late summer jam on a cold winter evening

Pure Bathing Culture - Ivory Coast from Sean Pecknold on Vimeo.


here is another by the same director as from my earlier post. he's got a really great eye. these are really beautiful shots and interesting to look at as well. and look at that hair!

great song. great video. great hair.

short history of the gif!

check out this totally rad video directed by a local pacific northwester on the history of the gif. really simple and clean, but also looks and sounds great.




A Short History of the Gif | Moving the Still from LEGS MEDIA on Vimeo.




pretty interesting topic and relevant in todays culture. i should like to do a bit more research and learn more about how the almighty gif came to be.

VIDEO GAMES ARE ART!!!! apparently.

so i know we have briefly discussed this topic in class and had a few presentations on it before, but now it seems video games as art AND design are now being legitimized. 

MoMa in New York is including a group of 14 video games in their art collection. Pac-Man, Tetris and others among them. Listen to the NPR story here.

don't think twice, it's alright

this is brilliant footage of johnny cash covering dylan's iconic song, don't think twice, it's alright. the first minute is the footage and the rest are just clips of the footage unfortunately.

  

incredible footage. incredible song. obviously dylan's version is better, but this is johnny's take on it and good and worth a listen. must have been an amazing time to be around back then huh?

defining art

as i was going through the introduction to our art & science book, i came across what i would consider a good commentary on the "what is art" discussion.

"in the last century, defining art has become a challenge. in earlier times, it was identified with time-honoured media such as painting, printmaking and sculpture, and was pursued for aesthetic purposes: the creation of beauty, the achievement of realism or the visual exploration of symbols, for example. in the twentieth century, many aspect of art's traditional definition were augmented as artists started working with non-art media, contexts and concepts. new media included technological tools, installation formats, performances, happenings and earth works. dividers between art genres such as sound, theatre, cinema and the visual arts were torn down, and the dominance of eurocentric forms and ideas were questioned. the traditional barrier between viewer and artwork was challenged. artists pursued many agendas besides the creation of beauty, including conceptualism, cultural commentary and socially engaged interventions" (8). 

while it seems that, overall, the discourse has calmed down a bit, i still found this excerpt quite relevant and a nice linear explanation of how art and it's definition is evolving.

so check it out. be ye cool.

austin parkhill

whilst researching different practitioners to interview, i stumbled across austin parkhill. he paints super realistic portraits of people and i found this video of him putting together this piece:

check it out.

video idea: for relaxing times, make it suntory time

i stumbled upon this video of musical artist father john misty's fake promotion of suntory whisky (lost in translation anyone?), which is an obvious parody of a 1970's sammy davis jr ad for the same brand. 

amazing. i can't tell if this guy is a genius or a....genius.

anyway, despite it's simplicity and eccentricity, i think something along these lines could be a good option for the upcoming video project. or perhaps because of those two things, it would be a good option. who knows.