Posted by Fabio 10 December 2010
We here at FILE greets December welcome with our new monthly Mixtape, this time from New York based conceptualist photographer Les Robert Krims. He is noted for his carefully arrange fabricated photographs (called “fictions”), various candid series, a satirical edge, dark humor, and long-standing criticism of what he describes as leftist twaddle. read more
Posted by Fabio 9 December 2010
Seth Armstrong was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. After Studying painting in Northern Holland, he received a BFA from The California College Of The Arts. He lives in Oakland, CA.
Posted by Fabio 9 December 2010
Nightlands’ Forget the Mantra started as a simple dream journal where Dave Hartley would record music ideas in the morning, upon waking. It has since blossomed from a mere catalog of thoughts and ideas, a bedroom project in the most literal of senses, into an album that masterfully conveys the feel of dream. Video directed by Mark Schoneveld.
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Posted by Fabio 8 December 2010
Errata is an experimental film in which director Alexander Stewart used a photocopier to generate frames of animation. Each frame of the film is photocopy of the previous frame. Both black & white and color photocopies were used to make this film, approximately 4,600 copies total.
Posted by Fabio 7 December 2010
Sound Works Collection explore the world of TRON: LEGACY, a high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever seen or heard. In this exclusive sound for film profile they talk with Sound Re-Recording Mixer Gary Rizzo, Supervising Sound Editor Gwen Yates Whittle, and Sound Designer Steve Boeddeker.
Posted by Fabio 7 December 2010
Alejandra Villasmil paints, draws and collages over vintage magazine covers. The personalities that don the covers, even if you could somehow recognize them, are lost forever as all or most of the individual features are hidden under the applied media. Villasmil is commenting as much on the way fame is manufactured, as it is fleeting. read more
Posted by Fabio 7 December 2010
Still Life with fruits is about the fetishism of commodities. It is an illusion to overrate the product, to enchant people to buy it. Ting Ting Cheng focuses on the power of brand to represent the commodity fetishism. In our everyday life, we can find a bike from Hermes which cost £2300, and a tennis-racket from CHANEL cost £450, what’s the difference between these products and the others? read more
Posted by Fabio 6 December 2010
Patrick Tuttofuoco is known for his utopian ideals and his interest in society, cities and community. He composes a practice inspired by a desire for interaction and an interest in social and political dynamics making frequent use of fluorescent colours, loud music and quirky architecture within his work.