Directed by Ryan Hope, Skin is a dark, stylish examination of tattoo culture as high art, and a film that tests the boundaries of art and the human body.
Featuring contributions from Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Raymond Pettibon, the film is a beautiful visual essay from the frontiers of contemporary British art.
A Wired.it exclusive: the complete stream of Lorenzo Fonda’s video documentary about one of the most important Italian artists of our times: BLU.
“Blu is maybe the biggest street artist in the world right now. Not many years ago he was famous for his enormous (and illegal…) drawings on the walls of Bologna, he has just painted the tower of Tate Modern in London and stormed the Internet with his epic animation named Muto, one of the biggest events in Youtube history.
Megunica, produced by Mercurio, is the story of their meeting and their travels through South America: Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Argentina. It’s a unique documentary film about the incredible journey of one of the most interesting and mysterious artist of our times, directed by a raw talent mixing together different media: graphics, animation, and digital effects.” - Wired Italy.
Watch the full film online until 23.07.11.
Marina Abramovic & Ulay, Rest Energy, 1980
The artists held a taut bow with an arrow loaded and pointing at Abramovic’s heart, with only the weight of their bodies maintaining the tension. Microphones recorded their rapidly accelerating heartbeats.
Abramovic and Ulay met in 1975, and lived and collaborated together until 1988. Their last work together, The Great Wall Walk (1988), entailed each walking 2,000 km along the Great Wall of China, starting at opposite ends and meeting in the middle to say goodbye to each other.
(thanks chris and tijana)
Nice one!
Fraktur writing for the Legacy of Letters Italy tour June 2010, organized by Paul Shaw, NYC.
