Gothic horror and film noir-infused aesthetic venture into pretty dark and twisty regions of the human psyche in Miwa Yanagi’s Fairytale.
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DAVID BLAIR’S TELEPATHIC CINEMA – Exclusive on “WAX” Sequel
Over the years, WAX or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees, the first film to be transmitted on the internet, has become a cyberpunk keystone and is still viewable online in an ever-evolving interactive experience at WAXWEB. Now, a spiritual sequel to WAX titled: The Telepathic Motion Picture of The Lost Tribes.
POST-CATASTROPHE WORKSHOP – Support Lydia Lunch, Bibbe Hansen & Co.
Controversial “confrontationalist” legend Lydia Lunch‘s new project is a full-blown collaborative women’s workshop whose effort is “to change the status quo through art and group empowerment.”
Watch the First Two Entirely Native American Silent Films
Watch the First Two Entirely Native American Silent Films, The Daughter Of Dawn (1920), and In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Dead Man Posting – The Thoughtography of Ted Serios
Theodore `Ted´ Judd Serios is a thoughtographer. He can psychically “burn” images from his mind onto photosensitive surfaces. That is a rare ability, and it made Ted famous in the 1960s, when he first performed in a series of experiments supervised by the psychiatrist Jule Eisenbud.
Tobe Damit, or Not to Be
They display a world which, apart from the new flashy technology we now have, has not changed much – alcoholism, despair, homelessness, poverty, and abandonment are still very present today as they were when these pictures were taken in 1988 and 1989. These photos will probably be viewed by some as flawed, but to me, they exude a rawness that I find missing in today’s ‘perfectly framed’ digital photography.
The State of My Art in 2020 – Patrick Barrow
Throughout the trip, I was engulfed in mesmerizing, tessellating scales. Like eyes, leaves, or shapes influenced by Mayan carvings, the scales cascaded uniformly across my field of vision—eyes open or closed—from the bottom left to the top right. And at the far left and right extremes, the scales opened out to infinity.
CLITERACY EXCLUSIVE! – Accessing Pleasure with Sophia Wallace
Sophia Wallace demands “Cliteracy,” the truth behind the often misunderstood female sex organ. Through simple, direct visual statements she’s developing a refreshing discourse on the female body, pleasure politics, and human sexuality as a whole.
GENEVIEVE BELLEVEAU EXCLUSIVE – Navigating Tech Through Solitude in the Mobile Monastery
Known as an internet guru, virtual goddess, and crust-monk, artist Genevieve Belleveau has earned many titles building an already prolific body of work. Considered a leading example of the New Aesthetic, an art movement that interrelates virtual and physical realities, Belleveau explores what it means to be human in the Information Age. She enacts practices…
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS IN WAX – Unseen Footage From David Blair’s Classic Cult Film
Like most cult film, David Blair‘s 1991 cyberpunk odyssey WAX or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees carries a world of odd trivia and unexpected connections behind it.
NOTES ON TRACY + THE PLASTICS – Wynne Greenwood Archives Her Performance Art Punk Band
Wynne Greenwood‘s one-woman punk performance art act, Tracy + the Plastics, consists of three characters (all played by Greenwood) enacted through multimedia performance of video and music.
CURATING FILM ONLINE – Exclusive Interview with the CEO of Fandor, Dan Aronson
We spoke to Fandor CEO Dan Aronson about their latest project, Journey Into Film, a thematically concentrated and curated series.
DIAMANDA GALAS COMIC STRIP – The Rejected Panels
An unnamed Milan paper asked Diamanda Galás to draw comic strip panels as a response to a series of questions, which were then rejected and never printed.
IRAN’S NEW PRESIDENT – A Young Iranian Artist’s Words
In 2009, after Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad won the presidential election for the second time, Iran experienced one of the biggest national demonstrations since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
WHITE FUNGUS GOES GLOBAL – Exclusive Interview with Editor Ron Hanson
WHITE FUNGUS GOES GLOBAL – Exclusive Interview with Editor Ron Hanson Robert Ashley: “Great ones like White Fungus only come along now and then. Get the recent issue and find out.” Carolee Schneemann: “I follow and relish the rich, un-predictable, and consequential span of White Fungus.” Named after a food can found in…
HK119 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – The Organic Futurism of ‘Imaginature’
The sci-fi alter ego born of consumerism and greed, was crafted in the early 2000s by Finnish artist Heidi Kilpeläinen. She’s drawn comparisons to Grace Jones, Kate Bush, and David Bowie, caught the eye of Leila Arab and Bjork.
JACQUES DERRIDA INTERVIEWS ORNETTE COLEMAN – The Other’s Language
Ornette Coleman interview conducted by French philosopher Jacques Derrida.
TED SERIOS, THOUGHTOGRAPHER – Two Annotations
This is a follow-up piece to TEoB’s previous post with Ted Serios.
THOUGHTOGRAPHY – Ted Serios’ Interview with Mi Stress Henry
Theodore Judd Serios is a thoughtographer. He can psychically “burn” images from his mind onto photosensitive surfaces.
AUTOMATIC WRITING as PERFORMANCE – Ron Athey & Sue Fox Discuss GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
Extreme body artist Ron Athey‘s latest large-scale performance installation, Gifts Of The Spirit: Part 1.