Another bit of Moebius: here’s a recording of him in action drawing a piece. If only more of the greats could have been captured in this way; I’d give my left arm to see something like this for Jack Kirby.
Werner Herzog’s Note to his Cleaning Lady
I will tell you this Rosalina, not as a taunt or a threat but as an evocation of joy. The joy of nothingness, the joy of the real. I want you to be real in everything you do. If you cannot be real, then a semblance of reality must be maintained. A real semblance of the fake real, or “real”. I have conquered volcanoes and visited the bitter depths of the earth’s oceans. Nothing I have witnessed, from lava to crustacean, assailed me liked the caked debris haunting that small plastic soap hammock in the smaller of the bathrooms. Nausea is not a sufficient word. In this regard, you are not being real.
A loving bit of gentle parody of one of our finest film directors, from Sabotage Times.
The Singing House is an analog “drone synth” which is completely modulated by the weather.
“The Last Supper”, a marvellous animatronic sculpture by Giles Walker of figures in a gloomy, candle-lit room, talking, smoking, swearing and praying around a table littered with tiny figures with bird skull heads. Read an interview with the artist, with photographs of the piece, at The Creators Project.
A wonderful tribute to legendary comics artist Moebius, who departed this life last month: dozens of artists draw their own take on his work, each recreating one of the 89 cards in a collectible series once produced of his work (which I happen to own, as well).
CAGE DOES CAGE. Nicholas Cage performs John Cage’s 4’33”.
I like the use of QR codes to simply transmit unexpected messages. Try scanning this one. If you don’t have anything to do that with, wtfqrcodes has the translation.
Reblogged from WTF QR CODES
Astonishing trompe l’oeil tattoo work by Russian artist Pavel Arefiev. His 3D illustration skills are masterful. Be sure also to see the H. R. Giger biomechanical sleeve design on the second page of his gallery.
Carl Sagan takes us on a tour of one of the galaxy’s most little-known sights - the mysterious Meat Planet.
“The efficiency of the rocket launcher team was also impaired.”
British troops having LSD tested on them. This video is one of the oldest on YouTube, having been around since 2006. However, it merits a re-watch every once in a while.
A Japanese dude in a Moog pentacle having a space music synth brock out. If I had that kind of collection of hardware I’d rate that as a pretty good way to start my Monday.
(h/t: DJ Electra)
For the last few months I’ve been enjoying reading Michael DeForge’s new comic, Ant Comic. Colorful, delicate, gently funny and slightly surreal, it chronicles the dramas of everyday life in an ant colony. It’s currently up to episode 10 out of about 50.
A Universal History of the Destruction of Books
Given the London Borough of Waltham Forest’s recent history of destroying hundreds of thousands of library books, my sense of irony mandated me borrowing A Universal History of the Destruction of Books by Fernando Báez from the miserable remains of Leytonstone Library. I wonder if whoever selected it for their collection was working on that basis as well. I’m glad I did, because it’s a superb piece of accessible historical scholarly writing and I highly recommend it.
Art of the Title: Enter the Void
I just discovered the blog Art of the Title, dedicated to the design of film title sequences. In this excellent post they interview Tom Kan, the designer of the remarkable opening titles to Gaspar Noé’s film Enter the Void, which became one of my favorite pieces of cinematic typography the instant I saw it.
