The Art of Memento Mori – Remember you must die
A couple of years ago Damien Hirst’s “For the Love of God” was in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Tracking through a carefully curated – by Hirst himself – maze of 17th century Dutch Continue reading
And Then Bill Murray Appears…
Almost a year ago I overheard an anecdote being told about how the comedian slash actor Bill Murray has the habit of ‘just appearing’ during random, non-Bill-Murray-related, events. Those words stuck with Continue reading
Aesthetics of Dust II: Skateboard Video Art
A while back I wrote a blog on Aesthetics of Dust, inspired by the works of Filippo Minelli and Ujin Lee + Tom Edwards. Both projects played with the means of Continue reading
Sunday Morning Short – ‘The Girl with The Yellow Stockings’
It goes without saying – although I’m about to say it – that I’m completely obsessed with future shorts. A celebration of the short film and a pop-up film festival, what more Continue reading
Fine Art Project for the Skin
At a party on Saturday this girl felt the need to proclaim her disgust with tattoo’s; after hearing me out about mine and making the error of seeing a 8 Continue reading
Art People
Ever found yourself at an exhibition opening surrounded by people engaged in pseudo-intellectual discussions, adorned in ‘I’m so original and authentic’ secondhand cardigans, glasses and canvas bags. They might look Continue reading
On Occupy
I don’t want to start with a hipster like [i.e. I-knew-this-band-before-they-where-known] statement , but first I would like to note that I already reported on Occupy when it was still called ‘Yes, Continue reading
The Joyous Melancholy of Emil Trier + Torgny
“Somewhere between documentary and music video…” that’s the way Norwegian filmmaker Emil Trier describes his project with Trogny. Which consists of three short films – ‘The Only Game’, ‘Big Day’ and ‘I Came Here’ - that depict life of the Continue reading
What Starbucks thinks it should be
I have but one vice and that is Coffee! Stale coffee, expensive coffee, alcohol with coffee, nearly any will do. However whenever I have the means I will opt for Continue reading
New Obsession: Zombies, Aliens and Everything in between
One of my obsessions: Zombies, Aliens and Everything in between. Attack the Block (trailer): Hanna (trailer): The allegory of the non-human that tells us something about human existence. It is Continue reading
