Turbulent by Shirin Neshat
Altered Earth - Dough Aitken
From Doug Aitken Workshop http://www.dougaitkenworkshop.com/work/altered-earth/
Doug Aitken's Black Mirror
Doug Aitken’s Black Mirror is a meditation on the rootlessness and the extreme virtuality of contemporary existence. Comprised of a site-specific multi-channel video installation and a live theater performance at the Deste Foundation Project Space, Slaughterhouse, on the Greek island of Hydra, it stars Chloë Sevigny as a nomadic individual traversing airport terminals, hotel lobbies and car rental kiosks, communicating in quick pulses and travelling long distances for short meetings. The video installation was shot in and around Athens and Hydra, as well as Cancun, Mexico; Albuquerque and Gallup, New Mexico; Flagstaff and Arcosanti, Arizona; and Palm Springs, California. The performance was staged on a barge off Athens, and featured Sevigny, gospel singers, strippers and musicians, Los Angeles underground rock duo No Age and Greek percussionists.
more movie poster art.
Jenny Holzer
Miranda July photographed by Sam Taylor-Wood for The Future.
Thinking about poster design for Acts of God…. here some official and re-imaginings of some of my favourite films.
Shrin Neshat. epic.
I’ve just discovered Iranian-American video artist and film director, Shirin Neshat. I’d seen the dramatic feature film Women Without Men at MIFF and thought it was fantastic but not connected the dots when recently looking through a book collection of her visual art. The images are incredible, cinematic, powerful and this is one of my favourites. I’d love the opportunity to see them installed as video pieces as intended.
Marina Abramovic.
JUMP! by projection legends Urbanscreen. I’ve recently been researching 3D mapping with a human performance/dance element for Arts Centre Melbourne. This is one of the best references I found for the processes of shooting video to be projected onto a 3D architectural structure rather than flat canvas.
In their words. The project “Jump” is focusing on mapped video projection with a strict reference to architectural structure. The house front has been rebuilt in a studio setting with a proportion of 1:1,4. The setup becomes a stage for artists and performers. Later the captured video content is projected on the building.
best.photo.ever. Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore rehearsing for Thoroughly Modern Millie. big smiles :)’s
After binging on two new Breaking Bad eps last night my Vince Gilligan love has been rediscovered. How did he get to be such a fantastic writer? - oh that’s right, 20-something episodes of X-Files and countless feature scripts. Sigh. Found this interview from Popcorn Taxi where he discusses working with his five other writers as a team. He says they don’t plan in advance where the overall plot will go but constantly ask questions about the characters - what do they want now? He also says he hopes to direct a feature film next… can’t wait.
knitted anatomy :)
