Archive for March, 2005

my favourite things right now

scott mitchell's blog, "objects in flux" which looks at modification of everyday objects. it is witty, well written and illustrated, and you can learn DIY tips and tricks too!
http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/~blogs/scottmitchell

Flight to a Floating Horizon, an amazing concertina-style publication which as yet only exists in web format. This has to be seen to be believed! Chris (togther with Cathy Parry – http://cathyparry.com) is a recipient of a NUCA UNCO Grant.
http://chrisguest.net

Christian Capurro and his collaborators have spent over 267 hours erasing a copy of Vogue Magazine. Its an exhaustive/exhausting project and what I find intriguing is the sequence of talks and dialogue which Christian has organised surrounding the disappeared object.
http://www.christiancapurro.com

senses of cinema – expanded cinema links

More for my own reference than anything else, here are a few articles which refer to expanded cinema, as published in the online journal "Senses of Cinema":

A lecture by Valie Export called "Expanded Cinema as Expanded Reality" http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/03/28/expanded_cinema.html

An overview of the "Shoot Shoot Shoot" programme, written by George Clark http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/02/21/shoot_shoot_shoot.html

An interview with Aussie experimental filmmaker Albie Thoms by Danni Zuvela http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/03/27/albie_thoms.html

An essay entitled "The Last Picture Show: Film and Video Installation in the Late '60s and Early '70s" by Genevieve Yue http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/03/28/last_picture_show_installation_60s_70s.html

A history of avant-garde and experimental film in France by by Nicole Brenez and Christian Lebrat http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/6/jeune.html

also some pictures of Stan Vanderbeek's "Movie Drome," a "spherical theater where people would lie down and experience movies all around them." – built in the late 1950s/early 1960s…
http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/movie-drome/images/1/

and an essay on Stan Vanderbeek which (among other things) discusses his activities in relation to new media work today…
http://www.hfac.uh.edu/MediaFutures/vanderbeek.html

…and an expanded cinema festival held in Dortmund in Sept 2004, curated by Mark Webber:
http://www.hartware-projekte.de/programm/inhalt/ex.htm

the wild boys at mememememe gallery

Last night Mickie and I went down to mememememe gallery near central station to see the Wild Boys show. Wild Boys is a Mardi-Gras event starring Tim Hilton, Richard Gurney, Trevor Fry and guests. These self-styled faggotty luminaries occupy the space for 3 weeks. The idea is: the show begins with nothing, grows over time, and (sort of) culminates in a closing event on the 4th March at 6pm.
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