Brian Ulrich

"Over the past 7 years I have been engaged with a long-term photographic examination of the peculiarities and complexities of the consumer-dominated culture in which we live. This project titled Copia, explores not only the everyday activities of shopping, but the economic, cultural, social, and political implications of commercialism and the roles we play in self-destruction, over-consumption, and as targets of marketing and advertising."

Brian Ulrich

via chingchongdingdong

You Are Not a Gadget

For the UK edition of Jaron Lanier's new book, You Are Not A Gadget, Penguin approached young designer Olly Moss to come up with a concept for its cover...
Lanier's book, which is published in January by Penguin's Allen Lane imprint, sets out to challenge the notion of whether the digital revolution has had a positive effect on the development of society and how individual creativity has been surpassed by a desire to work and create collectively.
Lanier, who coined the term 'virtual reality' in the early 1980s, also examines the constrictions placed upon human expression in the digital age: from the anonymity of Wikipedia, to the rigid templates of social networking sites and e-publishing. The latter directly influenced the design of the cover for the UK edition of the book, as Penguin art director, Jim Stoddart, explains.

via CR

Alex Daw

Alex Daw, whose work is showing until 29 November, uses cut-up magazines and paint to create a range of glossy, reassembled pictures, which are exhibited on canvas and glass. According to Hang-Up, "in an age of digital dominance, with traditional objects such as books and magazines being phased to cyberspace, Daw attempts to retain some form of aesthetic tradition, concentrating on the physical beauty of a soon to be forgotten art form."
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JMH

Kicking and Screaming

Noah Baumbach's new film Greenberg. He co-wrote The Fantastic Mr. Fox.


He also directed Kicking and Screaming.

Danny Willis

Photography by Danny Wills (b. 1987) for his Analog vs. Digital project. Working without photoshop.

JMH

The Cat Piano

Latest short film by The People's Republic of Animation. Nominated for Academy Award this year. Narrated by Nick Cave. Directed by Eddie White & Ari Gibson. Produced by Jessica Brentnall.

more info, go to

catpianofilm.com

thepra.com.au

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Grandfather in Okinawa

As my grandmother fell asleep
with the History channel running
she mumbled "I used to
send letters to daddy all the time."
She meant
to Okinawa.

I knew he'd fought in Germany,
but not Japan.

37638082 --
that was his number. She
still remembers it. Now I, too,
memorize the numbers.
37638082.

I wonder if he knew,
bullets tearing through ferns and cycads,
his daughter would have a daughter.
And that daughter would have a son
who would imagine how it was
to fight
in Okinawa,
carrying all of us inside him.

Catch Me If You Can

"Kuntzel and Deygas's memorable and idiosyncratic title sequence to Steven Spielberg's comedy drama thriller Catch Me if You Can (2002), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, depicting the career of the world's most successful con artist, Frank Abagnale Jr.. The slender Lowreyesque figures run through environments that symbolise key plot points from the film, and are accompanied by John Williams's floaty, 1960s jazz-era score. The title design credit is discreetly featured in the shelf, while the papers blow past the pursuer's face."

New Flaming Lips

Lagerfeld on the Flaming Lips

@ Wunderkammer Magazine.

JMH