My sister showed this to me last night. Good lord! Turn down your sound when you click on it.
And then enjoy every crazy insane minute.
Art
Vivian Maier shot 8mm Film. Enough said.
Found via the nearly always amazing Nowness, Just sit back and let the slow beautifully observed vignettes wash over you. I know it helps to know her story, it enhances what these are, but even without that context these are lovely.
NAKED SILHOUETTE ALPHABET
Church of Quantum Interconnectedness Healing Pyramid
The “Church of Quantum Interconnectedness” is a new religious organization started by (of course) Californian artist, Corey Smilth . This faux new-age inspired religion is based on his sculptural piece called the “Personal Pyramid” a healing device in which participants are invited to interact with. They are given only one instruction; the Personal Pyramid slogan “Let the Healing Begin”. It works especially well if you like green. And asymmetrical bathing suits.
ps- this post is only categorized as “art” with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek, thank you very much.
pss- I do like the name though, but only because interconnected is my current favorite word.
“The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater”
Throughout the 1950’s, 60’s, and early 70’s, Ralph Eugene Meatyard created a series of photographs titled “The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater” in which he photographed his wife wearing an old hag’s mask in the role of Lucybelle Crater, along with other Meatyard family members and friends who are also wearing masks. The resulting images are both comical and grotesque with an underlying strangeness that is visually intriguing.
no words..
If Bill made animations …
Inner Steppe from Alex Schulz on Vimeo.
A stop-motion animation based on the work of Hermann Hesse and Carl Gustav Jung. More information and pictures of the making of the animation can be found here: www.vyzor.de/inner_steppe
lovely little sculptures
These remind me of Bills graduate school work, don’t they?A collection of 100 pixelated cameras
Free to use, by anyone, for anything, as long as they mention the artist: Billy Brown
Yay for free things!!!!! Download the big one here
Drugs can be beautiful
“Sarah Schönfeld squeezed drops of various legal and illegal liquid drug mixtures onto negative film which had already been exposed. Each drop altered the coating of the film. Much like the effect of some of these substances on humans, this can be a lengthy process – sometimes one that can barely be stopped.
“She then enlarged these negatives including the chemical reaction of the particular drug, to sizes of up to 160 x 200 cm. All of the substances behaved very differently: the shapes and colors that appeared showed unique characteristics and revealed unique internal universes. Schönfeld explores the possibilities of photography at the frontiers of what can be visually portrayed– the interface between representation and reality.”
