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M.I.A.’s BAD GIRLS VIDEO – Arab Women Behind the Wheel
M.I.A.’s newest video addresses the recent drama in the Arab world regarding women not being able to drive.
JOHNNY YESNO – Exclusive Interview with Cabaret Voltaire & Peter Care
Exclusive interview with CABARET VOLTAIRE & PETER CARE about their new remake of their underground film JOHNNY YESNO as well as their new JYN Box Set released on Mute Records.
BEAUTIFUL BEINGS – Seb Som Interviews Giuseppe Andrews
Underground filmmaker and musician Giuseppe Andrews (Cabin Fever, Detroit Rock City) has made a name for himself by making personal and challenging work in between his Hollywood acting gigs.
KEYHOLE – First Trailer for Guy Maddin’s New Film Noir
Starring Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini, Kevin McDonald and Udo Kier, Guy Maddin’s Keyhole is a Film Noir take on Homer’s Odyssey.
THE MECHANICAL MAN – Rare 1913 Italian Silent Film About Robots
The only surviving footage of The Mechanical Man, a rare, silent Italian Sci-Fi film from 1913, directed by Anore Deed.
COIL SPOILER TALK – Sleazy Speaks on Coil and Throbbing Gristle
110-minute video is from the Spoiler Electronic Culture Centre in Vienna, Austria on October 30th, 2002
THE OFF SWITCH (PART 2) – A New Serialized Comic by Mark Beyer
The second installment of THE OFF SWITCH, a new serialized comic from Mark Beyer (Amy and Jordan, RAW Magazine, Liquid Television)!
PARMENIDES I – Dev Harlan’s Stunning Video Sculpture Hybrid
Video mapping and projecting on objects is certainly nothing new, but Dev Harlan’s work accomplishes with extreme precision and delicacy what so many others have attempted to do and failed.
ON THE BEACH – Dali, Ballard, Neil Young and Cadillac Ranch
The history of surrealism is also the history of its exploitation by and assimilation/submersion within pop culture
XTC – The Xiaozhou Transport Company’s Free Night of Experimental Performance
XTC is an open, experimental art project and a part of the SAT- Special Artistic Territory, a global idea allowing artistic creation in public space.
THE EROTIC SCREEN: VOL.1 – Susie Bright’s New Book on Erotic Cinema
Susie Bright – “I have a new book out– all about old-school porn and the erotic video revolution. It’s called: The Erotic Screen, Vol. 1″
THE RETURN OF JOHNNY YESNO – Mute Lets Us Know
Mute Records and Peter Care have let us know about the forthcoming Cabaret Voltaire video/music box set for Johnny YesNo from Mute Records.
FOREVER DECONSTRUCTED – Pete Drake’s Talking Steel Guitar
A visual deconstruction of famous Nashville record producer Pete Drake performing “Forever” with his own invention, the talking steel guitar.
LATE NOON SUN – Lizzie Oxby’s 4 Screen Film
Late Noon Sun is a four screen film that Lizzie Oxby made for Ear Cinema, which playfully attempts to unravel the mysterious tale of Little Mary.
POEM FOR GENE WOLFE – On the Occasion of His 80th Birthday
Written on the occasion of Science Fiction luminary Gene Wolfe’s 80th birthday, this poem by Jerry Friedman employs an eclectic blend of literary technique and styles.
I AM THE JACK IN YOUR BOX – One of Ira Cohen’s Final Readings
Louise Landes Levi shares on of visionary Ira Cohen’s final recording with TEoB’s readers. Plus, a poem from John Solt!
THREAD ON FRAME – THEM.SG’s Fashion Film in Singapore
THEM.SG, unveiled 10 fashion films as the fruit of labour between 10 artists and 10 designers in Singapore.
THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN KIDS – Rare Third Reich Stop Animation
A rare clay animated fairy tale made for the Third Reich’s Ministry of Education.
WHERE IS JOHNNY YESNO? – Cabaret Voltaire’s Long Lost Film
Where is Cabaret Voltaire’s long lost video masterpiece? Is the DVD release ever going to happen?
LA FEMME QUI SE POUDRE – Patrick Bokanowski’s Short Masterpiece
A hybrid between Jean Cocteau and Jan Svankmajer, La Femme Qui Se Pourde is a short, rarely seen masterpiece from 1972.
WOLF + LAMB vs. SOUL CLAP – Lonely C. Music Video
Lovely video from Wolf + Lamb and Soul Clap filmed in Jeollabuk-do province, South Korea.
GIRL IN A CAGE – 60s Go-Go Psychodrama from David F. Friedman
From the man who brought you such classic films like Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs! and Color Me Blood Red, comes a short film featuring 1960s Go-Go dancing and a lurid psycho-sexual drama. Enjoy!
CONNAN MOCKASIN – Forever Dolphin Love Video
Odd and beautiful painterly video from Rough Trade recording artist Connan Mockasin.
NEW DIAMANDA GALAS FILM – By Davide Pepe of Current 93 Fame
Current 93/David Tibet film maker Davide Pepe in new collaboration with Diamanda Galás in London this April.
DIE ANTWOORD & HARMONY KORINE – Debut Short Film “Umshini Wam” at SXSW
New short film starring the Afrikaan Anti-Heroes Ninja and Yo-landi Vi$$er as directed by Harmony Korine.
ELECTRO FEMME EXORCISTS – The Brooklyn Organ Synth Orchestra play Tubular Bells
Brilliant adaptation of Tubular Bells featuring 22 NYC female performers/bands on vintage and new electronics and keyboards
EARTH GIRL HELEN BROWN – Story of an Earth Girl Video
Combining 60s R&B, 60s Girl-Punk, Doo Wop and an occasional Country tinge, Earth Girl Helen Brown is the real deal even if she started out as a fake band.
LOVELY BLOODFLOW – Baths’ Video by Alex Takacs and Joe Nankin
I just fell in love with this awesome video of Baths’ song Lovely Bloodflow.
LSD HOUSEWIFE – Experiments with Dr. Sidney Cohen and Gerald Heard
Dr. Sidney Cohen interviews a 1950s housewife before and after administering LSD to her for the first time.
EVERYDAY IN VIDEO FICTION – Gabrielle Le Bayon’s Video Art
Gabrielle Le Bayon’s Video Art works using space, memory and personal experience.
TERRIFYING TABLEAUX – Daikichi Amano’s Grotesque Fetish Photos
Japanese photographer Daikichi Amano creates highly cinematic photos featuring nudes, animals and sexual fetishism in the tradition of ancient woodblock Shunga erotica.
NOBUYOSHI ARAKI – Elevating the Obscene
Japan’s most famous and infamous photographer was one quoted saying, “I would say my sex drive is weaker than most. However, my lens has a permanent erection.”
I’VE GOT YOU A DATE WITH BOTTICELLI’S NIECE – Alexandros Vasmoulakis New Show
Alexandros Vasmoulakis visits through his new work the period between renaissance and late 19th century art in order to comment on how woman was treated by the masculine glance and desire.
RUNNING OUT OF YOU – New Video from Keep Shelly in Athens
Using Tarkovsky’s film The Sacrifice, the band Keep Shelly in Athens creates an atmospheric video work.
WILLIAM DANIELS – Aluminum Foil Works
William Daniels’ Aluminum Foil works are pure color and form and a pleasure to look at.
MASHA YOZEFPOLSKY – “Noli Me Tangere”
Lovely and evocative video art work “Noli Me Tangere” sent to The End of Being by Israeli multi-media artist Masha Yozefpolsky.
ROBERT NIGHTHAWK – Delta Slide Rambler
Listen to some tunes the unsung master of the slide guitar and watch a short video of his playing in Maxwell Street.
MUSEUM OF CENSORED ART – Smithsonian Protesters Return with Permits
The Museum of Censored Art has an Organizing Meeting Jan 8 to protest the banning of David Wojnarowicz’s “A Fire in My Belly” video at the National Portrait Gallery as well as other banned artworks.
LEIGHTON PIERCE + ORPHAN – New Music Video Work
New video work from Leighton Pierce featuring the sludge metal band Orphan on Halloween 2010!
CHELSEA WOLFE – The Grime And The Glow
Chelsea Wolfe’s new album The Grime And The Glow plus four videos!
PINK AND YELLOW – Aryn Zev and Melissa J. Frost at Monospace
The first collaboration between media performance artist Aryn Zev and sculptor/designer Melissa J. Frost
GERMAN GRAFFITI BOMBING – Videos of Tagging Trains
GERMAN GRAFFITI BOMBING – Videos of Tagging Trains
JANITOR OF LUNACY – Video of Soap & Skin Covering Nico on a Boat
Soap&Skin is the experimental musical project of 20 year old Austrian artist Anja Plaschg.
I DIGRESSED – New Dismorphic Self-Portraiture by Winston Chmielinski
NP Contemporary presents “I Digressed,” a solo show of sweetly dismorphic self-portraiture by Winston Chmielinski.
UNTERWASSER – Andre Wakko’s Ferrofluid Sound Installation
“Unterwasser” is an installation by designer Andre Wakko that uses magnets and Ferrofluid to generate sound.
STUDY FOR A RIOT – New Video Art from Greece
New Video Art work from Greece about the 2008 riots and the culture of fear surrounding Greece’s coming under the supervision of IMF and EU. Created by Manolis Anastasakos and Alexandros Vasmoulakis.
THE BOOK OF GOAT – New Cut-Up Work from Lucius Rofocale
Following the traditions of William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin, ‘The Book of Goat’ comprises cut-ups from the New Testament, ’120 Days of Sodom’, ‘The Satanic Bible’ and Lucius Rofocale’s own creative work.
DEATH MAY BE YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENT – Morbid Call and Response Xmas Sermons
And today’s happy holiday thoughts are, “DEATH MAY BE YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENT” by the Rev. A. W. Nix and “WILL THE COFFIN BE YOUR SANTA CLAUS?” by the Rev. J.M. Gates. Take a listen here…
BRYANT DAVIS’ “EYES EARS” – Three New Experimental Cathode Ray Works
Watch three new video works by Bryant Davis that combine sound and the Cathode Ray.
LOS NEGRETES’ “MEXICO CITY BLUES” – Download Their Awesome Album FREE!
Download Los Negretes Mexico City Blues album for FREE!
DAVID LYNCH VIDEO CONTEST – Color Chart’s Fantastic Video Entry
Fantastic entry by Austin TX group Color Chart in the David Lynch video contest for his two new music trax.
ACT DA FOOL – Harmony Korine’s Short Film for the Proenza Schouler Collection
Proenza Schouler’s 2010 collection is being commercialized in a new short film by Harmony Korine.
LOWLANDS – Sound Sculptor Susan Philipsz Wins the Turner Prize
Britain’s highest art award goes to Susan Philipsz, a sound artist, for the first time.
FIRE IN MY BELLY – David Wojnarowicz Video Pulled From Smithsonian Show
Republicans have threatened The Smithsonian into pulling Wojnarowicz’s Seminal work ‘A Fire In My Belly’ from their new show.
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Eulogizes Sleazy
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Eulogizes Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson.
ROBOEXOTICA! – Cocktail Robot Festival in Vienna
The leading festival concerned with cocktail robotics world-wide!
GREGORY THIELKER – A Painter’s Cloudburst Visibilty
Stunning paintings from Gregory Thielker featuring car windows in the rain.
DAVID LYNCH’s “GOOD DAY TODAY” – New Eletcro Single Released
New Electro Single from avant-auteur director David Lynch, “Good Day Today”.
GIL SCOTT-HERON & JAMIE xx (The xx) – New Video + Album
New video and forthcoming re-mix album by Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx of The xx.
Save the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica!
Save the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica!
PETER ‘SLEAZY’ CHRISTOPHERSON – R.I.P.
PETER ‘SLEAZY’ CHRISTOPHERSON – R.I.P.
DEATH IN JUNE – Interview with Douglas P. and Miro Snejdr
Helene Burkholder interviews both Douglas P. and Miro Snejdr about Death in June’s new album, Peaceful Snow.
GHOSTSONG – Chris M. Hefner Directs Daniel Knox’s New Video
Gorgeous video for Daniel Knox’s “Ghostsong” directed by Chris Hefner of The Pink Hotel fame.
KLAXONS’ NEW NSFW VIDEO – Twin Flames
The Klaxons’ new extremely NSFW video is a strange mixture of sex and body morphing.
NEW MARTIN BACK ALBUM – Unstable Rotation Centers
Listen to Martin Back’s newest release of deep listening earscapes, square waves, field recordings and modulating oscillators.
YUKINORI TOKORO – First Solo Exhibition in China
The intriguing expressionist photo work of visionary artist Yukinori Tokoro will be on display for the first time in China at the epSITE Epson Imaging Gallery in Shanghai.
SPACE 15 TWENTY – Skye Parrott & Alec Friedman Curate Photo Show
Dossier’s Skye Parrott and Alec Friedman curate their new photography show at LA’s Space 15 Twenty.
THROBBING GRISTLE – Dead Again
Throbbing Gristle have once again ceased to exist as a live entity, thus leaving the world a more placid and complacent place.
ALEISTER CROWLEY – Two New Books With Ties to David Tibet
Two new Crowley books with ties to David Tibet of Current 93.
TONY CLIFTON – We Have an EXCLUSIVE TRACK from Tony’s Forthcoming Album!
Listen to an exclusive track of Tony covering Bobby Caldwell’s “What you won’t do for LOVE” from the forthcoming album!
THE THREE GRACE(S) TRIPTYCH – New Horror Films by ADULT.
ADULT. have created three short horror flicks that all work in unison and can only be seen with them playing the soundtrack live!
LONGPLAYER PERFORMANCE Oct. 16th – Jem Finer’s 1,000 Year Piece Performed
See 1,000 minutes of a millennium long piece of music on Oct. 16ht in the Bay Area.
ANGELA FRALEIGH – The Essence of What Isn’t There
Angela Fraleigh is headed to Roswell, NM in December 2010 with Wes Heiss for his Residency at the RAIR program there.
TOM WAITS – Releases New 78rpm Record + Record Player!
Tom Waits releases an extremely limited edition 78rpm record and record player!
A QUIET NORWAY – Free Ambient/Experimental Downloads
Gorgeous ambient experimental music from Norway free!
TONY CLIFTON – 2010 Tour
Just when you thought Andy Kaufman was dead… The infamous Lounge Star is on a short U.S. Tour!
THE GUN IS LOADED – Lydia Lunch’s Long Lost Film
THE GUN IS LOADED is a 37-minute performance video featuring former punk rocker, political satirist and sexual provocateur Lydia Lunch.
RAW STOCK: No Wave Films from Downtown NYC 1976-1984 Part 2
The second in two nights of selected screenings from New York’s own explosive yet fleeting era of filmmaking known as “No Wave” Cinema.
STATE OF EMERGENCY: CENSORSHIP BY BULLET IN MEXICO
STATE OF EMERGENCY: CENSORSHIP BY BULLET IN MEXICO
LEIGHTON PIERCE – New Work “Retrograde Premonition” Premiers
New work by Video Artist Leighton Pierce premiers at two video festivals this month!
AUJIK – SHINTO VIDEO CULT – Virtual Video Graffiti and Organic Robotics
AUJIK – SHINTO VIDEO CULT – Virtual Video Graffiti and Organic Robotics
AUERGLASS – Experimental Organ by Tauba Auerbach & Cameron Mesirow (of Glasser)
Amazing performance video (Tauba Auerbach and Cameron Mesirow (of Glasser) of their new instrument, The Auerglass.
RAW STOCK: NO WAVE FILMS – Downtown NYC 1976-1984
Louis V E.S.P. begins their festival of No Wave films from NYC 1976-1984 with two hard to find cult classics.
MONA MUR + EN ESCH – Slick Idiot Tour w/ Ex-KMFDM Members in Canada
Mona Mur and En Esch continue their Slick Idiot Tour with Ex-Members of KMFDM in Canada.
A LINE DESCRIBING THE SUN – William Lamson Reworks Anthony McCall
This new video/performance/sculpture work from artist William Lamson calls to mind the work of Anthony McCall.
JACQUI KURAJ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – In the Year of Blame – Body as Sacrificial Landscape
Interview with performance artist, video artist and musician Jacqui Kuraj, about the showing of her video piece “In the Year of Blame” as a three channeled installation at the MOV-iN Gallery in Santa Fe, NM on Oct 1st.
ICELAND REVIEW – Award Winning Online Magazine
If you love all things Icelandic, then you probably need to know about this award winning online magazine.
NEW ADVENTURES IN SOUND ART – Call for Submissions
NEW ADVENTURES IN SOUND ART (NAISA) had put out a Call for Submissions for this years festival!
FRENCH CIRCUS and SIDESHOW POSTERS – 1885-1925
Check out these weird and wild Circus and Sideshow posters from France circa 1885-1925!
WINSTON CHMIELINSKI – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Up and coming painter Winston Chmielinski uses washes of color to tell the stories of his portraitures.
MARTHA DAVIS & SPOUSE – Pioneer of Roots Rock, Jump Jazz and Jump Blues
Martha Davis was one of the pioneers of Roots Rock, Jump Jazz and Jump Blues bridging the gap between R&B, Jazz and Rock n’ Roll.
GILLES ET DADA – Sexy Cut-Up Fashion Photography
Great use of cut-up photos in this GILLES-ET-DADA Fashion shoot.
TORTURA Vol. 1 & 2 – Vintage Bondage LPs For Your Listening Pleasure (and Pain)
Listen to TORTURA Vol. 1 & 2 – Vintage Bondage LPs For Your Listening Pleasure (and Pain)!
AIDS WOLF – Listen to Brand New Track – “Teaching To Suffer”
AIDS Wolf just sent us a brand new track from their forthcoming album, March to the Sea. It’s pure “No Wave” magic! Think Arab on Radar meets Lydia Lunch.
ART VS. SCIENCE – New Video “Magic Fountain”
Super fun new video for the tune “Magic Fountain” from Art Vs. Science.
FREE TARKOVSKY – Watch All 7 of Tarkovsky’s Films For Free Online!
Watch all seven of Andrei Tarkovsky’s uber-influential films for free online thanks to Open Culture!
SUSANNAH BENJAMIN – Keep Your Shutters On This Young Photographer
Keep your eyes on this quickly rising 17 year old photography star, Susannah Benjamin!
MICHAEL NYMAN – Remakes Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera – Shot by Shot!
Michael Nyman premiers his NY-Man with a Movie Camera at the Barbican along with his song cycle The Glare. The Michael Nyman Band will perform the music live for both films!
23 SECONDS OV TIME – Submissions Being Accepted for A.I.N.’s New CD Comp!
Do you have 23 seconds to spare? Send them to the Autonomous Individuals Network (AIN) and possibly get put on a compilation CD!
TRUE BYPASS – Beautiful Debut Album from Craig Ward (dEUS) & Chantal Acda (Sleepingdog)
True Bypass is the beautiful debut album from Craig Ward of dEUS and Chantal Acda of Sleepingdog.
THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS – Rare William S. Burroughs Art For Sale!
William S. Burroughs’ famous 1991 shotgun/screen-print art works, “The Seven Deadly Sins”, one of a Limited Edition of 90 Boxed Portfolios, is up for sale.
Jessica Harrison – Tiny Skin Sculptures
Check out these terrifying miniature furniture pieces sculpted from skin by artist and sculptor Jessica Harrison.
LAUREL & HARDY – Watch The “Lost” Color Film + Rare Clip From This Is Your Life
Watch three rare clips from the legendary comedians, Laurel & Hardy.
WHITE RING – Video For “IxC999″
Great video for the elusive band White Ring, one of the artists creating a new sub-genre called “Witch House”
MANHATTAN PROJECT ETHICS POLL – Take the Same Test The Scientists Took
Take the same test that the 250 Manhattan Project scientists took and compare your answers online!
COIL’S “BLACK LIGHT DISTRICT” ARTWORK – Buy Prints From Sleazy!
Purchase Limited Edition (only 21) prints of the original album art for COIL’s Black Light District, which were manipulated from from Victorian engravings, directly from Sleazy!
SALTON SEA – Project of Bleak But Beautiful Decay
Bosko Hrnjak and Truus de Groot’s multimedia project The Salton Sea is a bleak but beautiful escape into decay featuring Music, Video and Photography.
THE GODDESS BUNNY – Transexual Polio Superstar
The Goddess Bunny is a transsexual polio victim with a rabid, underground GLBT fan base from before there was such a term.
NOVA EXPRESS – “CRAB NEBULA” – Andre Perkowski’s Eternally Shifting Film
An excerpt from draft 5 (Crab Nebula) of Andre Perkowski’s eternally changing and shifting film, “NOVA EXPRESS” based on the writings of William S. Burroughs.
VOINA GROUP’S LATEST ACTION- Vaginal Liberation of Food
Russian radical art group VOINA perform “How to Snatch a Chicken: A Tale of How One Cunt fed the Whole of the Group Voina”
BRION GYSIN EXHIBITION – Dreamachine Opens at New Museum
The New Museum will present “Brion Gysin: Dream Machine,” the first US retrospective of the work of the painter, philosopher, performer, poet, and writer.
Karpo Godina : “Pupilias Ferkeverk Brain Au Gratain”
The Gratinated Brains of Pupilia Ferkeverk (1970), Karpo Godina’s banned short film featuring the Slovenian poets of the collective Pupilia Ferkeverk.
HIP DEATH GODDESS – Ben Van Meter / Circulus / Bridget Hayden / Peter Sundae
Hip Death Goddess is a celebration of the psychedelic and surreal through live performance, film and projection.
IRA COHEN – UPDATE! Influential Poet, Artist and Filmmaker NEEDS HELP!
Influential Beat Poet Ira Cohen is in immediate need. Read this article to find out why and how you can help!
KENNETH ANGER – New Film “Missoni F/W 10-11″
Cult/Occultist filmmaker Kenneth Anger has made a new film for the Missoni Collection in Italy.
HALLUCINATION GENERATION – Trailer for the 1966 Film
HALLUCINATION GENERATION – Trailer for the 1966 Drugs-ploitation Film
GAZELLE – Afro-Future Electro “Lim Pop” From South Africa
South Afrikaan Electro-Roots “Lim Pop” band Gazelle, balance traditional African culture and Western pop music effortlessly, at the same time as making a name in the fashion world.
JAMES JOYCE / HARRY CROSBY – “Work in Progress”
A nice scribbled on page by Harry Crosby from James Joyce’s as yet unpublished manuscript of Finnegans Wake for the legendary Transition magazine.
ARYN ZEV – Peepholes
Check out this series of photos by Aryn Zev and read about her experience taking them.
GOSHA RUBCHINSKIY – Russian Youth Culture Meets High Couture
Russian designer, photographer, and filmmaker Gosha Rubchinskiy has been quietly taking the fashion world by storm in the last couple of years. Check out two of his films right here on The End of Being!
MAAKIES SHOT GLASSES – Drinky Crow Meets They Might Be Giants
Set of four shot glasses featuring the eternally inebriated Drinky Crow designed for They Might Be Giants!
BERLIN NOW – 1985 Film with Blixa Bargeld, FM Einheit, Mona Mur and Alexander Hacke
Wolfgang Büld’s Berlin Now is a slice of time in German politics and music delivered by the likes of Einstürzende Neubauten and Die Haut.
EPICUREAN ARCHITECTS – Bompas & Parr Bring Absurdity to Food
Bompas & Parr create astonishing edible worlds crafted to make the stingiest art lover stare in wonderment.
TRUUS DE GROOT – Listen to Rare Cassette & Read Truus’ Thoughts on the Album!
Listen to a rare, out-of-print, 1980 cassette album from the legendary underground musician Truus de Groot, and read a letter about her memories of the tape!
PIN UP X-RAYS – Taking It All Off
German ad agency Butter has created a pin up calendar using EIZO medical monitors and female models that appear on radiographs in this completely revealing work.
BEYOND XY – 4 Photographers Explore The Masculine Continuum
Is the meaning of the word Male simply the opposite of Female? These four photographers think there is much, much more to it.
GEOTAGGING – Local Vs. Tourist
Eric Fischer has geotagged photos by relation of if the photographer was a local or a tourist and the results are works of art.
TOM ESTES – “Sewing Performance” at Tate Modern
Tom Estes stages a “Sewing Performance” at the Tate Modern as part of Post-Museum’s contribution to “Soul for Sale: A Festival of Independents.”
SEBASTIAN HORSLEY – Dead at 47
Gadfly, artist and underworld dandy, Sebastian Horsley has died of a supposed drug overdose at the age of 47.
TRUUS de GROOT – Playing the Sonas Inflecto
Very cool psychedelic music video of underground legend Truus de Groot playing the Sonas Inflecto and an Omnichord. Filmed by artist Bosko Hrnjak.
PHYLLIS GALEMBO – West African Masqueraders
Portraits of West African masqueraders in 2005/06 by photographer Phyllis Galembo show the highly ritualistic approach to costuming in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso.
CHEN ZHUN – 40p Static Movie – Bullet Speed
Girls, guns, motorcycles, violence and bras full of milk, this photo shoot by Chen Zhun for FHM Magazine’s 3rd Anniversary Issue in China has everything any fanboy could dream of.
TETSUYA ISHIDA – Modern Man
The Japanese painter Tetsuya Ishida was a master of awkward positions and disfigurement in his work based in modern society.
LAURIE ANDERSON – Advanced Listening for “Homeland”
Listen to Laurie Anderson’s new album, “Homeland”, in it’s entirety before it is released on June 22. Antony and the Johnsons, John Zorn and Lou Reed guest!
TRASH HUMPERS – Harmony Korine Channels Giuseppe Andrews
Harmony Korine’s latest offering, Trash Humpers, is highly reminiscent of the underground Trash Culture films of auteur Giuseppe Andrews.
FRITZ LANG’S COMPLETE METROPLIS – Film Review
Fritz Lang’s epic is now even more so with the limited US release of the new Complete Metropolis. Read Rusty Rabinowitz’s review here.
PINK NOISES – Women on Electronic Music and Sound
Twenty four interviews with women in electronic music and sound cultures, including club and radio DJs, remixers, composers, improvisers, instrument builders, and installation and performance artists.
MITHLY – Morocco’s First Gay Magazine
Morocco’s first gay and lesbian magazine may have had a small first run, but those ripples are sure to make waves soon.
JON BEHRENS – Rare Screening of Experimental Films
Saturday, June 12th is a rare opportunity to see some of Jon Behrens short experimental films at Millennium Film Archive.
JANE SIBERRY – 17 Albums for Free!
The well loved songstress is literally giving away her back catalog in a “pay what you wish” system due to her frustration with the entire PayPal system.
KEION-BU and DANNY CHOO – Japanese High School Photolog
Explore the world of Japanese high schools with Danny Choo at Fujisawa High School including the after school activities of Keion-bu!
TWILIGHT ZONE LIVE! – @ The Dark Room in San Francisco
Eight directors, four Rods and a bunch of unique “commercials” over four weekend performances, The Twilight Zone Live is something to go back to over and over.
UM, LONNIE – Episode Three
Join Lonnie the Lot Lizard and cohorts in this third installment of clawdeuS’ bizarre, ongoing web-comic, “Um, Lonnie: Pillow Talk from Truck Stops”.
HANATARASH – Venue Destruction as Music
Amazing photo document slide show of Hanatarash destroying a venue as part of their Nerima, Tokyo performance in the mid 1980s.
Hang Out with The Master Musicians Of Joujouka
A rare opportunity to hang with the legendary Master Musicians of the Joujouka and meet their families as as well as listen to the ancient, trance inducing Sufi music!
CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE – Voodoo Exhibition
The Wiels Museum in Brussels is hosting an ongoing series featuring the past 50 years of performance art captured on video called, DO /REDO /UNDO. They are featuring Charlemagne Palestine in a solo show that spans his entire video art career!
TRENT REZNOR’S NEW BAND – How To Destroy Angels – “A Drowning”
Former NIN frontman Trent Reznor teams up with wife and former West Indian Girl frontwoman, Mariqueen Maandig, to form a new band named, How To Destroy Angels.
GIUSEPPI LOGAN – 75th Birthday Party @ Issue Project Room, NY
Giuseppi Logan, the nearly forgotten and highly elusive Free-Jazz master, is having a big birthday bash at the Issue Project Room on May 14th with Befo’ Quotet and TAUOM.
POSTHUMAN LIMBS – Mind Controlled Prosthetic Arm
Claudia Mitchell is one of the world’s first volunteers to undergo nerve-rerouting surgery, as well as getting a brain-controlled prosthetic. This prosthetic arm is controlled with her mind!
HIP DEATH GODDESS – Kenneth Anger / Flame Schon / Wolf People / The Lucid Dream
A celebration of the psychedelic and surreal through live performance, film and projection and will take place at the end on May 30th in Balham, London.
BILL MURRAY READS POETRY – To Construction Workers
Members of the construction team that built the new facilities for Poets House joined Bill Murray in May, 2009, for the first poetry reading at 10 River Terrace.
BROADSHIRT – Phyllis Segura’s Wearable Magazine
Broadshirt was Phyllis Segura’s short lived, but very cool, mid 1990s poetry magazine printed on t-shirts. Take a close look and see who some of the names are!
ASIA NOW FILM SERIES – Tidepoint Pictures Opens Their Vaults
Modern Asian film series brought to you by the outstanding U.S. importer of Asian films, Tidepoint Pictures and Santa Fe’s The Process.
RETURN TO THE PLEASURE DOME – Kenneth Anger / Lou Reed / Sonic Youth / The Virgins
Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, Kenneth Anger, Moby, Brian Butler, The Virgins and others help raise money for Jonas Mekas’ legendary Anthology Film Archives.
FABULAS PANICAS – Jodorowsky’s Mind Bending Comic Strip
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “Fabulas Panicas” (Panic Fables), was an unusual psychedelic comic strip published in the right-wing Mexican newspaper, El Heraldo de México, from 1967-73.
Marina Abramovic Made Me Cry – A Site Devoted to Tears
Marina Abramovic Made Me Cry is a site devoted to the tears brought into the world by the famous performance artist’s piece, “The Artist Is Present”.
UM, LONNIE – Episode Two
The second installment of clawdeuS’ bizarre, ongoing web-comic featuring Lonnie the Lot Lizard: Pillow Talk from Truck Stops!
SWANS AT SUPERSONIC – Michael Gira’s Band Lives!
Michael Gira’s Swans will be doing a rare performance at the Supersonic Festival this year in Birmingham! This may be worth the price of a plane ticket…
DEAD ELEPHANTS and THREAD – Two New Vids by Lily Taylor & Estacia Huddleston
Lily Taylor has two new videos out, Dead Elephants and Thread, filmed by the increasingly interesting Esatcia Huddelston.
BLIND BUDDY BURTON – Rare Home Wire Recordings on the Organ!
Rare home wire recordings of the minor Jazz celebrity, W E “Buddy” Burton, the blind organist, from Chicago in the 1940s.
IGGY POP’s RAW POWER – Deluxe Edition w/the Remastered BOWIE Mix!
The new remastered deluxe edition of the cult/punk classic will include a remastered version of the long out of print BOWIE mix of the LP!
DEAD FINGERS TALK – Exhibition of Unreleased Tape Experiments by William S. Burroughs
Two rare, unreleased tape experiments by William S. Burroughs are the impetus for 23 musicians, artists, writers, composers and curators to create a unique exhibition.
“BURROUGHS HAS GONE INSANE” – Handwritten Letter From Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac calls William S. Burroughs insane in this rare, handwritten letter of his adventures in Tangier with the infamous junkie that was written to Lucien Carr.
JESSICA RYLAN – Video of Awesome Talk at MIT
Watch this great hour long talk with Jessica Rylan at MIT from back in 2007. Rylan is so full of ingenuity and ideas.
FRANKENSTEIN – 100 Years on Film This Week
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein on celluloid this week, you can watch the entire 1910 film here!
WORLD ON A WIRE – Fassbinder’s Sci-Fi Epic at MoMA
Fassbinder’s Sci-Fi epic, World on a Wire, gets a new lease on life from the fine people at MoMA, and the German Arthouse distributors, Arthaus/Kinowelt.
ALEXA MEADE – Living Portraiture in Real Time
My painting technique pushes the boundaries of perception, compressing 3D space into a 2D plane, effectively blurring the lines between art and life.
ALEX CHILTON – Commemorated In The House of Representatives
This is quite possibly the coolest thing ever said in the House of Representatives. Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee commemorates the life of Alex Chilton in a speech to the House.
ALEX CHILTON – R.I.P.
Chilton died just hours ago in a New Orleans hospital at the age of 59. The cause of death is believed to be a heart attack.
ALAN WATTS INTERVIEWS BERTRAND RUSSELL – Plus Remix Video
Amazing interview of British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, socialist, pacifist and social critic, Bertrand Russell by British philosopher, writer, speaker and counter culture icon, Alan Watts.
DECONSTRUCTING BETTY BLUE – A Stag Reel Dissected
This stag reel of the gorgeous Betty Blue has been torn apart frame by frame for your voyeuristic pleasure. Plus, you can watch the video here too!
TOMAS SARACENO – Art and Science Build a Web of 14 Billion
Artist Tomás Saraceno has spun himself a new exhibition at the Stockholm’s prestigious Bonniers Konsthall gallery.
IZISK – New Music from Martin Back
Experimental net label, Just Not Normal, has just released a new album called Izisk by our very own Martin Back that is well worth a listen to.
ART MEETS TECH – Rhizome’s Seven on Seven Conference
The fine people at Rhizome have started a conference that pairs artists with advanced technologists in an effort to develop new ideas and products.
WHO IS IAMAMIWHOAMI? – Vexing Viral Videos
Watch this series of beautifully earthy, dark videos from the as yet unknown artist calling themselves iamamiwhoami.
THE COOPER-MOORE / JEREMY BARNES DUO – Two Amazing Musicians Team Up
The outstanding jazz improvisario Cooper-Moore teams up with indie darling Jeremy Barnes for a brand new duo!
ARE YOU WIRETAPPED? – Podcast by Jonathan Goldstein
Jonathan Goldstein’s radio show, Wiretap, finally has it’s own podcast! If you enjoyed him on This American Life, then you are gonna fall head over heels for Wiretap!
VINCENT PRICE’S WINE ALBUM – Wine Is Elegance (1977)
Vincent Price released a little known LP in 1977 named, Wine Is Elegance on Nelson Industries records in co-operation with the California Wine Institute.
BERLINALE – 60th Berlin International Film Festival Lineup
The Berlin International Film Festival hits its 60th year and brings some interesting new and old film to the big screen.
VINYL – Guy Schraenen’s New Exhibition in Paris
Imagine going to an exhibition that included Joseph Beuys, William S Burroughs, Yves Klein, Hermann Nitsch, Laurie Anderson, Allen Ginsberg, Henri Chopin’s OU Magazine, Giorno Poetry Systems, Jean Dubuffet, Dieter Roth, Roman Opalka, Tom Wesselmann, Karel Appel and Hanne Darboven.
COSEY FANNI TUTTI – On The Tate’s Video Channel
The Tate is showcasing Cosey Fanni Tutti in their original short films section. Cosey discusses her early career and more!
ZIMOUN – Soundsculptures and Installations
The Sound Sculptor and Installation Artist Zimoun recently caught my attention with his small objects attached to a table that vibrated wildly, always promising to break free and sputter away under an end table somewhere.
DIE ANTWOORD – Afrikaans Anti-Heroes
Their fans are die-hard, occasionally violent and decked out in 80s-type gold spandex. Die Antwoord is the new band from South Africa that defies you to tell if they are putting us all on or if they are actually serious. Just don’t make the wrong choice.
NOLAN HENDRICKSON – Faggot Carnival Show
Solo exhibition of original works in acrylic and latex on canvas by New York based queer artist Nolan Hendrickson at Ramiken Crucible.
MAYA DEREN – Rare Unedited Hatian Footage Shown
Anthology Film Archives in NYC is hosting a very rare look at the unedited footage of Maya Deren’s Divine Horsemen film. All proceeds go to the Haiti Relief and Development Fund.
GODOT “ACTION COMICS” – #37:The Wrath of Vladimir
GODOT ACTION COMICS – Episode #37 – The Wrath of Vladimir – art by Jerry Ordway – Another American Sequel Society Spin-Off!
SUBMISSION AND COFFEE – BDSM Podcast
The complete “Submission and Coffee” archives for you to download! Ultra cool BDSM podcast, Submission and Coffee, has come to an end after 2 years and 184 hour long episodes including actual recordings of bondage sessions and many interesting conversations with a 24/7 “lifestyle” couple plus the occasional threesome.
THE KNIFE – LISTEN! New Opera Based on Darwin’s Work
THE KNIFE have been commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma to write the music for their opera based on Charles Darwin and his book, On the Origin of the Species.
LOS LOBOS / THE LATIN PLAYBOYS – Sent Us A New Track!
The duo behind Los Lobos & The Latin Playboys sent us a new spoken word track from their upcoming album, “The Long Goodbye”, for our readers to listen to.
JAARWISSELING (1935) – Louis Davids’ “Nieuwjaarswens Door”
A look back at 1935 with then-famous Netherlands performer Louis Davids, who wishes viewers a happy 1936 after popping through an enormous calendar version of January 1, 1936.
THE PINK HOTEL – Trailer
What looks like the perfect integration of new and stock film (but is actually all newly shot work!) are sewn together to make a stunning and haunting trailer for Chris M. Hefner’s new full length movie, The Pink Hotel.
LEIGHTON PIERCE – 2 New Films + Trippy New Year
Links to two NEW FILMS, plus a unique New Year’s greeting from master filmmaker and teacher, Leighton Pierce.
ROWLAND S. HOWARD – Dead at 50
Rowland S Howard, contributor to influential bands The Birthday Party, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls, The Bad Seeds and Einsturzende Neubauten as well as a collaborator with musicians like Nick Cave, Lydia Lunch, Nikki Sudden and Henry Rollins, is dead at the age of 50 while waiting for a liver transplant. RIP.
HYUNGKOO LEE – Objectuals
Lee re-imagines what already exists and uses perspective to shape reality instead of changing the reality itself. But that doesn’t make it any less weird.
NOMADIC MILK – Esther Polak Tracks Dairy in Nigeria
GPS is used to track PEAK Brand milk products in Nigeria as well as a nomadic Fulani family of cow herders in the nearby Abuja vicinity.
TRISTAN CHAMBERS – Handmade Computer Counts Down the Half-Life of P-239
“We built it out of parts from the Los Alamos Labs junk yard… It counts down the half life of P-239, the plutonium used in the core of the first nuclear bomb.”
MEDICAL FILM SYMPOSIUM – Philadelphia, PA
Taking place throughout Philadelphia this coming January 20 – 23, The Medical Film Symposium, examines the relationship between moving images and medical science. With special guest curator, by experimental filmmaker and sexual revolutionary, Barbara Hammer.
CANDY – The First Transversal Style Magazine
There have been many magazines over the decades devoted to transvestism and the world that surround it. CANDY is the first serious publication devoted exclusively to “celebrating transvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny, in all its manifestations.”
ANNAMARIE HO – Binlang Xi Shi (Betelnut Girls)
It has been a little over a year since Annamarie Ho last set up shop on a street corner in New York selling Betelnut to passerby.
SWEATSHOPPE – Roller Brush Video
Multimedia performance group, SWEATSHOPPE, have discovered how to “paint” with video using MAX/MSP. They are currently part of the Art | Basel Fair in Miami, FL.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHILDREN’S RECORDS – Free Rare and Weird Kids LPs
Although they have just recently stopped uploading new items, Kiddie Records Weekly is a treasure trove or the rare, weird and classic children’s recordings from the mid forties through the early fifties.
REVEREND BEAT-MAN – Dusty Record Cabinette
I just had to share this continually impressive podcast with all of you out there in web-land! The show is from Sweden’s notorious blues-trash preacher, The Reverend Beat-Man. Plus, BONUS VIDEO!
CUTUP COLLECTIVE – Reclaiming Public Spaces
CutUp is a collaborative group of artists in London that attempt to disrupt and reorder the urban landscape by means of exploring new territories of intervention and re-appropriating established visual forms.
CHRIS M. HEFNER – A Very Special Pink Hotel Christmas
This is most likely the only Xmas related post I will present to you. This is the amazing filmmaker Chris M. Hefner of The Operated Eye and he has blessed us with a new Xmas film greeting straight from his hometown of Chicago.
PORTISHEAD – New Song! Watch the Video
Today is International Human Rights Day and Portishead have a new tune they recorded for Amnesty International. You can see the new video here.
CHRISTINE ERICSDOTTER – X-Ray Films of Speech
“At present, we are investigating how the movement of the tongue is modified when the tongue blade gestures for dental and retroflex stops interact with the tongue body motion…” – Christine Ericsdotter, Ph.D
BUENOS AIRES VIDEO ART FESTIVAL
Deep in the heart of Buenos Aires, capitol of Argentina, is an alternative art space open to the public 24 hrs a day called, ThisIsNotAGallery. They are hosting the Video Arte Internacional Buenos Aires.
LPs THAT MELT – Langjökull, Snæfellsjökull, Solheimajökull
“Sound recordings from three glaciers in Iceland, pressed into three records, cast, and frozen with the meltwater from each of these glaciers, and played on three turntables until they completely melt.”
THE TORNADOES – “ROBOT” – featuring Joe Meek
This is a very silly film shot for the song “Robot” by The Tornadoes, of which Meek was a member.
RICHARD FOREMAN – 55 Open Source Scripts
In a future thinking and wonderfully peer conscience move, experimental theater pioneer and Ontological Hysterical Theater founder Richard Foreman, has put online 55 of his dialog filled notebooks…
ORKESTRA FUTURA – L.E.D. by the Light
Have you ever been at a concert and thought, “Wow! The music is great but I just can’t stand watching that conductor”? If so, then this was the show for you! On Nov 28, Orkestra Futura performed the Mad Scientist Machine, a new conceptual work by composer Stefan Smulovitz, where the conductors were all geographically elsewhere.
HOMELESS THEATER – Vancouver’s Theatre for Living
Headlines Theatre in Vancouver presents a challenging debate using both Forum and Legislative Theater techniques as well as live, interactive webcasting in their play, “after homelessness…”
CIGARETTE GIRL – A Deconstruction
Gorgeous film of a woman smoking a cigarette from the early 60s.
I have deconstructed and reassembled some stills to study the movement, color and quality of the film.
C.W. STONEKING – “Jungle Blues”
Hailing from The Reverend Beat-Man’s Swedish VooDoo Rhythm label, C.W. Stoneking stands alone as a possible reincarnation of both Delta blues singer and Vaudevillian entertainer. My only question is, why aren’t there 600 bands playing copycat yet?
SASHA GREY & CURRENT 93 – Sex and Magick
Legendary porn star Sasha Grey and legendary musician David Tibet (Current 93) team up in one of the most unexpected pairings in pop culture. PLUS LINK TO CURRENT 93 TRACK ON NPR!
MARTIN BACK & PHIL MANTIONE – Atmosphere Evolute
Atmosphere Evo-Lute is a continually evolving sound installation that uses atmospheric weather data as the impetus for a weeks long musical work. As the show runs over the course of three weeks, every encounter with the piece will be subtly different as it shifts and grows with the weather conditions of Santa Fe.
LA VIE DES DAMES GALANTES – French Spanking Novel cir.1665
1901 translation of a 1665 French novel titled “La Vie des Dames Galantes” (The Lives Of The Gallant Ladies) which delves heavily into spanking and other BDSM territory.
LEIGHTON PIERCE – The Back Steps
In The Back Steps, Pierce holds captive two little girls inside a twist of time, both in constant departure…
THE CINNAMON BEAR – Lost X-mas Classic
Download all 26 Old Time Radio episodes of this lost Christmas classic! It takes a bit of The Wizard of Oz and splices it with The Bluebird of Happiness then foreshadows H.R. Pufnstuf, all in 26, 15 minute cliffhanger installments intended to be heard between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
BERT WILLIAMS – Nobody
“NOBODY” – 1906 Cylinder Recording – “The funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew.” – W.C. Fields
HERMANN NITSCH – Des Orgien Mysterien Theaters
Notorious Vienna Actionist, Hermann Nitsch, creates carefully choreographed performance art in his DES ORGIEN MYSTERIEN THEATER…
ALEISTER CROWLEY – A Cylinder Recording
ALEISTER CROWLEY reciting THE PENTAGRAM – cir.1910 from a cylinder recording.
JOHN O’REILLY
“There’s an element of gay culture that only wants to look at and glorify beautiful men, but I’m much more interested in presenting a realistic image of the male body”