the shock

The Shock of the New (1982)

A classic eight part documentary that offers a comprehensive view on the development of modernist art in its cultural context. It focusses mainly on painting and sculpting but pays some attention to architecture as well. The documentary is presented and narrated by the art critic Robert Hughes, whose views on modernism have left an unmistakable stamp on the film. It was originally aired by the BBC.

big stuff

"For thousands of years the imagination of storytellers has been a guiding light for people trying to change the world. In the last decade or two science fiction has almost fallen behind the work of technologists and entrepreneurs. For the sake of a more interesting tomorrow, we need to get the proverbial horse back out in front of the cart with our imagination professionals building a vision of the future to inspire the builders of the new world."

oscar

de-faced

Make Up Your Mind from Steven Whore on Vimeo.

irma black

Black Box from boXoX.me on Vimeo.

valley

left and right, or the necessary distance

beneath

tuxedo

The entire span of every era of the much beloved and legendary Tuxedomoon - from their early beginnings in San Francisco through their many years in Europe. Impressionistically filmed in both grainy black & white and psychedelic color, by group co-founder Steven Brown. Fits together like a perfect 15-year dream.

la peur

small is beautiful

HORSE GLUE from small time inc. on Vimeo.

The Black Dog's Progress from small time inc. on Vimeo.

city on acid

klein blue

CLOROX BLUE by Steven Klein from atas_komunne on Vimeo.

A man sits in a pub as his cigarette slowly burns. The end.

[...] 
What has changed in The Last Century is time itself; in a reversal of cinematic norms, filmic time is transformed into photographic time: movement becomes stasis. The familiar notion that photography is a ‘frozen moment’ or a ‘point’ along the time-based ‘line’ of film has only been challenged relatively recently by moving images of motionless subjects in avant-garde films by Andy Warhol or Straub/Huillet and by Chris Marker’s stop-motion movie of photographic stills, La Jetée of 1962. Yet Taylor-Wood’s impulses are just as close to Caravaggio’s desire to subvert his medium’s inherent limitations, in his case by painting dynamic compositions that have the potential to destroy the picture’s stillness with imminent movement. 
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se todos os anúncios de câmaras fotográficas fossem assim

cassini

CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo.



              "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

out of balance

30 seconds

Through an intimate and elegant use of the medium, Joan Logue's work defines the art of video portraiture. Capturing the essence of subjects that range from avant-garde artists to New England fishermen, her video portraits are minimalist dramas precisely composed, richly nuanced, and highly expressive of the character of the "sitter."

In 1980, Logue began the 30 Second Spots, an innovative series of video portraits that she terms "commercials for artists." These succinct "spots" use the format, style, and condensed timeframe of television advertising to present unconventional portraits of vanguard artists, musicians, writers, and performers. Each subject performs a concise gesture or action in close-up before a stationary camera; Logue heightens this intimate theater with a precise application of electronic effects.
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romeo is bleeding