down to business
Commander Crowe – Breeder’s Crown winner – and the ultimate tax payer who until this date has made 34,7 million sek -or close to 4 mio. euros. Photo ©Camilla Alfthan
stone age
Olafur Eliasson in midst of his latest art work, Riverbed, at the Louisiana museum of modern art – where the famous exhibition rooms are currently filled with gravel and stone. Photo © Camilla Alfthan
women & horses
40 chuckers in five days is what Lila Pearson had to play at the beginning of the season when her children were still at school and the ponies had to get ready for the fields of play. In July, Lila won the British Open for ladies in a convincing style and as fit as ever.
..Meanwhile at Glorious Goodwood, the jewelry designer, Philippa Holland defended her title when she came first past the finishing posts in the Magnolia Cup – a charity race for women, only – and not without repeating last year’s fall as she pulled up her horse, Bellevue Beauty. The race took place on the Ladies Day and the flamboyant jockeys’ silks were created by designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Jasmine Guinness and Bella Freud… As the Queen of Hearts, Philippa Holland wore a design by LOVE editor, Katie Grand. Photos Camilla Alfthan
up for grabs
..and finger prints all over it – the Vuitton Cup which celebrates it’s 30th anniversary in San Francisco. With just three challengers for the final match race – the America’s Cup -only Team Emirates New Zealand was literally flying on day one and then continuing to take home the trophy – here with Rodin’s Thinker as a backdrop in a thought provoking exhibition of the sculptor’s work at the museum of Legion d’Honeur. Photos C. Alfthan
a summer breeze
As a guest on the British solo sailor, Alex Thomson’s yacht, Hugo Boss, I was fortunate enough to be a part of the Gotland Run – a historic race around an iconic island; home to orchids and the Gotland horse. Earlier this year and on the very same boat, Alex Thomson came third in Vendée Globe – the Everest of off shore racing – defying waves up to eight meters. In comparison, the trip through the Swedish archipelago was a breeze with white nights and an amazing crew which included Britain’s latest talent, Sam Goodchild, who worked round the clock to assure an easy win in our category. Photos Camilla Alfthan
..ready, steady, go !
for the final takes of the Danish feature film, Tarok – based on a true story. Photos Camilla Alfthan
peace & space
”Love” is the word that sums me up the best,” said Yoko Ono at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art north of Copenhagen where she presented her latest exhibition; a sum up of her earliest works including War Is Over- If You Want It and a wish tree in the garden for guests to hang their wishes on.
“Morning sunbeams” and a beaming Yoko Ono, and outside, her Wish Tree, which by the end of the exhibition had received altogether 2 million wishes..with everything from world peace to children’s toys. Photos Camilla Alfthan
”For years I always heard that when you exhibit in Louisiana you’ve made it. Now I’m finally here. I came straight from the airport instead of going to the hotel to see my installations. It’s a magical place. Coming here, I realize how well space is used. We’re living in a world where there’s less and less space because of money. The way you use space here is beautiful and silent. Silence breathes. In war you break silence. Without silence there’s no peace in the world. In big cities it’s difficult to use space in the right way. Instead of creating space people create things to sell; objects that symbolize money rather than thought and spirit. The spirit is killed. Here, space is very special. It is not killed.”
(How do you manage to keep your work so fresh?) ” I don’t know the answer. Maybe because I care about keeping space in my brain. I don’t want to accumulate a lot of knowledge. I like to keep my brain empty. When it is empty, a lot of inspiration comes to me. I get all the energy and inspiration. I’m giving it back to you. It is a nice kind of circulation. (…) When I was I child in elementary school I was reading a story about a Japanese warrior. There was a picture of him. He said he wanted to take seven years of misery on his body so that the world could live in peace. I thought I wanted to be like him. Then my life was a mess. All sorts of terrible things happened to me. I realized that I’d been praying to be like the warrior. Now I want to be like another Japanese character, who has eight years of happiness and treasures..(…) This body has lived for 80 years. Its a creation of art. You and I have a heart. Our heart beats are the same.”
Yoko Ono is represented by Galerie Lelong in New York
return to the sources
The slopes in Zermatt were not as crowded as usual during the latest Unplugged music festival when a cool mix of young talents and iconic performers turned the alpine village into an ecclectic tune. From Bryan Ferry who reinterpreted familiar songs with his 1920’s jazz band in a large circus tent while Marianne Faithfull literally went unplugged with a guitarist in a Sunnega mountain lodge; the scene was set for a song and a dance.
Water in the river and the iconic Matterhorn that looms behind the wandering clouds… Photos © Camilla Alfthan
pas de deux
“I don’t think it’s so hard to learn new steps but it’s hard to get the results…I see the whole product, then I take it movement by movement; correction by correction…A lot of it is just going for it and throwing away the fear of looking stupid and not holding back so much...It’s a really weird experience because it’s fun at the same time as it’s something you really want to do...Knowing that you can do it before you step on to the stage is important; having that confidence in yourself that you know you’re doing it without question…If I think too much I’m going crazy out of my mind. For me it’s best just to do it; jump into it and not worry too much and that’s when I feel great; when I just dance.” Reflections from the Royal Danish Ballet – a cultural gem founded in the 1770s. Photo David Sims
