Is this what Chris Cunningham has been up to last decade?

http://www.nowness.com/day/2012/9/4/chris-cunningham-japapparatus-1

Marina Abramovic. An artist’s life Manifesto

1.  An artist’s conduct in his life: 

– An artist should not lie to himself or others 
– An artist should not steal ideas from other artists 
– An artist should not compromise for themselves or in regards to the art market 
– An artist should not kill other human beings 
– An artist should not make themselves into an idol 
– An artist should not make themselves into an idol 
– An artist should not make themselves into an idol 


2. An artist’s relation to his love life: 

– An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist 
– An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist 
– An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist 



3. An artist’s relation to the erotic: 

– An artist should develop an erotic point of view on the world 
– An artist should be erotic 
– An artist should be erotic 
– An artist should be erotic 



4. An artist’s relation to suffering: 

– An artist should suffer 
– From the suffering comes the best work 
– Suffering brings transformation 
– Through the suffering an artist transcends their spirit 
– Through the suffering an artist transcends their spirit 
– Through the suffering an artist transcends their spirit 


5. An artist’s relation to depression:

– An artist should not be depressed 
– Depression is a disease and should be cured 
– Depression is not productive for an artist
– Depression is not productive for an artist 
– Depression is not productive for an artist 


6. An artist’s relation to suicide: 

– Suicide is a crime against life 
– An artist should not commit suicide 
– An artist should not commit suicide 
– An artist should not commit suicide 


7. An artist’s relation to inspiration: 

– An artist should look deep inside themselves for inspiration 
– The deeper they look inside themselves, the more universal they become 
– The artist is universe 
– The artist is universe 
– The artist is universe 



8. An artist’s relation to self-control: 

– The artist should not have self-c ontrol about his life 
– The artist should have total self-control about his work 
– The artist should not have self-control about his life 
– The artist should have total self-control about his work 



9. An artist’s relation with transparency: 

– The artist should give and receive at the same time 
– Transparency means receptive 
– Transparency means to give 
– Transparency means to receive 
– Transparency means receptive 
– Transparency means to give 
– Transparency means to receive 
– Transparency means receptive 
– Transparency means to give 
– Transparency means to receive 


10. An artist’s relation to symbols: 

– An artist creates his own symbols 
– Symbols are an artist’s language 
– The language must then be translated 
– Sometimes it is difficult to find the key 
– Sometimes it is difficult to find the key 
– Sometimes it is difficult to find the key



11. An artist’s relation to silence: 

– An artist has to understand silence 
– An artist has to create a space for silence to enter his work 
– Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean 
– Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean 
– Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean 


12. An artist’s relation to solitude: 

– An artist must make time for the long periods of solitude 
– Solitude is extremely important 
– Away from home 
– Away from the studio 
– Away from family
– Away from friends 
– An artist should stay for long periods of time at waterfalls 
– An artist should stay for long periods of time at exploding volcanoes 
– An artist should stay for long periods of time looking at the fast running rivers 
– An artist should stay for long periods of time looking at the horizon where the ocean and sky meet 
– An artist should stay for long periods of time looking at the stars in the night sky 



13. An artist’s conduct in relation to work: 

– An artist should avoid going to the studio every day
– An artist should not treat his work schedule as a bank employee does 
– An artist should explore life and work only when an idea comes to him in a dream or during the day as a vision that arises as a surprise 
– An artist should not repeat himself 
– An artist should not overproduce 
– An artist should avoid his own art pollution 
– An artist should avoid his own art pollution 
– An artist should avoid his own art pollution 



14. An artist’s possessions: 

– Buddhist monks advise that it is best to have nine possessions in their life: 
1 robe for the summer 
1 robe for the winter 
1 pair of shoes 
1 begging bowl for food 
1 mosquito net 
1 prayer book 
1 umbrella 
1 mat to sleep on 
1 pair of glasses if needed 
– An artist should decide for himself the minimum personal possessions they should have
– An artist should have more and more of less and less 
– An artist should have more and more of less and less 
– An artist should have more and more of less and less

15. A list of an artist’s friends: 

– An artist should have friends that lift their spirits 
– An artist should have friends that lift their spirits 
– An artist should have friends that lift their spirits 



16. A list of an artist’s enemies: 

– Enemies are very important 
– The Dalai Lama has said that it is easy to have compassion with friends but much more difficult to have compassion with enemies 
– An artist has to learn to forgive 
– An artist has to learn to forgive 
– An artist has to learn to forgive 


17. Different death scenarios: 

– An artist has to be aware of his own mortality 
– For an artist, it is not only important how he lives his life but also how he dies 
– An artist should look at the symbols of his work for the signs of different death scenarios 
– An artist should die consciously without fear 
– An artist should die consciously without fear 
– An artist should die consciously without fear 


18. Different funeral scenarios: 

– An artist should give instructions before the funeral so that everything is done the way he wants it 
– The funeral is the artist’s last art piece before leaving 
– The funeral is the artist’s last art piece before leaving 
– The funeral is the artist’s last art piece before leaving

Bill Sienkiewicz, awesome!

Check out todays wonderfull post at Monsterbrains! Great illustrations by Bill Sienkiewicz. Especially the black and white stuff is amazing. Great compositions, amazing dark/light values. i am inspired!

Mr. Greedy

Cool animation, refreshingly uncute somehow. Watch it here.

Arsène Schrauwen

Amazing Belgian comic book artist Olivier Schrauwen (My Boy, The Man Who Grew His Beard) is currently working on the 2nd of a 3 part biography of his grandfather Arsène. Part 1 has been published but is sold out, a new print run will appear as part 2 is released. Some images and great praise can be seen and read on this blog, by Matt Seneca (link).

Neil Gaiman talks

If you haven´t already watched this I would really encourage you to do so, it's quite inspirational actually:

Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012 from The University of the Arts (Phl) on Vimeo.

Manifesto of the day - The Holstee Manifesto

Yeah!

Ron Gilbert on developing Maniac Mansion

Maniac Mansion was a groundbreaking Commodore 64 adventure game released in the 1980's. Here's a nice and interesting talk by one of the developers, 25 years later, reminiscing and describing the development process. Having an incredibly soft spot for the magic of old-school computer games as well as listening to people talk about their creative processes, this made my day.



(Part 1 of 3)

Isaac Cordal

http://isaac.alg-a.org/Cement-eclipses-Berlin

The Swimming Cities of Serenissima

An artist project started in 2009. I'd really like to join in!

Glenn Brown

Great paintings by English artist Glenn Brown. I have seen one years ago in Rotterdam and I was impressed with the dynamics and intensity of the painting. I kind of forgot about him but now his work crossed my path again. Awesome!

John Cleese on creativity

Definitely well worth watching!

This one's for you Marcus

A new song by David Lynch. Watch it here, directed by the man himself. Obviously.

promising trailer:

This looks cool. Nice colors, not too smooth and great scenery. I'm in the mood for a polar expedition!

Pilote Tout en Haut du Monde / Longway North from Sacrebleu Productions on Vimeo.

Cool sound sculpture

I'd really like to see that one in real life! Must be incredible!

It's called the "Singing Ringing Tree" designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu and stands in the Pennines in Lancashire, England. Would be worth a trip!

Keith Arnatt on tv

Back in the days when television was way more open to experiments, the artpiece "self burial" by Keith Arnatt was shown at WDR 3 programm without any announcement

Between 11th and 18th of october 1969 each evening there was shown one of eight photographies of the artist where you see him gradually sinking into the ground. The pictures where shown for several seconds right after the main news broadcast at 8.15 pm and for another time one hour later in the middle of whatever program was running.

The mystery was cleared at the end of the week by an interview with the artist.

Also nice: "Notes from Jo 1990-1994", a series of blown-up images of the notes left around the house by his wife shortly before she died.

Alternate Universe Movie Posters

I enjoyed this collection of alternate universe movie posters... there's a lot of them!

Pretty cool...

DYE "Fantasy" Official Video by JEREMIE PERIN from TIGERSUSHI on Vimeo.

Bladerunner sketchbook

This is cool stuff, great visualizations!