Sloss Furnaces Documentary Trailer

the trailer for alabama public television's doc about sloss furnaces is finally up. it is tentatively titled, "Industry to Art: The Sloss Furnace Legacy" but is more than likely subject to change. the trailer turned out pretty cool and you get a glimpse at some of the ridiculously beautiful images we got from different metal pours. i've talked a little bit about sloss' transformation from it's oppressive, negative past to it's current mecca-like state for the metal arts world in an older post. the documentary, basically, deals with this story. it's pretty awesome! check it out:

Washed Out's "Feel it All Around"

this music video was produced by fiction for washed out's "feel it all around." it looks great because it was shot on a canon 5d mark ii. that's the way to do it. this is in the same vein as the memory cassette song, "surfin" that i posted a month or so ago. i love this vibe. it's a great way to start a day.

FEEL IT ALL AROUND from Northern Lights on Vimeo.

Fleggaard Commercial

here is a really awesome NSFW thanks to those european perverts.

Lost in a Moment

lost in a moment from dennis wheatley on Vimeo.

the filmmaker says:
We were sitting in this sushi bar pondering how best to set up a camera to film things all by itself whilst we were in Tokyo.
Take our hands out of the equation... let the camera have its own journey.

I'd taken a cannibalised record turntable with me from the UK with the idea of filming slow panoramas but it was painfully bumpy and stopped every minute.

Then we had our eureka moment and filmed this.

A few years later I was working on a piece of music and married the two together.
The music is all about that feeling when you're half asleep in the sun.. the ambiance of foreign voices becomes a lullaby to dream away.
There's something beautiful in not understanding a language.. it becomes abstract, musical.
Opera is so much better when you can't understand the words!

What we loved about watching this film back was the space that the camera was able to enter.. extremely personal and scrutinising but not too lingering.

Lernert and Sander

this video from lernert and sander really shouldn't make me sad. i think it is because i assign human emotion to the bunny's eyes.

Chocolate Bunny from Lernert & Sander on Vimeo.

i may have posted about them before. this video became viral a year or so ago, but i couldnt find any discussion of it on the blog. anyway, lernert and sander are lernert engelberts and sander plug, two dutch artists that collaborate on art projects, films and commercials. they have a very distinct aesthetic. here is a sampling of their work:

a series of short videos as part of a 2 hour documentary about revenge for VPRO television

Revenge from Lernert & Sander on Vimeo.

a short for MTV europe

CDEFGABC from Lernert & Sander on Vimeo.

another short

Color correction from Lernert & Sander on Vimeo.

and my favorite: part of a new 9 part documentary series for limboland tv in which abstract artists explain their work to their parents. unfortunately, this is the only one subtitled for english, but hopefully there will be more. this is beautiful.

How to explain my parents from Lernert & Sander on Vimeo.

Tricky Dick, Try and Catch Him!

booyah!!

Sony Bravia

do you remember that sony bravia commercial with the colorful bouncy balls in san francisco? you should. if you don't, you're way dumb with bad brain parts. if you do, then you'll be interested in the following 1's and 0's. it's a making of:

Jonathan Yeo's Portraiture, or How I Learned to make Porn into Art

this video, recently released by artist jonathan yeo, explains the origins and concept behind his porn collage portraits. the explanation is really quite funny, as is his discussion of culling through pornography for the finishing touches of a portrait. not exactly safe for work. (even though that's where i saw it)

Combo by BLU and David Ellis

this is a collaboration between BLU and david ellis from the fame festival. i'm not sure that i've posted anything by david ellis so there's a video below for you to make his acquaintance. this collaboration is really great! i enjoy the combination (combo) of ellis' time-lapse and BLU's stop-motion.

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.

here's david ellis working.

there's a cool video from one of his installations here.

Yo La Tengo in Montmartre

la blogotheque's take away shows are a particular brand of unique beauty and no one needs me saying so to confirm it, however, this particular take away show, i must confirm, is cinematic masterpiece.

Yo La tengo - A Take Away Show - Part 1 from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Yo La Tengo - A Take Away Show - Part 2 from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.