Nico Jaar discussing his five-hour collaborative multimedia performance at MoMA PS1.
February 22, 2012
February 21, 2012
Daily News in Posters
Johnny Selman designs a poster a day for 365 days in reaction to a headline on the BBC news website.
www.bbcx365.com
www.bbcx365.com
February 17, 2012
February 13, 2012
February 10, 2012
George Grosz book covers
"My aim is to be understood by everyone. I reject the 'depth' that
people demand nowadays, into which you can never descend without a
diving bell crammed with cabbalistic bullshit and intellectual
metaphysics. This expressionistic anarchy has got to stop... A day will
come when the artist will no longer be this bohemian, puffed-up
anarchist but a healthy man working in clarity within a collectivist
society."
1923:
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1923:
1921:
1930:
1922:
View more on 50watts.com
February 5, 2012
Locomotive by Departement
"A fantastical human machine", Locomotive is a video installation by interdisciplinary agency Departement currently found at the foyer of Place des Arts, Quebec.
(via greenbongo)
(via greenbongo)
February 2, 2012
Schematics: A Love Story by Julian Hibbard
British photographer Julian Hibbert's book
exploring love, memory, and time through 43 schematic diagrams drawn
from old books and paired with text. The book begins with a T. S. Elliot quote:
"We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”
I learnt to tie my shoes
I learnt to ride my bike
I learnt to smoke
I learnt the vulnerability of fully exposing an idea
I learnt to tie my shoes
I learnt to adapt my behavior in the light of others' actions.
I learnt the difficulty of sustaining the hopes of youth.
I remember a French girl with an English name.
'Leave me now, return tonight,' she told me every morning, and I did.
I remember an English girl with an French name.
We were the circle that no one could break, or so I thought.
"We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”
I learnt to tie my shoes
I learnt to ride my bike
I learnt to smoke
I learnt the vulnerability of fully exposing an idea
I learnt to tie my shoes
I learnt to adapt my behavior in the light of others' actions.
I learnt the difficulty of sustaining the hopes of youth.
I remember a French girl with an English name.
'Leave me now, return tonight,' she told me every morning, and I did.
I remember an English girl with an French name.
We were the circle that no one could break, or so I thought.
January 30, 2012
January 27, 2012
New interactive Arcade Fire video
One more interactive video for Arcade Fire:
> Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) from The Suburbs by Vincent Morisset & friends
Remember the older ones:
> We Used to Wait from The Suburbs by Chris Milk
January 24, 2012
In conversation with Vito Acconci
Vito Acconci discusses with Curator Chrissie Iles the self-hypnosis he underwent while creating his work Claim Excerpts (1971). You can watch an excerpt of the work here.
(via whitney.org)
January 20, 2012
January 17, 2012
Tide's reusable grocery bag
P&G’s Smart Bag was developed to promote Tide laundry detergent in Dubai, and to also tackle the alarming plastic waste problem in the UAE. The Smart Bag is a reusable shopping bag with a clever design that resembles a ruled notepad on the exterior. It comes with a marker so consumers can write their grocery list directly on the bag. The bag can be washed clean and reused to create a new list of reminders.
January 15, 2012
January 12, 2012
Two Against One
Music video director and photographer Chris Milk's collaboration with animator Anthony Francisco Schepperd on a Danger Mouse and Daniel Luppi track. Chris Milk's work has been featured again up here with the video he directed for Arcade Fire.
January 8, 2012
January 6, 2012
Contacts Vol. 3: Wolfgang Tillmans
Acid House Superstar photographer Wolfgang Tillmans discussing his work. On Rafael De Alday's account on Vimeo you can also find videos for many well known photographers and artists like Thomas Struth, Martin Parr, Bernd & Hilla Becker, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin and John Baldessari.
January 3, 2012
December 15, 2011
December 8, 2011
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty is a Feature Film Written, Produced, and Directed By Terence Nance. The film will premiere in the New Frontiers section of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
For more info visit:
oversimplification.mvmt.com
terencenance.com
For more info visit:
oversimplification.mvmt.com
terencenance.com
December 5, 2011
Judaism and Islam in one fashion show?
The fashion collective threeASFOUR opened its exhibition "inSALAAm inSHALLOm" in Tel Aviv, bringing to fruition a project over two years in the making. threeASFOUR (that is comprised of an Israeli, a Palestinian and a Russian) invited 10 artists to show works that relate to the project’s central notion: that Judaism and Islam can live side by side.
Watch the video of the show: nytimes video
Read more: nytimes style magazine
December 4, 2011
November 27, 2011
November 22, 2011
Destino by Salvador Dali & Walt Disney
Destino tells the tragic love story of Chronos, the personification of time, who falls in love with a mortal woman as the two float across the surrealist landscapes of Dalí’s paintings. The poetic, wordless animation features a score by Mexican composer Armando Dominguez performed by Dora Luz.
The project remained a secret and didn’t see light of day until a half-century later when, in 1999, Walt Disney’s nephew Roy E. Disney accidentally stumbled upon it while working on Fantasia 2000, eventually resurrecting the dormant gem. In 2003, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
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November 5, 2011
V Squared Labs: Amon Tobin ISAM tour visuals
Soundscapes and projection mapping on dj Amon Tobin's current shows by V Squared Labs.
Watch more clips on youtube.com
Watch more clips on youtube.com
October 28, 2011
Shurabhi Saraf: Fold (2010) + Peel (2009)
www.surabhisaraf.net
Fold, 2010
Excerpts from video installation at Root Division Gallery, San Francisco
Peel, 2011
Short excerpt
Fold, 2010
Excerpts from video installation at Root Division Gallery, San Francisco
Peel, 2011
Short excerpt
October 24, 2011
October 20, 2011
Andrew Zuckerman: On Curiosity, Rigor, and Learning As You Go
Photographer Andrew Zuckerman discussing the creative process and
various of his projects including Wisdom.
The trailer for Wisdom:
(via 99%)
various of his projects including Wisdom.
The trailer for Wisdom:
(via 99%)
October 18, 2011
October 16, 2011
October 14, 2011
Site of the day: Kern type, a kerning game
So you think you can kern?
Try kerning a few words and see how you compare to other users: www.type.method.ac
Try kerning a few words and see how you compare to other users: www.type.method.ac
October 11, 2011
Charles Eames on Design
A Q&A from 1972, found on the compilation The Films of Charles & Ray Eames and reproduced in House Industries' typography journal, Madame L'Amic of the Musee des Art s Decoratifs in Paris asks Charles Eames 29 questions about design, covering everything from the balance between
form and function to the role of computers in creativity to the impact
of influences.
The iconic Powers of Ten (1977) video by Charles & Ray Eames:
