Wow, I didn’t know Sydney has one of these. It seems pretty underground, even though UTS is holding it, so we should all go along and support!
Date: Saturyday 5th and 6th September
Time: 11am till late
Tickets from Moshtix
Here’s another young creative making waves in the industry. Charlyn Yi is a writer, comedian, musician, painter, performance artist and actress - is it possible to be anything more?! She’s also dating Michael Cera, who she co-scored this movie with. Phew.
Paper Heart is a mockumentary about a girl making a documentary about love who doesn’t believe in love but ends up falling in love. Confused yet? The screenplay won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at Sundance 2009. Here’s an interview with Yi by Flavorwire.
It’s probably not going to be released in Australia, so you’ll just have to enjoy the trailer for now, like me, and keep an eye out on mininova for it haha.
Due for release in March 2010. Do these look AWESOME or WHAT? So excited.
19 year old Canberra-born Mia Wasikowska will play Alice.
Why is it that when you have a seemingly good idea, so many identical applications suddenly pop up?!
I wrote a post back in May speculating that North Sydney Council may be plagiarising my I Will Project artwork. Well, nothing came of it as I’ve been to busy to do any chasing.
Earlier this month I noticed that the energy giant Chevron has launched a campaign called willyoujoinus, that looks like a shlicker, more corporate version of I Will Project.
The website actually has some nice functions, which probably cost a lot of money to produce. I’m not convinced though.
Last week, at the Sydney Film Festival, I saw Crude. The film is a doco about the adverse effects of 30 years of oil drilling in the Amazon by one Chevron Coporation. It follows a court case launched by the people of Ecuador a decade ago against Chevron. You will not believe the bare-face lies and corrupt strongarm tactics used by the corporation to refute undeniable claims.
I’ve been neglecting my blog lately - but with good reason! And yes, the usual excuse of too busy with work still applies, but now I have the added bonus of the Sydney Film Festival.
I’ve seen some terrific movies, and will see about 10 more before the end of the week, but one film which has had a mind-shifting impact on me is Food Inc.
The film offers succinct and easily digestable (pun intended) facts on the current food industry in chapters. Clever animations help push home key points on nutritional content, cloning, farmer protection, foodborne illnesses, pesticides, environmental impacts and much more. You’ll think twice before you eat another battery hen…
This looks AWESOME! Can’t wait can’t wait can’t wait.
Just found out it was shot in Melbourne :).
Mary and Max, from the genius mind of director Adam Elliot (Harvie Krumpet), will be released in Australia on April 9th. Yippee!
“Mary and Max is a simple tale pf pen-friendship between two very different people; Mary Dinkie, a chubby lonely 8 year old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz, a 44 year old, severely obese Jewish man Asperger’s Syndrom living in the chaos of New York.
“Spanning twenty years and two continents, Mary and Max’s friendship survives more than the average diet of life’s ups and downs. Like Harvie Krumpet, Mary and Max is innocent but not naive, as it takes us on a journey that explore friendship, autism, taxidermy, psychiatry, alcoholism, where babies come from, obesity, kleptomania, sexual difference, trust, copulating dogs, religious difference, agrophobia and much much more.”
Phew!
I’m fascinated by George W. Bush - the result of a marriage of extreme power and extreme ineptitude. I’m not expecting W. to help me understand Bush, but it’s sure going to be entertaining.
Errol Morris, of A Breif History of Time fame, compiled a best-of-Bush photo essay of for the The NY Times. These are my favourites.
Attention budding filmmakers, Doritos is running a ‘You make it, we play it’ competition. This is another one of those aquisitive comps where, with minimal effort, the company can reach it’s target audience, generate interest, and acquire a large body of creative work they can use in anyway form - all in one fell swoop.
And by blogging about it, I too, have fallen for the marketing. For a good reason though! These ’sample’ ads that Doritos have put out are classic. Funny in a very bad, lame way.
Idea #176 - Dori-TOES. *snicker*
Idea #288 - SnackAttack!
Idea #302 - Opera
Idea #28 - Dorit-O
Idea #149 - Shouting. This is my favourite, just because it’s so nonsensical
As a kid, I loved origami. As a designer, I wish I had more chance (budget) to be outlandishly creative with paper. I love how with a few simple folds you can turn a 2D design into a structure - and suddenly a whole new world of how to lay out your design is open to you.
I am very excited about this documentary, Between The Folds. This film not only explores origami through the eyes of artisans and craftsmen, but through mathematics and science. It’s gotten an official selection nod from a string of film festivals overseas, and I can’t wait until it is released in Australia.
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I was browsing YouTube yesterday and found this video on Guiness World Record holding cardstacker Bryan Berg. The architecture graduate is turning the humble house of cards into an art.
Something which really struck me in this interview is that he says the destruction of the artwork at the end of the project is essential to the art. When we see a house of cards, it is our instinct to make it tumble. In destroying the structure, we want prove that it wasn’t held together by glue or trickery. The end validation of the artwork is in its destruction.
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