Here’s links to both films on Netflix:

La Haine on Netflix.

French director Mathieu Kassovitz traces a fateful day in the lives of alienated ghetto youths Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui) and Hubert (Hubert Koundé) — a Jew, an Arab and an African, respectively — who are grappling with the aftermath of unexpected tragedy. When their friend Abdel lies comatose after a police beating, Vinz vows to dispense rough justice, sealing the destiny of all three.

Alphaville on Netflix:

Directed by cinematic legend Jean-Luc Godard, this mesmerizing sci-fi noir centers on secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) and his mission to destroy Alpha 60, the sentient computer that controls Alphaville by destroying freedom of thought or individuality. Brilliantly realized and crafted, Godard’s 1965 film helped to lay the foundation for future sci-fi classics such as Blade Runner, The Terminator and The Matrix.

A little bio on Josh from the About page on his site:

Maine native Josh Brill graduated Maine College of Art with a degree in New Media Design and has since worked as an New Media Art Director, balancing work between corporate clients and fine art. His artwork has been exhibited at Addo Novo, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego Museum of Art, Fabrica’s Annex and May 1st Reboot 2005.

Lumadessa by Josh Brill.

From Victoria’s bio:

Native Californian Victoria Morris has been making pottery since she was sixteen years old. Her work is inspired by her surroundings as well as Scandinavian and Japanese aesthetics, emphasizing the beauty found in subtle, random imperfections and natural organic forms. There is a strong focus on classic simplicity in design and proportion in her work. Each of her bottles, vases and bowls are one of a kind and handmade.

via Carousel & Notcot.

I’m loving these minimal images, they’re from Thom Atkinson’s photographs of rock samples from Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition of 1908. They appear in the latest issue of Draft magazine. This reminds me of when I used to collect rocks on my grandparents rock beach in Maine.

Description of the project:

“Draft asked me to photograph a collection of rock samples gathered by Shackleton’s expedition to the Antarctic,” says Atkinson of the project, which appears in issue six of the magazine. “They were printed alongside rare original documentary photographs of the expedition itself. The rock samples and original prints are currently in possession of the Archive of Modern Conflict from which this issue of the magazine was curated.”

Thom Atkinson’s site here.

via CR Blog.

From the brief on the artmagick site:

Exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1880. In this work Falero depicts Faust’s encounter with the world of Satan, an encounter that takes place in the form of a vision rather than as a physical experience. Faust’s reaction to these figures with tiny eyes, sharp claws and slimy hands is one of disorientation asking ‘Are these the ones who lost themselves, believing Satan’s Lies?’.

The mood of his images are so mellow and serene, extremely simple palettes of delicate pastels.

These are from his series of empty pools titled appropriately “pools”.

From Carlo’s “Orbs” series:

And lastly and actually what I find most interesting, is his series of images using an experimental camera originally designed in the 70′s to record what a psychic might see, it captures your “aura”.

Some information about the project found here:

These portraits are made with a Polaroid aura camera developed in the 1970s by an American scientist in an attempt to record what a psychic might see. This project explores the idea that a portrait photograph can reveal an otherwise unseen and accurate insight into the subject’s character.

The subject is connected directly to the camera by hand-plates that measure biofeedback, which the camera depicts as an aura of color in the Polaroid and translates into a printed diagram and description explaining the camera’s interpretation of the subject.

I mean, if this is the graphical energy these people are giving off, how amazing would that be? It’s fun in this case to susped disbelief, purely for the sake of enjoyment. Look at the beautiful images:

From the show’s press release on the Sloan Fine Art site:

In Black Forest / White Lightning, Nathan Skiles presents a collection of densely adorned cuckoo clocks, ranging from the intricately elegant to the over-the-top outrageous, as a means to invigorate his method of associative image making and feed his interest in the incongruous. While the clocks lend themselves easily to observations on the convenient clichés and “rules” of time and space, specific (and repeated) themes within the works expand beyond immediate associations and evolve into musings on the self-consciousness and limits popularly ascribed to these rules. And with his innovative use of foam rubber as his primary material, Skiles tricks the eye and obliterates the baggage of immediate recognition, further challenging his audience to look beyond the immediate and investigate the core issues presented in his work.

I shot some images of his clocks myself, they’re posted here for you to enjoy:

More of Nathan Skiles’ work.