the grand budapest hotel
i don’t know about you, but i sure am excited. by sv
rainbow church
japanese artist tokujin yoshioka’s exhibit crystallize is now on display at the museum of contemporary art in tokyo. a retrospection of the artist’s use of prisms, differences in opacity and the formation of crystals as an inspiration for all lifeforms. the above photos are of yoshioka’s rainbow church, a twelve meter structure containing over 500 crystal prisms that collocate the effects of inside and outside. by sv
laurence le constant
had seen these on last trip to paris, beautifully covered skulls using various feathers the patterns seem out of this world. you realize how each feather had to be figured out using the patterns and light and dark to create depth and shadow. quite nice if you can live with a skull sitting next to your bed. the artist’s clodette skull piece; currently on display at the bizarro in the saint germain exhibition in paris, through october 30th. by dd
jean cocteau’s hands
photographed beautifully by berenice abbott. by sv
luis and louis
buñuel and malle meet, smile, and discuss just who is truly more surrealistic in their celluloid pursuits? maybe they just talked about how much they love this song and how it should’ve been their nonexistent sitcom’s intro music. by sv
quote of the day
“…a million bureaucrats are diligently plotting death and some of them even know it….”
–thomas pynchon, gravity’s rainbow
Pierrot le fou
japanese movie poster of godard’s masterpiece “pierrot le fou”. japaneses do it better, right? by lil
yo shot challenge – surf photo contest
the nysea collective brings us the YO SHOT CHALLENGE, new york’s premier surfing photo challenge with $1500 on the line to the winning photographer who captures the viewer’s favorite photo. there is a swell hitting NY over the weekend so check back to see some new entries from some of NY’s best surf photographers doing their thing. by jr
peter sellers: our kind of playboy
the incomparable mr. sellers mocking as he does all too well. by sv
gregoire alexandre – wire portraits
great story by great photographer gregoire alexandre by pp.
ed ruscha and some los angeles apartments
that must be a great book, and a great gift. by pp.