In THE LOOK, OC friends drop by to try on our favorite new arrivals and tell us about their wardrobe preferences past and present.
Name: Tim Barber
Hometown: Vancouver, BC; Amherst, MA; NYC, NY
What do you do? Photographer and organizer
What look were you into in high school? Alternateen
Most regrettable fashion moment? No regrets, but I wore some super baggy pants in the '90s.
Your three wardrobe essentials? Sneaks, jeans, hoodie
Most prized piece in your wardrobe? A tailored suit from Freemans Sporting Club
When did you start taking photos? When I was 14
Tell us about your current exhibition at Capricious. It’s called Relations. Some photos from the last three years dealing with various kinds of relationships, and two sculptures. First time I’ve showed sculpture.
Art-wise, what has been a highlight for you this year? I don’t smoke weed very often, but the other day I smoked some weed by myself and walked around the city for a while, not taking photos or anything, just looking at stuff. It was one of the first nice spring days out and everything was very vivid. I felt hyper-aware of the magic synchronicity of chaos and the universal significance of tiny details. Sometimes all it takes is a slightly altered perspective and/or a shift in the environment to shake off the brain-webs and rearrange priorities. That's what good art does for me, too, when the timing is right. It was emotional and amazing.
Can you tell us about TimE & Space? Time & Space is the new and improved tinyvices.com, a website for photography and art that I created in 2005. Time & Space is different from tinyvices in that all the artists involved have access to edit their own content, so it’s less of a personal curatorial/editorial project, and more of a creative community platform. If that’s unclear, just go check it out; it will make sense I hope.
How did you get involved in curating? I got interested in organizing shows when
Last week, Tim Barber's Relations opened at Capricious 88 and OC stopped by to talk to the ever-busy artist. The show is a selection of images as well as sculptures (a first for Barber) from the past three years, centered around the theme of relationships. Barber is well-known in the world of photography. He's not only known as an artist, shooting for numerous publications, exhibitions, and books, but has made a significant impression as a curator as well. After serving as photo editor for Vice, Barber started TinyVices, a website devoted to photography and art which eventually drew him from cyber spaces to gallery spaces, curating shows around the globe. Relations, however, seems to be a space for Barber to slow down and breathe. The images are tender, introspective, and intimate. He even felt so comfortable as to show his first sculptural work—casts of his hands that function as flower vases. The exhibit is not something to be missed; it's generous in sincerity and abundant in artful content.
Name: Tim Barber
Hometown: Vancouver, BC; Amherst, MA; NYC, NY
What do you do? Photographer and organizer
What look were you into in high school? Alternateen
Most regrettable fashion moment? No regrets, but I wore some super baggy pants in the '90s.
Your three wardrobe essentials? Sneaks, jeans, hoodie
Most prized piece in your wardrobe? A tailored suit from Freemans Sporting Club
When did you start taking photos? When I was 14
Tell us about your current exhibition at Capricious. It’s called Relations. Some photos from the last three years dealing with various kinds of relationships, and two sculptures. First time I’ve showed sculpture.
Art-wise, what has been a highlight for you this year? I don’t smoke weed very often, but the other day I smoked some weed by myself and walked around the city for a while, not taking photos or anything, just looking at stuff. It was one of the first nice spring days out and everything was very vivid. I felt hyper-aware of the magic synchronicity of chaos and the universal significance of tiny details. Sometimes all it takes is a slightly altered perspective and/or a shift in the environment to shake off the brain-webs and rearrange priorities. That's what good art does for me, too, when the timing is right. It was emotional and amazing.
Can you tell us about TimE & Space? Time & Space is the new and improved tinyvices.com, a website for photography and art that I created in 2005. Time & Space is different from tinyvices in that all the artists involved have access to edit their own content, so it’s less of a personal curatorial/editorial project, and more of a creative community platform. If that’s unclear, just go check it out; it will make sense I hope.
How did you get involved in curating? I got interested in organizing shows when