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Sun (2008, 5.4MB, 30 secs) Utterly ravishing Lumi re from the never predictable, always interesting, Rupert Howe. On that summery note, we re going to take a rest in the sunshine. We love doing DVblog, but the daily deadline definitely takes its toll after a bit. We ll be getting ready to hit the ground running again around 16th Sept. we ll still keeping our eyes peeled for the new, for the weird (best of all!) for the wonderful. Have a great summer! Brittany, Doron, Michael. ]]> Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:00:07 -0400 Rupert Howe - Sun 10755517 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/carey-laric-stracke/10755517/
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Touch My Body (Oliver Laric version) (2008, 40.9MB, 4:18 min) No Mariah (Caspar Stracke version) (2008, 52MB, 4:03 min) OK, pay attention! This is complicated. Ms Carey (or her corporate minders) release a video, which if she did have a significant part to play in it shows such a staggering lack of self esteem that a kind of dark despair begins to envelop me. Artist Oliver Laric remixes it, removing all the backgrounds and replacing it with green, for ease of a certain species of remixing. Marisa Olson posts a piece on this on Rhizome, to which Brittany, of this manor, takes exception (with a degree of justification, I think). There follows what is actually an interesting and nuanced exchange of views. Then Caspar Stracke posts the second of our videos MTAA make a very funny joke. ]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:00:14 -0400 Carey/Laric/Stracke 10731615 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/pes-sneaux-shoes-human-skateboard/10731615/
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Sneaux (2007, 7MB, 31 sec.) Sneaux Shoes launched a consumer-generated video campaign with a stop-motion video of a human skateboard. The TV ad features a skateboarder using a kid as a skateboard and performing classic tricks like ollies, grinds and 360s. PES who directed the video made it entirely in-camera (Canon D20) and on location through the use of a stop-motion animation technique known as pixilation. Says PES: This spot is a great example of the breadth of stop-motion. If something exists in the real world, it can be animated. Editing and sound design was done by Sam Welch at Homestead, New York. ]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:00:12 -0400 PES - Sneaux Shoes - Human Skateboard 10719104 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/curt-cloninger-pop-mantra/10719104/
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Pop Mantra Video Documentation #4 (2008, 51.7MB, 5:17 min) Pop Mantra Video Documentation #7 (2008, 50.5MB, 5:41 min) I like admire Curt Cloninger for his steadfastness of belief in both his religion his artistic work. He s also one of the best writers about new media around at the moment. In both theory practice he s curious, inventive, knowledgable, quirky and passionate. Unlike many in this sphere he s also not afraid to think aloud in public, to take risks. Even, (quelle horreur!), to risk appearing uncool. Recently he s been making work away from the web, some of it performative very interestingly so. Here ( I stress what you see here is the documentation, not the piece itself -a fine, but important, distinction) he repeatedly sings plays a single phrase from a popular song, in this instance Radiohead s Karma Police, for several hours. For me there are number of interesting resonances - minimalism, shamanism, the kinds of test that occur in many religious belief systems, a losing, dissolving of the self (In additon to the eponymous mantra ,there s an echo too, I think, of Sufism); but also there is the straightforward investigation*** of the mechanics of playing, of performing ( there s a fractal quality to the rather symmetric crystalline structure of popular song that makes this kind of extracting both possible immediately approachable -it s a world familiar enough to welcome us in.) The two extracts are from different ends of this marathon ( selecting typing that word just conjured another association - the dance marathons of the twenties thirties). I find this work fascinating. Fascinating affecting too. *** It s almost always a laughable misuse of the word to say investigation in an art-speak context. Here it seems correct natural. ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:00:40 -0400 Curt Cloninger - Pop Mantra 10708235 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/two-from-pash/10708235/
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Ludwig Poos Schwabe (2007, 36MB, 1:20 min) 1st Ping-Pong Lesson With Lucha Lib (2008, 31.2MB, 4:18 min) Even 18 years after the wall came down there s still a quite palpable residue of the great absurdist tradition that flourished under Stalinism in work being made in the former Eastern bloc. (Of course it goes back further, to Švejk to a certain Prague insurance clerk) Then, the deliberate crudeness, strangeness and in-your-faceness concealed the most serious of purposes. Of course there s still plenty to kick against everywhere, but one can t help wondering whether in work like this, Cheshire-cat-smile like, the attitude persists but a question lies over any substance. Of course there s no reason to demand high seriousness everywhere both these pieces are well made and amusing, though of the two I much prefer Ludwig, Lucha Lib being marred by a gratuitous and infantile sexism. I sound harsher than I mean to be. There is a lot to like in both pieces and I ll definitely be following future work from Pash with interest. ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:00:11 -0400 Two from Pash 10684586 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/-paola-e-bettino-lanza-brothers-film-their-parents-watching-the-world-cup/10684586/
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Paola e Bettino (2006, 4MB, 2:24 min) By brothers Marco and Saverio Lanza. ]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:00:05 -0400 ‘Paola e Bettino’ - Lanza brothers film their parents watching the world cup.. 10670581 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/pierre-huyghe/10670581/
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Pierre Huyghe #1 (NK, 2.69MB, 1:43 min) Pierre Huyghe #2 (NK, 1.59MB, 3:03 min) Pierre Huyghe #3 (NK, 2.33MB, 1:29 min) Pierre Huyghe #4 (NK, 2.29MB, 1:30 min) The last couple of times I ve been in Paris, I ve headed straight for the Pompidou Center to see Pierre Huyghe s wonderful This Is Not A Time for Dreaming. I wish we d got a copy of that here but you can see it in it s glorious entirety at the indispensable UbuWeb. There s some other great stuff by him there too. (And I m not even going to begin to say why I think it s great, - take a look!) As a kind of companion to that here re four short videos from the website of the PBS Art in the 21st Century series. What imagination! What vision! What a GSOH! What substance! ]]> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:00:40 -0400 Pierre Huyghe 10655700 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/margaret-brian-gibson/10655700/
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Margaret (2008, 54.3MB, 5:44 min) This is a reoccurring dream. I shot this a few days back in Peg’s wonderfully spacious apt. The music is originally by Michael Szpakowski and was remixed by me for the video. Puzzling and mysterious video by Brian Gibson. ]]> Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:00:37 -0400 Margaret - Brian Gibson 10644569 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/white-winter-hymnal/10644569/
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White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes (2008, 5.7MB, 2:28) Beautifully poignant music video from Fleet Foxes, directed by super talented Sean Pecknold. ]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:00:25 -0400 White Winter Hymnal 10621380 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/three-more-from-paul-kelly/10621380/
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Dust/Spring Evening (2005-7, 26.2MB, 1:57 min) Dignity (2004, 40.4MB, 7:02 min) Rain : Focus winter in the north (2004-9, 9.5MB, 1:12 min) We showed a couple of rather restrained, pastoral pieces by Paul Kelly in February of this year. So, here re three rather restrained, somewhat more urban pieces. I admire the determinedly austere approach, to make much - or rather to make us make much- of what is given to the camera (quite a lot, it has to be said, in Dignity which is a touching portrait of man dog), although one does have visions of a kind of Yoda figure meditating in depth before every possible editing decision to take the four years Focus apparently took to make. I look forward to more. ]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:00:57 -0400 Three more from Paul Kelly 10607961 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/daniel-osbourne-untitled/10607961/
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Untitled ( excerpt (2008, 87MB, 6:27 min) There s something pleasantly reminiscent of Linklater s Slacker in this piece from Daniel Osbourne. I don t mean to suggest it s derivative; I don t think it is, or only in the completely unescapable way of coming-after. This piece has it s own identity, which at first I wasn t sure whether it was completely random, but then little bits of structuring begin to assert themselves. In particular I like the fades which occur immediately prior to anything substantive happening. A lot of it looks very good too - there s no doubt the man has an eye - the 3-D glasses sequence, the fire women, the musical instruments procession (although am I alone in finding something slighty snotty about the shot of the bemused onlookers?). That little cavil aside this is interesting stuff I look forward to seeing how Osbourne s work develops. ]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:00:36 -0400 Daniel Osbourne - Untitled 10578174 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/suburban-kids-with-biblical-names-rent-a-wreck/10578174/
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Rent a wreck (2005, 21 MB, 3;13 min.) Suburban Kids with Biblical Names is a swedish band formed in December 2003 by Johan Hedberg and Peter Gunnarsson. They make and record their music in the hallway or the storehouse at the home of Peter s parents. Johan makes simple drafts of the songs and then Peter polish them and turn them into shiny pop songs. ]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:00:53 -0400 Suburban Kids with Biblical Names - “Rent a wreck” 10564375 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/leeds-vlog-3/10564375/
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Checkout (Emma Bailey , 2007, 39.1MB, 51 sec loop) Eating Cake (Lauren Craig , 2007, 34MB, 1:29 min) Washing the Dog (Danielle Pawley , 2007, 16.4MB, 44 secs) A Step Away from Home (Katie Keech , 2007, 12.8MB, 10 sec loop) Yet more from Leeds Vlog. Original post ]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:00:30 -0400 Leeds Vlog #3 10550489 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/jillian-mcdonald-screen-kiss/10550489/
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Screen Kiss (clip) (2005, 3.1MB, 1:00 min.) Jillian is trying to make Billy Bob Thornton jealous, inserting herself into existing film clips and getting kisses from Daniel Day Lewis, Vincent Gallo, Johnny Depp, and Billy Bob’s former wife - Angelina Jolie. Also check out Me and Billy Bob . ]]> Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:00:50 -0400 Jillian Mcdonald - Screen Kiss 10538491 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/undisclosed-beauty-anders-weberg/10538491/
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Undisclosed Beauty (2008, 8.7MB, 3:13 min) We ve shown Anders Weberg s work here on a number of occasions. He s clearly a serious artist has made some very potent work, I find myself a bit at a loss with this latest piece - it doesn t work for me. My assumption is that it s me who is not looking right, but I find the aestheticising of what looks like some quite violent and disturbing imagery both trite and somewhat suspect. (And the music over-eggs it for me too ) The piece recently won a prize in Ljubljana so I could well be in a minority. Of course it s the mark of a rich challenging body of work that the artist is ahead of the commentators so I look forward perhaps to reconsidering in weeks, months or years ]]> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:00:32 -0400 Undisclosed Beauty - Anders Weberg 10514913 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/locusts/10514913/
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Emergence - Locusts (2008, 233.8MB, 11:19) From celebrated MC Invincible, a docu-music-video about the history of gentrification and capitalism s destruction of communities in Detroit. Video features several local activists, including Grace Lee Boggs and (full disclosure) my good friend Ron Scott. This intense collaboration gives me chills every time I watch it. I ll let the rest speak for itself. ]]> Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:00:57 -0400 Locusts 10502148 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/xelor-zzz-grip/10502148/
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Grip (2007, 101 MB, 4:13 min.) Grip is a video clip for the band zZz. It is a one take, top shot video with trampoline gymnasts simulating video effects, and has been recorded live as part of the opening Nederclips , a showcase of Dutch videoclips at the Stedelijk Museum. The important criteria were that the audience at the opening would be able to witness the whole shoot, and that the videoclip would be added to the exhibition immediately after the shoot. The project developed by Roel Wouters AKA Xelor. ]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:00:11 -0400 Xelor - zZz - Grip 10486757 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/sam-renseiw-again/10486757/
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patafilm #609 (2008, 18.2MB, 4:27 min) No excuse offered or needed to show work by the Danish magician, Sam Renseiw. (when I called him the genius Dane here a little while ago, he wrote me, modestly demurring, but he is, Dear Reader, he is. Both) He says still imbricated in the subtle magic of simple things and situations , which is unusually accurate for an artist self assessment. Beautiful work. ]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:00:41 -0400 Sam Renseiw again 10471396 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/toaster/10471396/
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Morgan Schwartz - Toaster (2001, 7.3MB, 3:30) From Morgan Schwartz. ]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:00:18 -0400 Toaster 10448797 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/two-from-robert-croma/10448797/
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Thibaut Is Singing On Oberstein Road (2008, 15.5MB, 2:36 min) Rules of Engagement (2008, 18.1MB, 2:15 min) Tremendous work from Robert Croma. The Iraq piece is harrowing but you should watch it nonetheless. The Thibaut piece is simply exhilarating. I was trying to figure out what exactly makes this work so outstanding. I don t think it s just the fact that it is technically so good (although it is). It s to do with Croma s taste, judgement instinct, or at least how he deploys these to tell us something, or rather to intuit-to-us something about being a human being. You couldn t make a rule of it, for that would render it inert mechanical, but, loosely, in these two pieces, it seems to me to lie in a going-beyond -the-expected - a process with its heart in the little codas which open out the pieces in a quite extraordinary way. So the Iraq piece, though supremely well done, is initially not a million miles away from much other remix type work, but it is the final calling-to-attention, the framing, of the gait of one of the people whom we have just seen obliterated that re-doubles its horror but also creates the tiniest ground for hope in the inescapable (thanks to Croma) clear recognition of our common humanity. A similar process occurs in the Thibaut piece - its potency initially seems to reside in the simplicity of the camera exploring the still, the conjunction of the new and old imaging technology and the simple moving fact of evocation of time passed. It s beautiful; and many would have been tempted to leave it there. The final section is a risk - it could have have the opposite effect to what it actually does; it could have closed off, made pat. Here perhaps the technical fluency does play a defining role but the effect is the exact opposite of closure -we re left, once again, in a very different way, filled with a sense of the mystery complexity possibility ( the fragility) of being human. ]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:00:27 -0400 Two from Robert Croma 10448799 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/philadelphia-institute-for-advanced-study-video-brochure/10448799/
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Philadelphia Institute for Advanced Study (2008, 82.2MB, 9:15 min) Rather wonderful piece from Shawn Kornhauser Brandon Joyce who seem to exist in a strange crevice between real Philadelphia well some other one. The layers of japes spoofery multiply exponentially but something near the truth, whatever that is, can be found here, here here. I think. ]]> Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:00:37 -0400 Philadelphia Institute for Advanced Study Video Brochure 10448800 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/exercise-by-lucia-nimcova/10448800/
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Lucia Nimcova - Exercise (2007, 40.5MB, 6:03) Outrageously funny video from Slovakian artist Lucia Nimcova. I m pretty sure not being able to understand the language makes this that much more endearing and amusing. ]]> Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:00:01 -0400 Exercise by Lucia Nimcova 10448801 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/john-cage-4-33/10448801/
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John Cage - 4:33 (2004, 47MB, 9:23 min) Wonderful video of the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Lawrence Foster giving a performance of John Cage’s notorious/ provocative/seminal/epoch-making 4:33. ]]> Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:00:08 -0400 John Cage - 4:33 10448804 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/-ce-soir-je-vous-propose-transcendence-from-dan-canyon/10448804/
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3 of 7(2002, 74.7MB, 4:00 min) 4 of 7(2002, 105MB, 4:00 min) Two (from a series of seven) heartbreakingly beautiful, lump-in-the-throat-evocative lyric poems about being young, disguised as music video/documentaries. Dan Canyon is a natural filmmaker. He so is. What more to say, except nice to see Blackheef pronounced correctly? See all seven. ]]> Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:00:28 -0400 ‘Ce soir je vous propose’ - transcendence from Dan Canyon 10416900 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/creation-myth-by-robert-todd/10416900/
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Robert Todd - Creation Myth (2007, 39.3MB, 5:46) Robert Todd is a master of 16mm. With an enormous catalog behind him and no sign of his work ceasing in the near future, Todd is slowly migrating his work onto his personal website. What a treat for us. This piece, Creation Myth, is one of several I will repost here over time, to show respect for these subtle, moving visions. Todd says: Love of sky, love of earth and air, with water helping us along form the backdrop to this reflection of life-essence and its evolution. And, full disclosure: Rob has previously been my professor, and I personally consider him one of the kindest, most knowledgeable and professional working artists under whom I have had the privilege of studying. I wish I had been better able to absorb his teachings at the time. He is truly a Bolex genius. ]]> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:00:28 -0400 Creation Myth by Robert Todd 10403792 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/pes-early-movies-for-the-web/10403792/
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Dogs of War (2002, 4.1MB, 50 sec.) Whittlin’ Wood (2002, 6.4 MB, 1 min.) A couple early movies for the web by PES. ]]> Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:00:00 -0400 PES - Early movies for the web 10379383 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/barry-mcgee-at-deitch-projects/10379383/
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Golly Gee, Mcgee (2005, 4.8MB, 1:31 min.) Barry McGee’s installation at Deitch Projects, was one of my favorite shows in NYC in 2005. Music by Gorillaz. ]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:00:22 -0400 Barry McGee at Deitch Projects 10355996 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/-no-animals-were-harmed-pleix/10355996/
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Birds (2006, 15.5MB, 3:04 min) Netlag (2006, 15.8MB, 4:23 min) 24 carat weirdness ethereal beauty respectively from the French Pleix group, a ‘virtual community of digital artists based in Paris. Can’t help feeling, though, that the chosen music seems a tad ordinary for these images… ]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:00:48 -0400 ‘No Animals Were Harmed…’ - Pleix 10335019 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/three-from-brian-beletic/10335019/
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Basement Jaxx - Red Alert (1999, 10.5MB, 3:42) Fatboy Slim - Don t Let The Man Get You Down (2003, 9MB, 3:08) Lady Sovereign - Love Me or Hate Me (2006, 12.2MB, 2:43) Three videos from the funky fresh Brian Beletic. (Why doesn t a music video director have a website?) In any case, Beletic s work spans the last decade, these posted in chronological order. Basement Jaxx s video is conceptual: what if music was illegal? Love the idea and execution. The track itself takes me back to my younger, raving days. Fatboy Slim and Lady Sovereign also should be proud of their Beletic vids. Both garner at least a few chuckles and some definite appreciation for the editing. Anyone else feeling good about the evolutions of UK electronic spins right about now? Cool. Me too. PS - He also works stateside. Don t despair, fledgling DJs in need of an MTV hit. You could be next. ]]> Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:00:48 -0400 Three from Brian Beletic