"In France I'm an auteur, in Germany I'm a filmmaker, in the U.K. I'm a horror director, in the U.S....I'm a bum."
--John Carpenter
general
last of the vvork twitter
skateboarding theme 6: walnut ramp and gold-plated rail (supposedly)
skateboarding theme 5: orange and pink minimal box titled "curb"
skateboarding theme 4: ramp in gallery with large ad graphics on skate surface
skateboarding as art 3: kidney shaped skate bowl with concentric ring supergraphics photographed from above
skateboarding as art 2: kidney shaped skate bowl made of wood and photographed from underside
skateboarding as art 1: car with crude, curved skirts serves as mobile ramp (YouTube)
wood pallette topped with resin-coated plywood (?), skewed metal bar attached
faux primitive surrealist paintings, luridly colored, with intricate frames done in a similar style
back of monochrome (brown) chair resembles antique scroll caption with corporatespeak acronym
gallery wall ruptures into four perfect quadrants
slick photos of iggy pop, ice cube, juliette lewis etc make the celebrities seem like the askew transgressive rebels they are
duchampoid rotoreliefs, Barbara Krugeroid slogans, Russian Constructivoid typefaces = prizewinning graphic identity
radiation ionizes gaseous ethanol steam inside cloud chamber (photos look like scarified fur)
igniting translucent tubes filled with propane causes sonic boom (as sound art)
Post-Panel Vibes
Some reports and criticism on last week's "Net Aesthetics 2.0" panel:
Paddy Johnson compares the 2006 incarnation of the panel with last week's. Comprehensive notes broken down by theme.
Alex Lane thinks we didn't do a good enough job on the surf clubs and the browser-as-viewing-arena. [pdf] Left a comment about it on his group blog.
There were three panel and surf club related threads in the Rhizome.org comment boards. Am reluctant to link to them as they are unmoderated zoos where people are allowed to type "ZZZZZZZZzzzzzZZZZ" and post jpegs of dead horses. An attempt to explain defaults and group blogs came off more like warthogs scraping tusks than desired but harloholmes' encouraging shout on delicious (about the panel?) was appreciated. Sally has some good thoughts on the threads' underlying chemistry here (in the comments) and here (on her blog with L.M.).
Rhizome has asked the panelists to write follow-ups and mine should be posted soon.
dreamed plot
2 bit night club comedian played by Jim Carrey is courier or "mule" for the mob, transferring contraband and information among crooked clubs. Becomes internationally successful star reminiscent of the real Jim Carrey; knows too much so the mob sinks his pleasure boat.
POV character is on a nearby boat, feels explosion in the water, dives overboard and sees last of ship going down. sharks begin to circle so he has to surface and can't be sure what he saw.