Tree series by Myoung Ho Lee. Article here.
Posted in December 2008 …
PITCHFORK’S BEST VIDEOS OF 2008
The Arcade Fire – Black Mirror
Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish (directed by Eric Wareheim)
Kanye West – Flashing Lights (directed by Spike Jonze)
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Pitchfork Media made a selection of some of the best videos made during 2008. Look at the complete list here.
ARCHITECTURE IS A SPECIAL EFFECTS MACHINE
So says Liz Diller from Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
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VOY A EXPLOTAR
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Nueva pelÃcula de Gerardo Naranjo, pronto en cines. Antojable…
Más aquÃ.
Y una entrevista con Gerardo aquÃ:
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THE ART OF THE NOVEL
“To understand man flung into the vortex of that process, to understand his gestures, his attitudes–that is all that matters. Broch discovered an unknown territory of existence. Territorry of existence means: possibility of existence.”
-Milan Kundera-
SECOND TO (n)ONE
(Images by Sandy Nicholson. Read more at Lens Culture.)
Jacob Parmenter. 2nd, Junior 160 lb., Florida State Folk Style Championships. Palmetto Ridge High School, Naples, Florida
Bob Shoudt. 2nd, World Hamburger Eating Championship. Chattanooga, Tennessee
Cole Manson (Johnny Uta). 2nd, Air Guitar Finals. Sneeky Dees Club, Toronto
AND WE ARE BACK!
We were up in the internet-less Mexican mountains doing a project for VBS.tv
News on this soon.
And meanwhile:
The Toxi-blog is back and ready for more.
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CINE DE DEDO MAÑANA
Jueves 18 diciembre – 8pm – Bar Mitote
Los de Tumbona presentan dos nuevos flipbooks de la colección “Permanencia Voluntaria”; uno es de Paulina del Paso. También habrá proyecciónes y todo tipo de bebidas embriagantes. Nos vemos por allá.
(Paulina tomó el Tóxico Workshop de Christoffer Boe.)
RIP BETTIE PAGE
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This was posted when Bettie Page died, a few months ago, at age 85.
More Bettie Page here:
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(Hola! We are writing from Mexico City–and regularly post extraordinarily interesting stuff, across disciplines. If you liked this post, check out the rest of our blog, and follow us on Twitter @toxicocultura)
SPIRITS
Says I heart photography blog:
“the national media museum says about these: “these photographs of ‘spirits’ are taken from an album of photographs unearthed in a lancashire second-hand and antiquarian bookshop by one of the museum’s curators. they were taken by a controversial medium called william hope (1863-1933)”. more info here.
TO PONDER UPON OFTEN (SPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS NO TIME TO DO SO)
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“It’s necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.”
James Watson
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TÓXICO WORKSHOP EN MONTERREY
Lo (im)posible de la curadurÃa experimental
Imparte: Gabriella Gómez-Mont
Sala 3, Centro de las Artes, Monterrey
3 sesiones, 8, 9 y 10 de diciembre.
De 18:00 a 22:00 horas.
Dirigido a  artistas, fotógrafos, diseñadores, curadores y estudiantes.
REVISIÓN DE PORTAFOLIOS PHOTOESPAÑA: EN MÉXICO
PHotoEspaña presenta Descubrimentos PHE
Presenta tu trabajo a Descubrimientos PHE
PHotoEspaña abre la convocatoria de Descubrimientos PHE, el visionado
de porfolios del Festival, que ofrece a fotógrafos la oportunidad de
mostrar su trabajo a comisarios y editores especializados en
fotografÃa. Este programa se celebra en Madrid desde 1998 y este año,
con el apoyo de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para
el Desarrollo (AECID), se celebrará además el visionado de porfolios en
Lima y en México DF.
ON DRAWING VERTICAL LINES FOR TRAVEL
“It is the artist’s mission to penetrate as far as may be toward that secret ground where primal law feeds growth. Which artist would not wish to dwell at the central organ of all motion in space-time (be it the brain or the heart of creation) from which all functions derive their life? In the womb of nature, in the primal ground of creation, where the secret key to all things lies hidden? …Our beating heart drives us downward, far down to the primal ground.”
-Paul Klee-
TÓXICO TOP 20
What follows is a list of what Toxico-Teie considers to be the best 20 records of 2008. The list is sort of diverse and suitable to please many different tastes. Right after the list is a link to download a compilation of my favorite songs of 2008. I sincerely hope you find something you fancy within our selection.
1. Portishead – Third
2. Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
3. Beck – Modern Guilt
4. Beach House – Devotion / Used to be
5. The Rosebuds – Life Like
6. Clinic – Do It
7. Adam Green – Sixes and Sevens
8. Tickley Feather – Tickley Feather
9. Thee Oh Sees – The Master’s Bedroom…
10. The Magnetic Fields – Distortion
11. S̩bastien Tellier РSexuality
12. Sparks – Exotic Creatures Of The Deep
13. Breeders – Mountain Battles
14. Squarepusher – Just A Souvenir
15. Paavoharju – Laulu Laakson Kukista
16. Au – Verbs
17. She & Him – Volume One
18. Nick Cave – Dig, Lazarus Dig!!!
19. Tindersticks – The Hungry Saw
20. Aidan John Moffat – I Can Hear Your Heart
Not convinced? want to listen to some of the tracks from the albums above? Follow this link or click on the image below to download the teie.org compilation of some of the best songs of 2008.
CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
(Random images that we liked from the last posts of Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities, which “features new acquisitions, unique documents, and visual and textual curiosities from the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. This ongoing exhibition is curated by Tim Young, Associate Curator of the Modern Books and Manuscripts Collection, and Nancy Kuhl, Associate Curator of the Yale Collection of American Literature.”
Px3 PHOTO COMPETITION
Px3 Photography Competition, The “Prix de la Photographie, Paris” : DEADLINE: January 16, 2009
The “Prix de la Photographie, Paris” (Px3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. Winning photographs from this competition are displayed in Paris and published in the high-quality, full-color Px3 Annual Book.
Categories: Advertising, Photojournalism, Book, Book Proposals, Fine Art, Nature and Portraiture.
Both professional and non-professional photographers compete for the top award, the Px3 Photographer of the Year and 3,000 Euros. The winner’s work is publicized internationally, receives the spotlight at all events, is exhibited in Paris, and published in the Px3 Annual Book.Non-professional photographers compete for the Px3 Best New Talent Award and 2,000 Euros.The winner’s work is publicized and exhibited in Paris and published in the Px3 Annual Book.
More the Px3 website
PIPILOTTI RIST
(Las primeras imágenes son stills de videos de Rist. La última es una instalación: el público hace cola en el baño; el baño está equipado con un monitor, papel, una taza que tiene en su fondo una cámara infra-roja con circuito cerrado y el cuerpo propio entonces desde otra perspectiva.)
WHILE YOU SLEEP TOMORROW
Mauricio Montero, Arthur Henry Fork y Juan Pablo Villegas en la SAPS.
(Juan Pablo tomó el Tóxico Workshop de Ravelo y Reymondes.)
THE EXPOSURE PROJECT BOOK: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The upcoming Exposure Project Book will compile work culled from an open call for submissions. They are asking photographers working in any facet of the medium to send the following:
-5-7 Low Res JPEG’s sized @ 72 dpi
-These images should reflect the vision of an ongoing, or recently completed body of work
-In addition, send a brief artist statement which corresponds to the work submitted
They are also hoping to publish literary works in addition to the photographs chosen. If you have written an essay, article, review, or conducted an interview that is in some way related to photography. Proposals for unwritten works can also be submitted; simply send Microsoft Word formatted material in an e-mail.
Deadline for submissions is: Monday, January 5th, 2009
All submitted material should be sent to ben@theexposureproject.com. Â Selected photographers and authors will be notified of acceptance no later than February 1st.