31 May, 2009
Posted by: admin In: We make money not art
Just back from LOOP video art festival and fair in Barcelona. The event is for video art lovers only. So what was a video art sceptic like me doing there? Well, i was busy becoming a convert. I’ll come back with the why and how in a lengthier post. In the meantime, here’s an example [...]
31 May, 2009
Posted by: admin In: We make money not art
Previous stories about AUTO. SUEÑO Y MATERIA : Cars and landscapes, Artificial traffic jam in the mountains and Manufacturing cars.
Erwin Wurm, Fat Car
Leonardo Da Vinci was credited with sketching the world’s first self-propelled vehicle back in 1478. But da Vinci was a Renaissance Man, a man at ease in front of a religious scene to [...]
Just clapped eyes on this music video for The Dead Pirates track, Wood, directed by mcbess&Simon and produced by The Mill.
mcbess, whose real name is Matthieu Bessudo, did not simply co-direct this animated promo with fellow director at The Mill Simon Landrein – he wrote and recorded the track under The Dead Pirates moniker, and [...]
This charming stop motion animation is by director Chris Gavin. Using only a retro signage board and a set of plastic letters, Gavin has conjured up an epic jungle adventure…
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Research Studios is currently finishing work on the titles for the forthcoming Michael Mann film, Public Enemies. Taking inspiration from the Works Progress Administration posters of New Deal-era America – which were often created by untrained designers – the studio has developed a bespoke typeface that reflects the unrefined aesthetic of the WPA
Jeff Knowles and [...]
In a little over a week’s time, CR is hosting Portfolios – a two day event for art directors, designers and commissioners of photography and illustration in London’s Central Hall over 9 & 10 June.
As well as the show, which is free to all, there are three ticketed seminar sessions – which are filling up [...]
Dr D has been busy reclaiming billboards (and a bus shelter) with photofits of a couple of wanted crooks. If you know the whereabouts of Gordon Brown or David Cameron be sure to call Swinestoppers. More politics this weekend.
Anybody remember ‘Gordon is a moron’?
Deliver us from evil
David Cameron. The original Eton rifle. What a catalyst [...]
Artist Tracey Emin talks about the personal themes which grace her first exhibition in London for four years
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A painting depicting Madonna in the nude with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie has failed to sell at an auction in Glasgow.
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EastEnders star June Brown is to appear alongside Anita Dobson and Jill Halfpenny in West End hit Calendar Girls.
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