art with humour

a great video we saw at PS1 this December;

the girl chewing gum, john smith, 1976

animated

l'illusioniste, from the same man as the triplets de belville, since he moved to edinburgh

matters of consequence

old favourites are still relevant;

Your Gay Neighbors from Artists Against 8 on Vimeo.

or a more aggressive tactic

there is also, the new campaign front at fckh8.com;

FCKH8.com Straight Talk About Gay Marriage from FCKH8.com on Vimeo.

fall colours

It's always good to have an act, an image,

I mean really, those socks

this video is really nice

for this wonder

thank you katie;

but can you theoretically break it down

the link between male genetics and dance moves?

watch the computer generated man.

on cutting funding

UK government is proposing 25% cuts to art funding. All the big shots are publicly signing

the petition against it, and making art in response. Some of the art is better than others,

but since I am still doing rain dances to the record shop gods in hoping I have a ticket to David Shrigley's book launch in two days, how's this for the spirit:

also, proof of the prominence of the arts (ahem, sorry, the Creative Sector) here in the UK

that there is an arts council organizing a counter-campaign.

(Am I wrong in feeling that at home there is a lot of complain-and-shrug going on? Certainly no comparable organization on a national level. Our small-scale cities and our isolation are our biggest prize/curse.)

"when was the last time art made you feel like this?"

Untitled from VJ Peter Rand on Vimeo.

there's more where this came from

I think we can all just openly acknowledge how amazing this is.

it is by the amazing Isabella, (I used to sit her and her sister, and I am so thrilled to see how clever, talented and hilarious they are growing up to be! bravo! I don't think I'd ever worked a video camera in grade 9?)

miracles// the miraculous

bas jan ader; stills from his beautiful video I'm too sad to tell you

labelled under a term I love Romantic Conceptualism,

you should watch the actual video here,

he also did lots of beautiful things like trying to fall//fall,

quite the contrary, but this image is so magical I can't really believe the text

such mist holds nothing but miracles and the miraculous//

(i found this through GSA somehow)