Archived entries for Video
Kirsten Dunst Loses Her Goddamn Mind, Apparently
I’m sure you already have an opinion on Takashi Murakami. I mean, who doesn’t? Even his own website throws out the casually backhanded compliment that Murakami is “one of the most thoughtful Japanese artists of the 1990s.” But whichever side of the dayglo techno-fence you fall on, I DO think it would be a pretty good idea for you to watch this video he made! It’s got Kirsten Dunst running around singing “Turning Japanese” for some reason!
Know Arties: Weep little hobo clown, weep.
Ok, look at this! I’ve talked about my girl-boner for Allison Shulnik ’round these parts before, when we tried to make sense of the whole “glop art” painting thing. I’m actually starting to think that old Shulnik might actually be a more kick-ass animator than painter, because watching the above Grizzly Bear-soundtracked film “Hobo Clown” sent me into paroxysms of joy and sadness for little hobo clowns everywhere. I mean, it just keeps going. I’m pretty sure it’s like barfing funfetti frosting. Just look at it!
The weekend is 1 hour short, but 2 minutes 50 seconds cooler
No Smarties has been looking kind of glum lately, and the weather’s crappy and this weekend is an hour shorter than every other weekend, so how’s about let’s spruce things up with THIS AMAZING STOP MOTION MUSIC VIDEO for Nobody Beats the Drum, directed by Rogier van der Zwaag. You are looking at 4,085 still photographs. Heck yes!
We’re all such lame-o sitters
Love this nonsensical video of Jon O’Conner playing with a stool. Your instructions are to mute the audio and put on the Benny Hill theme when you watch it.
See also: Shrimp running on a treadmill
Congorock!
Love the Jungle-Book-meets-Seventh-Seal vibe of this new video for Babylon by Congorock, directed by No Smarties BFF Pomp&Clout.
He Hit Crazy Chairs!
I could watch this all day: a video of Cohda Design’s RD Legs Chair is produced by wrapping a strand of melted recycled plastic around and around an MDF jig. Lame why is this private now
Living in Delusion (Downtown)
The ladies of the Delusional Downtown Divas do something you don’t see all too often: make fun of the art world through being root-tootingly HILARIOUS (as opposed to normal art world criticism, which is often pedantic and hypocritical and snoozerfest). Maybe it’s because by “art world” we mean “themselves.”
Meet Oona, Swann, and AgNess: hyped-up versions of their real world selves, who were artworld born-and-raised, but are 1000x more embarassing and 1000x more entertaining.
They’ve just launched their second season which you can watch here. And if you don’t you are making a SAD SAD mistake for yourself and your sense of humor. Watch it and laugh until you wonder how many people are actually unselfconsciously like this all the time? Answer: Um actually quite a few.
Cheers, ladies!
Tokujin Yoshioka & Hermés do it
Hermés is going to have 10,000 of Tokujin Yoshioka’s babies and wrap them each in a dozen $375 silk twill Christopher Columbus scarves because this window display he put at the Maison Hermés store in Tokyo is so baller. Or at least that’s what I’d do.
via core77
Hot Turny Mess
Love the Rotating Kitchen by Zeger Reyers, installed at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf for the show Eating the Universe. (via today & tomorrow)
Bonus: also by him, Hard Water, 2004:
Double bonus:
Hortus Conclusus, a radio with fungus:
