artists: Antony Gormey

Kunsthal Rotterdam presents a touring solo exhibition for the work of Antony Gormley. The exhibition, called ‘Between Me and You’, is shown in accordance with a citywide installation, ‘Event Horizon’, which consists of 21 molds of the artist’s body distributed across 15 Rotterdam rooftops throughout the city.

Through September 10, 2008.

Images via flickr set

artists: Tom Sachs

Interview with Tom Sachs in flavorpill. "Creativity is the enemy" means that artists should eliminate caprice from their work; it means doing the minimum and making elegant gestures. In other words, when you put together a complicated sculpture, try to have as few unnecessary elements as possible — try to keep it streamlined. In this world, you either have a new idea, or a new way of saying it; rarely do you have both. I think the audience can only absorb one thing at a time. When I'm working with my team, I always say, "Do not introduce creative things. Do not try and innovate. Just try and plug on through, and keep making it." If you try to do too much, the work becomes overly complicated, and anyway, when you die, it will probably just get thrown away.

Strangely comforted to find that there is a formal definition for this.

Bricolage, pronounced /ˌbriːkoʊˈlɑːʒ/, /ˌbrɪkoʊˈlɑːʒ/[1] is a term used in several disciplines, among them the visual arts and literature, to refer to:

* the construction or creation of a work from a diverse range of things which happen to be available;
* a work created by such a process.

It is borrowed from the French word bricolage, from the verb bricoler – equivalent to the English "do-it-yourself", the core meaning in French being, however, "fiddle, tinker" and, by extension, "make creative and resourceful use of whatever materials are to hand (regardless of their original purpose)". The original engineering meaning of hacker is a similar American term.

Bricolage as a design approach – in the sense of building by trial and error – is often contrasted to engineering: theory-based construction.

A person who engages in bricolage is a bricoleur: someone who invents his or her own strategies for using existing materials in a creative, resourceful, and original way.

Movie: In Bruges

Choice lines:

Ray: They're filming midgets!

Ken: Coming up?
Ray: What's up there?
Ken: The view.
Ray: The view of what? The view of down here? I can see that down here.
Ken: Ray, you are about the worst tourist in the whole world.
Ray: Ken, I grew up in Dublin. I love Dublin. If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Bruges might impress me but I didn't, so it doesn't.

Ray: Why didn't you wave hello to me today when I waved hello to you today?
Jimmy: I was on a very strong horse tranquilizer today; Wasn't waving hello to anybody. Except... maybe to a horse.

Harry: Leave my kids fucking out of it! What have they done? You fucking retract that bit about my cunt fucking kids!
Ken: I retract that bit about your cunt fucking kids.
Harry: Insult my fucking kids? That's going overboard, mate!
Ken: I retracted it, didn't I?

Harry (to wife): I'm sorry for calling you an inanimate fuckin object. I was upset.

Harry: An Uzi? I'm not from South Central Los Angeles. I didn't come here to shoot twenty black ten year olds in a drive-by. I want a normal gun for a normal person.

Eirik: I can't see! I can't see!
Ray: Of course you can't see! I just a shot a blank in your fucking eye!

photos: steve schofield

Kinda awesome.
I couldn't decide which of these I liked better.

artists: Ryohei Hase

And another one. It gets a little video-game anime for my tastes but the detail is amazing and the talent is unquestionable. I especially like "Their Feelings" and "Go Forward and Forward".

I love his "about"

on coroflot.
Currently looking for someone who wants to bet on me.

Designer: John Nouanesing

My new inspiration. Responsible for "Paint or Die but Love Me" table. Done and done, sir.

Bernie Mac has passed away

NY Times reports Bernie Mac has passed away from complications due to pneumonia.

I really started to love him from The Bernie Mac Show. His threats to his niece and nephew paralleled my threats to my sister and brother.

He cracked me the hell up.

Today

Today, I like the word "bastion".

Movie: Beautiful Losers

Corporate sponsored but who cares? I like Wooster's description of it: for the DIYers and makes you want to go out and create art. It's been a long time since I've felt that inspiration. I dreamt last night that I was painting in a studio and that all my works came to life. I'll take that as an auspicious sign. Because it's nice to believe in something.

Here's a clip. It opens tonight at the IFC film center.

The Price of Success from beautifullosersfilm on Vimeo.

I do love AMAZE/Barry McGee. I just have such fond memories of riding in the car as a child and seeing his mark through the streets of San Francisco. I'd stare out the window looking for the next sign. His "Hello" to me, quiet and lost in my own world.

?love Love

Love
?love is going to be at Love this Saturday. It's been a while since I've seen him. Always love him.

Video: Who's Going to Save My Soul Now

Damn this video is good. I hate being a cliche but it hits every spot. Is this a universal script?