Antony Gormley
These sculptures are so amazing to me. I love large scale installations, especially ones that are minimal as well as pieces that deal with the human body and it’s relationship to the space it is in. His sculptures embody all of this. His pieces are very diverse but there is a central theme tying them together. I think he is master artist. I’m not sure that I’ve seen his work in person before, but I sure will be on the look out for it from now on.
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new york city subway
(Found at the mohawk general store)
I love a good animated gif, they rock!
Fantastic Mr. Fox
I’m not a Wes Anderson fanboy, but I really liked this movie. I think it was fantastic! It’s really a great film for adults and children alike, and I think I will take everyone’s advice and give it another go, apparently it’s the only way to catch all of the intricate details of the sets and action. (speaking of which I think this might be the only movie where a screen shot, as seen above, actually does the movie injustice. In a film still the little animals look terrible and lifeless, but when animated it’s hard to remember that they are even puppets.)
For some reason, I’ve never read the book version of Fantastic Mr. Fox, but I am a huge Roald Dahl fan. [The Twits is my fave.] I think that might be my only criticism, there was so much quirky Anderson-ness in it, which seems to match this animation style perfectly, that I felt like some of the Dahl-ness was lost. There were some moments that felt almost too real or gory for a children’s movie and even characters who smoked, perfect Roald Dahl, but somehow, the overall quirk, made it really feel like a Wes film. Not a bad thing though, I really enjoyed it and had few good laughs.
[if you have access to it, there was a fascinating article about this creative feat in the nov.2 new yorker. read the abstract here.]
Some Movies
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Can’t believe it’s based on a true story. Would love to know which parts actually a happened becasue the whole thing is pretty unbelievable.
The Brothers Bloom
More of a Children’s Fable but for adults. It had it’s moments, but I liked Brick better.
Good Hair
As all documentaries go, reality is fascinating, and I learned a lot. (might have been better as a multi-part series, though.)
Cory Arcangel Interview
Read a little more on the great motherboard site.
Typographic Wonder
Beautiful typographic visuals for an interesting spoken word poem:
Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.
Awesome Blog Find
It’s nice to look at photos of your parents when they were young, and try to imagine what their lives were like. Often times you figure out how cool and awesome they were back then. The my parents were awesome blog collects all the photographic proof of people’s parents being awesome in one spot.
(via swiss-miss)
R.I.P. Jeanne-Claude
A huge loss for the art community, she will be missed.
Their art was often temporary and as a result expressed
the “love and tenderness that we human beings have
for what does not last.”
Embrace Risk
i.e. the 40-30-30 rule:
On a ride up the ski lift, my coach told me I was missing the point. He explained that success in ski racing, or most sports for that matter, was only 40% physical training. The other 60% was mental. And of that, the first 30% was technical skill and experience. The second 30% was the willingness to take risks.
I’ve never heard of it before, but it makes sense, and can be applied anywhere. Read the full article, but the take away is to embrace risk and go for it, push yourself beyond your comfort zone.
(via thedonutproject)