Category Archives: video
Notes on the rise of Can-Porn
Since the days of pulp paperbacks, the French Minitel and beyond, the pornography industry has developed in unison with media innovation. Porn producers backed VHS in the video wars of the 80s, and in the 90s they blessed the world’s lonely motel rooms with pay-per-view. They … Read More →
Mobile Device as Life Partner
“A Day of Cool Man Life” was produced by Suki Jarashi, a student at the Japanese Institute of Arts and Sciences. The video demonstrates the utility and benefits of a handheld device that Suki designed – a phone with a physical presence that far surpasses … Read More →
Africa Past & Future Mix
africa.mp3 Mystery Intro Madlib: Red, Black & Green Showcase The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble: Tones for Larry Young Madlib: African Map Watch Banbarra: Shack Up Madlib: Afrosound Panorama Madlib: Warrior’s Theme Madlib: Afritonic pt. 2 [buy the Madlib Medicine Show Vol.3 here] … Read More →
All Hail Hyperdub
Here’s a quick n’ dirty video I did for the recently self-leaked and apparently unfinished track “automating”, in anticipation of Darkstar’s upcoming album on Hyperdub. Bonus: Darkstar: Aidy’s Girl’s A Computer 01%20Aidy%27s%20Girl%27s%20A%20Computer.mp3 Darkstar: Squeeze My Lime 02%20Squeeze%20My%20Lime.mp3 Darkstar: Need You 01%20Need%20You.mp3 Darkstar: Break 02%20Break.mp3
Sonic Narratives
BBC 2/All Black: The Jungle Underworld BBC 4: Synth Britannia “n the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists including the Human League, Daniel Miller and Cabaret Volatire were inspired by Kraftwerk and JG Ballard and dreamt of the sound of the future against the … Read More →
The Chris Morris Re-Up
Since Nathan Barley crossed the pond a few years back I’ve been subconsciously aware of the unholy brilliance that is Chris Morris, but never took the time to dig through his past work until just recently. If you’re not familiar, Morris is one of Britain’s … Read More →
The 38th Chamber
Beats by El Michels Affair, via Wu Tang Clan. Visuals courtesy of Nakagawa, Okamoto & Shinoda. Inspired by Samurai cinema/Chanbara poster design:
Look!
Fashion brands and designer labels have been using web-video here and there for quite a while now, but video look books (or ‘video looks’) still seem to be a neglected medium, with only a handful of outfits making use of video looks to showcase and … Read More →
The Adam Curtis Re-Up
It recently came to my attention that not everyone is familiar with Adam Curtis, the BBC’s brightest documentarist. It came to my attention because somehow I myself was unfamiliar with his work – I had seen a few of his films but for some reason … Read More →
Video Heat [volume #1]
Throughout my daily grind, I do a fair amount of art research, which means I spend hours upon hours listlessly trolling through the pages of print and web media for visual content that stimulates and inspires. A few weeks back I stumbled upon a massive … Read More →
A Kool Keith Retrospective