| Miss Kittin & The Hacker |
| 09.29.08 | No Comments |
When Reves Mechaniques (2005) by The Hacker came out I think I listened to it everyday for about 6 months and to this day I am still not sick the album. So I am really excited to finally see him perform tonight with another one of my all time favorites Miss Kittin.
| why some of us never outgrow Goth… |
| 09.18.08 | No Comments |
article in NYTIMES
| Michael Dinges Engraved Dead Mac Laptops |
| 09.18.08 | No Comments |
Michael Dinges, Untitled, Dead Laptop Series, 2007
Engraved Plastic, Acrylic Paint
9.25 x 11.25 x 9.75 in
Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago
| Two amazing books on old tyme Chicago |
| 09.04.08 | No Comments |
I just read the fabulously delightful Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbot and it reminded me of another favorite Devil in the White City by Eric Larson. Both are historical non-fiction books, that read like novels, about turn of the century Chicago. I highly recommend both if you are looking for a good read.
 
| I want to go to the Insectarium |
| 08.22.08 | No Comments |
Audubon Insectarium opens in New Orleans, NY Times Article
Insect photograph by Seze Devres taken at the Reading Museum in Pennsylvania, 2005
| Sigur Rós @ MoMA |
| 08.07.08 | No Comments |
Shot live at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on Icelandic Independence Day, Sigur Rós @ MoMA is a unique concert film highlighting new material from the band’s latest album, as well as classic Sigur Rós songs. Directed by Alex Simmons.
I had goosebumps the entire time I watched this concert film, their music is unique and otherworldly.
| Anton Corbjin, Control (2007) |
| 07.16.08 | No Comments |
This lovely black and white movie was much better than I expected it to be. It was so exciting to see the first film made by one of my all time favorite photographers Anton Corbjin. Each shot was more gorgeous than the last and the acting was really impressive. It was so true to life, at times I thought I was watching a documentary. I can’t wait to see what Corbjin comes up with next.
www.corbijn.co.uk
| see, witches do exist! |
| 06.23.08 | No Comments |
my friend Nica off on her broomstick
| Lee Bul at Lehmann Maupin Gallery NY |
| 05.28.08 | No Comments |
Like a vast ship, from the years when the earth was still flat and spices were rare, Lee Bul’s gorgeous sculpture comprised of chains and beaded links took my breath away….
Photo by Seze
Detail of Lee Bul’s stunning sculpture now on view. Photo by Seze
www.lehmannmaupin.com
| Sublime Assassins |
| 05.12.08 | No Comments |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Directed by Andrew Dominik
I watched this gorgeous film yesterday and the best treat was the stunning cinematography. Each scene was crafted like a carefully composed luminous photograph. Many shots were all about the way sunlight fills a room, or the way dust travels through air. I loved the use of blurry lens vignettes, an very Victorian effect that I rarely see anywhere anymore (other than in the timeless photographs of Sally Mann). The story was kind of slow but this beautiful film is well worth watching. The cast was amazing too. Highly recommended.
Sally Mann, Untitled from “The Motherland Seriesâ€
| Faerie Folk Mix |
| 05.01.08 | No Comments |
In honor of May Day, I made a Faerie Folk mix. Here is the tracklisting:
While searching for images of Fairies I found these gorgeous painting by Josephine Wall. Take a look at her site, her work is very intricate and lush. www.josephinewall.co.uk
My Lady Unicorn, by Josephine Wall
Heart and Soul, by Josephine Wall
| Awesome Period Action Heros |
| 04.30.08 | No Comments |
Forgive me I don’t have a credit for this one…
| Marcel Duchamp |
| 04.30.08 | No Comments |
The Large Glass at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,
photo by Seze
While studying art at Bard College in upstate NY in 1996, I made a trip to Philadelphia just to see the Marcel Duchamp room at The Philadelphia Museum of Art. He was that important to me, and he still is. I made my second trip to the Duchamp room yesterday, 12 years had past and I was still just as thrilled to see his work again. But the real treat was to see his haunting installation Étant donnés that is only visible trough a peep hole.
Étant donnés interior view
From Wikipedia:
Étant donnés is Marcel Duchamp‘s last major art work which surprised the art world that believed he’d given up art for chess 25 years earlier. It is a tableau, visible only through a peep hole in a wooden door, of a nude woman lying on her back with her face hidden and legs spread holding a gas lamp in the air in one hand against a landscape backdrop.
Duchamp worked secretly on the piece from 1946 to 1966 in his Greenwich Village studio while even his closest friends thought he had abandoned art.
It is made of an old wooden door, bricks, velvet, twigs, a female form made of leather, glass, linoleum, and an electric motor. Duchamp prepared a “Manual of Instructions” in a 4-ring binder explaining and illustrating how to assemble and disassemble the piece.
It wasn’t until 1969 that the Philadelphia Museum of Art revealed the tableau to the public.
| Carlos Amorales |
| 04.30.08 | No Comments |
Carlos Amorales: Four Animations, Five Drawings, and a Plague at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Surrounded by paper butterflies,
Photo by Bryan
Installation view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Photo by Seze
| Frida Kahlo, Patron Saint of Art Girls Worldwide |
| 04.30.08 | No Comments |
I had a chance to see the gorgeous Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Seeing the exhibit made me want to watch the beautiful film Frida (2002) starring Salma Hayek again. The film is based on “Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo” by Hayden Herrera (who also helped to curate the Philadelphia exhibition). I read about two thirds of the book but I had to put it down because her life was just too painful to keep reading about. Seeing the exhibit was great, I had a chance to see some old friends (paintings that I have loved since my teenage years) and I started some new friendships (with some rare photographs and paintings that were included in the show)
| Black Antlers by Coil |
| 04.30.08 | No Comments |
I finally scored a copy of Coil’s Black Antlers and I was not disappointed. They truly are one of my favorite bands and I am so impressed with their decades of creativity (since 1983) that have inspired me. Words can even describe how important their music is to me.
| Girls Together Outragously |
| 03.31.08 | No Comments |
My stepdad just gave me this cd randomly. I guess because he knows I like strange obscure music by women. The GTO’s are an all girl groupies group produced by Frank Zappa in the late 1960s. One of the group’s members Pamela Des Barres, wrote the memoir I’m with the Band. Their cd Permanent Damage is a weird mixture of strange theatrical songs and random interviews. It is very rough music but it does precede some later girl bands like Liliput, The Raincoats, Rasputina, CocoRosie, and they even remind me of my friend Dame Darcy’s music.
It is as if you gave the mischievous turn of the century girls from Picnic at Hanging Rock a recording studio in 1968.
One of my favorite films ever:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Directed by Peter Weir
Picnic at Hanging Rock
A NYTIMES article on Pamela Des Barres
| Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why |
| 03.25.08 | No Comments |
Photo by Michael Durham/Getty Images
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