Netart Videos

BYE-BYE BLUE SKY (2009, 17 MB, 2:40 min) 09.11.01__ Good Bye Blue Sky remix of the 1982 film by Pink Floyd, in response to the 9.11 terrorist attacks, footage remixed includes video filmed from my Brooklyn rooftop on 9.11.01 raw and heavy handed, but is indicative of the outpouring of emotional art made in response to the attacks by multitudes of artists. By [dNASAb].

10365282 (2009, 1 MB, 14 sec) 10366629 (2009, 7 MB, 1:26 min) Here s the blurb: In a wilderness at the heart of Berlin a strange apparition has landed. Simon Faithfull’s Mobile Research Station no.1 is a curious hybrid – half hi-tech Antarctic Research Station / half rusty-broken-dumpster. Using a standard building-waste container as its basis, the station nevertheless forms a luxurious designer-pod provided for an eccentric set of researchers. Rather than researching the frozen wastes of Antarctica or the moons of Saturn, the invited artist/researchers have begun their investigation into the surrounding wilderness and urban zones of uncertainty that still lie at the centre of Berlin. There initial findings and questions can be found in this blog as and when they happen. I really liked Simon Faithfull s recent show at the BFI. He does something genuinely witty engaging with the kind of play-acted science * that seems to be so in vogue with artists at the moment. This project has similar premises but it doesn t resonate in the same way. Of all the work up on the site these two little movies by Tim Knowles detained me the longest although it s a shame they weren t made with more care (perhaps, though, there s a deluxe DVD edition for sale somewhere along the line..) They do look nice though. * It sounds entirely dismissive but it s not meant to be. Well, not entirely. If I had to enlarge I d say it was an attempt to enlist a kind of sympathetic magic whereby some of the presumed authenticity of science rubs off on the artists work. But of course because we re all ironists now we re all quite aware that there s a kind of Tati-ish, childlike going-through-the-motions-of-science actually going on ( ooh those artists!) presumably it s in this disjuncture that the art purportedly emerges. With Faithfull (and Knowles) the results at least are visually engaging and to an extent affecting if not particularly deep. OK. Fine. But just how many times round do we go before it becomes the most painful of clichés?

my great movie #1 (2007, 12 MB, 56 sec.) By Chris Collins.

to the young, youth (195?/2008, 13 MB, 2:04 min) Poignant beautiful work from DVblog contributor Brian Gibson gently quirkily re-configuring footage shot by his late grandfather on a European visit in the 50s. Brian s work is always striking, always affecting, but the secret extra ingredient is the luminous intelligence underlying everything he does.

Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore (1999, 14 MB, 14:46 min.) Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore is a compilation of found footage from the 70s, 80s and 90s underground music in the U.K. By Mark Leckey, winner of the 2008 Turner Prize.

Ladyfest (2009, 46 MB, 4:39 min) Second in Sebastian Hernandez neat documentary series on DIY/alternative lifestyles. I like the genuine respect empathy Hernandez shows for his subjects, which doesn t, however, preclude honest three dimensional film-making. Once again Hernandez technical skills are evident (But not in a look at me! kind of way) In particular I love the jumpy camera work/edit in the second interview, which manages to be aesthetically pleasing without detracting from the actual substance of the interview indeed it adds to it.) Looking forward very much to seeing the third!

New Me (2006, 21 MB, 4:04 min.) Music video for Jamie Lidell by Aleksandra Domanovic.

Bowl (2009, 2 MB, 1:52 min) Bowl/Glass (2009, 2 MB, 1:01 min) Bowl/Flower/Vase (2009, 3 MB, 57 secs) Little River (2009, 2 MB, 1:00 min) Recommended to us by the sublime Sam Renseiw who, when he speaks, we listen. Nonetheless I had some difficulties in coming to grips with this. Sam tells me it relates to some current You Tube thing whereby people throw ping-pong balls into various receptacles with a high degree of accuracy. Clearly I should stay in more. So in this case the balls are substituted by a species of cookie, apparently known in Denmark as chamberlains . (I asked Sam exactly what a chamberlain was. He says: Chamberlains is an odd translation of kammerjunker that can both be a chamberlain and danish cookie/biscuit. It is usually consumed in summer with koldskål (Fridge buttermilk with vanilla and lemon flavour.)) Here s an interview with Dom Cheverti, here s his site here s the whole sequence.

The Yes Men Fix The World (2009, 37 MB, 2:30 min) Coming to theaters in October, The Yes Men Fix The World. They have an unusual hobby: posing as top executives of corporations they hate. Armed with nothing but thrift-store suits, the Yes Men lie their way into business conferences and parody their corporate targets in ever more extreme ways basically doing everything that they can to wake up their audiences to the danger of letting greed run our world. More vids here and here.

Kissin (2009, 29 MB, 2:11 min) Doing what it says on the tin (unless you were anticipating a Russian concert pianist), a vid both charming solidly made from Shawn Kornhauser Nick Sullivan which somehow transcends its premise - A Video About Being Young , which it clearly is, but it feels like they ve captured more this has something to do with the subtle, but nonetheless crucial, use of sound which really opens the whole thing out.

Gas Zappers (2007, 61 MB, 5:45 min) “My friend Gemma advises me to create a video in order to design the game characters and figure out how the game should go so I did it. The video is done and I would love to show it to all of you guys but it all of a sudden got in the 2008 Sundance Film Festival so unfortunately I cannot show you now due to the contract. Please wait a bit. Synopsis Gas Zappers is a short animation about climate change. The main character, the ironically overappropriated and fuzzy polar bear, abruptly finds itself in a position to save its home living environment through dextrous maneuvers in an Al-e Gore-ical world. The idiom of the video game is exploited to challenge and illuminate the simplistic notion of quick fixes to environmental issues. Aesthetically, graphical and musical styles from the glory days of video games conjure the triumph and delight of virtual success. As the bear progresses with celebrity companions through different climate change scenarios such as Venice underwater, confrontations with bulldozers, and anthropomorphized killer oil derricks, it narrowly succeeds each time thanks to its renewable energy defenses. A narrative unfolds that, like the artists’ previous works, waggishly interrogates the spectacular mode of ecological policy. By Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung. Music by Noah Vawter.

Woodworms I (2009, 8 MB, 26 sec.) Wind Styrofoam I (2009, 10 MB, 29 sec.) A couple of installations by Swiss artist Zimoun. Woodworms I is a sound installation based on live sounds of woodworms. In Wind Styrofoam I, 5 stations generate unpredictable movements of Styrofoam balls.

Truth or Consequences (2009, 90 MB, 10:03 min) Very nicely made and engaging documentary, first of three, all of which we hope to feature here, by Sebastian Hernandez, amply fulfilling earlier promise. Technically this work is even more assured. I have to say personally I preferred the politics of his earlier work. (Not that I assume Hernandez views are necessarily to be identified with those of his subjects, so, to put it better, I preferred the folks in the earlier movies) There s more context here.

Plane Days (Excerpt, 2009, 6 MB, 1:22 min) Old friends. Young friends. Lovers and loners. They all wait, hoping, to see something they’ve never seen before. With a flask of tea or a bottle of wine to keep warm, every day is a new day around the perimeter fence at Heathrow. Every day is a plane day. Directed by Benjamin Kracun Ewan McNicol. From video_dumbo 2009.

Video Cat (2009, 11 MB, 1:34 min) Aguas De Maio (2009, 9 MB, 1:19 min) Two videos from earlier this year by Regina Célia Pinto, who has taken big time to the short video form with -naturally- gusto, skill imagination. One is a fetching bit of painterliness and the other a gentle slice of observation (not, of course, just of the cat). She s extraordinarily good at conjuring atmosphere. Regina previously on DVblog. ******************************************************************************************************** PS You should also check this out, particularly if you re an academic, curator or similar. Not only an act of huge personal generosity on Regina s part but David Daniel s project is a magical, sui generis affair absolutely must be preserved propagated

One Man Show (1991, 7MB, 52 sec.) Award winning video from 1991 by Antonio (Lobo) Pasolini, video maker journalist.

Bball (2006, 8.6MB, 1:28 min) Commerce meets art. Maybe. Actually if you wear the shoes you can really do all that. No..er..really. From DC shoe.

Wal-Mart (2005, 9.4 MB, 2:48 min) Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price was the documentary film sensation that s changing the largest company on earth. The film features the deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to survive in a Wal-Mart world. It s an emotional journey that will challenge the way you think, feel.. and shop. Directed by Robert Greenwald.

THE HERETICS (2009, 124 MB, 10:08 min) THE HERETICS, A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics” from 1977-1992, is an upcoming feature documentary that uncovers the inside story of the Second Wave of the Women’s Feminist Movement. Written and directed by Joan Braderman.

Revenge (2009, 13 MB, 1:35 min) by Lernert Engelberts Sander Plug.