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I have no idea.
Do come.

Daikichi RAW!!!!

FETISH!!!

Britain From Above

BBC has yet gave us (aired August 10, 2008 but the site is still amazing to look at so what the heck) another reason to re-discover how we can connect with one another. This time, with an extraordinary journey through Britain From Above. Intercepting points of humans and machines alike.


Tracking of the Taxis in London from above.


Lights in London from above.

And of course with every great series, preceding the mechanics of the cash cow would be to have an amazing DVD set. You can buy yours here.

It's the Season to be High.

Yes, it's that time of the year again. And of course when you pick up your mobile to call that lovely someone you met at some parties, you'll wanna see some colors on your phone. Our friends from Assembly came just in time to add that bit of high to your life, especially when the world's in such sorry state nowadays. Get your own here.

Cindy Sherman

I am currently shifting to a new place, new room. The course of action forces me to pack my room. Just when I moved the bottle of whiskey 2 inches to the left, alas! I found my stash of Cindy Sherman's books. Did I kept it there so that every time I reach for a drink, I will see her works? Nonetheless, I flip through the Untitled Film Stills... and then some from Retrospective... I feel like ....... from the overwhelming photos revisit. And today I found out that she has got her new works up at the Metro Pictures gallery.

Teenager

Young man falling. Who says anything about teenage angst?
I see many, relate to this.

View the trailer:

YOUNG MAN FALLING TRAILER from martin de thurah on Vimeo.

Here's what you need to know:
Who is Martin De Thurah?

The brilliance

Eleanor Hardwick

she's only 16.
she's available for commission on weekends.
and she's got a flickr.

DIGITAL PORTRAITS

Mashallah Design with Linda Kostowski at Create Berlin during the London Design Festival.

THREE PEOPLE ARE PORTRAYED DIGITALLY BY TURNING THEIR 3D DATA INTO 2D SEWING PATTERNS AND CONVERTING THESE INTO ARTICLES OF CLOTHING. LINKED WITH THEIR BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIES A DIGITAL TWIN OF THE BODY IS CREATED.

WOLF: 419 FACES
SWIMMIES: 378 FACES
JUKI: 318 FACES

Frédéric Durieu

SEX at the Art Du Midi
Algorithmic Poetry they said.

A "hole" he said.

Gabriela Felgentrager

"My work is not of the pretty variety and I frequently use unconventional materials. The form and size of my pieces encourage both the wearer and the observer to re-think their notions of what jewellery is and what is wearable. For me a ring is more than a "hole" for the finger. A brooch is more than a pretty accessory. These body objects have their own place and space…".

Strong Stares.

Staring at Cat Staring at Cat Staring
(2007)
Air-dry clay, fluorescent tubing, electronic balast, wires.
170 x 30 x18cm (w/out wires)

Playing the building.

VERY VERY VERY COOL PROJECT HERE.

No, you do not need to lift a finger on that joystick.

Found this guy who did this custom Mario world with rhythm that sync with a sound track of a certain Japanese anime. All the bumps and monsters are placed strategically to enable Mario to move thru the world without any controls, if you think that's easy, don't forget all the sound effect sort of sync with the sound track.

Sit back and enjoy this 11 minutes extraordinaire.

Are you Generation C?

So what is Generation C you may ask.

Ask yourself, do you engage in the ever flowing strings of information around you? Do you question a new product rather than behold it in awe? Do you have a regular contribution of your life to the World Wide Web? Do you go to a party and have at least half the party-goers say hi to you without you knowing who the hell they were?

I'm sure you do have all the answer to the questions above. But what is Generation C? Trendwatching.com said that its creativity, content, celebrity and control. But there are groups out there who uses the term differently. e.g. www.generation-c.org.

The list of other examples

• C – Cusp
• C – Caring
• C – Culture
• C – Control
• C – Content
• C – Channel
• C – Criterion
• C – Celebrity
• C – Cynicism
• C – Character
• C - Community
• C – Connected
• C – Consensus
• C – Complexity
• C – Collaborative
• C – Communication
• C – Code (internet coding)
• C – Companies/Corporations (most will be working for large companies and/or corporations rather than small or medium sized businesses)
• C – Creativity/Creative/Creators

(source : Wikipedia)

Maybe Generation C is defined by one of these traits, maybe its all of them.
You decide.

The Story of Your Jeans.

Read the full article here.

Photo source: TIME

Chance upon Photographer

A humble guy from Hong Kong, Dennis Tai loves to bring to you that all too familiar postcard moments you've always thought about in your day dreams. For me, I prefer his Miramar Air Show set.

Death is only $5 away

Download your graveyard walk here.
Because death is only $5 away.

DATA DIRECTOR: Auriea Harvey
PROCESS DIRECTOR: Michaël Samyn
ANIMATIONS: Laura Raines Smith
MUSIC: Gerry De Mol
SOUND EFFECTS: Kris Force

Wanderlust

It's not a wait anymore.

BANGERS & MASH GENERATION

Big ups to CLASH THE DISKO KIDS for the NEW mix!
Looking good with their NEW Logo and all.


Front


Back

Download remix here.
Right click and save the Front and Back of album art above for your very own DIY CLASH THE DISKO KIDS mix album!

EVERYBODY can be JACKSON POLLOCK

HERE.

Like how EVERYBODY at one time or another been saying, "I can do that too. So why is he so lucky to have done it so spontaneously and became so famous??"
Now you can, maybe create your very own No. 5.

Miltos Manetas is a Greek-born multimedia artist.

READ "Websites Are The Art Of Our Times" an essay by Miltos Manetas

Portishead.... in ten years.

Portishead's Machine Gun @ ATP 2007


Box set of THIRD opens for pre order now.
The fully etched 12" vinyl of Machine Gun is to die for.


Calls for a celebration ya. Esp in the smoking pavilion.

It all started with an IDEA.

The HBO intro.


The behind-the-scene of the making.


I'll let the video do the talking this time.

Meat Packers Unite

I wanna be a meat packer too!
Watch their new experimental short film here. The Horrible Sounds
Music by EVAC.

Refrain Refrain

Very nonsense Very nice Very mischievous Very love Very bold Very warm Very playful Very unpredictable Very adventurous Very poetic Very colorful Very musical Very humorous Very Ryoji Arai.

Free!!! Or just dirt cheap.

Hey, if you wanna travel light and still be able to bring tons of books for a 3 months reading trip to Siberia, or just prefer clicking on the mouse to flipping the pages. Try www.dailylit.com.

Right now, I'm just loving it.

Oh wait, are there any internet connection in Siberia???

When everybody's getting an iphone, why settle?

Go to a club, a wedding dinner or a date with the hot girl from across the road. Somebody within a proximity of 5 meters will be carrying an iphone, working their little fingers trying to enlarge or shrink that picture they just took. Very nice you said, but they don't come in black. You can try to spray the chrome backside black to match your every piece of black tees. Or you can get this.



Made only to an edition of 50. Cost of $2000. Now you don't have to change your wardrobe to chrome. Buy it here.

Can Film Bring The World Together?

This is the question asked by documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim. Her asking for a wish as innocent as World Peace during the 2006 TED conference brought many to rethink why are they doing what they are doing right now.

A little history of Jehane Noujaim...
Jehane Noujaim began as a photographer and filmmaker in Cairo, Egypt, where she grew up. She moved to Boston in 1990, where she attended Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude in Visual Arts and Philosophy in 1996. Earlier that year, Noujaim was awarded the Gardiner fellowship under which she directed Mokattam, an Arabic film about an Egyptian garbage collecting village. She then joined the MTV News and Documentary division as a producer for the documentary series, Unfiltered. Noujaim left her producing job at MTV to produce and direct Startup.com in association with Pennebaker Hedgedus Films. The feature length, highly acclaimed documentary has won numerous distinguished awards including the DGA and IDA Awards for best documentary. She has since worked in both the Middle East and the US as a director and cinematographer on various documentaries including Born Rich (Jamie Johnson), Only the Strong Survive (Miramax Films), and Down from the Mountain (Cohen Brothers).
Source : www.noujaimfilms.com

On May 10, 2008 -Pangea Day- We will find out the power of film as New York City, Rio, London, Dharamsala, Cairo, Jerusalem and Kigali will join together in a live video conference to produce a 4-hour program of powerful films, visionary speakers and uplifting music.

This is an invitation for anyone reading this to pass the word on.

World Peace. We need it.

Tenori-On

Many of you may have seen this project by Toshio Iwai back in 2005. Same creator of the cult Nintendo DS game Electroplankton all media-crazy kids are struggling with to create that masterpiece of sounds.

Finally in June 2007, Toshio Iwai did a live performance on stage with the fully developed Tenori-On.


Launching on the 4th of September 2007 at Phonica Records / Vinyl Factory, London. Yamaha will showcase this extraordinary collaboration piece with Toshio Iwai.

Tenori-On uses an illuminated, interactive grid of lights for the user to trigger and create sounds. Very similar to monome, created by a collective based in Philadelphia, except the fact that Tenori-On do not need to be hook up to a computer to create sound.

Now, to save up that US$1000 for it.
Meanwhile, you can befriend Tenori-On here.

Eric Shaw

Constantly on the run, Eric Shaw is someone only restricted by the tip of his pen. Non-conformist of the post modern trend of the old, he dwells in the corner of your eye.

Contact him if you wish to buy yourself that ill looking tee or you can talk him into selling you his prints.

KAMON DESIGN

With the likes of Naohiro Ukawa and Keiichi Tanaami.
The collective aims to revive the Art used to indicate one’s own family history, blood line, lineage and standing in ancient times Japan. Recent addition to the collective includes Wabisabi.

Enjoy.