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Ritxi Ostáriz's VIVA CALACA
This is a refreshing animation from Bilbao-based animator Ritxi Ostáriz with original music from Voltaire. See it HERE or below in low-quality flash video.
Ritxi
Voltaire.net
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Thursday, 28 August 2008
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Sunday, 25 May 2008
Baz Luhrmann's AUSTRALIA
"Australia is Baz Luhrmann's first feature film since the 2001 musical success Moulin Rouge! The highly anticipated film centres on an English aristocrat in the 1930s, played by Nicole Kidman, who comes to northern Australia to sell a cattle property the size of Belgium. After an epic journey across the country with a rough-hewn drover, Hugh Jackman, they are caught in the bombing of Darwin during World War II. Filming began late April 2007 & concluded December 19th 2007. The film is slated for a November 13 2008 release."
The teaser trailer for Australia is below. For additional viewing options, visit the official site HERE.
After enjoying Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!, I'm looking forward to seeing his approach to this film which looks like a departure from his earlier work. Also, I highly recommend Nick Cave's The Proposition which (like the recently mentioned Dead Man) viscerally presents a convincing representation of a gritty period of history and like Luhrmann's latest is set in Australia.
I haven't enjoyed everything from Luhrmann but that doesn't diminish my admiration for his work which began with this gentle gem:Links:
Australia
Bazmark Inq (official Baz Luhrmann site)
Baz Luhrmann Wiki
Baz the Great! (fansite)
Friday, 23 May 2008
BILL HICKS is made of bricks
“Bill Hicks–blowtorch, excavator, truth-sayer, and brain specialist, like a reverend waving a gun around. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.” – Tom WaitsBill Hicks
Bill Hicks Wiki
The Gospel According to Hicks (GQ Magazine)
Bill Hicks (Spike Magazine)
Bill Hicks (BBC)
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Introducing PAAVOHARJU
I stumbled across Paavoharju the other day at Gorilla vs. Bear just before finding another band from Finland equally divergent from my usual listening fare. Here are some samples of their work:
Links:
Paavoharju
Paavoharju (MySpace)
Paavoharju (Gorilla vs. Bear)
Paavoharju (LastFM)
Paavoharju (Internet Archive)
Friday, 16 May 2008
Ari Folman's WALTZ WITH BASHIR
One of the first films from this year's Cannes to cause a stir is Ari Folman's animated feature Waltz with Bashir.
The synopsis from the official site:
One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life.
Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images …
Links:
Waltz with Bashir
Animation tipped for Cannes glory (BBC)
Waltz with Bashir (GreenCine Daily)
Folman's confession thrills Cannes (Guardian)
Ari Folman (IMDB)
LORCAN FINNEGAN's video for Orba Squara's "Gravel"
This video was a little confection in an otherwise bitter day. EDIT: Lorcan has removed the video from his Vimeo page. Here's the YouTube version:
Links:
Gravel (Lovely Productions)
Gravel (No Fat Clips)
Lorcan Finnegan (MySpace)
Lorcan Finnegan (Vimeo)
Orba Squara
Orba Squara (MySpace)
Lorcan Finnegan (YouTube)
Lorcan Finnegan (BBC)
Introducing MARK LECKEY
Mark Leckey is the third introduction to the four nominees for this year's Turner Prize. I have to say it's refreshing to see an established artist with a MySpace page. In addition to being a fan of Doctor Who, Madame Bovary, and Little Richard, Leckey provides this to the point introduction:I am a British artist. I show with the Cabinet in London, Gavin Brown's in New York and Buchholz Galerie in Cologne. I teach at the Stadelschule in Frankfurt and have a band called Jack too Jack....
In regard to his work, it is varied, often hybrid, and intrinsically modern. He is nominated for his solo exhibitions which incorporate sculpture, film, sound and performance.
Borborygmus in the Kunstvereins basement
Links:
Mark Leckey (MySpace)
JackTooJack (MySpace) - Mark Leckey's band
Mark Leckey (Guardian Unlimited)
Mark Leckey (Frieze)
Mark Leckey (ArtForum)
Mark Leckey (Manifesta 5)
Featurette: LAU NAU
Having just released her sophomore album Nukku, I just discovered the Finnish band Lau Nau over at Antville. Their music is wistful, spare, psychedelic folk; perfect listening while sitting on the lunar-like landscape at bottom of the ocean.
From Locust Music:
Lau Nau is the nom de plume of free spirited Finnish artist Laura Naukkarinen. Since the release of her celebrated debut full length Kuutarha on Chicago’s Locust Music in 2005, Lau Nau has enjoyed considerable recognition for her intimate & playful blend of ethnic tinged folk songs with curious & intuitive sounds conjured from familiar and exotic sound sources.Here is a selection of Lau Nau's videos:
Lau Nau will be performing at the Clandestino festival, Göteborg, Sweden on June 14, 2008 at Koloni Klub.Links:
Lau Nau
Lau Nau MySpace
Sami Sänpäkkilä (vimeo)
interview (Digital Industries)
Lau Nau (LastFM)
Lau Nau - Kuutarha review (Pitchfork)
Painovoimaa, Valoa Quicktime (Fonal)
Fonal Records
Locust Music
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Storytime: CHARLES BUKOWSKI reads "Bluebird"
It has been a long time since the last storytime. This is Charles Bukowski once again, this time reading his poem Bluebird.
Cannes 2008 - Short film online competition
Having been selected by Danny Lennon from more than 650 submissions from around the world, the nine entries selected for the 2008 NFB online competition can be viewed below. Voting ends on May 19, 2008.
EDIT: Voting has ended and the videos have been removed. The winner will be announced on May 21, 2008.
Introducing RUNA ISLAM
The second introduction to the quartet of Turner Prize nominees, Runa Islam graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2004. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1970, she now works and resides in London.
From White Cube:
Runa Islam makes film and video installations that use overlapping layers of narrative to explore notions of truth and fiction, subjectivity and authorship. Islam installs her films in architectural configurations, frequently presenting them across two or three screens as a framing device. Her work aims to blur the distinctions between film and sculpture, art and cinema, and encourages a range of interpretations from viewers.
Links:
Runa Islam (White Cube)
Runa Islam - video excerpt (Artonfilm)
Runa Islam (Hammer Museum)
Runa Islam (Frieze Magazine)
Cinematic Effects: The art of Runa Islam (ArtForum)
Runa Islam images (Shugo Arts)
Runa Islam - Conditional Probability (Serpentine Gallery)
Runa Islam - CV (White Cube)
Runa Islam - Time takes a cigarette (White Cube)
Runa Islam interview (Kopenhagen.dk)
Runa Islam Q&A (White Cube)
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Featurette: FAR EAST RECORDING / OMODAKA
Japanese musician Soichi Terada is the founder and creative engine for Far East Recording. Omodaka is described as "...the name of [a] project developed through a trial and error process of mutational fusion of music and motion graphics. It will knock over your existing image toward a music video by a beautiful trajectory."
It's well outside my usual listening, but I really enjoy it. The videos are interesting as well. Here are some examples:
Links:
Far East Recording
FER/Omodaka profile (ZB's AtoZ of J-Music)
Far East Recording (YouTube)
Introducing CATHY WILKES
The first introduction to the four artists nominated for this year's Turner Prize, Cathy Wilkes was born in Belfast(1967). Her work is varied, precocious, feminine and as a whole surprisingly concise. A Borges-like symmetry and enigma emanate from her creations.
Cathy Wilkes currently lives and works in Glasgow. Her show for which she is nominated at the Milton Keynes Gallery runs through to June 8, 2008
Links:
Cathy Wilkes (The Modern Institute)
Cathy Wilkes (MAP Magazine)
Cathy Wilkes (Manifesta 5)
Cathy Wilkes (Milton Keynes Gallery)
Cathy Wilkes (Frieze)
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
José Saramago - Fernando Meirelles: BLINDNESS
After working on the adaptation of John le Carré's The Constant Gardener, Fernando Meirelles who also directed City of God has a new adaptation in the form of Nobel-laureate José Saramago's Blindness. The book tells the story of a mass epidemic which causes blindness and its effect on the unnamed city for which it is centred. Saramago wrote a sequel to the story in 2004 titled Seeing which is set in the same country and has been translated to English. It revolves around a majority of the populace casting blank ballots and the government's efforts to come to terms with and eradicate the movement.
Here is the teaser trailer for Meirelles adaptation for Blindness:
Blindness will be opening the 2008 Cannes Festival on the 14 May.
Links:
Blindess (movie website-Miramax)
José Saramago Nobel lecture (NobelPrize.org)
The Unexpected Fantasist - Saramago (New York Times)
José Saramago Wiki
Fernando Meirelles Wiki
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
CRUSH: R.E.M. "Hollowman" + The Gum Thief
From Toronto-based Crush, this video for the R.E.M. song "Hollow Man" is a refreshingly low-fi typographic and pictorial collage. See below in low quality Flash video or alternatively in Quicktime HERE.
Crush also created nine similarly sublime shorts for Random House Canada based around Douglas Coupland's The Gum Thief. See and download them HERE or alternatively view the selection below.
Glove Pond - Part 1
Roger - Part 1
Bethany - Part 1
Links:
Hollow Man Quicktime
R.E.M. Hollow Man Project
The Gum Thief
Crush
Douglas Coupland
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