Wednesday, December 30, 2009

like rumour rhean round the planets

Miike Snow - "Silvia"
directed by Marcus Söderlund






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Steven Beckly (b. 1981) is a photographer living and working in Toronto, Canada:








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"Landscapes" by Jeffrey Beauchamp:














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One-man-band Scott Dunbar performs Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” in Montreal






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Check out Michael Jacobson's fantastic website called The New Post-literate: A Gallery Of Asemic Writing, where he showcases artists such as:

Gary Barwin


Marco Giovenale


Cecil Touchon




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Australian photographer Ed Purnomo:











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American photographer Jack Radcliffe:











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David Holzman's Diary (1967)
Directed by Jim McBride

[part one of many]






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BKL: In your book, you write that Warhol had a philosophical mind. How so?

DANTO: Because of the way he thought, he went for the limits of a concept more than other any artist I know of. And that always seemed to me to be a philosophical way of thinking. That is to say, thinking about examples that nobody would ordinarily think of, and suddenly bringing the whole contour of a concept to consciousness, much like Plato in Socrates’ dialogues, in which subjects were discussed that just wouldn’t occur to most people. Warhol did that with the Brillo boxes, with the Campbell’s Soup cans, and with his movies. Let’s just go with things, all the way, he says, as though he was really trying to clarify an idea for everybody. It was quite daring, I thought.





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Olafur Eliasson
lives in Copenhagen and Berlin:











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Jee Hwang
earned an MFA at the Pratt Institute:








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Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe
the official trailer






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from Pieter Hugo's "Nollywood" series:











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First thing on the list: “Look at cat pictures.” Last thing on the list: “Climb him often.”

"Reading List" by Miranda July



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Check out This Los Angeles...example:

Daniel, Mindy and Wyeth






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"What you are asking me to do is not just change a work of fiction. You are asking me to make it over from a work of art into a story. My work may be ugly but it's not cheap. I take it hard and I'm damned if I'll do it."





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Italian artist Valeria Priano:








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Abbey Drucker
has a studio in New York:











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Australian photographer Toby Burrows:








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Brooke Shaden
is a fine art photographer based in Los Angeles:








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Katja Hentschel
is based in London and Berlin:











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Grizzly Bear - "Ready, Able"
directed by Allison Schulnik



Wednesday, December 23, 2009

baken be the brazen sun, buttered be the snows



"WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE"
directed by Daniel Askill






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J. Kenneth Rothermich lives & creates in Brooklyn, NY:








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Swedish photographer duo Marco Grizelj and Kristian Krän go by the moniker Aorta:








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"Human Furniture" by David Blázquez:








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Australian artist Mark Mawson:








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Elizabeth Streb Ensemble






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material from Brad Walker's "Majuscule" project:











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New work from Rob Matthews:











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Meredith Dittmar
is an artist living and playing in Portland OR:








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Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2009 via Discover Magazine:

#7: The Lunar abyss stares back




#4: Hubble’s Metamorphosis





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Jennilee Marigomen lives and works in Vancouver, Canada:











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Lisa Hanawalt
lives and works in Los Angeles:











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Cody Hoyt
was born in Sarasota, FL:












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"BORN to BONE"
by
TAKAHIRO KIMURA






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Australian artist Jeremy Geddes:








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"The Liberty Room"
by
Martin Böttger






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Justin Valdes lives and works in Brooklyn:











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Peter Burr
received his BFA from Carnegie Mellon:











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NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY SEGA WITH HARRISON FORD






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New York artist Meryl Smith:











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from The LOST Underground Art Show:

Eric Fortune



Ben Strawn




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Charles Cohen
was born in New York, New York:








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Sweedish artist Michael Johansson:











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from Trevor Burks's 'Skate Myths" series:











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Birdy Nam Nam - "The Parachute Ending"
Directed by Willy Sweeney