Somehow now
If only life was like a movie. An expensive, surreal epic in which the outcome is as predetermined and saccharine sweet as a Hollywood blockbuster and all the supporting roles are played with the grace and integrity befitting of those desperately wanting to climb the steep celluloid pecking order. Roll up, roll up for the casting couch of fate. Though I’ve already filled most of the main roles. Drew Barrymore will play the love interest, Robin Williams the wise confidante and my part will be handled by either George Clooney or Corey Haim, pending on who comes cheaper and with fewer hang-ups. I can see it all unfolding as I type. There’s the dramatic opening scene where Barrymore, aghast at Liv Tyler’s apparent infatuation with me, attacks her violently and without warning with a plush ET doll. Then there’s the tear-jerking moment where I rescue a drowning child from a burning fire (hey, this my film and I can do what I like!) only to discover a sickly stray dog is still inside. Exhausted, I rip off my shirt – revealing a rippling six-pack and a devastating set of pectoral muscles – and dash back inside. Fearless, breathless … without peer. Stop! Stop! Roll the credits right there. Yup, that’s about as good a time as any to get out of this damn adventure. [painting by Dane Lovett]
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I love the colours and simple reasoning in this clever series by Scottish illustrator Matt Cowen, which uses basic maths equations to explain how certain pop culture icons came to be. Read more
Star Wars Uncut: a fully crowdsourced version of Episode IV
The project of creative technologist, Casey Pugh, this full length version of the George Lucas masterpiece was created from multiple 15 second segments recreated from the original movie and submitted by thousands of Star Wars fans, which were then spliced together by editor Aaron Valdez to form the final product. Genius, as both a commentary on contemporary pop culture trends (there are references to LEGO, stop motion, memes and the like) and on the power of tapping your audience for quality material.
Filmmaker creates LEGO stop motion to propose to girlfriend
Now, this is one for the ages: back in 2010, Atlanta film-maker Walter Thompson created a jaw-dropping LEGO stop motion to propose to Nealey Dozier, his girlfriend of four years. The video took 22 hours of shooting and some 2,600 pictures to splice together, a small sacrifice to pay for years of happiness together. Right? Right! Oh, and she said yes. Bonus.
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So Clooney is thinking about running for office? I know he’s pretty politically active, but with his party past I can’t see him going far.
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A little retro, a lot colorful and even more fun? It’s the work of Missouri illustrator Tad Carpenter, who truly presents the ultimate trifecta.
Taylor Gonzales is a Cleveland-based artist whose work I’ve seen on the streets. He takes a bold geometric approach to pop culture icons. Read more
The very talented Jess Snow, the first video artist to be featured by Female Persuasion — the original site for provocative and political female artists — has created this ethereal short video for Lost At E Minor. We feel it. We love it. [see also the promo video Lifelongfriendshipsociety created for us]
The young architect Junya Ishigami is pushing the boundaries of the weightless aesthetic stream of architecture. Here, for the Kanagawa Institute of Technology, he has designed a glass and steel pavilion with a roof that floats on a sparse forest of thin steel columns or ‘flats’. Read more
In this post-everything mash-up culture, it’s still sometimes disarming to see how a small tweak can completely change the meaning of iconic images. Read more
Already with a Spectrum show under their belt, The Archerbolds are an up and coming Australian band well worth checking out. I saw the Sydney-based lads play recently at the Mars Hill Café and it was evident that they should be permanently rocking out on a real stage; not in front of coffee sippers. Their floating lyrics, smart guitar riffs and meaty bass lines are infused by The Strokes, Mars Volta, The Beatles, and Led Zeppelin — ultimately producing a freshly spun modern-vintage sound. Lead vocalist and guitarist Geoffrey ‘Gep’ Rectin says The Archerbolds plan to create a solid sound for next year: ‘Over summer, we’re recording an EP and working on a set sound, defining more of an image’. If their track, Rest Your Soul, is anything to go by, then it should be pretty dandy.
Art jeweler and continuing education teacher at Rhode Island School of Design Islay Taylor made these awesome brass knuckles bejeweled with acrylic nails.
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Mathematics? Leave me out. Fashematics? Now you’re talking! This gem of a site is a runway equation that adds up to a whole lot of wonderful.
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Pitched as ‘Ulterior Motives in Contemporary Art’, Disorder Disorder is running until November 14 at Penrith Regional Gallery. It’ll be well worth the trip out west of Sydney: the Australian, Japanese, American and European cast reads like a warriors of street art roundup and includes Mike Giant, Ed Templeton, Anthony Lister [artwork above], Ozzie Wright, and Jonathan Zawada. Read more
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Lost At E Minor: Music, illustration, art, photography - from Australia and beyond » Brave worlds said | 22 August, 2006
[...] Yup, safari suits are hot right now. I know this because in Byron Bay recently I spotted five of them hanging in the town’s hippest retro clothing store, just waiting for a fashion savvy bohemian to sweep the rasta locks from his eyes and try them on. Of course this all extends to the art world too. What really is original these days? Is it merely clever bastardisation? And does it involve whips? The mind boggles. As it does at the wonderfully creative work of artist Joe Sorren. His website has just been updated with a whole range of new projects, his lush and surreal storybook images as unsettling as they are compelling. [see also Melissa Mejia Rizik, Dane Lovett] [...]