“The Bothersome Man”
kinda like “the prisoner” but more focused on the stuff like “wonkers” and “wraps”. a kafka nightmare on consumerism.
norwegian art house.
The world is not a pretty thing when you look at it too close. We fell in love with atrocity. We make pornography and call it news, the daily fix of horror,
Werner Herzog Guides Us Through Bad Lieutenant’s Infamous Iguanas Scene
from the WSJ: Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new video for “Heaven Can Wait” has been bouncing around the interwebs all day and causing a sensation. Why? For starters, it features musical collaborator extraordinaire Beck — with a short-cropped hair cut, no less. Also, it’s even weirder than the Bob Dylan “Must Be Santa” video. A sampling of random images from the clip: a skateboard with hamburgers for wheels; a naked guy adding breakfast cereal to his bath; a stone-faced man with only half a beard being serenaded by Beck; and a girl talking on her cell while carrying a bag of hazardous waste. You might think we just revealed the strangest parts but it doesn’t even scratch the surface.
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Bruce Conner (Nov. 18, 1933 - 2008): Arachne, 1959 - mixed media: nylon stockings, collage, cardboard (Smithsonian)
“In Conner’s Arachne, hushed-up stories, violence, and decay seem to lurk beneath the suffocating webs of nylon. This assemblage of found objects reflects the junk art, funk art, and beat culture of northern California in the 1950s. Like other artists and writers in his crowd, Conner was willing to dig around in the seamy corners of America’s sunny and hygienic culture. But Arachne only hints at, instead of narrating, unpleasant doings. The artist explained that “a rewarding experience for me is [a story] where you are not told what to think and what to do. Otherwise, that’s what you get in jail. That’s what you get with government.” The title of this work refers to the proud girl who wove stories of the gods’ misbehavior into her cloth, boasting that she could outperform Athena, goddess of spinners and weavers. Out of spite, Athena transformed Arachne into a spider, condemned to weave webs in the darkness until the end of time.” - Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006
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Bruce Conner (Nov. 18, 1933 - 2008): Arachne, 1959 - mixed media: nylon stockings, collage, cardboard (Smithsonian)
“In Conner’s Arachne, hushed-up stories, violence, and decay seem to lurk beneath the suffocating webs of nylon. This assemblage of found objects reflects the junk art, funk art, and beat culture of northern California in the 1950s. Like other artists and writers in his crowd, Conner was willing to dig around in the seamy corners of America’s sunny and hygienic culture. But Arachne only hints at, instead of narrating, unpleasant doings. The artist explained that “a rewarding experience for me is [a story] where you are not told what to think and what to do. Otherwise, that’s what you get in jail. That’s what you get with government.” The title of this work refers to the proud girl who wove stories of the gods’ misbehavior into her cloth, boasting that she could outperform Athena, goddess of spinners and weavers. Out of spite, Athena transformed Arachne into a spider, condemned to weave webs in the darkness until the end of time.” - Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006
Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance - The Occult Meaning | The Vigilant Citizen
Lady Gaga’s videos and performance are extremely symbolic and filled with hidden messages. Her latest video, named “Bad Romance”, describes the dark and ritualistic inner-workings of the entertainment industry, by symbolically depicting Gaga as a sex slave. This article examines the occult symbols present in the video and its hidden meaning.her.
Sculptures inspired by quantum physics - Boing Boing
“Prayer (Head sketch for Quantum Woman 2)”, 2009, masonite, paper, and steel hardware 14” x 11” x 10” ; Below: “Night Path” (detail), 2009, painted steel and gold thread, 18” x 19” x 6”
Crazy Heart trailer
w/ Jeff Bridges & Maggie Gyllenhaal
