AN HOUR OF…..NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
47 minutes ago
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
1945 - 1998 by Isao Hashimoto
"1945-1998" by Isao Hashimoto
Multimedia artwork
"2053" - This is the number of nuclear explosions conducted in various parts of the globe.*
Profile of the artist: Isao HASHIMOTO
Born in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan in 1959.
Worked for 17 years in financial industry as a foreign exchange dealer. Studied at Department of Arts, Policy and Management of Musashino Art University, Tokyo.
Currently working for Lalique Museum, Hakone, Japan as a curator.
"This piece of work is a bird's eye view of the history by scaling down a month length of time into one second. No letter is used for equal messaging to all viewers without language barrier. The blinking light, sound and the numbers on the world map show when, where and how many experiments each country have conducted. I created this work for the means of an interface to the people who are yet to know of the extremely grave, but present problem of the world."
Multimedia artwork
"2053" - This is the number of nuclear explosions conducted in various parts of the globe.*
Profile of the artist: Isao HASHIMOTO
Born in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan in 1959.
Worked for 17 years in financial industry as a foreign exchange dealer. Studied at Department of Arts, Policy and Management of Musashino Art University, Tokyo.
Currently working for Lalique Museum, Hakone, Japan as a curator.
"This piece of work is a bird's eye view of the history by scaling down a month length of time into one second. No letter is used for equal messaging to all viewers without language barrier. The blinking light, sound and the numbers on the world map show when, where and how many experiments each country have conducted. I created this work for the means of an interface to the people who are yet to know of the extremely grave, but present problem of the world."
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
5 minutes ago from the editor's desk
"I'm writing this week's newsletter in what can only be described - probably unflatteringly - as a full-on pouty sulk. Why am I in such a stroppy, petulant funk?
Well, I was just chatting to our man on the Uncut film desk, Michael Bonner, and with an irritatingly casual flourish, he just happened, in passing, as if it was a matter of little consequence, that he's off shortly to a special preview of the new Michael Mann film, 'Public Enemies', which stars Johnny Depp as legendary American gangster, John Dillinger, trailers for which have been whetting, as they say, our appetites here at Uncut for the last few weeks.
And not only is the appallingly smug Bonner going to see the film at a showing so swankily exclusive only a chosen few have been invited to attend, he'll later be meeting director Michael Mann for a doubtless cosy wee chat, probably over drinks and nibbles. Meanwhile, I'll be here, wrestling with budgetary spread sheets, final proofs and a ton of other things to do before sending the next issue to the printers.
Would it be too callous, in the sour circumstances, to imagine him - Bonner, that is, not Mann - choking on a pretzel, peanut or pistachio and being carried blue-faced and coughing like a dog to a waiting ambulance? Yes, probably, it would - but in my present foul mood, it seems like a not unreasonable price for him to pay for his breezy swagger.
I hope when he meets him, Michael asks Mann what he thinks of John Milius' 1973 Dillinger, starring the great Warren Oates in the title role. It's an almost forgotten classic, Milius' first film as a director, and one of the few leading roles Oates got to play. Here's a link to a great clip. Will Johnny be as good as Oates? We await Michael's verdict with surly interest..."
Well, I was just chatting to our man on the Uncut film desk, Michael Bonner, and with an irritatingly casual flourish, he just happened, in passing, as if it was a matter of little consequence, that he's off shortly to a special preview of the new Michael Mann film, 'Public Enemies', which stars Johnny Depp as legendary American gangster, John Dillinger, trailers for which have been whetting, as they say, our appetites here at Uncut for the last few weeks.
And not only is the appallingly smug Bonner going to see the film at a showing so swankily exclusive only a chosen few have been invited to attend, he'll later be meeting director Michael Mann for a doubtless cosy wee chat, probably over drinks and nibbles. Meanwhile, I'll be here, wrestling with budgetary spread sheets, final proofs and a ton of other things to do before sending the next issue to the printers.
Would it be too callous, in the sour circumstances, to imagine him - Bonner, that is, not Mann - choking on a pretzel, peanut or pistachio and being carried blue-faced and coughing like a dog to a waiting ambulance? Yes, probably, it would - but in my present foul mood, it seems like a not unreasonable price for him to pay for his breezy swagger.
I hope when he meets him, Michael asks Mann what he thinks of John Milius' 1973 Dillinger, starring the great Warren Oates in the title role. It's an almost forgotten classic, Milius' first film as a director, and one of the few leading roles Oates got to play. Here's a link to a great clip. Will Johnny be as good as Oates? We await Michael's verdict with surly interest..."
Allen Jones' 'Chair' as plagiarised in 'A Clockwork Orange'(Yes indeed - it's obviously decadence ALL day long @ 'Uncut Towers'!
Not like the old days in the nissen hut south of the river Allan, eh?)
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