Monthly Archives: October 2009

Sebastian Hernandez – DIY or Die #2 – Ladyfest

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Ladyfest (2009, 46 MB, 4:39 min)

Second in Sebastian Hernandez’ neat documentary series on DIY/alternative lifestyles.
I like the genuine respect & empathy Hernandez shows for his subjects, which doesn’t,
however, preclude honest & three dimensional film-making.
Once again Hernandez’ technical skills are evident (But not in a look at me! kind of way)
In particular I love the jumpy camera work/edit in the second interview, which manages to be
aesthetically pleasing without detracting from the actual substance of the interview – indeed
it adds to it.
Looking forward very much to seeing the third!

‘New Me’ by Aleksandra Domanovic

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New Me (2006, 21 MB, 4:04 min.)

Music video for Jamie Lidell by Aleksandra Domanovic.

Dom Cheverti – Throwing Chamberlains

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Bowl (2009, 2 MB, 1:52 min)

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Bowl/Glass (2009, 2 MB, 1:01 min)

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Bowl/Flower/Vase (2009, 3 MB, 57 secs)

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Little River (2009, 2 MB, 1:00 min)

Recommended to us by the sublime Sam Renseiw who,
when he speaks, we listen.
Nonetheless I had some difficulties in coming to grips with this.
Sam tells me it relates to some current You Tube thing whereby people
throw ping-pong balls into various receptacles with a high degree of accuracy.

Clearly I should stay in more.

So…in this case the balls are substituted by a species of cookie, apparently
known in Denmark as ‘chamberlains’.
(I asked Sam exactly what a chamberlain was.
He says:
“Chamberlains is an odd translation of ‘kammerjunker’ that
can both be a chamberlain and danish cookie/biscuit.
It is usually consumed in summer with “koldsk

The Yes Men Fix The World

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The Yes Men Fix The World (2009, 37 MB, 2:30 min)

Coming to theaters in October, The Yes Men – Fix The World.
They have an unusual hobby: posing as top executives
of corporations they hate. Armed with nothing but thrift-store suits,
the Yes Men lie their way into business conferences and parody their
corporate targets in ever more extreme ways – basically doing everything
that they can to wake up their audiences to the danger of letting greed run our world.

More vids here and here.

Kissin’

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Kissin’ (2009, 29 MB, 2:11 min)

Doing what it says on the tin (unless you were anticipating a Russian concert pianist),
a vid both charming & solidly made from Shawn Kornhauser & Nick Sullivan
which somehow transcends its premise –“A Video About Being Young” ,
which it clearly is, but it feels like they’ve captured more &
this has something to do with the subtle, but nonetheless
crucial, use of sound which really opens the whole thing out.

Gas Zappers by Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung

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Gas Zappers (2007, 61 MB, 5:45 min)


Zimoun – Organic and Mechanical installations

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Woodworms I (2009, 8 MB, 26 sec.)

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Wind & Styrofoam I (2009, 10 MB, 29 sec.)

A couple of installations by Swiss artist Zimoun.
Woodworms I is a sound installation based on live sounds
of woodworms. In Wind & Styrofoam I, 5 stations generate
unpredictable movements of Styrofoam balls.

Sebastian Hernandez –Truth or Consequences

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Truth or Consequences (2009, 90 MB, 10:03 min)

Very nicely made and engaging documentary, first of three,
all of which we hope to feature here, by Sebastian Hernandez,
amply fulfilling earlier promise.
Technically this work is even more assured.
I have to say personally I preferred the politics of his earlier work.
(Not that I assume Hernandez views are necessarily to be identified with
those of his subjects, so, to put it better, I preferred the folks
in the earlier movies)

There’s more context here.

‘Plane Days’ by Benjamin Kracun & Ewan McNicol

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Plane Days (Excerpt, 2009, 6 MB, 1:22 min)

“Old friends. Young friends. Lovers and loners.
They all wait, hoping, to see something they

Regina C

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Video Cat (2009, 11 MB, 1:34 min)

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Aguas De Maio (2009, 9 MB, 1:19 min)

Two videos from earlier this year by Regina C

2 from Regina Célia Pinto

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Mirrors (2008, 76.9MB, 4:32 min)


Broadway (2008, 11.5MB, 50 secs)

Two pieces from Brazilian artist Regina Célia Pinto

Lobo Pasolini – ‘One Man Show’

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One Man Show (1991, 7MB, 52 sec.)

Award winning video from 1991 by Antonio (Lobo) Pasolini,
video maker & journalist.

The Commoners – by Jessica Bardsley & Penny Lane

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The Commoners (Excerpt, 2009, 37 MB, 1:25 min)

“In 1890, one man had the idea to collect every bird ever mentioned in Shakespeare
and release them into Central Park. The only bird to survive in the New World was the European
Starling, now one of the commonest birds in America. Its introduction is now widely considered
a major environmental disaster.
The Commoners is a moving image essay about starlings, poetry, and the purist rhetoric used
to describe “invasive species.” It is also about the paths people forge through history, intentionally
or not, as they attempt to change the natural world.”

Written & directed by Jessica Bardsley & Penny Lane.

From video_dumbo 2009.

March Madness at the DC Training Facility

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Bball (2006, 8.6MB, 1:28 min)

Commerce meets art. Maybe.
Actually if you wear the shoes you can really do all that.
No..er..really.
From DC shoe.

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

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Wal-Mart (2005, 9.4 MB, 2:48 min)

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price was the documentary film sensation
that’s changing the largest company on earth. The film features the
deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities
struggling to survive in a Wal-Mart world.
It’s an emotional journey that will challenge the way you think, feel.. and shop.
Directed by Robert Greenwald.

THE HERETICS – the story of the Women

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THE HERETICS (2009, 124 MB, 10:08 min)

THE HERETICS, A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics

Lesbian Rangers – Victory at The Rock

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Victory at The Rock (2005, 72.4 MB, 4:45 min.)

The Lesbian Rangers.
More clips .

In G.O.D. We Trust – Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung

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In G.O.D. We Trust (2009, 52 MB, 5:04 min)

In G.O.D. We Trust remixes the political and economical hardships Barrack Obama
has to overcome within various religious contexts. In the series the 44th US president keeps
reincarnating into seven various prophets, spiritual leaders and deities in order to heal the
world, including Jesus Christ, Buddha, Elegua, Lady of Guadalupe, Krishna, Mohammad and
Abraham. The series uses the pillar belief, remix the important stories and substitute the key
elements of the religious texts with current political and economical climate. Rather than
idolizing Obama, In G.O.D. We Trust examines the hope and changes the popular 44th US
president promises to deliver and the obstacle along the way.

The title of the series appropriate the US national motto, but with a twist. In G.O.D. We Trust
the word GOD is an abbreviation of Global Obama Devotion. Contrary to the artist previous
works that criticize the manipulation of religions in politics, In GOD We Trust starts from the
religious teaching and reinterpret the moral values with current affair. The result is a spiritual
journey that even Atheist cannot deny it.”

By Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung. Audio by Mr Cloak and Dagger.

Eddie Whelan #3

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Gold Medal Match (2009, 58.5MB 1:32 min)

Original editorial…

Revenge by Lernert Engelberts & Sander Plug.

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Revenge (2009, 13 MB, 1:35 min)

by Lernert Engelberts & Sander Plug.

A Game of Petanque with Sam Renseiw

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Patafilm 718 (2009, 30.9 MB, 2:40 min)

The Petanque Discussion
The Petanque Discussion (2009, 9.8 MB, 53 secs)

All his work is great but we can’t publish him every day
so we wait for the very finest.
Two Petanque themed beauties, the second
being a Lumière masterclass.

Robert Croma – Night Impromptu

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Night Impromptu (2009, 50.9 MB, 5:19 min)

Despite being a very fine still photographer there’s something
paradoxically counter-photographic about Robert Croma’s
video work.

Of course, as one would expect from a photographer, he’s extremely
sensitive to finish and the care which is lavished on the working over
of each of his movies is humbling and astonishing but what struck me,
getting this post ready, is how difficult it is to extract a poster image from
these that really prepares us for the coming movie as movie.
(Believe me – mostly this is not so hard, so many people semaphore
from every frame)
Then it further struck me that this a mark of the most profound cinematic
thinking, that despite the pieces’ great visual beauties they are conceived
austerely, with the greatest economy & most of all holistically; that is, entirely
at the level of the final moving image.
Of course here, as so often with Croma, finally it’s also a very moving image.

Poems for Pictopia

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Poems for Pictopia(2009, 83.5 MB, 8:00 min)

Deft & winsome documentary from Gabriel Shalom
(whose own very deft work DVblog regulars will
have come across before) and Patrizia Kommerell
featuring goings-on and personalities from this year’s
Pictoplasma in Berlin.