Smith engages in a critique of cinema and an exposure of the technology behind video imagery, integrating sculptural form and digital media while humorously exploiting the methods of contemporary film making…the rational behaviour of matter is displaced by a realm of digital possibility.
At age eight his shell collection proved worthy of purchase by the Department of Natural History at the Amsterdam Royal Zoo, and things escalated from there… The works are refreshing, freehand and candid markings from masters in the world of art.
This is a sizable atom of waterpark that echoes the galactic lighting and sputnik chandeliers in the auditoriums of the main theater, and the bejewelled antennae lighting the smaller theater beside.
Ralph Lauren unveils their Christmas windows on Madison Avenue. The stage is set and behind the scenes the players attire in dressing rooms. Lots of sparkle and vintage 30s glamour amidst the Santa Fe blankets and stag horns.
Their collection is inspiring, evocative, playful and refreshing. These two Sydney based designers Indhra Chagoury [of Oscar and Elvis] and Jeremy Somers [of People Like Us] have certainly touched a nerve.
Sound and the visual have a unique relationship. Such interplay is akin to the sprouting of plants, emerging by some invisible life force into the world from seedlings and rooting into larger spheres of presence. It’s also akin to the growing of forms from water and salt, the emergance of crystalline shapes in more extreme climates.
Maria Jeritza made the US [and the Metropolitan Opera House] her home and in 1921-22 she sang Tosca in this spectacular costume of silk velvet with intricate beading and embroidery.
Monthly Archives: November 2009