Elevator to Heaven or Hell
Videontology may seem a little focused on online video, but I all aspects and mediums of moving images. Italian video artist Marco Brambilla has a daunting body of work behind him. He recently...
View ArticleDodgy Client
In his blog Consumer Psychologist, Adam Ferrier wrote an excoriating account of his undercover visit to the Advanced Medical Institute (AMI), encountering dubious medical practices and pressure...
View ArticleVideo as History
I’m finding it difficult to reconcile my conflicted emotions about Neda Agha-Soltan‘s shooting death during the Iran election protests, which was captured on video and went viral on YouTube. As her...
View ArticleWorld, meet Reggae
40 years ago this month, Desmond Dekker and The Aces introduced the world to Jamaican music with their reggae classic “Israelites”. Catchier than swine flu, “Israelites” is also a profound meditation...
View ArticleFashion’s Audio Visual Gestalt
Photography is the principal medium for documenting and expressing fashion. But film is the only medium that portrays the fall, flow and form of garments; the step and gait of shoes; the light, weight...
View ArticleBlog back in 5
The blog has been as quiet as a Lithuanian lithographer. Normal noisiness will resume when we return from Argentina in early October.
View ArticleFashion Film, the new surrealism?
Real fashion film isn’t just an afterthought, a mere video of a catwalk show or installation, it must stand on its own as a representation of the designer’s vision and inspiration. Some fashion films...
View ArticleFar from the Madding Crowd
Whether you like his music or not, you have to give props to Trent Reznor for his balls, flying in the face of music industry copyright convention and giving labels the finger. In 2008 he privately...
View ArticleBook brought to life
This is such an impeccable, beautifully crafted example of stop motion that we simply had to post it. No critiques or pithy comments, just let the work speak for itself. Produced by Londoners Andersen...
View ArticleMoving on
We’ve re-branded the company and moved on to a new blog if you would be so kind as to click this most excellent link
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