Slooow Motion

I've always been a fan of this viral video by Action Figure:

And was reminded of it again today when watching videos by Bill Viola, who says of his work, "I am interested in what the old masters didn't paint, those steps in between."

Interesting, then, that the choreographer who put together this dance version of Gericault's 'Raft of the Medusa' uses such similar methods:



PS. I love the song in the Action Figure video. It's a Shazam remix of 'Sweaty' by Muscles with vocals by Reija Thomas.

Rubens & Hélène Fourment

Rubens painted numerous portraits of his second wife Hélène Fourment, as well as inserting her into many of his allegorical and Classical images. She was not yet 17, he 53, when they married. She bore him 5 children before his death.
Arte's 'Palettes' video series says of his visual obsession with his young wife that it represented "the glory of the flesh," with Hélène's very real, womanly, dimpled and sensuous body, soft breasts, and creamy pearlescent skin standing in stark contrast to the young Rubens' smooth, bland and utterly unrealistic painting of Eve. Further, the video claims that in these portraits Rubens was taking part in "the tradition of Dianas, Junos, and Venuses...goddesses who fill men with desires and with dreams, sometimes only to have them dashed the more completely."

Alicia Keys Violin Cover

I can so see using this in a movie soundtrack. There's something so uplifting about it.

Sand Animation

from Ukraine's Got Talent. Really amazing performance. Reminds me of a quick-fire spray paint artist I saw once on the street in Mexico.

Thomas Demand

Would you believe those are photographs of sets...made out of paper?
Yeah pretty neat. Just went to his opening at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

Polish Posters

Turns out that when American movies come out in Poland, they make their very own screenprinted posters. Forget all that studio shit! Poland keeps it real.


Buy them here. I want one!!!

RIP Patrick Swayze

Lovers of bad action movies everywhere are in mourning.
I've never seen Ghost or Dirty Dancing, maybe I should check them out in tribute.
edit: too soon?