The best part about Nieves is that they still print zines like this one which features an array of peculiar photos of Sonny Geras AKA the master of creating all things wild. Congrats Nieves! It’s a pretty powerful move in 2009, like making VHS cassettes. Leave it to the Swiss… By the way speaking of zines, did you know Maximum Rock And Roll still exists? You could have bet me five dollars that it didn’t but it totally does…Way punk.
Fact: Sendak originally called it Where the Wild Horses Are, but subsequently changed the title.
Paperhouse is a cinematic anomaly: neither purely horror nor child-oriented fantasy, it’s an unnervingly creepy late-80s British film about an artistic mono-afflicted schoolgirl whose imaginary world comes to life. Subtracting the obligatory elements of magical thinking, Paperhouse is simply a movie about a girl who draws a bunch and then falls asleep and has some weird dreams about her drawings. Which is awesome. We need more movies like that. But Paperhouse isn’t mere whimsical mindtrip—it’s an examination of complex childhood emotions, a subtle koan about the delicacy of relationships with parents, friends and figures of authority. Check out a segment from early on in the film, in which our heroine hangs out at an abandoned train station, discussing “snogging” with her classmate, and then unexpectedly enters the internal world that she’s created in her drawings:
Art Rock is a genre you don’t hear much about these days. I guess mostly because it kind of goes without saying that if you are in a band in 2009, you are probably an artist of some degree and have likely experimented with all forms and derivations of music-meets-installation type shenanigans and therefore qualify to post your album under the art rock banner. That’s why we like The Sads so much. They are approaching art rock with the fervor of a militant straight edge band from Orange County.
Hosting shows in museums and gallery spaces across the US and throughout Europe Aaron Rose, David Scott Stone, Aska Matsumiya and Dan Monick (each link-worthy art stars in his/her own right) have been pretty much blowing the lid off the how-awesome-can-weird- music-be/how-weird-can-awesome-music-be scenario.
For proof one needs not look any further than their concept for the “Silent Show.”
Weird? Totally! Awesome? For sure!
There were a handful of films that we watched when we were deciding on the tone for WTWTA. I’d like to post them on occasion.
With Ratcatcher it just feels like you are with this little boy. You are in his world. The tone is a little more extreme than what we were doing but I definitely wanted to get to that feeling of being with him, in his world.
What can we say, Miranda July is one of our favorite people. So many great ideas. Her films, her performances, her hijinx (be sure to check the “comments” section), and one of our personal favorites the classic promo website for her book “No One Belongs Here More Than You”. And as if all of this wasn’t enough she’s been selected to exhibit at the 2009 Venice Biennale alongside a pretty heavy list of talent. Amazing. The show runs June 7 through November 22nd and Miranda was awesome enough to let us have a sneak peek. Behold!
The other day someone sent us this video of Andy Warhol doing an electronic portrait of Debbie Harry on a Commodore Amiga. The subject line was “Why do I think this is so cool?.” Answer: because it is.
Of course you probably already know about yooouuutuuube. But we couldn’t resist adding our own remix. Check it out! Where The Wild Things Are Trailer!
Spike Jonze’s feature film rendition of Maurice Sendaks classic story Where The Wild Things Are has hit movie theaters worldwide.
The film represents years of work from hundreds of different artists, writers, photographers, musicians, actors, and creators of all degrees.
This place has been established to help shed some light on many of the small influences that converged to make this massive project a reality.
You are looking at the We Love You So – Where The Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze blog archives for May, 2009.
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