April 2010 Calendar

"In the Golden Age, the HU was the mainstay of conscious patterns contributing to assist the consciousness into the nonmaterial-patterned world." Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, Bk2, Ch6 (Art: UEK Multimedia Artist)

LINK to download the April Calendar.

Jeremy Blake: Century 21

"Figures emerge from abstractions. In Century 21, we can see a cowboy-hatted woman with cat's-yellow eyes-Raquel Welch in the cheesecake Western Hannie Caulder (she is Blake's Sarah Winchester surrogate). Drilled through the eyes, a gunslinger sits as an airbrushed rainbow snake emerging from the bullet hole. Appropriated drawings materialize and fade: an off-register print of Peter Pan's Lost Boys amid neon bars and flurries of white light; an image from a Charles Addams cartoon of a group of 1950s children playing cowboy and chasing a little green man with their guns back into his space ship. In its cowboys vs. flying saucers imagery, the cartoon seems to link the extraterrestrial Century Domes and the House That Rifles Built.

"A sound collage murmurs as the soundtracks for the three sections merge. We hear sound effects of the Western movies: the wail of a harmonica, the creaking of wagon wheels. A trilling music-box version of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" fades into the psychedelic intro to the Rolling Stones' "2,000 Light Years from Home."

"Blake's work overcomes the problem of computer-generated color-how cold and flat the uniform saturation of color can be. His hues make you think of stained glass, not plastic. His "brush strokes" of light represent a giant step past spray-painted graffiti art, which is his art's nearest cousin."
By Richard von Busack via UBUWEB



Jeremy Blake: Century 21 (2004 -- 59 min 42 sec)

900 MB highres version available HERE (thanks to UBUWEB)

HUM -- Soeren Bendt

Soeren Bendt/Denmark/2007
It's a little robot on a mission to make his tool shead a brighter place. The work was done in Maya and the clear details in the video are interesting to observe.

Hum

See more at Bendt's homepage

Voltage -- Filippe Lyra, William Paiva

A short animation directed by Filippe Lyra and William Paiva, produced by Barros Melo


or over Vimeo

The video below shows some sketches of how it was created:

Kymatica (full film)

Ben Stewart, the bright young musician and philosopher, creator of "Esoteric Agenda" has released his second documentary "Kymatica" which is another winner. Kymatica (from the Greek "ta kymatica" meaning "matters pertaining to waves") will venture into the realm of Cymatics and discuss matters of spirituality, altered states of mind, the ego, and personal responsibility. The movie focuses on human and universal consciousness and points out psyche disease that mankind has induced by creating insane illusion, which is the main cause of pain and suffer. Goes deeper into metaphysical aspects and connects ancient hidden myths and history with modern ways of society and political outcome. Explains shamanism, duality, and reality behind DNAs and modern false beliefs.(source)


"Kymatica will open your eyes to why your every day thoughts and actions directly correspond to what's going to happen if we don't change them." (source you can also watch the movie here, get links to sources and purchase a DVD)

And a review: "This movie, a sequel to the Esoteric Agenda, focuses on human and universal consciousness and points out psyche disease that mankind has created which might be one of the main cause of pain and suffer. It goes deeper into metaphysical aspects and connects ancient hidden myths and history with modern ways of society and political outcomes. Shamanism, duality, and reality behind DNAs and modern false beliefs are explained. All-in-all, Kymatica is another excellent movie which attempts to point out the fundamental misconception that humankind are facing today that has resulted in imbalance between planet, nature and species..."

Or click this LINK to view it on You Tube in parts.

Socialism - Capitalism

What happens when you take a little white powder and stick a solgan under a face? Under the pictures is the copy that was attached to the political art:



What do you do:
.. when you lost all arguments and need to hold on to anything you call reason
.. when you use a big word, but have absolutely no idea what it means
.. when a slogan finally has managed to corrupt your entire outlook on life
.. when fear is the only fuel you have left

USE some white powder, black chalk and red lipstick!