counterfeit-mess

Slacker (1991)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:08:00 -0500

By Richard Linklater.

Watch it on Youtube or

Rapidshare (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8) with subtitles.

~~Rar Password : warforce.info~~

The Almighty Defenders - Bow Down And Die I heard a very lo-fi...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:58:00 -0500

The Almighty Defenders - Bow Down And Die

I heard a very lo-fi accoustic version of that song sang by Cole once, and couldn’t get it out of my head for 5 days. I’m glad they recorded it.

une peinture parlée

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:01:00 -0500

John Currin

The Moroccan, 2001

La deuxième partie, à partir de la 31éme minute pour les paresseux.

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Jonathan Meese

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Peter Doig

100 Years Ago, 2001

Les rates et la petite tortue , le tableau de Matisse dont il parle dans la video, et un autre tableau cool de Doig :

Peter Doig

Olin MK IV, 1995

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Ya tout le reste des vidéos là, mais celle sur Currin est vraiment bien.

WAYNE LEVIN

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:58:00 -0500

Some amazing pictures from the serie Fish Schools by Wayne Levin.

Looks like Gustave Doré was an impressionist doing abstract painting.

The Surfers serie is great too.

Ballet Mortel en haute mer

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:26:16 -0500

The harmony of overwhelming and collective murder

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:18:15 -0500

Jeremie Grandsenne

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:49:00 -0500

Photographies de la serie Le monde est un secret, 2005

Intervention, Série Le Chat et nous, 2008

Interventions, 2006 - 2008

Dessins, peintures. 2004 - 2008

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http://jeremiegrandsenne.free.fr/

FIRST CONTACT

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:30:00 -0400

“This documentary presents footage of the first contact between the highland tribes of Papua New Guinea, and European explorers. In the 1930s three Australian’s, Michael, Daniel and James Leahy were the first white people to venture into the vast New Guinean interior. They searched for gold and found 1 million highland tribespeople who had previously had no contact with the outside world.”

+ Leave The Uncontacted Tribes Alone on the blog.

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:14:00 -0400

“Our music, then, is not “true” Black Metal for we have moved beyond this fantasy of a nihilistic apocalypse; beyond our own misery and failure. Our music is balanced in that we temper the blind rage of Black Metal with the transcendent truths of the universe that reveal themselves with age and experience. Our relationship with the natural world is a healing force in our lives.”

“The music is about wild forests, unfettered rivers, nature : furious and vengeful.”

“It is the sound of utter torment, believing to one’s core that winter is eternal. BM is about destruction, destroying humanity; destroying ones own self in an orgy of self loathing and hopelessness. I believe one must focus on this image of eternal winter in order to understand Black Metal, for it is a crucial metaphor that reveals our sadness and woe as a race. In our hubris, we have rejected the earth and the wisdom of countless generations for the baubles of modernity. In return, we have been left stranded and bereft in this spiritually freezing hell.”

“One of the many contradictions of Black Metal is that it is a music that decries civilization, but relies on so many modern contrivances to exist. I don’t think it is a natural sound at all. It is really the sound of paradox, ambiguity, confusion, being caught between two worlds that cannot be reconciled. I have had people throw this in my face before – “how can you play music that is supposedly anti-civilization on electric guitars?” Frankly I find this line of reason boring and pointless.”

“Catharsis is our objective, not a lilly-white and guilt free existence. We are all hypocrites and failures.”

Wolves In The Throne Room - Vastness and Sorrow

Wolves In The Throne Room - Queen Of The Borrowed Light

La belle noiseuse

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:04:00 -0400

Emmanuelle Béart posing for Master Frenhofer in Jacques Rivette’s La Belle Noiseuse.

VAGUES SCELERATES

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:56:00 -0400

Le Mystère des Vagues Scélérates, Arte Découverte (43 min)

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Martin Kippenberger,
Ohne Titel (aus der Mappe “The Raft Of Medusa”), 1996

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fractures urbaines fractures sociales

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:47:00 -0400

Thema en 3 parties : Les bobos, les cités, la banlieue pavillonnaire.

conversation W/ Arthur Cruz

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:25:00 -0400

Maciek : There is some ambiguous romantism approach in your landscapes, you always depict nature in a very idyllic way but as if it has been injured by human being, how important are those ‘bruises’ for you ?

Arthur : What really matters to me is the way a natural environment finds itself sculpted by human hand in a suburban landscape. You could probably see a whole lot of metaphors here, but deep down I am really interested in the feeling of emptiness or loneliness that comes out when nature and urbanism clash. Those landscapes may seem familiar to you but they still make you feel uneasy as you watch them; in that aspect I think you can say that my paintings are romantic.

FOOT

Acrylic on Canvas

81 x 65 cm

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I remember you used to do a lot of graffiti younger, and I feel those damaged landscapes and the idea of graffiti are quite linked. What is your position on vandalism ?

I think that they are indeed linked for two reasons. First of all, the suburban zone makes an ideal playground for a graffiti artist. There are many waste grounds, abandoned buildings, transport systems. There is a truly a lot to keep yourself busy.
Then, I find that the two very much look alike. Graffiti, thanks to its repetitive aesthetics and anonymous format actually fits the suburban landscape and you could be in Le Havre or Montpellier you will always get the same ring roads, the same detached houses and the same tags. Conformism really rules there.
This is why I find it hard to enjoy graffiti for another reason that its actual presence. (Taking into account the risks taken, the egocentrism and anti-social act that comes out of it.) I don’t really see the point of the ‘art’ side of graffiti, it being featured in galleries or even murals for that matter.

PIZZA

Acrylic on Canvas

81x65 cm

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I feel like the lack of chaos and the way nature is repressed in those suburbs make the landscapes even more bleak and depressing. Do you really see them as depressing ?

I definitely agree with you, my paintings are depressing and it is actually my primary goal. My main subject is clearly not really sexy and the places I depict are anonymous, cold, monotonous or empty.
Nature is repressed. It’s not really hostile but still you feel lonely or slightly queasy. The technique I use also emphasizes this: black, white, contrasts and a rigorous execution.
The most ‘fun’ you could find in these places is probably the irony of the situation …

NOVOTEL

Acrylic on canvas

81 x 65 cm

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How do you pick a subject, do you walk a lot around those places ? Is the promenade something important for you ?

I pick my subjects randomly through walks. I love walking and getting list. I choose a place to explore then I go there and literally see what’s on offer. It is a very opportunist way to proceed that is also linked to luck. I guess this activity is also an old habit I’ve kept from graffiti because you always have to find new spots to exploit.
I don’t really like shopping centres or white-picket fences type of areas; on the other hand, I get really attracted by abandoned grounds where it’s generally not safe to go, despite being close to residential zones.

2CHEMINS

Acrylic on Canvas

81 x 65 cm

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You seem to paint after photography, why ? Have you ever tried after motif, sitting there for hours, Would the result be different ?

The use of photography gives me a certain distance to my subject but also better comfort throughout the production. I take many pictures then I choose one, edit it if necessary and finally I reproduce it on the canvas.
I try to stay as neutral as possible and bring in as little as personal touches as possible; photography helps me to get this result. I do this a bit in the way of the hyperrealists.
If I was to paint on location the final work would be much different, and the proceedings way too long. I also guess that it wouldn’t be as precise and detailed.

MONDIAL MOQUETTE

Acrylic on Canvas

81 x 65 cm

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Those landscapes instanely reminded me of The three trees etching by Rembrandt, is there any other painter, poet, writer that you would name as an inspiration for those landscapes ?

My inspiration sources actually come more from film directors such as Tarkovsky, Wenders or Rohmer, to only cite the most important ones. The way that they picture lonely wanderings or emptiness has influenced me a lot.
When it comes to painting, artists coming from abstract expressionism or minimalism have touched me much more than romantics or hyperrealists. Saying that, I also really like Caravaggio, Ingres, Jericho or Estes.

MUR NOIR

Acrylic on Canvas

81 x 65 cm

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UN JEUNE HOMME INDEMNE APRÈS ÊTRE PASSÉ SOUS UN TGV Drawing by Edrem, Un jeune homme indemne après...

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:50:00 -0400

UN JEUNE HOMME INDEMNE APRÈS ÊTRE PASSÉ SOUS UN TGV

Drawing by Edrem, Un jeune homme indemne après être passé sous un TGV in Libération.fr, Picture from Trompe-La-Mort

Movie Extras Fashion

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:26:00 -0400

A great serie by Miranda July and Roe Ethridge from the Vice Film Issue. Je trouve l’idée hyper déconneuse, ça serait même encore mieux si c’etait vraiment un shooting mode.

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Photo

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:15:36 -0400

Ted's draws

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:27:00 -0400

some B&W portraits, more stuff here.

Magic kids

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:12:00 -0400

Magic Kids - Hey Boy

LE DIEU D'OSIER

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:06:00 -0400

From this road leads to heaven (Le blog de Tiphaine et Carmo)

« Toute la grande misère de ce siècle, c’est toi, Calvin, c’est toi misérable qui l’as faite !
Quand l’humanité commençait à se délivrer de Jésus, à se délivrer de Paul, tu es venu étouffer sa force ; mais nous finirons peut-être par t’étouffer à ton tour. Nous déchirerons les redingotes grotesques de tes ministres ; nous ferons des édits somptuaires contre le noir, le chagrin, la ridicule solennité et nous couvrirons de fresques païennes et de claires tentures les murs blancs de tes temples pour installer à la place du crucifié la sainte Vénus, le saint Amour. Puis nous brûlerons les livres graves, lourds et pédantesques de tes savantasses et nous canoniserons le Soleil, la poésie et la joie. Alors on dira : « Les Dieux et les déesses sont revenus, car sur le gazon frais, des nymphes et des satyres couronnés de roses se seront mis à danser ».

Hugues Rebell

The wicker man, le film réalisé en 1973 par Robin Hardy, raconte l’histoire d’un policier austère et bigot qui débarque sur une île retirée d’Ecosse afin d’enquêter sur la disparition d’une fillette. Arrivé sur place, il découvre une communauté de villagois qui se livrent à toute sorte de rituels païens sous le regard bienveillant de Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee), petit-fils de celui qui colonisa l’île et raviva le culte païen des habitants. La foi du sergent Howie (Edward Woodward) est confrontée aux rites populaires folkloriques hérétiques de la population locale, consacrés à la glorification de la nature et à la fertilité. Deux mondes s’affrontent, au puritanisme et au rationalisme du sergent Howie répond la sexualité débridée et le mysticisme des villageois. Contrairement au christianisme, où la rencontre avec le divin passe par l’introspection personnelle, dans le polythéisme le sacré est présent partout dans le monde visible et passe par la participation aux rites collectif comme garant de la cohésion sociale.
Mircea Eliade a montré que les sociétés traditionnelles ont un caractère ”cosmique” au sens où l’univers y est perçu comme un tout harmonieux auquel l’homme est associé par son être même. En découle un rapport spécifique à la nature. Dans cette perspective, la terre n’est pas seulement un lieu d’habitation pour l’homme, elle en est aussi la partenaire, et ne saurait donc être utilisée comme un simple moyen au service de ses fins. Ce culte voué à la ”terre-mère”, le segent Howie va en faire l’expérience.

Download : part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6,Part 7, Part 8

»»»> Download the Wicker Man Soundtrack : Rapidshare ««««

And one of my favorite Death In June song :

BEN SCHUMACHER Best Friends (The quickest route to matt’s house), 2008 Two Tattoos

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:34:00 -0400

BEN SCHUMACHER

Best Friends (The quickest route to matt’s house), 2008

Two Tattoos