Over at the Slate.com they have an awesome article about design and international signage, in particular a growing “battle” concerning the emergency exit sign and the two prominent and seemingly opposite design strategies (even in something as basic as color). The article is definitely worth a read, especially if you make sure to click through to all of the awesome examples it references.
This article is also part of a larger series on signage, that is also worth a thorough checking out.
This is all over the interweboblogosphere, but I am such a big performance art fanboy that I have to post it here as well. You can watch Marina Abramvic’s latest performance work LIVE from anywhere in the world. The performance is part of a large retrospective exhibit of her work at MOMA.
An artist named Anya Liftig, used this performance as a venue for her own performance. It seems slightly antagonistic at first, but based on the interview this is really an extreme case of “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Very nice addition to the dialogue!
What a wonderful film. Agnes Varda is a master filmmaker and this autobiographical documentary seamlessly blends love, memory, death, and a menagerie of film-making notables, and even an animated orange cat into an amazing collage that beautifully reflects her life. She truly understands her medium and is therefore able to play with it, extend and manipulate it, and use it so very effectively to tell her story.
Manohla Dargis states in the nytimes, she is “perhaps the only filmmaker who has both won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and strolled around an art exhibition while costumed as a potato.” This playfulness and not taking herself so seriously is another thing I like about her. The film feels light and humorous, perfectly fitting as she describes herself, “a little old lady, pleasantly plump.”
Above all I always love experiencing the product of a master of their craft and this film is no exception.
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Since I haven’t written about it before, I would also like to take a moment to recommend one of her other films:
This is another amazing offering from this acclaimed filmmaker. A beautiful and poignant meditation on waste and refuse in our society and the people who reject ignoring it, instead they engage it directly either for economic or philosophical reasons.
Just saw it at the MCA Chicago. A lot of creative talent went into this thing, a fashion designer, an architect, musician and composer, and of course a choreographer, but at least for me, the sum may not have been greater than the parts in this piece. I was distinctly aware of all these different elements and found myself examining them separately instead of a cohesive whole. This is my first experience with the Seldoms, so I’m curious to see some more of their work. I’m also really curious to see what you thought of marchland, so let me know.
march 12 – 14
museum of contemporary art
chicago, il
JESS3 / The State of The Internet from JESS3 on Vimeo.
Almost sublime is the staggering size of all things internet.
Simon Page has an awesome minimalist, algorithm-created looking portfolio of print work. There are so many amazing designs I want to post them all. Be sure to check out all of it.
You can also visit his flickr account (if you dislike flash interfaces like I do) or visit his print store to purchase a few of the ones you like.
(via the donut project)
A sequel to the amazing game, Portal, was announced today.
“It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of ‘culture.'”
— John Cage
