tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21738857328691750862009-07-05T01:58:02.185-07:00A blog of Mikeyawesome's ideas, random thoughts, art, music, etc.Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-76726804952162339792009-07-05T01:56:00.000-07:002009-07-05T01:58:02.193-07:00<embed src='http://ubu.artmob.ca/video/flash/player-viral.swf' height='434' width='550' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' flashvars='file=http%3A%2F%2Fubu.artmob.ca%2Fvideo%2Fflash%2FTen-Commandments-for-Gilbert-and-George.flv&plugins=viral-1d'/> <br /> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Ten Commandments for Gilbert and George</span>, 1995 <br /> <br />(via <a href="http://www.ubu.com/film/gg_ten.html">Ubu</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-7672680495216233979?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/cH6dApSFt54" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2009/07/ten-commandments-for-gilbert-and-george.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-42869516051149811252009-07-04T18:30:00.000-07:002009-07-04T18:33:08.886-07:00<embed src='http://ubu.artmob.ca/video/flash/player-viral.swf' height='480' width='625' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' flashvars='state=PAUSED&file=http%3A%2F%2Fubu.artmob.ca%2Fvideo%2Fflash%2FLeckey-Mark_FiorucciMadeMeHardcore_1999.flv&plugins=viral-1d'/> <br /> <br />Mark Lecky <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore</span>, 1999 <br /> <br />(<a href="http://www.ubu.com/film/leckey_hardcore.html">via Ubu</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-4286951605114981125?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/L86DFwg6sfU" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2009/07/fiorucci-made-me-hardcore.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-38700828883601124192009-06-30T12:16:00.000-07:002009-06-30T12:17:41.722-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hz0wrkOT-4U&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hz0wrkOT-4U&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5wBvKOD4Zm0&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5wBvKOD4Zm0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9colO9fhI7o&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9colO9fhI7o&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-181454676335899922?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/8mUZ7yqI03k" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2009/06/mj-beat-box.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-24543866211597961382009-06-22T13:38:00.000-07:002009-06-22T13:39:19.774-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.raimondwouda.com/images/image301.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 658px; height: 520px;" src="http://www.raimondwouda.com/images/image301.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Dutch photographer <a href="http://www.raimondwouda.com/">Raimond Wouda</a> has a great new body of work, <a href="http://www.raimondwouda.com/index.php?work/57">School</a>. The series of images was recently published in <a href="http://www.nazraeli.com/bookdetail.php?book_id=100260">book</a> form by Nazraeli Press.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-7429578099111269872?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/YUxwBkLckHw" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2009/06/raimond-wouda-school.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-3658919622201227332009-06-02T09:18:00.000-07:002009-06-02T09:20:28.453-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dDSnjjdGh5M&hl=de&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dDSnjjdGh5M&hl=de&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-1958764445196316198?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/qg6e2Z5ElUA" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2009/05/its-real-thing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-85003400065769142592009-05-08T04:48:00.000-07:002009-05-08T05:09:27.365-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mikeyawesome.org/uploaded_images/beyonce-power-ranger-737712.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.mikeyawesome.org/uploaded_images/beyonce-power-ranger-737432.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This is a still from Beyonce's amazingly 90's industrial crazy new video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t16EiI4cb08">Diva</a>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t16EiI4cb08&hl=de&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t16EiI4cb08&hl=de&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-8500340006576914259?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/X-9fPkpFu70" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2009/05/beyonce-power-ranger.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-14298359184936410692009-04-21T03:03:00.000-07:002009-04-21T03:06:56.804-07:00<img src='http://thefuturegallery.org/files/mjdqp1-left.jpg' width='283' height='351' /><br /><br /><font color="#000000" size="5"><strong><font face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif">May 1 - May 7, 2009</font></strong></font><br /><br /><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><strong><font size="4">Opening Reception:<br />Thursday, April 30, 6 – 10 pm</font></strong></font><br /><br /><font color="#000000" size="4"><strong><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Curated by Mike Ruiz and Ben Aqua</font></strong></font><br /><br /><font color="#000000" size="4" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Featured artists:</strong><br />Martijn Hendriks<br />Jason Lazarus<br />Harm van den Dorpel<br />Tracky Birthday<br />Chris Buck</font><br /><br /><em><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif">Michael Jackson Doesn't Quit: Part 2 will open May 22, 2009.</font></em><br /><br /><font size="2" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif">The two-part Michael Jackson Doesn't Quit exhibition series is proudly sponsored by</font> <a href="http://www.okfresh.com"><img src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/3103347524_90a3557b9f_o.gif' width='55' height='13' /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-1429835918493641069?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/QrJiXyyhYLk" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2009/04/michael-jackson-doesnt-quit-opening.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-63840298062655764442009-03-01T05:39:00.001-08:002009-03-01T05:48:31.518-08:00<img src="http://www.mikeyawesome.org//stardzz_1.gif"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-6384029806265576444?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/czz_PMbbgKw" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2009/03/star.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-12703042730481566392008-12-21T14:48:00.001-08:002008-12-21T14:50:59.995-08:00I just finished reading <span style="font-style:italic;">Camera Lucida</span> by Roland Barthes, an amazingly intellectual text that give some great insights into the cherished medium of photography. Below are some of my favorite passages and quotes:<br /><br />"The portrait-photograph is closed field of forces. Four image repertoires intersect here, oppose and distort each other. In front of the lens, I am at the same time: the one I think I am, the one I want others to think I am, the one the photographer thinks I am, and the one he makes use of to exhibit his art."<br /><br />"Since every photograph is contingent (and thereby outside of meaning), Photography cannot signify (aim at generality) except by assuming a mask. [...] This is why the great portrait photographers are great mythologists" <br /><br />"Ultimately- or at a limit - in order to see a photograph well, it is best to look away or close your eyes. "The necessary condition for an image is sight," Janouch told Kafka; and Kafka smiled and replied: "We photograph things in order to drive them out of our minds. My stories are a way of shutting my eyes. The photograph must be silent (there are blustering photographs, and I don't like them) : this is not a question of discretion, but of music. Absolute subjectivity is achieved only in a state, an effort, of silence (shutting your eyes is to make the image speak in silence). The photograph touches me if I withdraw it from its usual blah-blah: "Technique," "Reality," "Reportage," "Art," etc.: to say nothing, to shut my eyes, to allow the detail to rise of its own accord into affective consciousness." <br /><br />"The Photograph does not necessarily say what is no longer, but only and for certain what has been."<br /><br />"The photographic image is full, crammed: no room, nothing can be added to it." <br /><br />"If I like a photograph, if it disturbs me, I linger over it." <br /><br />"The photographic look has something paradoxical about it which is sometimes to be met with in life: the other day, in a cafe, a young boy came in alone, glanced around the room, and occasionally his eyes rested on me; I then had the certainty that he was looking at me without however being sure that he was seeing me: an inconceivable distortion: how can we look without seeing? One might say that the Photograph separates attention from perception, and yields up only the former, even if it is impossible without the latter; this is that aberrant thing, noesis without noeme, an action of thought without thought, an aim without a target."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-2127940966608633664?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/r7liPKBiUgw" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2008/12/camera-lucida.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-64016994523704292122008-11-25T06:29:00.000-08:002008-11-25T06:32:31.236-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mikeruiz.org/files/gimgs/17_mg3443.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://mikeruiz.org/files/gimgs/17_mg3443.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mikeruiz.org/files/gimgs/17_mg3438.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://mikeruiz.org/files/gimgs/17_mg3438.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I have added a few new fotos to my ongoing <a href="http://mikeruiz.org/index.php?/ongoing/hamburger-lines/">Hamburger Lines</a> series.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-6401699452370429212?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/YRr82GGEDCQ" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2008/11/new-hamburger-lines.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-81400008617748907442008-11-17T09:46:00.000-08:002008-11-17T09:47:31.849-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mikeruiz.org/files/gimgs/5_moeckernbruecke.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 447px; height: 460px;" src="http://mikeruiz.org/files/gimgs/5_moeckernbruecke.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />I will be exhibiting my polaroid series, <a href="http://mikeruiz.org/index.php?/project/berlin-polaroidz/">Nilreb Sdioralop</a>, as part of <a href="http://www.allrisegallery.com/index.htm">All Rise Gallery</a>'s Weekend Fling series from November 14-16. I will exhibiting alongside photographer <a href="http://www.adamfrintphotography.com/">Adam Frint</a>. If you are in Chicago check out the opening:<br /><br />All Rise Gallery<br />Nov 14 -16 Focus Unfocus (Photography)<br />Opening Reception, Friday, November 14th, 7-10PM<br />1370 W. Grand Ave. Chicago IL 60642<br /><a href="http://www.allrisegallery.com/">www.allrisegallery.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-1800603680538636589?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/yO9Wl5Y0VYY" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2008/11/show-in-chicago.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173885732869175086.post-92166323509817479002008-11-08T07:23:00.000-08:002008-11-08T07:58:08.608-08:00I have really been digging drawings lately. Here are few artists and pieces I particularly enjoy:<br /><a href="http://www.michaelschall.com/"><br />Michael Schall</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.michaelschall.com/images/crevasse-web.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 275px;" src="http://www.michaelschall.com/images/crevasse-web.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Mining the Crevasse</span>, graphite on paper, 40" x 60", 2007<br /><br /><a href="http://www.robertjwaldenjr.com/">Robert Walden</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2631877626_28c28daf24_o.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 440px; height: 437px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2631877626_28c28daf24_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Ontological Road Map 0428062006</span>, ink on latex paint on panel, 10 x 10 inches, 2006<br /><a href="http://jorindevoigt.com/"><br />Jorinde Voigt</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jorindevoigt.com/blog/wp-content/wp-content/uploads/blicknachvorn.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 537px; height: 388px;" src="http://jorindevoigt.com/blog/wp-content/wp-content/uploads/blicknachvorn.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Adler, 60 Sekunden, Strom, Popsongs,</span> Pencil and Ink on Paper, 88 × 124 cm, 2006/07<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2173885732869175086-9216632350981747900?l=www.mikeyawesome.org%2Fblog.html'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DancePahty/~4/uJMInIhR4hU" height="1" width="1"/>Mikeyawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687449276331349887noreply@blogger.com0http://www.mikeyawesome.org/2008/11/drawingz.html