390x260+DCC2X7mm UAE.indd 3 05/06/2018 14:55 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING PARTNER & EDITORIAL GROUP EDITOR DIRECTOR OBAID HUMAID AL TAYER IAN FAIRSERVICE GINA JOHNSON [email protected] GROUP EDITOR SENIOR ART EDITOR ART DIRECTOR DIRECTOR MARK EVANS GEORGINA LAVERS OLGA PETROFF CLARKWIN CRUZ [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] DIGITAL EDITORIAL EDITORIAL ANIMATOR ASSISTANT ASSISTANT SURAJIT DUTTA LONDRESA FLORES AARTI SAUNDALKAR [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS Iain Akerman, Christopher Beanland, Emma Coiler, Ben East, Sarah Freeman, Stefan Hottinger-Behmer, Nobuo Iseki, Dom Joly, David Monteith Hodge, Joe Mortimer, Gareth Rees, Tom Saater, Sean Williams. 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Some exposed and some hidden, and you can glance at these treasures in Raja Ampat. A pristine archipelago blessed with panoramic views above and below the horizon. Witness a stunning paradise free from view-blocking skyscrapers, concrete jungles and crowded traffic. A whole new level of sensory indulgence is waiting to be experienced. The tantalizing dishes, ethereal landscapes and exquisite cultures makes Indonesia a perfect destination full of limitless discoveries. Travel and rejoice beyond the boundaries and enjoy the charm of our magnificent land. Scan our QR code to explore infinite amazement from Indonesia. www.indonesia.travel indonesia.travel Indonesia.Travel indtravel 11 EDITOR’S NOTE Georgina Lavers, Editor FAR FROM NOTHING August is meant to be a time for what the Italians call la dolce far niente – the act of doing nothing. Not that you’d know it from this issue. Athletes are omnipresent: you can read Ronaldinho’s guide to Rio, how pro rider Matteo Trentin returned to glory after both breaking his back and crashing into a bear (nobody said cycling was easy), as well as see some beautiful images of Tokyo’s skateboarders from local photographer Nobuo Iseki. This dynamism is not only pres- ent in sporting pursuits. Berlin resident Sean Williams sends a dispatch from the multikulti capital, where refugees are equipped with programming languages such as Python at the ReDI School of Digital Integration, an education centre tool- ing new arrivals with the skills they needed to survive in Ger- many’s new “Silicon Allee”. With an estimated 55,000 open tech jobs on the market currently in the country, it seems a natural fit for both nation and its new arrivals. Last but not least is our cover feature, which details the nascent rise of eco- architecture in the UAE. The accompanying cover art has been created by Abir Mnasria and Zaina Khayyat, a local design duo who forage in the desert for local flora and fauna FOLLOW US to use for sculpture and illustration. Their dreamscape of a green UAE is both inspirational, and whimsical. facebook.com/ openskiesmag Enjoy the issue. twitter.com/ openskiesmag instagram.com/ openskiesmag OS_082018.P08-13_FrontSection.indd 11 7/24/18 6:47 PM Global EXPERIENCE ° STAY ° DISPATCH ° ESSENTIALS ° NEIGHBOURHOOD ° LUNCH WITH A different side to Lisbon The Alcântara neighbourhood in the Portuguese capital may not be the most picturesque, but vintage trams, Asian art and Angolan nightclubs ensure an ecelectic visit. p.36 OS_082018.P13_GlobalOpener.indd 13 7/24/18 6:49 PM 14 / GLOBAL / EXPERIENCE The Plan EVENTS TO AIM FOR THIS MONTH INNER AND OUTER SPACE, UNTIL AUGUST 31 Kenny Scharf One of the first artists to bring street culture into contemporary art as part of the famed East Village scene in early 1980s New York, Kenny Scharf’s new exhibition at Leila Heller Gallery in Dubai features everything from imagined creatures to discarded television sets INTERVIEW: BEN EAST Many of the works in this exhibition It’s interesting that you’re exhibiting a think plastic waste is one of the biggest are created by letting paint drip. What painting called Petroleumonsters in the problems we face. It’s interesting, every interested you about that process? United Arab Emirates. discarded plastic object has a story; who Because it uses gravity, the way paint I did ask the gallery if it was ok that a played with these toys, who was watching runs echoes the natural world – and of lot of my work is concerned about the the shows on that old television. That’s course it’s a very 1960s aesthetic too. I fear of petroleum ruining the earth. kinda cool. like to flirt with all the different art move- Which I firmly believe. But that was fine There was a high profile exhibition at ments of the 20th century, including with them and for me it has been a re- MoMA in New York this year about the animation and cartoons, pop art, abstract ally good experience to exhibit in the East Village Art Scene from 1978-83 of expressionism, surrealism. I’m kind of UAE – I’ve been blown away by Dubai. which you were a key part. How did that mixing them up – I call it sloppy style. As for the environmental content of my make you feel? It’s not just an abstract idea, is it? You paintings, I don’t insist the viewer thinks The show at MoMA was called Club 57, want these colourful paintings to say about these things, I offer them beauty, which was back then a venue for music, something about the way we treat our colour, fun and good energy. If that’s film and art exhibitions in the basement world. all they want to look at that’s fine. But of a church. I kept reminding people Yeah, I’m putting content into abstract if they choose to look closer, there’s a that we were still in the basement, con- expressionism, which is usually an ab- depth to the work. temporary art hasn’t let us upstairs yet.