Powitree #1: Paul Bowles' "Three Dances" (1929) 2 Oct 2009 | 09:06 pm

Photogen(et[h{n}])icism #1: Lee Lozano 2 Oct 2009 | 08:41 am

Random Thoughts #3: Auteurs 2 Oct 2009 | 08:26 am

I give you "auteur theory"/the concept of the cinema auteur and then I give you Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet and then I ask: what is an auteur? Is it a concept that's still viable or is it a re...

Internet's Serious Business #1: Cat and Girl 2 Oct 2009 | 02:16 am

Anyone who still doesn't acknowledge comics and, in this case, webcomics are a form of art can go away. Perhaps my very favourite webcomic is Cat and Girl, described by Dorothy Gambrell, its creator,...

The Schizophrenic Artist #2: Yayoi Kusama 2 Oct 2009 | 12:48 am

Consider this the second in a series of three posts about pretty well-known things. I don't see why not, as redundancy is redundant. Overexposure does not diminish quality (well, that depends on the a...

Youtube Saves the Day #3: Hollis Frampton's "Critical Mass" (1971) 1 Oct 2009 | 10:00 pm

This short film (is it mid-size for Hollis Frampton?) is downright painful. I would've featured his Nostalgia instead, but it's not on youtube. I'll try to put it up one day. "Critical Mass shows a y...

Monthly Features #1: September 2009 - Hollis Frampton, Ephemera Assemblyman and Yayoi Kusama 1 Oct 2009 | 08:57 pm

If you check the bottom panel of my blog, you'll notice three sections called "Monthly artist", "Monthly website" and "Monthly quote". These came up almost randomly while I was re-designing By Chance ...

Found Photos #2: Two Peculiar Sets 1 Oct 2009 | 07:09 pm

Some more of my own found images. I got these two when I intentionally went searching for non-portrait old photos, as these make up most of my finds and I wanted something different. Click the images...

All-Time Favourites #2: Abigail Reynolds 1 Oct 2009 | 05:38 am

Folded photographs? Oh yes. And no, this is not about the triangles! She says, "I collect second hand tourist guides. Within the century of printed photographs that they contain, I search for plates ...

Youtube Saves the Day #2: José Val del Omar's "Aguaespejo granadino" (1955) and "Fuego en Castilla" (1960) 1 Oct 2009 | 04:54 am

José Val del Omar was a wonderful artist, one of the most amazing "lost" filmmakers ever. I will certainly devote more space to him in the future, but this is it for now. "With an extraordinary artis...