January 2011
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some of my favourite 'Hiroshima Lovers' scenes...
If you’ve never read Watchmen, I urge you to. It’s perfect, it’s a work of art. It’s doesn’t matter whether you like graphic novels or not, this is much more important than that.
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Detroit Ruin Porn and the Fetish for Decay; then... →
Guilty! Dead and dying towns and buildings as representations of our own mortality are things which suck me in completely. This article struck a chord.
In the apex of our era of high-flying capitalism, Detroit ruin porn functions as a momento mori, a call to remember that the same fate as Motor City could befall all of our great cities, all of our unstable accomplishments. I think Detroit...
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Helmut Smits
…might just be a genius.
Full Colour, 2008 Materials: CMYK soft drinks (Cyan – Gatorade Cool Blue / Magenta – Fernandes Cherry Bouquet / Yellow – Orangeade / Black – Coca-Cola)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Discodeine (12)
DJ Koze (6)
Hervé AK (2)
Reinhard Voigt (2)
Broke (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16) →
Booka Shade (79)
Lemon Jelly (50)
Liquid Soul (45)
Trentemøller (35)
Baths (24)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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This is the short zine I made way back in October, about my first month at university. It’s needed a few tweaks for some time, and now it’s finished! Let me know what you think x
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Albums of the year 2010
It’s been a bloody good year for music, and I’ve still got about 25 albums I need to get round to listening to, but here are my favourite 20:
1. Los Campesinos!- Romance is Boring
It would be unfair to pick anything else because there was a period in the summer where I listened to literally nothing else for two weeks, and must have played this album an average of five times a day....
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I have spent 12 hours today on an internet tangent of pretty sizable proportions, but it’s been one of those rare occasions where it actually felt a little worthwhile. I’ve discovered my tastes and inspiration for future art projects lie in light, in weird portable shelter installation things, in google maps and perhaps a little in textiles as well as the painting, digital collage and...
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new years resolutions
become an exhibited artist in 2011 (and organise it all with friends/contemporaries)
find gainful employment
teach myself electronics so I can make pieces using light
read more books.
game on!