LWL ‘Black Swan’ cover
I am pretty much beside myself with excitement about the new Aronofsky film ‘Black Swan’. Little White Lies have just announced that their new issue is going to be based around this film’s release and they have gotten David Carson to design the cover for it, which I like alot. Creative Review have done a...
The Typography of Jean-Luc Godard
Came across this great post about the typography used in the titles of films by Jean-Luc Godard. The use of handmade custom typefaces is very striking, combined with the visual flair of Godard in their setting. The site that the post is from, Movie Title Stills Collection, is a great resource with plenty of eye...
Video: ‘ZODIAC SHIT’ BY FLYING LOTUS
Love this new video by Adult Swim. Another great one by Flying Lotus, and so soon after the also brilliant Kill Your Co-workers video.
AntiVJ – 3Destruct
AntiVJ – 3Destruct from AntiVJ / Joanie on Vimeo. Currently installed at the International Festival of Audiovisual Arts Yota Space in St. Petersburg this is another great piece of work by the AntiVJ group. The work involves clever manipulation of spatial perception matched with precise synergy between visual and sound design to create a sense...
Paper Sculpture
Paper sculptures with an appealing gothic sensibility (probably due to the connotations of Victorian taxidermy in their arrangement) by Sydney based artist Anna-Wili Highfield. She also does copper pipe sculpture. Via quipsologies
Non-sign
I saw this a week or two ago. Stunning work commenting on the beauty of an untainted landscape whilst also augmenting this landscape. While the idea itself is great, an open window onto the landscape, it is the execution that really makes it special. Made from small stainless steel rods the sculptural framing of the...
Metropolis
I went to see this last night in Swan Cinema. Was even better on the bigscreen then I had anticipated, the art direction in all it’s large scale grandeur was awe-inspiring while the narrative is made much more coherent with the new edit. The music was a bit overwrought and melodramatic but that’s kind of...
Morton Feldman at IMMA
Photo by Melissa Example of Franz Kline stuff I’m faffin’ on about Went to Vertical Thoughts: Morton Feldman and the Visual Arts in IMMA. Great exhibition, does a great job of sketching the relationships between the compositional devices of Feldman and the aesthetic concepts of the New York School (comprised of artists such as Rothko,...
