Back from a weekend in NOLA and, although I feel heartened by how far the city has come since Katrina, it still irks me that more has not been done by the federal agencies. But then, perhaps we should all be thankful that our president and FEMA did not just leave things as they were [...]
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another one for roger, opposite
Lal Kila, Delhi, 1995
maya deren in haiti
Deren went to Haiti between 1947 and 1951, shooting for a piece about voudoun, which came to be called, ‘Divine Horsemen‘. The project infatuated Deren, and she felt that the rituals she witnessed and filmed (in itself an accomplishment) were beyond any creative experience she had ever had.
maya deren
I came across a wonderful collection of films by artist (in the broadest sense of the term), Maya Deren. More on her later, but take a look at this site. Astonishing. http://www.ubu.com/film/deren.html Some Metaphors For The Creative Process by Maya Deren A creative artist must have, to begin with, substantial reserves in his bank. He [...]
Steve Martin, punch lines and art
Steve Matin, comedian and actor, writes this in the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine: “In a college psychology class, I had read a treatise on comedy explaining that a laugh was formed when the storyteller created tension, then, with the punch line, released it. I didn’t quite get this concept, nor do I still, but [...]
JG Ballard on the Bilbao Guggenheim
Ballard, of ‘Crash’ and other wonderful novels and short stories, writes a sharp piece about Frank Gehry’s questionably iconic building. “I wonder if the Bilbao Guggenheim is a work of architecture at all? Perhaps it belongs to the category of exhibition and fairground displays, of giant inflatables and bouncy castles.” – J G Ballard. drawing: [...]
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Robert Clarke-Davis
Robert Clarke-Davis (check the web site link below to see his photographs) sends me postcards and small, hand-bound books almost every week. Some ten years of this, and I now have several boxes full of his hypnotic, deeply felt imagery, and feel extremely privileged to be his friend and occasional colleague. Clarke teaches photography at [...]
very alternative radio
Resonance Radio, based in London, works its programming to this brief: “To provide a radical alternative to the universal formulae of mainstream broadcasting. Resonance 104.4 fm features programmes made by musicians, artists and critics who represent the diversity of London’s arts scenes, with regular weekly contributions from nearly two hundred musicians, artists, thinkers, critics, activists [...]
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Puff and its gone
I’m in England. With a recent ban on smoking almost everywhere in the UK, I was hoping to see some gaspers. Instead, I found this site: SerifPublishing’s redesigner project.
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