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The Art of Bleeding

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Art of Bleeding
Introduction to First Aid (2005, 24MB, 13 min.)

If you have ever had to train for Red Cross certification,
you will know why this is funny and not just awful.
When I came upon this, I thought to myself,
‘Wow, I am actually, deeply creeped out by this!’ then I thought,
‘This is the kind of sick stuff the internet is all about
and yet is so rare these days!’
So, it is with great pleasure that I can share with you
thirteen disturbing minutes of First Aid presented by LA based
educational cult/performance art group Art of Bleeding Foundation.

By Mica Scalin.

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk by Kevin German

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boardwalk
boardwalk (2007, 32MB, 2:15 min.)

A graceful video by photographer Kevin German.

The Glamazons – Alison Ward

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The Glamazons
Wonder Women (2002, 3.6MB, 1:30 min.)

This wonderful clip of a live performance by The Glamazons,
a New York based dance group created by video artist and
burlesque performer Alison Ward, will make your day.

By Mica Scalin.

Internet Explorer or Firefox ?

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firefox_explorer
rb_05_dec_02 (2005, 31MB, 4:45 min)

We at DVblog like Firefox of course !!
Classic piece of videoblogging from Rocketboom. (2005)

It’s Jerry Time! – true tales from the life of jerry

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the karate date
the karate date (2007, 19.2MB, 3:50 min.)

It’s Jerry Time!, winner of the 34th Annual Emmy Awards for ‘Outstanding Broadband Program’.
A collaboration between writer and composer – Jerry Zucker and animator, director Orrin Zucker.

Moon & People Watching

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Millie Watching Martha Watching Moon
Millie Watching Martha Watching Moon (2007, 18.7MB, 26 sec)

Millie in SUV Watching Martha and David Watching Moon
Millie in SUV Watching Martha and David Watching Moon (2007, 1.67MB, 10 sec)

Does exactly what it says on the package & poetry too.
See more from Millie & Martha.

A Panopticon in Burnley

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A Panopticon in Burnley
A Panopticon in Burnley (2007, 20.9MB, 1:45 min)

Great short by Giles Perkins about a piece of public art by
Tonkin Liu situated on a hillside outside Burnley, UK.
I love Giles’s Super 8 work (folk might remember
his catalogue of British seaside bathing huts here last year, don’t
know whether we’ve re-posted it yet, but we will,
gentle viewer, we will) & there’s an added bonus in the sound
of those beautiful Lancashire vowels – ‘uor ouwses’ – on the soundtrack.
Delicious!

Strange Culture

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strangeculture
strange culture (2007, 17.7MB, 2:17 min.)

Strange Culture documents the case of artist and professor Steven Kurtz
and geneticist Robert Ferrell, accused in 2004 by the U.S. Justice Department
of “bioterrorism” and currently awaiting trial.
The case threatens to set dangerous precedent by eroding the boundary
between civil and criminal law, and by criminalizing those who legitimately
and legally criticize government policy.
By Lynn Hershman Leeson.

Anarchy In The UK – Twittervlog

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Anarchy in the UK
Anarchy In The UK (2007, 45.4MB, 4:44 min)

Anarchy In The UK has been a bit of a theme of late here on dvblog.
Now, from the indispensable Rupert Howe comes this breathtaking version.
Not only is it extremely funny, with an off the meter chutzpah quotient,
(witness the animal terror in the eyes of the guys on the tube towards the end)
but like a lot of Rupert’s work it’s a kind of contemporary London travelogue
(of the best sort: hard edged, eyes wide open truthful & hence beautiful) too.

Train Coming

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Train Coming -Surreal
The Smith Family/Train Coming/surreal.mov (2007, 1.12MB, 56 sec)

Train Coming
Edward Picot/traincoming.mov (2007, 31.9MB, 2:38 min)

Train Coming -Surreal2
The Smith Family/Train Coming/surreal2.mov (2007, 1.11MB, 57 sec)

I’m going to sign this one, because it’s marginally self-promoting
though not, I think, in a terrifically self-serving way.
I’m currently running a competition on my personal site to either perform, remix
do karaoke versions of, or do basically anything with, a short
(33 sec) song.
To date I haven’t exactly been inundated with entries, but
curiously three out of the current five are little movies &
great they are too.
Don’t think The Smith Family have a website (correct me if I’m
wrong folks) but Edward Picot can be found here & here.
Also – please feel free to have a go yourselves! -details from the competition link above.
–Michael