Jeff Nichols - Shotgun Stories (2008, 10.3MB, 1:50)
Shotgun Stories tells the tale of two families with the
same father. One, in which the children are named
Kid, Boy, and Son, came before dad sobered up and
found Jesus. The second, his marriage to a beautiful
woman who had four more boys, was his do-over.
After his death, an explosive feud breaks out between
the grown half-siblings.
It opened to rave reviews, and from the chilling
trailer alone, I can see why.
MOON CRASH (2008, 58 MB, 4:42 min.)
“MOON CRASH is a 360 degree immersive experience using DJ sets
and mutant slides, painted live with video projections.
All visuals are painted on acetate using slide mounts, vitrail glass paint
and drops of water. The paints are solvent based and don’t mix with the
water; the water creates a vacuum which permits the movement.
Each time the slides are projected they form a unique landscape.
The slides also react to the heat of the projector. These slides have
a short life as the water tends to evaporate and the slides to dry.
The slides are painted, projected, filmed and manipulated live mixed
with pre-edited materials.”
*Proposal for a Rhizome.org commission.
gumball (2008, 35 MB, 7:16 min.)
During The Beginning is a series of installation stations based on
Genesis 1:3, “And God said let there be light and there was light.”
Collectively, these stations perform the impossibility of reducing the
creation event to words. by Curt Cloninger.
Sergei Sviatchenko - Street & White (2006, 4.7MB, 2:42)
Sergei Sviatchenko - 20 hours tv (2004, 1.6MB, 1:46)
Simple, beautiful pieces from Sergei Sviatchenko,
the first with a great soundtrack by the band Kashmir
and the second totally silent.
Neither is wildly entertaining, but I found both to be
so calming in their simplicity.
Originally from the Ukraine, Sviatchenko now lives
in Denmark.
Huffer (2002, 69.2MB, 2:15 min)
Video for the 2002 single from The Breeders
The new album is great too; feels like it was made by
smart wayward, passionate, human beings
rather than a focus group.
digging for chicory (2005, 3.6MB, 1:15 min.)
doable (2005, 8.1MB, 3:31 min.)
home economics (2005, 6.8MB, 2:06 min.)
Chapter 4,5,6 from “A Series of Practical Performances In The Wilderness”
by Cary Peppermint and Christine Nadir.
Here philosophical bickering, an ever more luxuriant
formalism & a mad -no other word - monologue
on chainsaws & Amsterdam make for a rich dish
& form this week’s back door to the sublime…
Looks easy - bet it isn’t.
Feeling like a Genie (2005, 1.2MB, qtvr)
Life from the perspective of a 2-litre Volvic water bottle.
Thomas Mottl interactive photographs.
(Use mouse to click and drag. use shift & controll to zoom in and out)
Arzu Ozkal Telhan - Unattended Body (2005, 58.1MB, 5:00)
Arzu Ozkal Telhan’s Unattended Body is a
spectacular meditation on public space,
observational video at perhaps its finest.
The artists also says:
“Unattended body mainly discusses how an
existence at it’s most banal (Heidegger) can
be simply perceived as a disturbance or a
potential threat if it does not act in its expected
way for the society.”
Normally three long segments, they’ve
been edited together here as a five minute
clip, all shown at once, which I actually prefer.
What is so painfully boring to others is ever
so exciting for the rest of us.
restart (2006, 9KB, 4 min. loop)
We’re Alan Sondheim fans here at dvblog.
When so much work on the web is banal & lacking in ambition
he is an antidote, a tonic, a reason to hope.
His restless energy & intelligence transmute everything
he engages with into art (remember Picasso & those handlebars?)
Those living in the Santa Monica area might have seen his installation
‘embedded’ (also including work by filmmaker Leslie Thornton)
at the Track 16 gallery in 2006.
Limbo (2008, 26.3MB, 3:08 min)
We’ve shown Donna Kuhn’s work couple of times before.
Look at the trajectory.
It’s always been impressive but there’s a new note here:
a confidence & ambition that is really striking.
It’s a cliche but cliches are nonetheless sometimes true
-here’s someone who has found a very personal
voice & learned how sing with it in a sophisticated
& affecting way.
More here.
