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Roman SignerRoom with Christmas Tree (2010)
A decorated tree, which runs on an engine, creating its own ornaments. It then spins at high speed causing the ornaments to fly away and destroy the walls.
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Olaf BreuningSnow Drawing (2014)
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Charles RayShoe Tie (2012)
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Great Sky GiftsChirpee Singing Christmas Ornament (1976)
This vintage Christmas decoration plays a repeating chirping bird sound. Want to buy this?
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Cameron JamieKranky Klaus (2003, excerpt)
In the snowbound villages of central Austria on 6 December, villagers congregate in homes to await a visit by a benign St Nicholas bearing seasonal gifts. They are also waiting for the Krampus, strange mythical beasts with shaggy coats and serious attitude. As St Nicholas rewards the good, so the Krampus punish the bad. Kranky Klaus tracks a herd of Krampus as they work their way through the village mauling and menacing to the very limits of acceptable intimidation.
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Katie PatersonHistory of Darkness (2010-ongoing)
History of Darkness is an infinite slide archive; a life-long project, it will eventually contain hundreds upon thousands of images of darkness from different times/places in the history of the Universe, spanning billions of years. Each image handwritten with its distance from earth in light years, and arranged from one to infinity.
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VariousSanta Claus (20??)
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Keegan McHargueBoot (2010)
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Jeffrey Mandel Elves (1989)
There's ONE elf! Not only that, but they didn't use a kid or dwarf wearing a suit, they go and make top and bottom halves. You would think it was done that way so the elf could have all sorts of neat facial expressions, but it can barely move. Kirsten, Amy, and Brooke have this weird ceremony in the woods and bring the elf back to life. Soon Santa's little killer is knocking off bit part actors, including a department store Santa. Hot on the heels of that death toll are the Nazis though, grandfather's old friends know the elf was resurrected and want to help it mate with Kirsten. Nazis created the elf, and a perfect virgin will give birth to Aryans after it lays her. Mike takes over as the department store Santa and has something for Kirsten. The girls have a sleepover in the department store where Kirsten works. Mike shows up, the Nazis show up, and of course the elf shows up. After that Mike rushes around learning about the Nazis' secret elf program to save Kirsten.
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Gary HumeBack of a Snowman (2002)
The 10-foot-tall, half-ton, faceless snowman stands outdoors. Hume has described the snowman as “the perfect sculpture, viewable from all sides, immaculate from all angles.”
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Ryoji IkedaSpectra (2014)
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Alan SailerWar on Christmas (2012)
First, you may have noticed I like color, maybe a little too much. The gelatin gives me another color to play with. Second, the gelatin acts as a flexible medium to absorb energy from the pellet and transmit it to the item (in this case Christmas bulbs). The result is a pattern as the bulb breaks into little pieces.
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Gregory MarkopoulosChristmas USA (1949)
Christmas U.S.A is not a primarily erotic film, containing no nudity or even nods to the act of gay sex. Instead, the film is a narrative about the gay psyche, surviving, enduring and eventually defeating oppression by the America so lovingly elevated in Post War America. Markopoulo’s looks upon the familial unit with revulsion and fear. Mother is haggard, kid sister is suspicious, even Father with his newspaper looks to his shirtless son in fear. The boy of our narrative wanders a Kafka-esque homestead of conservatism, kept propped up by mothers domesticity and fathers glowering presence. His mere presence, glowing shirtless like a ivory Greek statue, makes the dark rooms glow with eerie brightness, as he rests his head between his masculine arms. He cannot be contained, a ceremony occurs beneath a bridge, perhaps a known cruising spot in our humble town, a clean cut boy holds a candle stick, walking towards another boy, his arms spread like Saint Sebastian, bowing to him.
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UlverChristmas (2005)
We revelled in the freedom of not having to play by anyone's rules, our own included. With the EPs and all the stuff we did before, we had rules. The Silence EPs had rules because they were all based on mishaps. That's the whole concept of glitch music. It has to be based on sounds that aren't intended, in a sense. We also had rules laid out for the soundtracks, naturally, so Blood Inside got a little out of control. We just went all over the whole spectrum.
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John BaldessariChristmas (1986)
Acrylic on two black and white photographs. Overall: 37 x 20 1/4 in. (94 x 51.5 cm.)
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The critic Claudio Malberti defined painter Luigi Beneficent style as ‘Realismo Estremo’ or ‘Extreme Realism’. Benedicenti replaces the fish and meat that used to decorate the dining rooms of the leisure class with contemporary Italian patisserie, ice cream and classy drinks.
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Mike KelleyToy Santa Claus (1993)
Color Photograph 9 1.4 x 6 inches 1993 Limited Edition of 100 *Stamped 'MK 1993' en Verso Provenance: Ikon Ltd. Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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America's Tallest Singing Christmas Tree (2015)
High School Choir Performs as 67 Foot 'Singing Christmas Tree'
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Richard BillinghamFishtank (1998, excerpt)
A high-rise council flat in the Midlands at Christmas. The father, the mother, the brother. Some animals. The father drinks a lot, the brother plays around a bit, the mother holds everything together. The older brother films them with his handycam – closely, slowly, intently, recording whatever is going on.
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Adam Parker SmithPump (2011)
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John ArmlederUntitled, 1985-2014 (2014)
Location: Neuretstrasse, at the edge of the forest behind The Alpina Gstaad
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Tokujin YoshiokaThe Snow (2010)
The material is feather, which I believe is the lightest material of the present day. The snowscape created with the feather would be more like the memory of snow lying with people rather than the actual snow.
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Per-Ingvar Tomren & Magne SteinsvollO'Hellige Jul! (2013)
Coming from a group of enthusiastic Norwegian amateurs, O’Hellige Jul takes place in a small town the days before Christmas. Norway’s horror scene is still in its infancy, which means that mainstream movies play safe and independent movies are the ones pushing the envelope. No horror movies with two, three or four million dollars budgets have tried to be innovative in Norway so far, and O’Hellige Jul therefore joins the ranks of movies that are produced on shoestring budgets but still manages to go beyond most of what’s been seen before (FYI, a Norwegian shoestring budget could be 5 or 15.000 dollars, not the 300.000 dollars Americans call low budget).
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Polly ApfelbaumThe Dwarves w/o Snow White (1992)
Apfelbaum paints with dyes on rectangles of crushed velvet that are then folded, showing the underlying layers of colors, and placed on cardboard boxes. The boxes function as pedestals for the painted velvet.
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UnknownGodzilla Christmas Tree (2011)
Photos surfaced online last year of this huge Godzilla Christmas Tree in the Aqua City Odaiba shopping mall in Japan. There aren’t really any other details about the holiday display.
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Paul McCarthyTRANS gum (2006)
TRANS gum is an edible image of Santa Claus individually hand silk-screened onto an eight-by-ten inch piece of chewing gum. The image is one of a special series of drawings by Paul McCarthy made specifically for the cover of TRANS> 8. By transforming the traditionally sanctified icon of a happy Santa Claus into a demented, sexual image—as seen in his video performances Tokyo Santa (1996) and Santa Chocolate Shop (1997)—Paul McCarthy examines the distressed state of the human psyche. Often staged as an act of violence and a perversion of certain behavioral patterns, his performances always combine such devices as irony, exaggeration, and the grotesque. Translated for the first time onto a pink, sugary, odoriferous, oversized stick of bubble gum.
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Pierre HuygheL'Expédition Scintillante (2002)
"Like a lot of people in my generation, I’m interested in the notion of the departure point- in something that is a potential scenario rather than a plan- but that’s a process of suspension. Still, I like the format of the parable and, as I was saying, it’s really a haiku: it’s a very short way to express something, more to do with a poem than a novel."-- Pierre Huyghe
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bd594Christmas Jumper (1998)
A video was posted by YouTube user bd594 from Toronto, Canada, over the weekend. Not only does the knit from Goodwill feature a festive tartan, it is adorned with a tinsel Christmas tree and is attached to a working toy train set which has also been decorated with cheap LED lights.
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VariousXmas Gifts (20??)
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Merry Xmas From 3D Porn Star Vivian Extreme
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Françoise SullivanDanse dans la neige (1948)
Danse dans la neige was conceived as one of a cycle of 4 dances themed for the seasons. L’Été (now lost) was shot on 16mm film by Françoise’s mother while on holiday in July,1947. A spur of the moment invitation from Jean-Paul Riopelle in 1948 sparked the improvisational performance the next day of Danse dans la neige. Danced and directed by Sullivan, recorded on film by Riopelle and on camera by Maurice Perron, only the photographs survive.
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Philippe ParrenoFor Eleven Months of the Year its an Artwork and in December it’s Christmas (October) (2008)
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p.s. Hey. Even though I have no Xmas plans tomorrow other than eating a buche, I'm going to take Xmas day off, blog-wise, and let you use whatever holiday time you allot to this place to fully explore my Xmas art show. The blog and I will be back anew on Saturday. ** Jared Pappas-Kelley, Hi, J-P. Aw, thank you, kind friend. You touch my heart. I let you touch my heart. I don't let everyone do that, mind you. But you get the majority of the credit for the touching thing, obviously. Hugs and everything they secrete to you! ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. Yeah, darn, on missing out on that buche. *whacks self upside the head* Ha, let's say it is a synecdoche because why not? Yay! ** David Ehrenstein, Happy Xmas Eve and Xmas itself, Mr. E! His films are pretty consistently wonderful. ** Joshua Nilles, Oh, hey there, Joshua! It's really nice to see you! Your visit is a lovely Xmas gift to me and to all and sundry. ** Steevee, Hi. I agree, about his films. How's the onset of Xmas treating you? ** James, Hi, James. It's a nice little Elliott Smith film. And if you like Fugazi, 'Instrument' is a complete must. Xoxo ** Alistair McCartney, Hi, Alistair! Happy almost Xmas! Have an amazing one! I hope you don't end up spending all of it on plane. Safe flight with much shut-eye and a small video screen full of every movie of which you have dreamed. And enjoy Perth to the max! And give my love to the mighty Tim! And thank you for foisting 'God Jr' on your nephew! And for so many more things! Love, me. ** Thomas Moronic, Hi, T! Two weeks, whoo-hoo! Ooh, take a pic of that log cabin buche if you don't mind. I'll shoot my elegant, vaguely abstracted Santa head buche in return. Oh, I know what you mean. Do Xmas Eve up like nobody's business, pal. ** Misanthrope, Hi, George. You might have seen one of his REM views without knowing it maybe. I have lots of friends in their 20s, no surprise, I suppose, and they're all extremely interesting and awesome to a one. That sucks about Justin. I hope whatever he's going through passes like a kidney stone. I liked him. He was nice. Panda! I was just wondering what the hell is going on with that brilliant prodigy not two days ago. Very nice to hear about the UC Davis thing and that he's studying lit. What a super talented fella he is. Do you ever hear anything of his brother or his buddies who would comment here sometimes? I'm up with Kyte via Facebook, but that's all. I think of dopey as a positive term. But I probably have a very particular definition in my head. No, Basqiuat is the real deal, really great, I think. I'm pro-drugs just not fucking 'evil' heroin. And crystal meth's no picnic. ** S., Well, well, well! Hi S.! How festive and kind of you to grace this portal! And a new S. thing, Xmas-timed and maybe -oriented even? I'll be all over that. Maybe on Xmas day. I have almost nothing to do on Xmas day that has anything to do with Xmas or with getting gifts or anything, so maybe I'll accept your story that day as my possible only Xmas gift. Everyone, that d.l. of d.l.s, that talented mysterious guy known sometimes as S., has returned to the fold to give us a Xmas present in the form of a story geared to Xmas in some way. I think it's called both 'Merry Xmaz' and 'Merci Beaucoup' simultaneously, and I know where it is. It's here. Gracias! ** Bill, Hi, B. You haven't seen 'Instrument'? If you're at all into Fugazi, it's pretty great, although I'm virtually positive you will think it's too long, and it is too long, but it's sharp. You're in the orient, gotcha, sure. I'm glad it's mysterious. I haven't read 'Resentment' in ages, so I don't remember if that character is Ron Athey, but it sure makes sense. Are you doing Xmas day there in any way, shape, or form? ** Aaron Mirkin, Hey, A. Oh, I watched the video. His cover of the song is really, really good. Just heartfelt enough and also thinking on its/his toes. It's weird/interesting how, as soon as he starts singing, those two guys just in front of your camera kind of bolt upright in shock or something. Yeah, very nice vid/performance. Thank you a lot for it! T'would be super swell about the Degrassi post. Thanks, thanks! That name Jordan Tannahill feels really familiar around its edges, but I'm blanking on the whys and whats. Maybe I know of him via Scott Treleaven? I'll check him out on the Google highway. Thanks, man. Have a very nice Xmas, whatever that mark in time causes to happen in your vicinity. ** Armando, Hi, Armando! Merry Xmas! Cool that you're a Jem Cohen fan, and that you got to meet him! Oh god, no, I haven't read your poems. I have been beyond completely horrible about reading things people have sent me to read for months now. My attention span is in some weird phase. I'm so sorry, I will try to right that ship. I've been really, really busy, but everything is good. 'LCTG' is tentatively scheduled to come out on DVD in the US in April. I mean, it's coming out on DVD for sure, but April is the tentative part. It comes out on DVD in Germany today or tomorrow. Hugs to you, buddy! ** Rewritedept, Hi, Chris. There are two certain someones regarding my wish for accompaniment to see the new Malick film, and Zac is one of them. No Xmas plans other eating part of a buche. Maybe a movie. Walk around, look at Xmas-y Paris. The Carroll & Graf hardcover is the one that I've only glimpsed once. It must be pretty scarce. The Void edition was only in hardcover. Cool about Mr. Cohen leading you to Fugazi. Sounds like a nice Xmas Eve to me. Have a great one and a great tomorrow too! ** And with that, let Xmas begin and run its course. Enjoy the art show. I hope you receive everything that Xmas can give. The blog and I will see you on Saturday.
Roman SignerRoom with Christmas Tree (2010)
A decorated tree, which runs on an engine, creating its own ornaments. It then spins at high speed causing the ornaments to fly away and destroy the walls.
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Olaf BreuningSnow Drawing (2014)
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Charles RayShoe Tie (2012)
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Great Sky GiftsChirpee Singing Christmas Ornament (1976)
This vintage Christmas decoration plays a repeating chirping bird sound. Want to buy this?
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Cameron JamieKranky Klaus (2003, excerpt)
In the snowbound villages of central Austria on 6 December, villagers congregate in homes to await a visit by a benign St Nicholas bearing seasonal gifts. They are also waiting for the Krampus, strange mythical beasts with shaggy coats and serious attitude. As St Nicholas rewards the good, so the Krampus punish the bad. Kranky Klaus tracks a herd of Krampus as they work their way through the village mauling and menacing to the very limits of acceptable intimidation.
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Katie PatersonHistory of Darkness (2010-ongoing)
History of Darkness is an infinite slide archive; a life-long project, it will eventually contain hundreds upon thousands of images of darkness from different times/places in the history of the Universe, spanning billions of years. Each image handwritten with its distance from earth in light years, and arranged from one to infinity.
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VariousSanta Claus (20??)
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Keegan McHargueBoot (2010)
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Jeffrey Mandel Elves (1989)
There's ONE elf! Not only that, but they didn't use a kid or dwarf wearing a suit, they go and make top and bottom halves. You would think it was done that way so the elf could have all sorts of neat facial expressions, but it can barely move. Kirsten, Amy, and Brooke have this weird ceremony in the woods and bring the elf back to life. Soon Santa's little killer is knocking off bit part actors, including a department store Santa. Hot on the heels of that death toll are the Nazis though, grandfather's old friends know the elf was resurrected and want to help it mate with Kirsten. Nazis created the elf, and a perfect virgin will give birth to Aryans after it lays her. Mike takes over as the department store Santa and has something for Kirsten. The girls have a sleepover in the department store where Kirsten works. Mike shows up, the Nazis show up, and of course the elf shows up. After that Mike rushes around learning about the Nazis' secret elf program to save Kirsten.
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Gary HumeBack of a Snowman (2002)
The 10-foot-tall, half-ton, faceless snowman stands outdoors. Hume has described the snowman as “the perfect sculpture, viewable from all sides, immaculate from all angles.”
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Ryoji IkedaSpectra (2014)
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Alan SailerWar on Christmas (2012)
First, you may have noticed I like color, maybe a little too much. The gelatin gives me another color to play with. Second, the gelatin acts as a flexible medium to absorb energy from the pellet and transmit it to the item (in this case Christmas bulbs). The result is a pattern as the bulb breaks into little pieces.
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Gregory MarkopoulosChristmas USA (1949)
Christmas U.S.A is not a primarily erotic film, containing no nudity or even nods to the act of gay sex. Instead, the film is a narrative about the gay psyche, surviving, enduring and eventually defeating oppression by the America so lovingly elevated in Post War America. Markopoulo’s looks upon the familial unit with revulsion and fear. Mother is haggard, kid sister is suspicious, even Father with his newspaper looks to his shirtless son in fear. The boy of our narrative wanders a Kafka-esque homestead of conservatism, kept propped up by mothers domesticity and fathers glowering presence. His mere presence, glowing shirtless like a ivory Greek statue, makes the dark rooms glow with eerie brightness, as he rests his head between his masculine arms. He cannot be contained, a ceremony occurs beneath a bridge, perhaps a known cruising spot in our humble town, a clean cut boy holds a candle stick, walking towards another boy, his arms spread like Saint Sebastian, bowing to him.
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UlverChristmas (2005)
We revelled in the freedom of not having to play by anyone's rules, our own included. With the EPs and all the stuff we did before, we had rules. The Silence EPs had rules because they were all based on mishaps. That's the whole concept of glitch music. It has to be based on sounds that aren't intended, in a sense. We also had rules laid out for the soundtracks, naturally, so Blood Inside got a little out of control. We just went all over the whole spectrum.
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John BaldessariChristmas (1986)
Acrylic on two black and white photographs. Overall: 37 x 20 1/4 in. (94 x 51.5 cm.)
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The critic Claudio Malberti defined painter Luigi Beneficent style as ‘Realismo Estremo’ or ‘Extreme Realism’. Benedicenti replaces the fish and meat that used to decorate the dining rooms of the leisure class with contemporary Italian patisserie, ice cream and classy drinks.
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Mike KelleyToy Santa Claus (1993)
Color Photograph 9 1.4 x 6 inches 1993 Limited Edition of 100 *Stamped 'MK 1993' en Verso Provenance: Ikon Ltd. Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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America's Tallest Singing Christmas Tree (2015)
High School Choir Performs as 67 Foot 'Singing Christmas Tree'
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Richard BillinghamFishtank (1998, excerpt)
A high-rise council flat in the Midlands at Christmas. The father, the mother, the brother. Some animals. The father drinks a lot, the brother plays around a bit, the mother holds everything together. The older brother films them with his handycam – closely, slowly, intently, recording whatever is going on.
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Adam Parker SmithPump (2011)
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John ArmlederUntitled, 1985-2014 (2014)
Location: Neuretstrasse, at the edge of the forest behind The Alpina Gstaad
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Tokujin YoshiokaThe Snow (2010)
The material is feather, which I believe is the lightest material of the present day. The snowscape created with the feather would be more like the memory of snow lying with people rather than the actual snow.
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Per-Ingvar Tomren & Magne SteinsvollO'Hellige Jul! (2013)
Coming from a group of enthusiastic Norwegian amateurs, O’Hellige Jul takes place in a small town the days before Christmas. Norway’s horror scene is still in its infancy, which means that mainstream movies play safe and independent movies are the ones pushing the envelope. No horror movies with two, three or four million dollars budgets have tried to be innovative in Norway so far, and O’Hellige Jul therefore joins the ranks of movies that are produced on shoestring budgets but still manages to go beyond most of what’s been seen before (FYI, a Norwegian shoestring budget could be 5 or 15.000 dollars, not the 300.000 dollars Americans call low budget).
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Polly ApfelbaumThe Dwarves w/o Snow White (1992)
Apfelbaum paints with dyes on rectangles of crushed velvet that are then folded, showing the underlying layers of colors, and placed on cardboard boxes. The boxes function as pedestals for the painted velvet.
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UnknownGodzilla Christmas Tree (2011)
Photos surfaced online last year of this huge Godzilla Christmas Tree in the Aqua City Odaiba shopping mall in Japan. There aren’t really any other details about the holiday display.
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Paul McCarthyTRANS gum (2006)
TRANS gum is an edible image of Santa Claus individually hand silk-screened onto an eight-by-ten inch piece of chewing gum. The image is one of a special series of drawings by Paul McCarthy made specifically for the cover of TRANS> 8. By transforming the traditionally sanctified icon of a happy Santa Claus into a demented, sexual image—as seen in his video performances Tokyo Santa (1996) and Santa Chocolate Shop (1997)—Paul McCarthy examines the distressed state of the human psyche. Often staged as an act of violence and a perversion of certain behavioral patterns, his performances always combine such devices as irony, exaggeration, and the grotesque. Translated for the first time onto a pink, sugary, odoriferous, oversized stick of bubble gum.
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Pierre HuygheL'Expédition Scintillante (2002)
"Like a lot of people in my generation, I’m interested in the notion of the departure point- in something that is a potential scenario rather than a plan- but that’s a process of suspension. Still, I like the format of the parable and, as I was saying, it’s really a haiku: it’s a very short way to express something, more to do with a poem than a novel."-- Pierre Huyghe
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bd594Christmas Jumper (1998)
A video was posted by YouTube user bd594 from Toronto, Canada, over the weekend. Not only does the knit from Goodwill feature a festive tartan, it is adorned with a tinsel Christmas tree and is attached to a working toy train set which has also been decorated with cheap LED lights.
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VariousXmas Gifts (20??)
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Merry Xmas From 3D Porn Star Vivian Extreme
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Françoise SullivanDanse dans la neige (1948)
Danse dans la neige was conceived as one of a cycle of 4 dances themed for the seasons. L’Été (now lost) was shot on 16mm film by Françoise’s mother while on holiday in July,1947. A spur of the moment invitation from Jean-Paul Riopelle in 1948 sparked the improvisational performance the next day of Danse dans la neige. Danced and directed by Sullivan, recorded on film by Riopelle and on camera by Maurice Perron, only the photographs survive.
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Philippe ParrenoFor Eleven Months of the Year its an Artwork and in December it’s Christmas (October) (2008)
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p.s. Hey. Even though I have no Xmas plans tomorrow other than eating a buche, I'm going to take Xmas day off, blog-wise, and let you use whatever holiday time you allot to this place to fully explore my Xmas art show. The blog and I will be back anew on Saturday. ** Jared Pappas-Kelley, Hi, J-P. Aw, thank you, kind friend. You touch my heart. I let you touch my heart. I don't let everyone do that, mind you. But you get the majority of the credit for the touching thing, obviously. Hugs and everything they secrete to you! ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. Yeah, darn, on missing out on that buche. *whacks self upside the head* Ha, let's say it is a synecdoche because why not? Yay! ** David Ehrenstein, Happy Xmas Eve and Xmas itself, Mr. E! His films are pretty consistently wonderful. ** Joshua Nilles, Oh, hey there, Joshua! It's really nice to see you! Your visit is a lovely Xmas gift to me and to all and sundry. ** Steevee, Hi. I agree, about his films. How's the onset of Xmas treating you? ** James, Hi, James. It's a nice little Elliott Smith film. And if you like Fugazi, 'Instrument' is a complete must. Xoxo ** Alistair McCartney, Hi, Alistair! Happy almost Xmas! Have an amazing one! I hope you don't end up spending all of it on plane. Safe flight with much shut-eye and a small video screen full of every movie of which you have dreamed. And enjoy Perth to the max! And give my love to the mighty Tim! And thank you for foisting 'God Jr' on your nephew! And for so many more things! Love, me. ** Thomas Moronic, Hi, T! Two weeks, whoo-hoo! Ooh, take a pic of that log cabin buche if you don't mind. I'll shoot my elegant, vaguely abstracted Santa head buche in return. Oh, I know what you mean. Do Xmas Eve up like nobody's business, pal. ** Misanthrope, Hi, George. You might have seen one of his REM views without knowing it maybe. I have lots of friends in their 20s, no surprise, I suppose, and they're all extremely interesting and awesome to a one. That sucks about Justin. I hope whatever he's going through passes like a kidney stone. I liked him. He was nice. Panda! I was just wondering what the hell is going on with that brilliant prodigy not two days ago. Very nice to hear about the UC Davis thing and that he's studying lit. What a super talented fella he is. Do you ever hear anything of his brother or his buddies who would comment here sometimes? I'm up with Kyte via Facebook, but that's all. I think of dopey as a positive term. But I probably have a very particular definition in my head. No, Basqiuat is the real deal, really great, I think. I'm pro-drugs just not fucking 'evil' heroin. And crystal meth's no picnic. ** S., Well, well, well! Hi S.! How festive and kind of you to grace this portal! And a new S. thing, Xmas-timed and maybe -oriented even? I'll be all over that. Maybe on Xmas day. I have almost nothing to do on Xmas day that has anything to do with Xmas or with getting gifts or anything, so maybe I'll accept your story that day as my possible only Xmas gift. Everyone, that d.l. of d.l.s, that talented mysterious guy known sometimes as S., has returned to the fold to give us a Xmas present in the form of a story geared to Xmas in some way. I think it's called both 'Merry Xmaz' and 'Merci Beaucoup' simultaneously, and I know where it is. It's here. Gracias! ** Bill, Hi, B. You haven't seen 'Instrument'? If you're at all into Fugazi, it's pretty great, although I'm virtually positive you will think it's too long, and it is too long, but it's sharp. You're in the orient, gotcha, sure. I'm glad it's mysterious. I haven't read 'Resentment' in ages, so I don't remember if that character is Ron Athey, but it sure makes sense. Are you doing Xmas day there in any way, shape, or form? ** Aaron Mirkin, Hey, A. Oh, I watched the video. His cover of the song is really, really good. Just heartfelt enough and also thinking on its/his toes. It's weird/interesting how, as soon as he starts singing, those two guys just in front of your camera kind of bolt upright in shock or something. Yeah, very nice vid/performance. Thank you a lot for it! T'would be super swell about the Degrassi post. Thanks, thanks! That name Jordan Tannahill feels really familiar around its edges, but I'm blanking on the whys and whats. Maybe I know of him via Scott Treleaven? I'll check him out on the Google highway. Thanks, man. Have a very nice Xmas, whatever that mark in time causes to happen in your vicinity. ** Armando, Hi, Armando! Merry Xmas! Cool that you're a Jem Cohen fan, and that you got to meet him! Oh god, no, I haven't read your poems. I have been beyond completely horrible about reading things people have sent me to read for months now. My attention span is in some weird phase. I'm so sorry, I will try to right that ship. I've been really, really busy, but everything is good. 'LCTG' is tentatively scheduled to come out on DVD in the US in April. I mean, it's coming out on DVD for sure, but April is the tentative part. It comes out on DVD in Germany today or tomorrow. Hugs to you, buddy! ** Rewritedept, Hi, Chris. There are two certain someones regarding my wish for accompaniment to see the new Malick film, and Zac is one of them. No Xmas plans other eating part of a buche. Maybe a movie. Walk around, look at Xmas-y Paris. The Carroll & Graf hardcover is the one that I've only glimpsed once. It must be pretty scarce. The Void edition was only in hardcover. Cool about Mr. Cohen leading you to Fugazi. Sounds like a nice Xmas Eve to me. Have a great one and a great tomorrow too! ** And with that, let Xmas begin and run its course. Enjoy the art show. I hope you receive everything that Xmas can give. The blog and I will see you on Saturday.