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Killer Mosaic on West 50th Street

This was so cool, I was only able to snap a pic out of the window of my car driving by (on our way to the Gazillion Bubbles Show), but this entire design was created with tiny mosaic tiles. There were a couple on the base floor of the building.

Essential Films: La Haine & Alphaville

I saw La Haine when it came out and as soon as it was on DVD I bought it. I lent it out and it’s whereabouts are now unknown. Nevertheless, this is easily on my top ten of all time list, perhaps number 1. Black and white, with a close up, in your face attention to detail you’ll only see in a film like Jean Luc Goddard’s Alphaville. Alphaville I saw with a film maker friend of mine right after we graduated from college. Incredible, every shot is treated witht he care that a still photograph would be. Now that I think of it, I’m willing to bet Wong Kar Wai of In the Mood for Love fame  is a big fan of Alphaville.

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.

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Chatroulette: A Brief Encounter

Curious about this new social experience I checked it out. It was bizarre, curious, gross and rewarding all at the same time. Curious to see where it goes in the future.

I didn’t see this person but this exchange was hilarious:

This person described himself joyfully as a bodyguard slash musician.
He was holding an assault rifle.

Some Dutch madmen.

Just weird.

A Clockwork Orange: The Work of Artist Nathan Skiles

We stumbled in on this show of Nathan Skiles’ work yesterday. The colors alone are fantastic, the clocks are genius. The fact that he uses foam rubber is just plain cool.

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.