David Spiller
Posted by Fabio 30 November 2010
David Spiller
Beaux Arts Gallery
Cork Street, London, W1
Nov 10 – Dec 11
Mark Powell
Posted by Fabio 30 November 2010
Born in Illinois, and currently based in Mexico City, photographer Mark Powell document his every day life while simultaneously exploring the complex relationship between photography and memory, subject and object. read more
Stand Up
Posted by Fabio 30 November 2010
Told through a single stand-up comedy routine, John J Jones performs to an unforgiving audience. As he loses their interest, his body rebels against him, and the truth behind the one-liners leaks through the cracks. Car-crash comedy at its most compulsive. Directed by Joseph Pierce.
Girl Talk
Posted by Fabio 30 November 2010
Girl Talk (Gregg Michaeil Gillis) is American musician and DJ specializing in mashups and digital sampling. One can listen to his latest album as well as see a diagram of the different samples used for each track over at Mashup Breakdown – enjoy!
NATACHA PAGANELLI
Posted by Fabio 29 November 2010
The video installation by French artist Natacha Paganelli “Kolo/Dance” spreads a spectacular enchantment which could remind some minimalist version of the choreographic inventions of the time of Russian Ballets…It makes appear in the style of kaleidoscope the fiction of one popular vitality stemming from the Nature, realizing at the same time as it reveals the utopia which animated the attempts to establish a national spirit in Former Yugoslavia on the reconstruction of folk traditions.
Troy Dugas
Posted by Fabio 29 November 2010
Troy Dugas work is made from product labels he purchase in unused bundles. He cut and arrange this material onto flat surfaces (paper, canvas, or wood) to produce artworks that appear woven. He use repetition and pattern to distract from the original purpose of the label to sell a product. The artwork itself is the only product left to sell.
Linotype: The Film
Posted by Fabio 26 November 2010
“Linotype: The Film” is a documentary about Ottmar Mergenthaler’s amazing Linotype typecasting machine and the people who own and love these machines today. Directed by Douglas Wilson.
Out of Sync
Posted by Fabio 26 November 2010
Out of Sync splits up the main components that form the language of cinema to capture a defining moment in the lives of a married couple no longer in sync. The short film opens with images of the pair’s silent morning ritual, while the soundtrack reveals the fight they had the evening before. Later, as the viewer follows the husband driving away for work, the listener is confronted with an intimate phone call by the wife inviting her lover to come over. read more