Kara Jansson Kacev aka “Cloudbuiler” created these creepy iPhone drawings on the app Sculptmaster 3D. Blinking and grinning in the depths of the Uncanny Valley. The future looks weird.
December 3rd, 2009
Gary Clark, or, preferably Graphic Nothing, takes the word “graphic” very literally. His works consist of lines, curves colors organized in a well thought out fashion. It’s like those color theory books you pick up in the computer section of the bookstore, but on crack. Or something similar. Either way, they’re mesmorizing to stare at, just don’t do it for too long or your face will stay that way.
December 3rd, 2009
Anita Bruce combines her love of craft and zoology and biology into her unique works of art. Creating string and wire lace pieces, Anita crochets plankton, starfish, octupii, coral… all wonderfully marine and beautiful. Surprisingly, she’s part of a whole subculture of marine crochet, just google it and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
December 2nd, 2009
Illustrator Rob Dobi has created a cutting collection of archetypical scenesters on “Your Scene Sucks” that had me laughing outloud as I shamefully recognized incarnations of myself and just about everyone I know within these images. The dude above is my ex-boyfriend’s little brother’s best friend. Seriously though! Anyways, it’s kind of like “Homies” action figures, but for anyone young into music scenes. Check out his description for Indie Jesus!
“you sir, are grizzled! with a wardrobe that looks like it was donated to a thrift store by either crosby, stills or nash in 1971 and a beard that has its own zip code, this indie icon has a devout army of worshippers who follow his every whispered word.
the lethargic lo-fi lethario is known to lock himself in a cabin for months on end to craft minimalistic folksy songs. by the end of his self-imposed exile, all he has produced is a stream of hushed whispers with barely fingerpicked guitar strums….one might say his songs give them the chills, but that is only because they passed out listening and forgot to get a blanket.”
Rob Dobi if you are listening, where is the Late 70′s Revivalist high-waisted jean girl with wanna-be Farrah Fawcett feathered hair? You know, Allman Brothers band t-shirt (or other such shirt touting a bearded, mustchio-d, long-haired 70′s rock band), bellbottoms, leather jacket, turquoise rings? I think she stays in the cabin with indie Jesus. (aka, Me.) Ooh, and then the other off-shoot of that, those weird cross-Headband Bohemian Scenesters with those beaded braided headbands with feathers hanging off them?
December 2nd, 2009
I’m really into these TATE Britain Artist “Shots” lately. All under 5 minutes or less, they’re succinct little vignettes that are informative, yet still short and sweet. Here’s a bite of John Squire, an amazing musician and artist (from my hometown in England of Manchester) who was in the Stone Roses talking about Cy Twombly.
December 2nd, 2009
Long time B/D friend UPSO made a fun video for Fuel TV. Check out the stache on this guy. It’s no joke!
December 2nd, 2009
Boris Achour is an installation artist living and working in Paris. His most recent work “CONATUS” are a series of designed spaces serving as stages for performances which in turn are recorded and translated into films. This piece is broken up into “episodes” (highly influenced by Boris’ relationship to cinema). The images above are from “CONATUS : THE ONE IN THE CAVE” shown at Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois in Paris. I love how the girl is urinating in so unabashedly in front of her audience. Be sure to check out the pictures after the jump as well as really awesome video
December 2nd, 2009
There’s something really awkward and amazingly magical about artist Hanna Terese Nilsson’s collaboration with young adult contemporary lifestyle (YACL for short). Maybe because the contents of the zine are exactly as the title describes? But sort of ironically so. Also, check out Hanna’s Portraits set on Flickr, they look the most interesting when repeated side by side.
