Mar 14, 2009
STRANGE PARALLEL
Might I begin by saying I've never really been much of an Elliott Smith fan. I don't know. I love Nick Drake for sure, but Elliott never did it for me except for a couple of songs.
That being said, here's a half hour film about Elliott Smith! Kind of. Apparently, it's a semi-lost and/or oft-forgotten promo vid from some goofy, optimistic youngsters.
Fan of his music or not, it has a really playful narrative. Elliott digs up a guitar in the woods, people are smoking broccoli and there's an endless pursuit for the robot hand. The live footage is surprisingly pleasant too. You really see how vulnerable and intimate he is when he's not hiding behind layers of harmonies. So here's my ode to Mr. Smith. Fan or not, he was a person who did things, and I like that.
That being said, here's a half hour film about Elliott Smith! Kind of. Apparently, it's a semi-lost and/or oft-forgotten promo vid from some goofy, optimistic youngsters.
Fan of his music or not, it has a really playful narrative. Elliott digs up a guitar in the woods, people are smoking broccoli and there's an endless pursuit for the robot hand. The live footage is surprisingly pleasant too. You really see how vulnerable and intimate he is when he's not hiding behind layers of harmonies. So here's my ode to Mr. Smith. Fan or not, he was a person who did things, and I like that.
Mar 13, 2009
WTF.
apparently this is a promo for a band called Nodern, but click the "watch film" after clicking this image and see what happens when someone gives that crazy lady who hangs out at the bookstore film equipment and some bad PCP.
MY GO TO THING
I had a few unexposed 110 cartridges laying around so I sent them out to get developed. A lot of them are from the summer, so I didn't remember what I had taken. Flipping through them, it seemed like every other shot was from out my bedroom window. I found it strange that the instantamatic nature of the 110 camera led me to consistently photograph what's right in front of me. It almost feels like a theme, or rather, a fixation. The last 110 that I developed were out my sophomore year dorm window. It makes me wonder if other people have a consistent image that they are drawn too? Anybody else have something they repeatedly take pictures of, no matter how good the result will be?
You can see the gap in time between the photos in the amount of leaves on the tree.
Mar 12, 2009
Mar 11, 2009
DREAM FORTS
"The Fort series consist of collaborative forts created with male friends in their home. Each fort was built in under two hours. All materials for the forts were found on location and no aspect of the fort was preplanned." - Amir H. Fallah
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)