Wars support capitalism and they pump society full of fear, paranoia and greed. Happiness is always fleeting, but it’s monetized and bottled into a product or brand. Corporations replace governments and robots replace people. Temujin Doran is a British illustrator and filmmaker known for making video essays, like his love for language and illustration. Obey is his shared perception of the current state of the world. In the nearly hour long video dude goes all the way in, plows down into the center of …
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There’s an ongoing art show with art inspired by the works of surrealist film director, screenwriter, producer, painter, and musician David Lynch going on at Spoke Art Gallery (816 Sutter St San Francisco, CA 94109). This art show kicked off last week March 8th, and is on view until March 29th. It features 50 artists from around the world, with artwork interpreting or drawing inspiration from David Lynch’s work such as Eraserhead (1977) to his cult TV series Twin Peaks (1990-91). The mediums presented include paintings, …
The heads over at Werehaus X Pow! Wow! Hawaii just posted a short documentary about this years annual Pow! Wow! Hawaii summit. The flick features shots of the fresh murals and it gives a perspective of how big they are and what spaces they occupy. Cope2 kicks it on a bench puffing a big cigar (assuming there’s tobacco inside) looking like a G. According to Werehaus, the doc features 123Klan, Apex, Andrew Schoultz, Askew, Bask, Brendan Monroe, Cope2, Cyrcle, Dabs Myla, Gage Hamilton, …
South By Southwest (SXSW) festival kicks off this Friday March 7th and goes on til March 16th. Here is a short documentary profiling the the founder of SXSW Ronald Swenson and the development of the festival, from a Dailymotion series called “That Was Me”. In the sea of conservative red state Texas, the city of Austin (where SXSW is hosted) stands out as a liberal, and progressive beacon. Ronald Swenson, SXSW staff, artists, and event collaborators hosting SXSW in Austin …
Art aficionados, fans of artist David Choe, and listeners of his podcast DVDASA, there is an art show with his mom Mrs. Jane Choe and fellow DVDASA podcast personality Critter (originally from the Bay Area, Piedmont to be exact) coming up this Saturday March 8th at the Fifty24SF Gallery (218 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94117-3504) from 5-10pm. The show is brought to you by SF’s own Upper Playground. I believe this art show is Mrs. Choe and Critter’s first ever art showcase. David …
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