Thought I'd share some interesting visual work I saw recently. (A little audio, too.) They all have the kind of dense, obsessive detail that I enjoy.
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Stathis Tsemberlidis is one of the two artists who run Decadence Comics. Some of Tsemberlidis' comics:
His short Shelter-E is really lovely as well:
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Orthrelm is the frenetic duo of Mick Barr (guitar) and Josh Blair (drums). I like their music (though it's quite exhausting), but I can't resist the artwork on their CDs. I believe the drawings are by the guitarist.
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Orthrelm's music:
http://orthrelm.bandcamp.com
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Some of the London dl's probably know more than me about the musician Keaton Henson. I first saw his artwork this summer:
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More at:
http://heartsofsand.blogspot.com/2012/12/art-approaching-sleep.html
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Two favorite Charline Von Heyl pieces (a lot of her other work looks very different):
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Finally, Heinz Hajek-Halke, who did some amazing work manipulating photographic film:
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Hajek-Halke bio: http://www.priskapasquer.com/artists/heinz-hajek-halke/
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p.s. Hey. Today the blog gets the great treat and gift of some tips and clues re: some very interesting artists handpicked by the extraordinary artist Bill Hsu aka d.l. Bill. Enjoyment is fully guaranteed. Please spend your local time watching and listening and clicking where appropriate, thank you! And thank heartily, Bill! Otherwise, a heads up about this upcoming week. Today I go into all day rehearsals for the last scene in Zac's and my film. Same thing tomorrow. The blog will appear in its usual way until Wednesday when we start three days of shooting the scene from 9 am to 10 pm. So, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday you'll get rerun posts and minimal, non-interactive p.s.es. Then on Saturday everything will go back to normal again. ** Thomas Moronic, Ah, wonderful, and gloriously like clockwork. Beautiful ripostes, maestro. Man, it amazes me how you can construct such beautiful things in such a heartbeat. Awe and major gratitude to you, Mr. T! ** David Ehrenstein, Hi. That's interesting. I hadn't made the connection between that Schroeter film and the Bachmann novel before, which is a big duh now. Thanks for that fill-in and for the trailer. ** Sypha, Naturally, your trippy experiences with 'MGS' sound incredibly appealing. I miss video games. I haven't played one in going on literally years. I can hardly remember how I managed to have the time to indulge in them so luxuriously. Gotta sort that out again. ** Etc etc etc, Hi, Casey. Yeah, it was a cool gift to get to not only see Vollman at that point but try to negotiate some kind of interesting space when on a bill with him. Oh, wow, thanks a lot for what you say about 'God Jr.' That's super nice to hear. Very cool about the short fiction collection. I like the title a lot. ** Nicki, Hi, Nicki! Always weird when Blogger gets starved and selfish like that. Fantastic that your summer wound up so productively, and that the future is scheduled up in only the best way. I'm great. Rather nervous and stressed about this scene we're about to shoot, 'cos it's a complicated head-scratcher, but hopefully the rehearsals will shed the light we need. My novel has been on hold, actual writing-wise, for months, but I'm ready to dive back in once we finish the film shoot this weekend. Whoa, congrats on the little trophy! Your hurrah is most clearly appropriate. Nepal! How interesting. Why is that weird? ** Damien Ark, Hey, D! I'm so glad you picked up on that slave quote. I was quite excited when I came across that one, as I don't need to tell you. You good? How's everything? ** Steevee, Hi. I'm going to let you and David rip on Friedken 'cos I'm cool enough with his films and talent. ** Keaton, I'm glad someone mentioned that plug. I thought it was, you know, startling. Girls are cool. Man, let's put the DFW thing behind us, shall we? If you think I'm weird then just add that to my resume. New fiction piece by you! That's a boon. I won't get to read it until, uh, maybe tomorrow, but I'm excited. Everyone, there's a new short story by the multi-talented Keaton now lodged at the top of his ever exciting blog/art space, and it's discretely titled 'A Short', and you should really go read it if you have the time and smarts. Right here. Thank you! ** Hyemin Kim, Hi. It is quite a name, right? And, me being me, I guess, I like that the fan is a hand. 'Edgy' is a very tired term, I agree. It has no ... edge, ha ha. 'Bordering' is much better. ** Kier, Hi, K! Ha ha, oh wow, a Buffy terrarium. That's cool. Now I'm trying to imagine what scene and characters I would represent if I made a Buffy terrarium, which is a nice mental side trip. We seem to have squeaked by on the film funding front. Well, I shouldn't say anything until we see what equipment we ended up getting. The people in charge of that love to try to cut corners and rent us shittier equipment than we need. I think there's a 'Sharkanado 2', no? Set in ... San Francisco? I don't remember. Yes, def, give me the scoop on the sand shark horror movie. Real potential there. Walking around the lake in pouring rain only gives the cake of that fantasy the best possible icing. But I'm sorry it made your foot hurt. Giant notebook! Cool! My weekend was, predictably, all about preparing for the rehearsals and shoot. Nothing really fun to talk about. A lot of emailing and talking with Zac on the phone and in person, which was fun, of course, but not so eventful in terms of creating a fun narrative to read. One of the performers in the scene arrived from Berlin, where he lives, so we had a meeting with him to talk details before we have to get serious today. What else? Anything? Zac and I met up with Gisele and looked at the rough-cut of a music video she just directed and gave her our opinions and advice. We also met with Paul, who was in the Krampus scene, and who's awesome and a new great friend, to say bye 'cos he's leaving to start going to some big art school in Lausanne this week. Mm, I think that was it. I hope my day reports will get more cool and surprising soon. How was Monday in your life? ** Bill, Hi, B! Thank you again and 'face to face' ever so much for today which has already lead me to some fantastic discoveries! I know, finding the Neubauten fan/slave was like grabbing such a golden ring contextually. I'll go see if Kiddiepunk's bootlegged Netflix has the Carter Smith film 'cos it'll probably not pop up over here, although you never know. I like Carter. I do. He's cool. ** Postitbreakup, Hi, Josh. I'm so sorry about the missing. Missing is so hard. No chance you can use it to fuel some fiction or poetry or something? The one good thing about missing is that its power can sometimes circumvent the blocks one has re: writing. Or it has for me. Hugs galore. ** Okay. Be with Bill's array today. You'll be very glad you did. I'll go see what the first day of rehearsals creates and clears up. See you tomorrow.