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things recommended by roommate austin:

ink- incredibly interesting trailer to what seems to be an incredibly interesting dark fantasy. i honestly don't really know what to make of it yet. i really dont.
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wood mirror
this marvelous video shows this piece which uses a tiny camera in the center of the "mirror" to simplify the image into just a few hundred pixels of greyscale value. the results are stunning. a wonderful blend of the technological and the natural. mirrors, which i consider a strange mix between one of the simplest forms of technology yet at the same time extremely natural, just bouncing light. and the wood which most read as incredibly natural, do something very mechanical, becoming pixels themselves. anyways watch and see.



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Zach Johnsen : incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly impressive illustration and sketch work


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Allison Schulnik : some more very impressive paintings from this woman. the will be featured by the Mark Moore Gallery (bergamont station in Santa Monica) in the annual PULSE New York Contemporary Art Fair. She will have a booth of new works. I love the liberal use of paint and texture. reminds me of a classmate of mine actually. i am a sucker for texture and color. and this work is top notch
and currently in their bergamont gallery is
dimitri kozyrev
other end of the spectrum here. nice smooth geometric patterns, which again i love


now for some photogs

JODY ROGAC has been a favorite of mine for quite some time. i love his portraits and especially the medium format polaroids. this post is about sucking and i am also a sucker for film as we all know. i think what seems to be a trend is a return to film, and well images that seem to resemble those of old snapshot cameras or even disposables. they reflect a sense of spontaneity and naturalness that any viewer can relate to. they can imagine themselves in the setting, or if not wish they were in that setting. they see that it is real. real. real. the images are personal and honest. the differnce between maybe these guys and the viewer though is an uncanny nack for color and composition. composition plus interesting subject matter = great image. duh right? but i think some people forget the basics. lest not forget these when trying to take our own interesting party or spontaneous 'real' shots. anywho. ...

next up: Stefan Simikich

now this man... has one of the most impressive portfolios i have seen in quite some time. B&W and color. top knotch. reminds me of McGinley if he went dark instead of happy. really beautiful images.

check out thearabparrot.com as well.... i guess you'd call it a satirical blog making fun of the "party bloggers". great for some laughs. but ever since he dropped the digi and picked up some film... his shots have been improving and turning out quite nice. just a blogger shouting out to another blogger. no homo.


i think thats all for now..


.. i will be scanning my sketchbook soon as well as many many many many slides. if any person out there in this world knows about scanning slides. any help would well.... help.

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