February 2012
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“Dear Emily Lush,
Thanks for sending in your project for The Sketchbook...”
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“This is an ongoing series of constructed photographs rooted in the forest. These...”
– Zander Olsen
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Laneway Festival//The view from down here
If your favorite bands [sic] there you’ll think you’ll never forget You’ll probably get that wasted you wont [sic] remember there [sic] set But if your [sic] a festival head then you already no [sic] the plan Go and pack up all your shit coz [sic] your [sic] going on a trip for those summer days
- Pez feat. 360
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January 2012
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Robert Longo//A Brainwave
I once read that a key difference in brain function between humans and apes is the ability to draw on memory to form meaningful connections between disparate events, objects, times and feelings. Obviously this happens every time something reminds you of something else. An example:
1) Patrick Bateman’s apartment artwork in American Psycho;
2) The cover art for a bunch of Maximo...
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the 2012 sketchbook project//reflections
I’m not surprised that I’ve wound up cutting my Sketchbook down in volume by at least 50%. I’m not the most confident sketcher, so I’d much prefer to bend the rules and do something different. I started by ripping some pages out of the middle (which I’m now using as scrap paper) and then cutting holes out of each remaining page. Add some watercolour pencil and...
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10 Things//Karen O
I’ve always had a thing for Karen O. I guess I can see bits of myself in her - good things, nice things, sexy things - all amplified to the tenth degree and turned into cool. She intimidates me. She terrifies me. In a fantasy world she might be my rockstar equivalent.
Ten superficial things I envy about Karen O:
#1 Her pose
#2 Her beauty
#3 Her headdress
#4 Her collaborations
#5 Her tat
#6...
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“I’m gonna jump the walls and run.
I wonder if they’ll miss me?
I...”
– M83
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The Golden Hind//Boxcopy
Behind the James and Eleanor Avery moniker are two artists with quite distinct sensibilities and artistic pursuits. When they do operate in unison, this collaborative duo are best known for their large-scale and multi-sculptural installation projects which engage the viewer in the physical and emotional terrain of ‘armchair tourism’. Glossing over their combined CV, the pair have enjoyed most...
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10 Things//Woody Allen
I am about to finish Woody Allen’s biography (by John Baxter) which is why I am writing this. Some things about Woody are repellant. But underneath his writing and film and music and strange personality and hideous romantic life, he does lead an inspirational existence.
Ten things Woody Allen does that I would like to do too:
#1 Live for Kodak Moments
#2 Write every day
#3 Know magic tricks
#4...
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How good is organisation,
the Shakers had it right…
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10 Things//Sufjan Stevens
Eye candy is the wrong phrase. I just like to look at him. He has a sound, but also a look. I look at him on the internet, on record sleeves, sometimes on the stage (3 times and counting). When I look at Sufjan Stevens in my mind’s eye, what do I see? I see press shots, live shots and behind-the-scenes shots. I see a face for the ages.
Ten of Sufjan Stevens’ most ephemeral photographic...
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“The tableaux I create are inspired by relationships. They evolve from the...”
– Orly Cogan
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If I want to be a true Wes Anderson whiz,
then I must watch this documentary…
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