MARVELOUS MOVIE MONDAYS!!
Guest Curator: Johnny Woods
Theme: Broken Beings
Film: “Malice In Wonderland”
Director: Vince Collins
WARNING: NSFW!!!
This psychedelic classic is one of the strongest examples of animation’s unique ability to turn psychological and emotional abstractions into actual bodies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSZkA7rbZuQ
It’s April!!! New month = time to announce a new MARVELOUS MOVIE MONDAYS guest curator who will lead us on a month-long journey of cinematic awesomeness, sharing works and celebrating the moving image here on our Facebook page each Monday of the month. Please join us in welcoming to the curatorial helm……..
JOHNNY WOODS!!
Johnny is an animator, video artist, and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Working primarily with computer-generated 3d animation, his work aims to delve into the uncanny valley, using virtual avatars to examine and exaggerate the human condition.
WELCOME, JOHNNY!!
And now you should go check out Johnny’s OOLYMPACS!
MARVELOUS MOVIE MONDAYS!!
guest curator: Yoshi Sodoeka
theme: Artist made music videos.
The Cars – Hello Again
Directed by Andy Warhol
This is directed by none other than Andy Warhol. He’s in it a lot and it’s hilarious. There’s a NSFW version of this video. I didn’t find it on Youtube. But if you google it, you will see…
MARVELOUS MOVIE MONDAYS!!
guest curator: Yoshi Sodoeka
theme: Artist made music videos.
Michael Penn – Look What the Cat Drug In (Long Way Down)
Directed by The Quay Brothers
I remember MTV used to play this video for Michael Penn made by Brothers Quay in the 90’s. I was never really into his music, but I really liked this video. And I think this was the first time I was introduced to The Brothers Quay’s work. It’s got a creepy cat in it and it’s excellent. This Youtube video looks squashed and I don’t know if that was supposed to be this way or not. But I still love it.
I saw The Brothers Quay’s retrospective show at MoMA a few years ago and found out that they’ve also made a lot of TV commercials for big corporations such as Coca Cola and Nikon. I wonder what their process was like to work with companies like those. It mustn’t have been easy for people like Brothers Quay.
MARVELOUS MOVIE MONDAYS!!
guest curator: Yoshi Sodoeka
theme: Artist made music videos.
Beck – Round The Bend
Directed by Jeremy Blake
In the late 90’s, I met Jeremy a couple of times when he was working for a web design company in Soho, NYC with his girlfriend Theresa. I didn’t even know he was an artist back then. Then a few years after, I found out that he was beginning to become a known video artist. It was a nice surprise. I remember seeing his abstract HD video on a plasma screen in an art gallery and it totally blew me away. I think he was one of the first to show a work like that in that kind of setting. Later on, I learned about both Jeremy and Theresa’s passing… I was really sad to hear the news.
This is a video he made for Beck. I think it’s one of his best.