“Five film exercises (film 2-3)” (1944) by John and James Whitney.
The Whitney brothers’ ‘Five film exercises’ (1943-1944) are based on modernist composition theory. They created their films with cut-out masks, so the photographed image is direct light shaped. The pioneer electronic sound is composed especially for these films, precisely controlled and written directly on the film’s soundtrack area.
Watch film 1 and 4 too: Read More
Last friday was the presentation of the work ‘Impuls’ by Thomas Bakker.
‘Impuls’ (2010) was made for the CKE Eindhoven (NL), a center for the arts.
A series of LED-screens on the outside of the building project visual noise. The screens are connected through LED lines, showing the flow of energy. The intensity of the noise corresponds with the activity inside the building and changes accordingly during the day.
The video was shot during the opening…
Some more photos of the opening: Read More
Stills from the video ‘Rawane’s Song’ (2006) by Mounira Al Solh.
(seen last week in De Appel, Amsterdam)
Centennial Society (Packard Jennings), ‘Walgreens coupons’
This coupon is made to be inserted in the Walgreens EasySaver Catalog available every month at Walgreens, a chain of superstores comparable to Walmart.
Pauline Bastard, ‘Over the rainbow’ (2009)
A lot of her works are videos that I can’t show you here, because her website’s so Flashy… so go there.
Momus, ‘Boring books’ (2008)
A selection of book titles and covers so boring they’re interesting.
Via vvork
‘Obsolete Concepts (Antiprobabilism)’ (2004) by Craig Leonard.
From a series of prints pointing to obsolete concepts, as categorized by the Oxford English Dictionary, in the word’s last known site of publication.
Lenka Clayton, ‘Repairing Lebanon’ (2007)
A series of five digitally repaired images of buildings in Lebanon damaged by the 2006 conflict with Israel
Christopher Chiappa, ‘Hermit crab’, video (2010)
‘Hermit crab’ is a video manipulating common childhood pet hermit crabs in a way that
depicts power and abuse. The artist’s head is cropped out of each frame as he methodically
glues each of the twenty-five hermit crab shells together to form a circle. The crabs’ behavior
during the gluing evokes human struggle and strategies for coping as a group.
Photograph taken at the end of the production of the film.
Wesley Willis, view on Chicago
Wesley Willis (May 31, 1963 – August 21, 2003) was a busker, musician, comedian and artist from Chicago. A diagnosed chronic schizophrenic, he gained a sizable cult following in the 1990s after releasing several hundred songs of simple but unique music, with emphasis on his humorous, bizarre, and frequently obscene lyrics. In addition to his large body of solo musical work, Willis fronted the punk rock band the Wesley Willis Fiasco. He also produced hundreds of unusual colored ink-pen drawings, most of them of the Chicago skyline and CTA buses.
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Also: In the next weeks pietmondriaan.com will have an irregular connection with China.
Space: Expo ‘Also Space’ (1-16 may) at C-Space in Beijing, organised by Reinaart Vanhoe.
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