I saw the film Field, Clowns, Apple… by Russian filmmaker Shota Gamisonia back in 2008 at One Take Film Festival – biennial international festival of films shot in one take… I’ve blogged about the festival in the context of Christopher Doyle‘s photography exhibition…
Robert Seward‘s LED artwork ‘Four Letter Words’ just grabbed my attention few minutes ago. It’s his latest work based on Arduino, and I find it rather interesting because of the whole construction complexity… and e-typography approach…
Phyllis Galembo has been photographing masked revelers in ritual performances since 1987. Galembo has made over twenty trips to sites of ritual masquerade in Africa and the Caribbean.
She has photographed Carnaval in Jacmel, Haiti capturing annual performances, as well as African rites masks. One of her most known series of photographs are the Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou.
West Africa, Phyllis Galembo (c) taken from booooooom
Documentary Google Baby (2009) by film maker Zippi Brand Frank deals with birth outsourcing among three countries: Israel, USA and India. It involves business, technology (computers and human bodies) and a bunch of paradoxes.
Wafaa Bilal‘s concept of body marking as a subtly cruel marking and flesh ‘n’ blood IMing is one of the most authentic artworks that I’ve seen lately. Bilal directly and uncompromisingly brings forward political facts that are in constant repetition.
‘…and Counting‘ by Wafaa Bilal, Photo by Brad Farwell
While I was browsing through Croatian contemporary textile art, I came to work by young artist Josipa Stefanec… I like the way her dresses and garments look like installations, whilst her installations look like dresses in the space…
Photo: Vulic (c), taken from ULUPUH
