Geoffrey Alan Rhodes – Mirror (2006, 22.2MB, 6:09)
Holy sh*t this is amazing.
Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, aka GARhodes, is an
insanely talented artist across mediums.
The impossible mirror shot only becomes more
impressive as this piece progresses, and I sure do
love reflexive performance art done right.
Wow.
Seth Kendall – Gnaritas Monstrum (2007, 4.1MB, 1:50)
Adorable, multi-award-winning animation from Seth Kendall.
via GPSFF
Maya Ciarrocchi – Herd (2004, 4.6MB, 2:04)
Excerpt from Maya Ciarrocchi‘s single channel
video/sound installation, which plays a continuous
15 minute loop of black and white footage of New
York streets.
Ciarrocchi said, “The frenetic movement of the street
is slowed to a pace where the viewer can form an intimate
relationship to the histrionics of everyday events.”
Dion Laurent – The Golden Age of Barcodes (2004, 27.6MB, 5:05)
Dion Laurent’s project is a “multi-ethnic international
representation of procreation and population explosion,
increased consumerism and capitalism, and the
commodification and devastation of our natural world.”
Enough said.
Iris Piers – Paris 1983 (2005, 33.3MB, 2:39)
8mm film of her parents in Paris from 1983,
reedited by Iris Piers, who was in utero at the time.
Music by Vincent Delerm.
via [PAM]
Snoop Dogg – Sensual Seduction (2007, 35.3MB, 4:08)
So Snoop Dogg is a misogynist and exploits
his own Black culture regularly.
I get it, and I preach it: the guy is nasty.
But if this isn’t an amazing music video,
I don’t know what is.
This song is called Sexual Eruption, but for
obvious reasons, the edited “clean” version
is the one being passed around.
It’s been out for several months, and I’ve been
debating whether or not to post it.
But since our mission is to post what thrills and
excites us, here it is.
I hope it does something similar for you.
Maya Deren – Meshes of the Afternoon (1943, 99.4MB, 13:30)
A fabulous old film about the subconscious and
the psychology of film noir,
Deren’s first major avant-garde work, a seminal piece,
made with her collaborator (and later husband)
Alexander (Hackenschmied) Hammid.
Originally a silent film without dialog,
music was composed for the piece
in 1959 by Deren’s third husband Teiji Ito.
Trailer for LOOK, the movie, which is composed
entirely of surveillance camera footage.
LOOK asks (and attempts to answer) questions about
security versus privacy, highly relevant in modern,
legitimately paranoid times.
Are you always alone when you think you are?
Kisser (Up in Smoke) – Philip Sanderson (2005, 8.6MB, 2:54)
From the intentionally abandoned (but archived) brut smog.
Find more of Philip’s work here.
Tribulations (2005, 17.6MB, 3:59)
As the resident DVblog 20-something pseudo-hipster,
I’m almost contractually obligated to post video like this.
LCD Soundsystem makes insanely danceable tracks,
sometimes clocking in well over twelve minutes,
always ironically self-referential and poking fun
at their main demographic (who may/not be getting the joke).
So here is the 2005 hit single’s clever music video.
Girls with barrettes and men in women’s pants everywhere rejoice.
