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Lip Balm and Carrion.

Paper Robot

Build a complex, jointed robot out of paper.

Or a simple little cat.

there are lots of projects here.

Moron More On Explorer

So I checked out a new stat service that Eric turned me on to. The only reason I actually have one is that I like to know if anyone is reading any of this drivel. I fact they are, but mainly because I have offered mp3′s for download in the past and most of the time they are looking for them. Sorry kids, they are baleted.

If you are using Internet Explorer to get here you have probably (maybe), encountered this screen. The reason why I have that is obvious if you have seen this site in IE. It looks like crap. I have put too much work in to this design to trash it because one browser decides that CSS compliance isn’t a priority for it. Although the dominant single browser that visits here is still IE, the other three “majors” hold a significant majority.


stats as of 1:30 29/01/05

It looks a little like our current Parliament, doesn’t it? I am just happy that most people that visit see the site as I meant them to.

an ongoing list of movies I want to see.

A Safe Place
Ali
American Graffiti
Blow Up
Bonnie and Clyde
Bound for Glory
Buena Vista Social Club
Carrie
Castaway
Catch 22
Chasing Amy
Chinatown 2 – The Two Jakes
City of God
Clockers
Conversation, The
Cube
Dead Poets Society
Death Becomes Her
Demetia 13
dogma
Don’t Look Now (Nic Roeg)
Dr. Zhivago
Elephant Man
Empire of the Sun
Eraserhead
Eternal Sunshine
Finding Nemo
Five Easy Pieces
French Connection
Ghandi
Godfather 3
Gone With The Wind
Harold and Maude
Head
Hearts and Minds
Hudsucker Proxy, The
Ipcress File, The
Jackie Brown
Jaws
Killing Fields, The
King of Comedy, The
La Dolce Vita
Last Movie, The
Last Temptation Of Christ
Last Tycoon, The
Life Of Brian
Lolita
M.A.S.H.
Madness Of King George
Malcom X
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Mean Streets
Medium Cool
Mickey One
Midnight Cowboy
Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Koreeda)
Oceans Eleven (orig)
Once Were Warriors
One Hour Photo
Pecker
Poisiden Adventure, The
Rain People, The
Ratcatcher
say anything
Seven Samurai, The
Shanghai Express
Slacker
Sting, The
Straw Dogs
Strictly Ballroom
Targets
Trekkies 1+2
Two Lane Blacktop
Until The end of the World
vanila sky
Vertigo
Watership Down
Wicker Man
Wild Angels, The
Wild At Heart
Wild Bunch, The
Wings of Desire
Wuthering Heights

Paul Butler’s Collage Party

from Kevin Rodgers:

Paul Butlers

Collage Party!


Monday, January 31st, 5pm until close

The Khyber Club
1588 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS
T – 902.422.9668

* Some basic supplies will be provided but it is suggested that you
bring your own as well (scissors, glue sticks, tape, & magazines).

The Collage Party format (it is nomadic and flexible, some events are one night only, others last a few days; the attendance at one Collage Party might be 10 people, at another 200) allows me to experiment and do things I wouldnt normally do in my own studio. There are always new people joining the party and as a result I am constantly being exposed to new ways of thinking and working. The Collage Party also provides an amazing venue to promote the work of all the other artists (both emerging and established) who participate. This art-making process is informal, fun and rigorous all at once. As a result of my work with the othergallery.com and presenting and hosting Collage Parties all over the world, a number of Canadian artists have gained international exposure.

The Collage Party is popular and beneficial because it provides a venue for artists to connect and exchange ideas with not only each other, but with critics, curators, dealers and collectors from local, national and international art communities. The creative and social environment facilitates the coming together of diverse sectors of the art community. Collage parties function as creative incubators for all involved. - Paul Butler

Bio:
(b. 1973)
Butler has a varied practice that includes exhibiting his own work, (most recently a touring exhibition of collages and photo-based work organized by Plug In ICA); hosting the Collage Party (a touring experimental studio) and directing the operations of othergallery.com (a nomadic commercial gallery). He has overseen Collage Parties all over North America and Europe including New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, London and Montreal. Butler, who lives and works in Winnipeg, is represented by Wynick/Tuck Gallery in Toronto, Canada.

More information on the Collage Party

Special thanks to: Loomis Art Store, Heather Gibson, Kevin Rodgers, and our anonymous magazine donator.
Photo Credit: William Eakin

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

Its a documentary about the rise and fall of the movie director as auteur.The era it talks about is outlined by the title. Easy Rider being the first of the kind, and Raging Bull being the last. It also tells you why, among other things, Star Wars was the end of this era. Lots of juicy stories involving cocaine and lots of movies to add to your “watch list”.

-based on a book by the same name.

max

If you are interested in either Modernism or Fascism then you will find Max interesting. Although I don’t have any major beefs with this movie, I might have liked better it if the parallels drawn throughout the movie weren’t so obvious. The main audiences for this movie are people interested in art and political history. These people don’t need everything spelled out to them.

I would like to do some research to see if the climax to the movie is based in fact or just a story device.

Hardcore Kevin

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catch me if you can

I knew I was going to like this movie, and I did. The problem though is that although the story is great, the acting is wonderful and the film itself is beautiful, it seems to lack soul. It is the same problem I had with Napoleon Dynamite. (put perfectly into words by Joe) Once you leave the theatre or take the DVD out of the box you are left knowing that everything about a movie was as good as could be, and you are still left lacking something.

The problem may be that they are making something too perfect. These people agonized over every detail for so long that they have taken out the very thing that can’t be faked.

Reviewing the Reviews

Joe is sifting through the music blogs and telling you what is what. It’s an interesting idea and I hope he keeps up with it.

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