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PENNY LANE – THE VOYAGERS
If you wish to make an app(le pie movie) from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Tagged apple pie, carl sagan, film, golden record, love, penny lane, space, wedding present
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Sebastian Schmieg – Search by Image, Recursively, Transparent PNG, #1 / Oliver Laric – 787 Cliparts
Maybe you’ve already seen these? If not, maybe you should see them already. Sebastian Schmieg – Search by Image, Recursively, Transparent PNG, #1 Oliver Laric – 787 Cliparts
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Tagged 787, animation, clip arts, experimental film, oliver laric, recursion, search by image, sebastian schmieg, video art
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ANDREW NORMAN WILSON – WHY IS THE NO VIDEO SIGNAL BLUE?
Someone told me recently that brands are getting tired of being green, so we’re going to be seeing a lot more blue soon. I’ve always been a blue guy, since I was a kid even. I was purple and I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew norman wilson, blue, customer service, default, derek jarman, eiffel 65, kind of blue, no video, signal, video
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HARUN FAROCKI – INEXTINGUISHABLE FIRE
Harun Farocki is one of the great German filmmakers. He is unbelievably prolific and has worked in any number of cinematic forms (essay, narrative, installation) through which he has maintained a fascinating point of view and rigorous political engagement. Inextinguishable … Continue reading
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Tagged a whole made up of, enactment, gestalt, harun forcki, johnny cash, napalm, pieces, reenactment, vacuum cleaners, vietnam
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THINGS WORTH LIVING FOR.
The end of George Kuchar‘s Hold Me While I’m Naked. Toward the end of Woody Allen‘s Manhattan. The Muppets Take “Manhattan” by Aaron Walker. Sad to see you go, George.
SALISE HUGHES – HOW TO DRAW CLOUDS
The attendant artist statement is as straightforward as the work itself: “A poetic meditation on the desire to make permanent what is ephemeral.” This works, and well, because of its simplicity and strength as a poetic gesture. Salise Hughes is a … Continue reading
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Tagged cut and run, drawing clouds, ephemerality, grand detour, life drawing, permanence, recess gallery, salise hughes, scratching sounds
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THOMAS STEINER – CAMPING CEZANNE
What is meant by painterly in regards to filmmaking? We showed this in June and it was excellent. This is what I wrote about it then: Montagne Sainte-Victoire, a limestone mountain range in Southern France, was immortalized in a series … Continue reading
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Tagged filmmaking, france, montagne sainte-victoire, mountain, painterly, paul cezanne, rotoscope, snow, thomas steiner, video art, water
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