Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently:
♦ This past week my friend Ruth Facebook-linked to Jonathan Moreau’s photograph of the library parking garage in Kansas City. Wouldn’t it be nice to have something like this garage in your hometown? (Clicking on the image will take you to Moreau’s Flickr page.)
I really enjoyed this short animation by Hyunjoo Song, but of course Little Red Riding Hood is one of my favorite fairy tales. Red, an unexpected take on the tale, was Song’s third-year film for CalArts (you should also check out her second– and first-year short films).
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently:
♦ My thanks to my friend Laura Crary for sending me this image, a still life with books by Stockholm artist Maria Friberg (part of her Still Lives series, 2003-2007). I love it!
Her work is really interesting. From her description:
Most of my work revolves about themes of power, masculinity and man’s relationship to nature. In my images, I create ambiguous tableaus that challenge preconceived notions about identity, gender and social hierarchies.My most recent pieces look both outwards, to the challenges in contemporary society, and inwards, to a meditative state of mind. In these photographs and videos, the isolation and solitude of the individuals reflect issues in society at large. The men in my images are signs for men, trying to find their place in times of turmoil.
Do check out Friberg’s webpage through the link above (I also love the subtitle of her site: “Between solitude and power”).
Today’s Video Friday is a blast from the past (well, not that far into the past): Statuesque, written and directed by Neil Gaiman in 2009. The short, wordless film features Bill Nighy, who daily observes a group of living statues. One of those living statues, played by Amanda Palmer, takes an interest in Nighy. I find this film charming and definitely worth a look (or a second look).
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently:
♦ Danish artist John Kenn Mortensen draws these wonderful monsters on Post-It Notes, and he posts new monsters regularly on his blog. I have a book of his monsters published in Denmark, and you lucky people can buy the English edition, which will be published by Square Peg/Random House, this fall (I can’t find a listing for it yet). Below are two monster drawings from Mortensen’s blog last week that caught my eye:
The drawing above reminds me of Baba Yaga for some reason I can’t fathom because that hut doesn’t have chicken legs. The detail in the drawing below is great–what’s that serpent-headed staff eating anyway? And the kid in the floating chair is so nonchalant!
