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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Check out more details and hottest pictures of Beyonce in our previous post here.
Labels: Artist, Beyonce Knowles, music, Performer, Singer
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sonnet 44
If the dull substance of my flesh were thought,
Injurious distance should not stop my way;
For then despite of space I would be brought,
From limits far remote, where thou dost stay.
No matter then although my foot did stand
Upon the farthest earth removed from thee;
For nimble thought can jump both sea and land
As soon as think the place where he would be.
But, ah, thought kills me that I am not thought,
To leap large lengths of miles when thou art gone,
But that, so much of earth and water wrought,
I must attend time's leisure with my moan,
Receiving nought by elements so slow,
But heavy tears, badges of either's woe.
(Shakespeare)
One more thing: The bone in the film is a wishbone:
The wishbone, known in anatomy as the furcula, is a sternum bone found in birds which is shaped like the letter Y. It is used as an attachment point for the wing muscles. It is so named because of a tradition: Two people pull on each side of such a bone, and when it breaks, the one who gets the larger part is said to have a wish granted.
The mechanical sculpture in the film is by Arthur Ganson. Some of his stuff is really awe-inspiring. Check this Machine with Artichoke Petal #2
Of course, it may bring to mind other art machines (Rebecca Horn, but also manyothers), but what I really appreciate here is the simplicity. Modest art is something to be cherished. It also reminds me of some of the musical experiences by the Portuguese musician Nuno Rebelo:
Even the really simple ones are really something: Machine with Chinese Fan
Is it kitsch? I don't care.
(via)
Monday, October 26, 2009
Just so you don't think I'm ignoring you - check out some great projects by Marc Kremers:
- As found, a site with images found on the net... Fantastic.
- The wonderfuly anarchist Tex Server.
- And some of Marc's animations can be found here.
Labels: digital, painting/photo
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Deepika Padukone is one of the hottest Indian model and beautiful actress who performs in Bollywood movies.
Check out more details and pictures of vivacious Deepika in our previous posts here, here, here and here.
Labels: Actress, Bollywood, Deepika Padukone, Indian, Model
So how was it for YOU?
Not all of Robert Grigolov's work convinces me. Some of it seems like simple tricks pour épater les bourgeois. But isn't part of the fun about discovering the value something has for you when taking out of a context which isn't necessarily one you appreciate?
Why does the above installation have the title Dollar Bill? I don't know. I have some ideas, but I don't think I want to follow them. And, just as Daniel Pennac's 10 Inalienable Rights of the Reader, so any spectator has similar rights, among them, to decide arbitrarily where the work begins and ends for her.
This doesn't need to mean any sort of glorification of ignorance. However, it does accept it as part of the deal. After all, the spectator is no less free than the artist, is he?
This should be a very obvious question. Aesthetic relativism is something seemingly accepted. Yet the contemporary art world seems to specialize in "right" ways of looking at its creations.
Anything goes - yet there is still plenty of exciting space for dialogue. Tastes are indeed something we discuss and shape, aesthetic experience is a beautifuly shapeable thing. And yet one of the most difficult things is to stay within the play of common value-seeking and exploration of personal experience, and not move into the discourse of competence, the universe of authority, which might sustain a big chunk of what the contemporary art world is about, but is hardly enjoyable for those of us who like their artflesh stupendously raw and intimate.
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Labels: art world, painting/photo, sculpture
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Oh what jealousy of the physical difference! Of the outcasting cast out in flesh! Oh how simple the definitions then become. How meaningful in their ever-presence. What sort of a tragedy can there be when its shape is nothing? How do you give it shape? How do you translate it into something it is not?
All pictures are by Risk Hazekamp.
Labels: painting/photo
Monday, October 19, 2009
Ileana D'Cruz is pretty South Indian actress.
Check out more information and pictures of Ileana in our previous post here.
Labels: Actress, Ileana D'Cruz, Indian, Model
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Sandhya Shetty born on 29th May. She is 5 feet 9 inch tall dusky versatile fashion model from India. She was one of the finalist in Femina Miss India 2000 and was 1st runners up in Vatika Ford Supermodel 2002.
Check out more details and hot pictures of Sandhya in our previous post here.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Lara Dutta is one of the hottest Indian film actress and title holder of Miss Universe 2000. Her latest Bollywood movie release is Blue where she is performing as Mona along with Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Katrina Kaif and Zayed Khan. Kylie Minogue is giving an special appearance for Blue movie in song Chiggy Wiggy.
Check out more information and hot pictures of Lara in our previous posts here, here and here.
Labels: Actress, Bollywood, Indian, Lara Dutta, Miss, Miss Universe, Model, Pageant
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Here's a recent work made by Julius Popp, a German artist:
And here's a commercial product present since 1989:
Classic questions:
How much of the value is the originality of the project?
How much is there left for the concept? The execution? The richness of the universe that is being created? The "art codes"?
The bluff?
Should one stop/diverge a project upon realizing one is following another's path too closely?
This latter question is quite recurrent among many of the artists I know. Some opt for stopping, while others simply don't let go of their toy. After all, they say, isn't it always mine in the first place? Unintentional plagiarism? So what? If you focus on what you are, on your own path, shouldn't it always lead to an original work? In the best of possible worlds?
Labels: commercial, sculpture
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Some of my favorites from the Wild Things' Forts contest by Booooom, where you can send in your picture of a fort....
Here's the explanation:
Where The Wild Things Are is filled with references to building a world out of things from your everyday life and that’s exactly what we want you to do!
We want you to create a fort! Use garbage bags, tree branches, tablecloths, prosthetic limbs, wood, gold, whatever you got!
Snap a photo, and email it to me, here.
Winner gets a “Wild Things” Edition XBOX plus a magnificent bus shelter-sized Where the Wild Things Are poster not available in stores!
Contest ends next Monday (October 12th), so get on it!
Labels: etc
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
in collaboration with David Ellis.
COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.
Labels: film, land art/urban
Sunday, October 4, 2009
She is also filming for Mumbai Cutting.