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I am obsessed with these:
Thursday, October 14, 2010
In the Bag
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40 oz. by Chris Crites. Photo by Dan Thornton
Tonight at Vermillion, Seattle's Canoe Social Club launches its inaugural issue of BrownBagMag – "a semi-quarterly celebration of arts, culture, and science, interested in the interrelationships of the arts, of art to science and the artist to society" with contributions from Rick Araluce, Maxfield Chandler, Chris Crites, Tom Dougherty, Jed Dunkerley, Charles Leggett, Jessica Levey, Sarah Lippek, Darby McDevitt, Linden Ontjes, Arne Pihl, Robert Rousseau, Erin Shafkind. Other than that, I know very little, but as I get somewhat ridiculously worked up about new publications, I am quite excited to check it out. Get more info here; the launch party is tonight from 7PM on at Vermillion.
40 oz. by Chris Crites. Photo by Dan ThorntonTonight at Vermillion, Seattle's Canoe Social Club launches its inaugural issue of BrownBagMag – "a semi-quarterly celebration of arts, culture, and science, interested in the interrelationships of the arts, of art to science and the artist to society" with contributions from Rick Araluce, Maxfield Chandler, Chris Crites, Tom Dougherty, Jed Dunkerley, Charles Leggett, Jessica Levey, Sarah Lippek, Darby McDevitt, Linden Ontjes, Arne Pihl, Robert Rousseau, Erin Shafkind. Other than that, I know very little, but as I get somewhat ridiculously worked up about new publications, I am quite excited to check it out. Get more info here; the launch party is tonight from 7PM on at Vermillion.
Powers of Ten
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Charles & Ray Eames Powers of Ten (1977, Distributed by IBM)
In case anyone missed it (say, I don't know, because you were caught up in football, or stuck in traffic behind a rockslide on Snoqualmie Pass on the way back from Idaho), Sunday was 10/10/10 – and with that in mind, New York design network Core77 is inviting videographers to create 2-minute video responses to Powers of Ten, to be judged by a panel of six judges including MoMA Design & Architecture Curator Paola Antonelli, filmmaker Gary Hustwit, and Eames Office director Eames Demetrios. The winner gets $2,000 cash, an Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chair, and a bunch of other cool stuff. The competition opens October 18th and all entries are due by January 9th – click here for details.
Charles & Ray Eames Powers of Ten (1977, Distributed by IBM)
In case anyone missed it (say, I don't know, because you were caught up in football, or stuck in traffic behind a rockslide on Snoqualmie Pass on the way back from Idaho), Sunday was 10/10/10 – and with that in mind, New York design network Core77 is inviting videographers to create 2-minute video responses to Powers of Ten, to be judged by a panel of six judges including MoMA Design & Architecture Curator Paola Antonelli, filmmaker Gary Hustwit, and Eames Office director Eames Demetrios. The winner gets $2,000 cash, an Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chair, and a bunch of other cool stuff. The competition opens October 18th and all entries are due by January 9th – click here for details.
Image of the Day
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Javier Piñón, The Cave of Knowledge, 2010 (Collage, 12 x 9 inches) from O Babalon, a show of the Cuban-born artist's work at ZieherSmith Gallery in New York.
Javier Piñón, The Cave of Knowledge, 2010 (Collage, 12 x 9 inches) from O Babalon, a show of the Cuban-born artist's work at ZieherSmith Gallery in New York.Javier Piñón’s 2010 exhibition of collages is built around depictions of the highly charged image of the earth goddess Babalon, her attendants, priestesses and their mystical terrain unfolding in a narrative of liberation, sensuality, death and rejuvenation. Together the female players act as warrior protectorates and elusive guards of mysterious natural rites, often in what appears to be an acts of sacrifice or sensual oblation. The densely rendered surroundings are a culmination of the singularly meticulous technical approach of the artist, carving and sculpting his original two dimensional source materials into optically accurate, air-tight backdrops that seem to heave and breathe with expectation.O Babalon runs today through November 13. Click here for more images and info.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Anything Is Possible
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Trailer for William Kentridge: Anything is Possible, which is screening this Friday night, 7–8:30PM, at The Henry.
Here are some photos of Kentridge works at MoMA when I was there in April:
Visit art21.org for more info on William Kentridge: Anything is Possible and henryart.org for info on Friday night's screening.
Trailer for William Kentridge: Anything is Possible, which is screening this Friday night, 7–8:30PM, at The Henry.
Here are some photos of Kentridge works at MoMA when I was there in April:
Visit art21.org for more info on William Kentridge: Anything is Possible and henryart.org for info on Friday night's screening.
Image of the Day
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The chic of Araby in 1976, a photo by David Bailey from Walter Albini and His Times: All Power to the Imagination (Marsilio), a new book by Maria Luisa Frisa and Stefano Tonchi. Albini, a contemporary of Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent, reached great critical acclaim but died young in 1983 and has since been largely forgotten. From a recent post at The Moment:
The chic of Araby in 1976, a photo by David Bailey from Walter Albini and His Times: All Power to the Imagination (Marsilio), a new book by Maria Luisa Frisa and Stefano Tonchi. Albini, a contemporary of Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent, reached great critical acclaim but died young in 1983 and has since been largely forgotten. From a recent post at The Moment:Not long before he died, Albini had announced that fashion was dead, "that it was only about styling now," Tonchi says. To make his point, Albini presented a "non-collection" of bits and pieces borrowed from journalists, photographers and designers, assembling them into static looks hung on a wall with plaster masks of his face.Visit The Moment to read the post and to see more images; Walter Albini and His Times is published by Marsilio and available from Powell's and elsewhere.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Image of the Day
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We went to Idaho this past weekend to see Emily's parents and picked up some quail eggs at the Moscow farmers' market.
We went to Idaho this past weekend to see Emily's parents and picked up some quail eggs at the Moscow farmers' market.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Image Collector
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Some images that have caught my eye recently from around the world wide internet:
Street fashion shot at Jak & Jil
Photo by Valéry Lorenzo.
Rowena Sartin FW2010 – photo by Kyle Johnson. I love that shirt thing (not for me, for a lady, in case that is somehow unclear). Via ʜᴎᴦᴙ ᴳᵀᴴᴿ
Vintage Porsche (I think it's a 912 or a maybe a 911t?) via JJJJound
Unpublished photo of Isabeli Fontana in Alaïa by Ezra Petronio, from the forthcoming Self Service issue 33. (More on that later.)
Someone's Life by Gerard Malanga, published by Mörel (via The Silver Lining)
Bike shelf
Christian Rizzo | l’association Fragile: b.c, janvier 1545, fontainebleau at On The Boards through Sunday. Really deserves its own post.
Some images that have caught my eye recently from around the world wide internet:
Street fashion shot at Jak & Jil
Photo by Valéry Lorenzo.
Rowena Sartin FW2010 – photo by Kyle Johnson. I love that shirt thing (not for me, for a lady, in case that is somehow unclear). Via ʜᴎᴦᴙ ᴳᵀᴴᴿ
Vintage Porsche (I think it's a 912 or a maybe a 911t?) via JJJJound
Unpublished photo of Isabeli Fontana in Alaïa by Ezra Petronio, from the forthcoming Self Service issue 33. (More on that later.)
Someone's Life by Gerard Malanga, published by Mörel (via The Silver Lining)
Bike shelf
Christian Rizzo | l’association Fragile: b.c, janvier 1545, fontainebleau at On The Boards through Sunday. Really deserves its own post.EL GUINCHO | Bombay from MGdM | Marc Gómez del Moral. Not really into the song but I like the vidoe. Via Wooooo.
Image of the Day
Our oyster tab from an early dinner atThe Walrus and the Carpenter in Ballard last night.
Things like this make me proud to be from the Northwest.
Things like this make me proud to be from the Northwest.
Sequels
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For whatever reason, in collecting old records, as I somewhat continue to do, I often gravitate toward soundtracks. I picked up a few recently and present them here for your viewing and listening pleasure.
They Call Me Mister Tibbs – 1970 sequel to In The Heat of the Night (click here for the trailer)
Quincy Jones "Call Me Mister Tibbs"
In Like Flint – 1967 sequel to Our Man Flint. (trailer)
Jerry Goldsmith "In Like Flint"
Emmanuelle 2 – 1976 sequel to, um, Emmanuelle (boring but just to be consistent: trailer)
Francis Lai "Les Fantasmes d'Emmanuelle"
For whatever reason, in collecting old records, as I somewhat continue to do, I often gravitate toward soundtracks. I picked up a few recently and present them here for your viewing and listening pleasure.
They Call Me Mister Tibbs – 1970 sequel to In The Heat of the Night (click here for the trailer)Quincy Jones "Call Me Mister Tibbs"
In Like Flint – 1967 sequel to Our Man Flint. (trailer)Jerry Goldsmith "In Like Flint"
Emmanuelle 2 – 1976 sequel to, um, Emmanuelle (boring but just to be consistent: trailer)Francis Lai "Les Fantasmes d'Emmanuelle"
Your Weekly Mr. Littlejeans
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If you take the garbage out from under the sink Littlejeans will always climb inside the cupboard and he won't leave when you want to put it back.
If you take the garbage out from under the sink Littlejeans will always climb inside the cupboard and he won't leave when you want to put it back.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Best Foot Forward
I nominate these, by Kermit Tesoro. Good for Halloween, Día de los Muertos, and everyday toughness.[via AnOther]
Image of the Day
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Select spread from a collaboration by photographer Wendy Bevan and London-born, Seattle-based illustrator Izzie Klingels for Test Magazine. Click here for video and more images from this story, and see more of Izzie Klingels' work – for Topshop, Vogue, Calvin Klein, The V&A, and many others – at her website.
Select spread from a collaboration by photographer Wendy Bevan and London-born, Seattle-based illustrator Izzie Klingels for Test Magazine. Click here for video and more images from this story, and see more of Izzie Klingels' work – for Topshop, Vogue, Calvin Klein, The V&A, and many others – at her website.
Come Clean
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Chloe Spring 2011.
Phoebe Philo's influence is clear,
but Hannah MacGibbon has had plenty of company
on that score (notwithstanding the resurgence
of color on the Spring runways).
If it's good, it's good.
[style.com]
...
As long as we're on the subject of the recent revival of 90s minimalism – some classic Premier to start your day:
Jeru the Damaja, "Come Clean"
(Instrumental, prod. DJ Premier)
from The Sun Rises in the East (1993)
Chloe Spring 2011.Phoebe Philo's influence is clear,
but Hannah MacGibbon has had plenty of company
on that score (notwithstanding the resurgence
of color on the Spring runways).
If it's good, it's good.
[style.com]
...
As long as we're on the subject of the recent revival of 90s minimalism – some classic Premier to start your day:
Jeru the Damaja, "Come Clean"
(Instrumental, prod. DJ Premier)
from The Sun Rises in the East (1993)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
12:10 PM
Broken Social Scene "Romance to the Grave"
from Forgiveness Rock Record (Arts & Crafts, 2010)
Produced by Sam Prekop and sounds a lot like the Sea & Cake, which I don't mind one bit. Both groups will be at the Paramount in Seattle on October 15th (I usually shy away from big shows like that but I'm a little tempted). They're also releasing a split 7" with two previously unreleased tracks at the end of the month – click here for info/pre-ordering.
[Photo: Emily walking into the Robert Irwin piece 9 Spaces 9 Trees on the University of Washington campus, October 2010 ]
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Grand Archives
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The Paris Review recently posted its entire archive of author interviews online. Here's the introduction to George Plimpton's interview of Ernest Hemingway, from the Spring 1958 issue:
More of that interview here, and the whole archive here.
The Paris Review recently posted its entire archive of author interviews online. Here's the introduction to George Plimpton's interview of Ernest Hemingway, from the Spring 1958 issue:
HEMINGWAY
You go to the races?
INTERVIEWER
Yes, occasionally.
HEMINGWAY
Then you read the Racing Form . . . . There you have the true art of fiction.
More of that interview here, and the whole archive here.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Image of the Day
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On Saturday afternoon this impression of a hawk appeared on our window. We're thinking that maybe our small cat Inez was sitting on the sill and the hawk dove down to get her, not realizing the window was there.
Yesterday morning we went to see if there was a bird on the ground in the park below the window, but didn't find one... so we're hoping it survived and that it means good luck for everyone.
On Saturday afternoon this impression of a hawk appeared on our window. We're thinking that maybe our small cat Inez was sitting on the sill and the hawk dove down to get her, not realizing the window was there. 
Yesterday morning we went to see if there was a bird on the ground in the park below the window, but didn't find one... so we're hoping it survived and that it means good luck for everyone.
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