Madam Mutiny and Ms Ruby Rebel. / Assorted photos courtesy of Andrew Hales.
Massive Attack — “The Spoils” ft. Hope Sandoval [♬]
•August 11, 2016 • Leave a CommentCate Blanchett’s face is warped, changed and rearranged in the haunting new video for Massive Attack’s “The Spoils,” featuring Hope Sandoval:
Directed by John Hillcoat, the clip features Blanchett’s head rotating against a black background as Sandoval’s lithe voice drifts over Massive Attack’s brooding production. At first, the actress undergoes a simple hairstyle or makeup change, but soon, her whole face is cast in plaster, as its skin peels off and transforms into a stone statue.
Reclaiming Anonymity: A Private Affair [F]
•August 5, 2016 • Leave a CommentAnonymity — I appreciate what this allows people to do and feel when they recognize they have it. When I began this blog for instance, I didn’t know what I was doing or care much about how I was doing it and for whom would see it. Over time I came to understand that blogging was for me, and this blog was my space where I didn’t have to be shy or censor myself for the sake of modesty or judgment from the world. It was fun. It was only when I realized that people I knew and cared about were visiting me that I began to filter my content to what I deemed suitable for them to read. My sister and younger brother for instance. This also meant I couldn’t write about my friends anymore either. Which isn’t a bad thing, but for myself, I don’t open up to people in my life, so writing is something I need.
This blog changed for the better and made me a better writer for it, but I also lost a personal mechanism for coping with my real life and my wishful thoughts. I truly believe I need writing in order to exorcise my thoughts and feelings on the regular, and I can’t do that on this blog anymore. I want that to change. Hence the reason why I am changing the general settings from public to private as of today. In my life right now, I could really use the benefits that come from journaling. No one visiting had gotten to know me any better anyway, so maybe it is about time I got to know myself, and experiment with this medium.
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” ~ Oscar Wilde
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” ~ Gustave Flaubert
“We are part of a mystery, a splendid mystery within which we must attempt to orient ourselves if we are to have a sense of our own nature.” ~ Marilynne Robinson
“Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.” ~ Schopenhauer
Portishead — “SOS” [♬]
•July 18, 2016 • Leave a CommentMusic video for Portishead’s excellent moody cover of ABBA track released in tribute to British Labour Party politician Helen Joanne Cox who was sadly murdered 16 June 2016:
A Touch of Zen / Xia Nü (1969) directed by King Hu
•July 11, 2016 • Leave a CommentA Touch of Zen is one film coming to this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival I will not pass up seeing on the big screen. I already have my ticket, see:
A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks. It is much more than that of course, as the official NZIFF write-up about the film below the HD trailer promises:
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２８１４ — 恢复 [♬]
•July 8, 2016 • Leave a Comment恢复/Recovery by 2814. From the album 新しい日の誕生/Birth of a New Day:
Footage is from the 1986 short film “Dream City” by Steve Siegel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTLKn3CcGLQ) / Video edited by David Dean Burkhart.
Quirky Hand-Drawn Characters Come to Life by Illustrator ‘Yoyo the Ricecorpse’ a.k.a 木匣子与圆脸兔’
•July 8, 2016 • Leave a Comment
Blending her original photography with hand-drawn illustrations in Photoshop, animator Yoyo the Ricecorpse creates quirky ghost-like characters that live in a world where anime meets Roger Rabbit. Each animation is limited to a single animated GIF that sees her doughy characters living in teapots or lounging around urban backdrops in photos taken from Yoyo’s travels to Tokyo.
Recently out of school, Yoyo now works full-time as an illustrator and animator in London and has transformed many of her characters into an assortment of shirts, pins, buttons and other objects available in her Etsy shop. She is also working on an animated music video that should be out soon. You can follow more of her work on Instagram and Behance.
I think these are great. If only I were as proficient in animation as Miss Yoyo The Ricecorpse → That’s me undergoing a failed performance art/garden project in the middle of Albert Park. I should have better spent my time learning how to animate. I guess the next best thing is the augmented-reality game Pokémon GO.
Links to Yoyo’s tumblr and etsy pages are here: Tumblr / Etsy / Instagram
Tattoo Artist Who Lost His Arm Gets World’s First Tattoo Machine Prosthesis
•June 28, 2016 • Leave a Comment
JC Sheitan Tenet, who is based in Lyon, France, lost his arm 22 years ago. He received the world’s coolest prosthetic courtesy of French artist JL Gonzal, who modified an existing arm prosthesis to accommodate the tattoo machine:
Genèse: Interactive Video Performance by U-Machine
•June 26, 2016 • Leave a CommentPerformance artists U-Machine created this work in which a pole dancer interacts with the geometric images projected on the screen behind her:
Art director: Amine Rachad / Dance and choregraphy: Marie Clain / Video & Music: Amine Rachad / Shooting and editing: Amine Rachad / Creative partners: La Grainerie ( la-grainerie.net/ ) / Co-producers: Festival Electro Alternativ ( electro-alternativ.com/ ) / Contact: contact.umachine@gmail.com / facebook.com/umachineshow/.
“Australia has had five prime ministers in five years, the poor yanks look as though they’ll have to choose between two options both of which have more disapproval than approval, and the UK leaves the EU. It seems like a ridiculous amount of instability. One might even call it absurd. But it’s not surprising. You can’t feed a society exaggeration, hyperbole and propaganda for over a decade, and then claim surprise when people don’t seem to be making rational decisions on the basis of well established truth. There’s a cost associated with not telling the truth. There’s a cost associated with polarized, adversarial public discourse. There’s a cost associated with media more concerned with profits than the public interest. It is, apparently, time to pay the piper.”
•June 25, 2016 • Leave a CommentThis Reddit comment ^
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