14.12.09
George Kuchar, Solstice It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Solstice! A time to let oneself be fondled by birdlike men in electric blue balaclavae, a time to make sacrifices to Horus and celebrate the sun’s rebirth – that, at least, is the message of Andy Ditzler’s Phil Spectoresque singalong celebration of the holidays. Solstice is a musical history lesson, revealing how Christianity collaged bits ...
13.12.09
Elephant, Alan Clarke There is a remarkable cadence to Alan Clarke’s Elephant (1989) that makes it difficult to define as a television drama, extended short, short-form feature or artist’s moving image piece. In differing contexts it could be read alongside films such as Culloden, Partie de Campagne or Meshes of the Afternoon. The film, a circle of violence, near silent with no thematic context provided, other ...
11.12.09
Mark Arial Waller, La Societe des Amis de Judex On 16 January 2010 Wysing Arts Centre‘s ‘year of The Improbable’ kicks of with a solo exhibition by London based artist Mark Aerial Waller. Known for films in which scripted action has been improvised by the cast in fantastical settings such as a foam cave or a half completed housing development in Dakar, Waller (whose work is ...
11.12.09
peewee.com It’s Christmas in the Playhouse. And our hearts are all aglow. 26 July 1991. We thought it was the day the magic died. Paul Reubens, looking like Ted Kazcynski’s madder brother, was “arrested in Sarasota, Florida for masturbating publicly in an adult theater” (source Wikipedia). No more Pee-wee?! But he’s back! With a live show in LA (where else…), and doing the rounds of US chat shows. ...
09.12.09
Addictive TV Here we have two remixes that showcase the audiovisual talents of Addictive TV. First up is the ident they devised to publicise the Europa League on UK terrestrial channel Five. The promo blends together shots from an assortment of football games with the intent that the broadcaster can edit the ending to advertise different matches. To see an alternate version check out Addictive TV’s ...
09.12.09
Addictive TV's Graham Daniels APEngine talks to Addictive TV‘s Graham Daniels about life as an audiovisual artist. How did it all begin… how did you come to set up Addictive TV – and why? I started my creative life working in a studio that made music promos and all kinds of bizarre corporate videos, and later began working in film as an assistant director, then later a ...
08.12.09
Sarah Miles, A Bunny Girl’s Tale. image courtesy of the artist. In her 1998 film, A Bunny Girl’s Tale, Sarah Miles explored the story of the British Playboy Bunny and how the ‘Bunny Girl’ persisted in the collective imagination. The film included references to the 1975 murder of Eve Stratford. Ten years later, the cold case was reopened, and Sarah got a call from a detective… The ...
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