June 22nd, 2010 Jerry
There was a time when street photography wasn’t about what you wore today or which party you were spotted at last night—it was about people living life on the streets, with real emotions on their faces, along with the Great Depression or a World War as their backdrop.
And thankfully, Henri Cartier-Bresson was around to capture them all. From a Sunday morning picnic to Mohandas Gandhi’s funeral to the Maoist Civil War, Monsieur Cartier-Bresson documented life as it was with his Leica around the world.
An exhibition entitled Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century is currently running at the MOMA where you get to see more than 300 of his photos. Definitely a must to check out.
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May 7th, 2010 Jerry
We almost forgot how we used to marvel at Andreas Gursky’s God’s-Eye-View photographs since, well, Google Earth does the job quite similarly. No experience however beats standing in front of Indian Ocean to observe its full glory in detail.
In 2009-2010, Andreas constructed Ocean I-VI series using high-definition satellite photographs presenting us with epic and breathtaking images —a reminder of the wonder of our cosmic grandeur.
Space is very important for me but in a more abstract way. Maybe to try to understand not just that we are living in a certain building or in a certain location, but to become aware that we are living on a planet that is going at enormous speed through the universe. I read a picture not for what’s really going on there, I read it more for what is going on in our world generally.
–Andreas Gursky
Ocean I, 2010
Chromogenic Print
249.4 X 348.4 X 6.4 CM (Framed)
You can now view the series at Sprüth Magers Berlin, from 1st May to 19th June 2010.
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May 29th, 2008 Justin
Well, it seems Sigur Rós knew exactly where the summer went.
Catch the free video download of Sigur Rós’s first song, Gobbledigook, from their 5th album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. For more information about this mean as keenly anticipated album, tour schedules and a reason for living, visit their official album press release here
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March 31st, 2008 Justin
We’re not big fans of Björk, so we’re rather concerned that Encyclopedia Pictura is ruffling our latent interest with their ambitious undertaking of her nomadic “Wanderlust” journey in 3D. We were promised a premiere in February but due to “technical complications”, we heard that only the normal aka 2D version has been featured so far. The production involved in anything 3D isn’t as complicated as rocket science, but it sure comes close. You can read about their extensive production process here. You can also watch the making of Wanderlust here.
Don’t run out and get your RGB sans G shades just yet. See the normal version here first with the online premiere out today.
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March 5th, 2008 HJGHER
You’ve done the D.A.N.C.E.
You’ve dived deep into Nazareth’s waters.
You’ve found new friends and now you know, you’ll Never be alone again.
So do us Justice and tell us please, what the † does DVNO mean?
We were losing our patience waiting for the DVNO video and now that its finally out, we cant help but give respect to their simple concept of bastardizing classic american icons. But honestly, we really think SO-ME should be the four capital letters printed in gold. We’ve too, signed up for Machine Molle membership… have you?
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December 19th, 2007 Justin
This was the teaser for our X’mas greeting this year.
No, its not a load of crap that we sent out (although I must admit that it does look a lot like crap) , but it was the result of a week long brainstorm which ended with two hours of shoot preparation, execution and as you can see, much cleaning up after.
Our concept for our X’mas’07 greeting is essentially about “Excess”. Especially during the festive season where there are parties galore, as we eat drink and be merry, all excess becomes waste. But before excess was waste, it was pleasure. And food was the obvious choice as the main element of our concept.
We prepared a “picnic” setup, gathered all our excess (aka expired) food products from our refrigerator and whipped up our “feast”. The various colours, textures and viscosities of food products helped with the randomness of the handwritten typeface (not forgetting the uninvited invasive smells too!) and best of all, because we just went at it without planning the layout, we had absolutely tremendous fun doing it.
And we sincerely hope you have fun watching the full clip too, HJGHER X’mas’07 wishes with all our love here at HJGHER.
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November 17th, 2007 Justin
Already wishing we never left Toyko for what it means to us, in pops an e-card greeting from Shun of Artless, reminding us once again how essential it is for us to never forget why we set out to do what we do. Another extremely simple concept executed with due diligence. Do take a look and just remember to breathe.
Artless for Issey Miyake’s Love for 2007
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October 17th, 2007 Jerry
Watch this music video done by Mauro Vecchi for The Whitest Boy Alive’s “Golden Cage”, an interesting take on optical illusion.
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October 8th, 2007 Jerry
The third TV commercial for Sony Bravia’s “Colour like no other” campaign.
First we were enchanted by José González’s “Heartbeats” with the rubber balls bouncing down San Fran, then we got high watching 70,000 litres of paint exploding in Glasgow. Now, we have over 200 bunnies made of Play-Doh, ranging from 6-inches to 2-feet, hoping all over New York City.
The third TV commercial for BRAVIA is the most ambitious piece of stop-motion animation ever undertaken. Devised by Fallon and shot over three weeks in New York, the commercial employed 40 animators from Passion and used 2.5 tonnes of plasticine.
Watch it hare at Sony Bravia’s site.
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September 7th, 2007 Jerry
We’ve long been big fans of Ron Mueck, and we were blown away when found this video, filmed during his residency at The National Gallery, London.
How he gave life to mere fiberglass and silicon. How he captured the intensity of an expectant woman coming to term. How he took kindly to patience and perfected the “imperfect” specimen of our human form. We are in truly in respectful awe.
Video courtesy of The National Gallery, London.
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