Category: Art

  • Ming Bamboo Glasses by Huang To-en

    I. Love.

    (more…)

  • Coachella Music & Arts Festival 2010 Goes Origami

    Isn’t this the coolest? xD

    More info over at ArchDaily.

  • Epik High on CNN’s TalkAsia

    Next Wednesday, TalkAsia will be interviewing Epik High.

    In the meantime… you can enjoy past interviews that you may have missed:
    – AI [clip]
    – Buyi and the Beijing Rock Scene
    – Anna Tsuchiya
    – Lang Lang
    – Lee Byung-hun [clip]
    – Zhou Xun [clip]

    Also! Heads up [at the bottom of their page]!
    You can write to TalkAsia and request they interview someone.
    Hello? Yu Aoi is waiting for TalkAsia xD and TalkAsia is waiting for our questions, I have decided to leave the questions opened until the end of April. =D

  • Lee Hyori Featuring Ceejay – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

    I swear to kamisama that Hyori-unnie has been watching a lot of films. Last time she did Black Balloons and creepy clow in a gloomy beach, which was totally arthouse. This time around she’s totally District 9 meets The Fifth Element meets Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

    I love it. xD Thanks for the Hyori video-bombarding, Julz.

    Hyori in the yellow feathery coat looks like a little pollito. LOL

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzAHCDBXRM0

  • Parallel Lines: Five Films, One Piece of Dialog

    While presenting their new fancy television screen, Philips is showing 5 very different short films that were made with the same piece of dialog. The visions are varied, but my favorite was The Gift ^^

    You can check them out at the Cinema Philips website.

  • Let Me In: The LtROi American Remake

    The first time I saw Let the Right One in [LtROi], I was left with a shivering tingle. Obviously, it became my fave film of 2008, and I have seen it seven times already… loving the slightly unconventional love story, and presenting a wonderful character such as Eli.

    This is why I don’t have to tell you how mad I was when I heard about the remake, right?

    Well, not long ago… in fact, just after I commented on The Auteurs about watching it again, someone asked me what I felt about the remake. After a few minutes thinking about it, I concluded that I wasn’t as mad as I was when the news broke. I still don’t think Let Me In could be as good as LtROi and/or bring anything new to the genre.

    Possibly, the best thing that could make me sway my decision is the casting of not only Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass, (500) Days of Summer), but also Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road). A moody and beautiful trailer would also help.

    However, there’s still the fact that they probably won’t tackle certain topics by changing Eli’s name to Abbey, which makes her a full girl unless I don’t know any guy names that could be shortened to Abbey… you know like sometimes Ashley is a guy or girl name? Add to that the fact that Richard Jenkins’ character is called “The Father” – weird.

    I’ll quote someone on IMDb who seems to explain it better…

    By having Abbey being a girl, they’ve already killed one of the things I love about the original book, its not a conventional love story, it’s more about the idea of what love is and what it means. There is something so strangely touching about how Oskar is willing to still accept Eli in his life even after everything he finds out about Eli, I just found that really touching in the original novel. – damann861

    I will probably watch the film… if it comes to local theaters, and if it doesn’t… well, I will probably take the time to download it. I mean, it all comes down to the trailer and the production stills. I want to see how it looks like before…

    What are your thoughts on American remakes of foreign films?

    Should they have waited a few more years to remake LtROi?

  • Vogue with Sue~

    *Sue Sylvester*
    *Will Schuester, I Hate You*
    Vogue!

    Nicole and Sue should have a Vogue-off.

  • Hammock – Breathturn

    Directed by David Altobelli
    Photography by Larkin Seiple
    Production Design by Ethan Feldbau

    This video is all about group work. I mean it looks GREAT, and has one of the best uses of origami ever. Meaning if you’ve got a small budget for your music video, the best way to spend it is by getting a kickass Director of Photography. Who else will have the talent to make ANTYHING from trash to cardboard boxes look good.

    Hammonck’s Chasing After Shadows… Living with the Ghosts comes out next month.

  • Vital – Airport

    Is this the new contender for this year’s Best Abstract Music Video? It seems like it, because I love me some shiny things. I can just look at shiny stuff all day… I love how pretty light looks… especially with Depth of Field.

    You can also download six tracks from the Vital EP.
    Directed by Takafumi Tsuchiya.

  • TV Coming Out Moments

    “Don’t cry. It makes you look like a girl”
    wise, Amanda, wise.

    In honor of little Justin’s coming out on Ugly Betty, which I haven’t seen in ages. AfterEllen has put a list of their favorite Coming Out on TV Moments~

    AWWWW~~~

    I may not be watching Ugly Betty, but even that short clip was sweet and tear-inducing. Also making their list is my favse Glee and Buffy… as well as some others.

    Check them out. What say you?