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Masks маска
We Wear the Mask
WE wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
this debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask (Paul Lawrence Dunbar)
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Mark Romanek
I saw Romanek’s third feature; the 2010 British dystopian drama Never Let Me Go starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knightley. I very moved by the theme!!!
Here is some wiki text about his video work:
After a few years writing screenplays, Romanek decided to focus on music videos and signed on with Satellite Films, a boutique division of Steve Golin’s Propaganda Films. His subsequent work has come to be regarded as among the best of the medium. He has worked with many top-selling recording artists from different genres of popular music, and his videos have been given credit for making stars out of some. Read the rest of ‘Mark Romanek’ »
jo hamilton
Jo Hamilton is a British vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist currently based in Birmingham, England. Her debut album, Gown, was released in 2009. Read the rest of ‘jo hamilton’ »
national food
Does “you are what you eat” apply to nation states? If it does, these are there new flags. They were produced by the agency WHYBIN for the Sydney International Food Festival. Above is Italy (pasta, tomatoes, basil), and below is Greece (olives, feta), and India (curries, rice, pappadum wafer). They seem to have not ventured an attempt at the U.S. flag, probably because they didn’t want to offend. What could it be made out of? Red meat and mayonnaise, perhaps? Read the rest of ‘national food’ »
photo @ right time
It’s weird that photographers spend years or even a whole lifetime, trying to capture moments that added together, don’t even amount to a couple of hours.
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Harry Sacksioni
Harry Sacksioni (born 23 October 1950 in Amsterdam) is a composer and guitar virtuoso of Dutch origin. The peak of his fame was during the 1970s, some famous works of this period include Meta Sequoia, Vensters, Elixer and Thee bij tante Josephine, along with re-arrangements of existing pieces, such as Anji (Davy Graham), I Wish (Stevie Wonder) and Scarborough Fair (arr. Paul Simon). Sacksioni’s work is mainly instrumental, although some more recent works are accompanied.
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barry purves
…Below are a selection of film stills, designs and a time-lapse from Barry Purves’s stop motion film Tchaikovsky. I was responsible for designing all of the imagery that was projected onto the set and also worked as a camera/lighting man throughout the film. It was incredibly exciting to see the puppet interacted with my imagery, the whole four months was quite an experience! Keep you eyes peeled for the finished film on the big screen later in 2011…. Read the rest of ‘barry purves’ »
perfect dancers
I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Faces of Criminals
When you do bad things to others they become your roommates….. Read the rest of ‘Faces of Criminals’ »
wild rose by WINTHER
I made a new video: Wild Rose by Winther. I filmed it in Monty, a dance temple in Antwerp. Hope you like it. Read the rest of ‘wild rose by WINTHER’ »
Human Brains by SWAN
Controversial Music Videos
In spite of the blunt and profane sexual content contained in the song’s lyrics (the chorus infamously begins with the couplet “I wanna fuck you like an animal/ I wanna feel you from the inside”), “Closer” became Nine Inch Nails’ biggest hit of that time… Read the rest of ‘Controversial Music Videos’ »
how rich can you be
stewart copeland jam
Imagine this: you’re doing a gig with your local band in a pub, playing covers from The Police, and then, Stewart Copeland passes by during the song ‘driven to tears’!! The old drummer giving speed lessons to the kids… BAd sound quality, but what an energy…!!!!
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Where Children Sleep
When photographer James Mollison was asked to do a project on children’s rights, he found himself thinking back to his childhood bedroom and the deep importance it played in his upbringing. Taking that idea with him around the world, he photographed a diverse cross section of children and the bedrooms they call home. His moving images remove the children from their home environment, showing them before a neutral background that mostly hides their economic status as if to say “kids are just kids.” Only when their bedroom is observed, however, does the full scope of their living situation become poiniently clear. Read the rest of ‘Where Children Sleep’ »
