…what happens when gravity is demonstrated as the initiator of movement, when risk taking becomes an essential factor of dance, and when music is replaced by the clunking and thumping of task driven performance…
gravity based choreography from ‘mehmet sander’ and here below a short interview (via ‘roel wouters’)
…observes a geo-magnetic storm occurring in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Working with data collected from the CARISMA radio array and interpreted as audio, we hear tweeting and rumbles caused by incoming solar wind, captured at the frequency of 20 Hertz. Generated directly by the sound, tangible and sculptural forms emerge suggestive of scientific visualisations. As different frequencies interact both visually and aurally, complex patterns emerge to create interference phenomena that probe the limits of our perception…
(via ‘yacco vijn’)
intro films for the contestants for the ‘grote prijs’ this year (a music competition in various genres held each year in amsterdam) the style, posters and leaders were developed by three of my neighbours: ’21bis’ ‘from the hill’ & ‘jihaa’, very nice boys…
see the whole set here
the black & white expo i took part recently in has been extended till late december (due to success) and the posters can now also be purchased online for a highly reasonnable fee of 10 euros, don’t worry all of the cash goes to charity and not me… oh by the way the website is in dutch so give me a shout if you need help ordering that pile of 100 posters you were going to buy for christmas presents…
…this unique archive documents Russian criminals’ tattoos and their coded meanings. Included in the collection are more than three thousand tattoo drawings made by Danzig Baldaev during his time as a prison guard between 1948 and 1986. Tattoos were his gateway into a secret world in which he acted as ethnographer, recording the rituals of a closed society. The icons and tribal languages he documented are artful, distasteful, sexually explicit and provocative, reflecting as they do the lives and traditions of convicts. The accompanying photographs by Sergei Vasiliev act as an important counterpart to Baldaev’s drawings, providing photographic evidence of their authenticity, and allowing us a glimpse into this compelling and extraordinary world. In these incredible images the nameless bodies of criminals act as both a text and mirror, reflecting and preserving the ever-changing folklore of the Russian criminal underworld…
another interesting project from the makers of the sainsburys book posted a few days ago: fuel
