POPEL COUMOU
Posted by Fabio 18 November 2010
Popel Coumou looks for the romanticism in geometry and human absence. The way the outline of a dusty window is projected on a bleak floor shows the almost tangible loneliness in her photographs. Nevertheless the source of these works is a lot less evident than first suspected. read more
Water
Posted by Fabio 18 November 2010
‘Water’ is a film about a young boy’s struggle to accept his fears, his mentally disabled father and his possible future duty. Winner 2010 Australian Directors Guild Award for Best Direction in a Short Film. Directed by Corrie Jones.
Richard Learoyd
Posted by Fabio 17 November 2010
Richard Learoyd’s photographs have recently emerged into the art world seemingly from nowhere. Visually, they are bold, poised, and magnetically beautiful. Beneath their alluring appearance lies a deeply inquiring and subtle intellect.
Goodbye Shanghai
Posted by Fabio 17 November 2010
While embezzling $14 billion from a Chinese bank for the US government, two Western bankers grab $15 million in cash for themselves. Goodbye Shanghai explores the negative effects of Western imperialism on modern Chinese culture. Written and Directed by Adam Christian Clark.
Dena Schuckit
Posted by Fabio 16 November 2010
American artist Dena Schuckit graduated in 2007 from Central Saint Martins with a degree in fine art.
Skateistan: To live and skate in Kabul
Posted by Fabio 16 November 2010
Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautifully shot film directed by Orlando von Einsiedel that follows the lives of a group of young skateboarders in Afghanistan. Operating against the backdrop of war and bleak prospects, the Skateistan charity project is the world’s first co-educational skateboarding school, where a team of international volunteers work with girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 17, an age group largely untouched by other aid programmes.
Johan Eldrot & Erik Larsson
Posted by Fabio 15 November 2010
A Flight to the Land Beyond the North Pole I & II from 2010 is a collaboration between Swedish artists Johan Eldrot & Erik Larsson. Mixed media installation.
EMILY WARDILL
Posted by Fabio 15 November 2010
Emily Wardill
Game Keepers Without Game
12 November – 11 December 2010
Standard (Oslo)
Hegdehaugsveien 3, N-0352 Oslo