Half a brain attempting world domination.

Jonathan Boulet - A Community Service Announcement Jonathan...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:54:19 +0800

Jonathan Boulet - A Community Service Announcement

Jonathan Boulet is the newest player in the Modular clubhouse, a precociously inspired 21 year old skate rat from Sydney’s Northwest. A Community Service Announcement is the righteously smashing single from the Jonathan Boulet album, already a repeat performer at alternative and community radio. An inspired call to arms for 21st century dreamers, A Community Service Announcement’s unbridled joy is matched only by the riotous natural and digital destruction in it’s accompanying video, directed by New Zealand duo Special Problems.

"Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:20:00 +0800

“Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.”

- John D.Rockefeller Jr

A photoshoot with Chadwick Tyler is, to say the least, an...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:44:00 +0800

A photoshoot with Chadwick Tyler is, to say the least, an intimate affair. His ethereal photographs capture high fashion models not as perfect specimens of the human form, but as imperfect subjects caught in the gaze of their own self-discovery. But there lies the beauty of his work, which has made him a favorite among designers such as Alexander Wang.

(excerpt from DazedDigital.com)

"It is every artist’s fantasy to run things. The problem is that romantic artists are usually..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:34:52 +0800

“It is every artist’s fantasy to run things. The problem is that romantic artists are usually too disorganized to run their own lives, let alone societies…”

- Brad Holland, American illustrator.

The Danish Poet, a film by Torill Kove, narrated by Liv...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:52:00 +0800

The Danish Poet, a film by Torill Kove, narrated by Liv Ullmann

Can we trace the chain of events that leads to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter?

The narrator of The Danish Poet considers these questions as we follow Kasper, a poet whose creative well has run dry, on a holiday to Norway to meet the famous writer, Sigrid Undset. As Kasper’s quest for inspiration unfolds, it appears that a spell of bad weather, an angry dog, slippery barn planks, a careless postman, hungry goats and other seemingly unrelated factors might play important roles in the big scheme of things after all.

Ep. 4 of the 6-part miniseries of the original Scenes From A...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:34:28 +0800

Ep. 4 of the 6-part miniseries of the original Scenes From A Marriage. Depressing as hell.

A selection of cards from Box of Ideas, all of which were...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:20:00 +0800

A selection of cards from Box of Ideas, all of which were designed by me — the original idea came from (clockwise from top-left) Mike Wong, Loganimal/Tate, John Krich, Wan Azhar (text)/Elaine Foster (photo), Bob & Roberta Smith (text)/Sze Y Goh (photo).

We are Flickr-ed! Box of Ideas is the labour of love of Nani Kahar, Sze, Amri, Elaine Foster, Han.

Collapse, a film about Michael Ruppert, a man who deals not with...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:04:45 +0800

Collapse, a film about Michael Ruppert, a man who deals not with conspiracy theories but conspiracy facts.

Flickr-ed! Box of Ideas

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:04:34 +0800

Flickr-ed! Box of Ideas:

(via perforashyunpeh)

"The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and..."

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:05:48 +0800

“The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.”

- Thomas Wolfe

First morning. View from HQ Hostel, Silom Soi 3.

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:39:00 +0800

First morning. View from HQ Hostel, Silom Soi 3.

Cédric Klapisch latest film, Paris. I have not even watched...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:29:51 +0800

Cédric Klapisch latest film, Paris. I have not even watched L’auberge espagnole, back from the days I caught the movie trailer. About time for a run to my Bangsar neighbourhood pirate.

Steve McQueen’s Hunger, a film starring Michael Fassbender...

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:00:49 +0800

Steve McQueen’s Hunger, a film starring Michael Fassbender as IRA hunger-striker, Bobby Sands.

Coldplay - Strawberry Swing reminds me of Oren Lavie’s...

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:22:06 +0800

Coldplay - Strawberry Swing

reminds me of Oren Lavie’s Her Morning Elegance….alot (which I am sure is also based on the abundance of stop motion animation/videos). This is, nonetheless, a tightly executed piece of work.

Shynola is a collective of four visual artists based in London.

Image belongs to VF.com “When anything is blocking my head or...

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:36:30 +0800

Image belongs to VF.com

“When anything is blocking my head or there’s worry in my life, I just—whoosh—go sit on Mars or something and look back here at Earth.… You don’t see the fear. You don’t see the pain. You don’t see the movie industry. You don’t see this interview. You don’t see thought. It’s just one solid speck. Then nothing really matters. It just doesn’t.”

— Heath Ledger to Kevin Sessums in VF’s “We’re Havin’ a Heath Wave”

“From shaving in the bathtub to sexual scenarios, he was...

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:33:50 +0800

“From shaving in the bathtub to sexual scenarios, he was paying now more attention to the action than the lighting or composition as he used to. He was therefore using the camera as a channel for experience, as a document of lovers’ diaries.”

- Polaroids: Mapplethorpe

Mapplethorpe’s polaroids from 1970-75 give us a glimpse to his process shaped in his formative years; often shots of people who share the most intimate relationships with him. Polaroids: Mapplethorpe is running at Modern Art Oxford until September 13.

I wish I was there. Failing that, I am hoping the exhibited photographs may be published online.

Good design is...

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:14:46 +0800

10 Principles for Good Design

Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design helps us to understand a product.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is durable.
Good design is consequent to the last detail.
Good design is concerned with the environment.
Good design is as little design as possible.
Back to purity, back to simplicity.

An interview with Dieter Rams, a major inspiration to Jonathan Ive’s internationally renowned designs of Apple products.

"I am optimistic and sentimental to the point of being annoying, especially to people who think that..."

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:51:37 +0800

“I am optimistic and sentimental to the point of being annoying, especially to people who think that being cynical and cold is cool. Everyday, I thank Allah for everyday things like the ability to breathe, the ability to love, the ability to laugh, and the ability to eat and drink.”

- Yasmin Ahmad.

RIP.

First Aid Kit recorded a cover of Fleet Foxes’ Tiger...

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:36:00 +0800

First Aid Kit recorded a cover of Fleet Foxes’ Tiger Mountain Peasant Song. Wow, this duo is awesome.

(found via bunnynico)

bunnynico: First Aid Kit, two adorable Swedish girls who...

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:32:25 +0800

bunnynico:

First Aid Kit, two adorable Swedish girls who covered Fleet Foxes last year, are at it again. They are asking people via their Twitter profile for suggestions for songs to cover. This is the first one, a cover of Buffy-Sainte Marie and it’s pretty stunning. Their Drunken Trees EP is out now and is quite good.