Varioso #15

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New at UBUWEB


UbuWeb Podcast #4: The Tellus cassettes
-- This podcast gives a guided tour of UbuWeb's collection of the Tellus Cassette Magazines comprising nearly 1,000 MP3 files recorded between 1983 and 1993. This podcast features narrated selections from the series including Louise Lawler, Jerome Rothenberg, Gregory Whitehead, Glenn Branca, Harry Partch and Paul Bowles.
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes ,The Film (1964)
-- Premiered in Cologne during the autumn of 1961, this is a documentary of the U.S. premiere production of Originale, a Happening by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Filmed at the "2nd Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York," the stage production was directed by Allan Kaprow. An all-star cast of performers include Nam June Paik, Charolotte Moorman, Jackson Mac Low, James Tenney, Max Neuhaus, Alvin Lucier, Dick Higgins, Alan Kaprow, Allen Ginsberg, and many others.
Jeremy Blake 'Century 21' (2004)
-- In the final chapter of his trilogy 'Winchester' a work about Winchester Rifle heir and Winchester Mystery House owner Sarah Winchester, the late Jeremy Blake widens the work's view to explore the sickness - and the sexiness - of American violence. The film runs in a continuous a loop - no titles, no credits. "Neurosis," Blake says, "is a broken record in your head." The cumulative effect is somewhere between a great expressionist painting and a bad acid trip.
Gilbert and George 'No Surrender', 8th May 2007
-- In Gilbert and George: No Surrender, the filmmaker Alan Yentob is invited into the house where the artist couple have lived for four decades, taken to their hat-makers to collect Gilbert's specially made beaver hat, and is given an intimate view of their relationship with their work.

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Porn sans porn


When I was working on my porn script, I was naturally interested in the way porn utilizes the spaces where there is no actual porn going on because I wanted to try to work with those spaces in my own film in an interesting way. So I collected a whole bunch of clips from all over the place where different ways of using that space was on display. I can't say that I learned much from the examples, but I found them inherently interesting. Now that I'm finished with them and about to hit the delete button, I thought I'd pass a handful on to you in case they would be of interest.

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Urbanomic
'Urbanomic is a small, independent publisher specialising in contemporary philosophy. We are committed to supporting fundamental research and development in logical, ontological and abstract matters, outside any institutional framework, without thematic, disciplinary or methodological constraints. We are interested in publishing: innovative work in philosophy; new translations of neglected works in European philosophy; art editions and monographs; experimental writing. Our current publication is Collapse, the Journal of Philosophical Research and Development. In 2009 we will begin to publish a series of new theoretical, philosophical and literary works.'

Urbanomic's blog

Collapse IV: Concept Horror: 'Collapse IV features a series of investigations by philosophers, writers and artists into Concept Horror. Contributors address the existential, aesthetic, theological and political dimensions of horror, interrogate its peculiar affinity with philosophical thought, and uncover the horrors that may lie in wait for those who pursue rational thought beyond the bounds of the reasonable.' Contributors include Jake and Dinos Chapman, Thomas Ligotti, Michel Houellebecq, Oleg Kulik, and many others. Read about it and order a copy here.

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2 Robots

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Farimani
Edited by Amir Mogharabi, Farimani is a new journal, 'an undercover museum that assumes the design of a book. ... The journal is 4 1⁄4” by 6 7/8”, the same size as mass-produced French texts—it is specifically designed for the dissident student’s pocket, with a clear nod to 1968. Moreover, Mogharabi lifted a portion of Farimani’s design from Acephale, the dissident surrealist journal compiled by Georges Bataille that proposed to celebrate the death of Louis XVI and called for human sacrifice. But Mogharabi was quick to point out that Futura, the font of choice of a number of avant-garde publications contemporaneous to Acepahle, is also used by Chanel.' -- The Eye

From Issue # 1, available free online: New works by Olafur Eliasson, Fred Frith, Slavoj Zizek, Elizabeth Grosz, a.o. are here.

Farimani's blog/forum is here.

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Aol Celebrity News Junkies in their own words


Story: 'Earlier this month, Courtney Love had a strong reaction after the ashes of her deceased husband Kurt Cobain were stolen from her home. "If I don’t get them back I don’t know what I will do," said Love according to the Guardian. Now, new photos of the rocker out and about in California would hint that she's that the one thing she's not doing is putting on weight. The photos first appeared on x17online over the weekend. Love, clad in a see-thru white lace dress and flapper hat appears pale and ghostly. Several angles in the photos reveal her shoulders to be little more than skin and bones.'

Comments:
Pacific707: Gawd!!! This bit ch could wither away to nothing and the world would be better for it. She's over-it! A has-been. She's had her 15 years of fame. Now shut your dam n "hole", Courtney, you annoying piece of ****. You're a sickening bit ch.
audeth6: Gee, hmmmm, ya think shes on heroin, the amazing thing is why does anyone give a shit, this chick has been a messed up junkie since she came into the public eye back when her husband was alive....its time for her to overdose.
xlnknparklvrx: LOVE AND WINEHOUSE CAN BOTH KICK THE BUCKET AND BE BURIED IN A MATCHBOX. NOTHING MORE UNAPPEALING THAN LOOKING AT HER FROM THE BACK. THEM SHOULDER BLADES....EWWW.. SHE IS A WALKING SKELETON , HOPEFULLY WONT BE LONG BEFORE SHE IS HORIZONTAL. SHE ALSO NEEDS TO CROSS HER LEGS WHEN SITTING WEARING A DRESS. OH AND I CANT FORGET...THAT GROSS RED LIPSTICK MAKES HER LOOK LIKE HER LIPS ARE BIGGER THAN HER WHOLE BODY. DO EVERYONE A FAVOR LOVE AND STAY OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT YOU TALENTLESS DRUG ADDICT .
thelazyfezzo: A TALENTLESS SKANK WHOM WE SHOULD HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT AFTER HER JUNKIE HUSBAND(WHO'S BAND SINGLE HANDEDLY DESTROYED ROCK MUSIC) MADE THE BEST DECISION OF HIS LIFE BY PUTTING HIMSELF OUT OF OUR MISERY!!!!!
mcfrle: aids with out a doubt
ClydeNowlin123: A NIGHTMARE HAS FELL ON ME I WENT WADDING IN A CREEK BUT WHAT I DID NOT KNOW IS THERE WAS A UNKNOWN WATER BACTERIA IN IT NOW I HAVE A TERRIABLE RASH OVER MY BODY MY EYES ARE swelled up, my feet aere swelled up, sores are breaking out over my body, i feel like i am on fire at times, all from some un known water bacteria and i could die from this thing, GOD HELP US WHAT HAS MAN DID TO NATURE FOR NATURE TO MAKE SUUCH A THING, AND I WAS ONCE HEALTHY MAN ANBD CLOSE TO RETIREMENT, I AM DRINKING WHISKEY TO HELP MY PAIN, GOD WHAT NEXT
Lexesbenz: Courtney IS a Fuc*king crack Wh*ore, shes a stupid Bi*tch too, we all know she had Kurt murdered.
JFilia: Courtney Love had Kurt killed so he couldn't divorce her and write her out of the will... she tried to force him to keep touring even after he od'd in Rome, he was sick of her and was leaving her when he 'killed himself'... look at all the evidence, someone else shot him - he couldn't even reach the trigger of the shotgun and his shoes were still on when he was found. She simply cant live with the overwhelming guilt of what she had done, and its all caching up to her now... the sooner she dies the sooner justice will be served... good riddance you murderous worthless piece of trash...
rael216: Man, I think she is on the HIV diet, she look's like she won't be around much longer, what a tragic loss to the world. That is sarcasm for those of you that don't have a sense of humor.
Josephbstanley: courtney love is a nasty ***** who deserves the very worst she can give herself. it makes me laugh to see these pictures! it seems that having your husband killed and getting away with murder can take a toll on ones body! R.I.P. Kurt!
jcmsp062: The old bag a bones looks the same to me, horrible. What a pig!
richarmet: SHE LOOKS LIKE A CRACK OR METH ADDICT... NO CLASS, AND VERY UGLY.... SHE PROBABLE SOLD KURTS ASHES FOR A PEICE OF ROCK...
fastcat121: I think it is important for the Mayor Bloomberg to know that before he misleads the public about Barrack Hessian Obama's Religion by saying hr's not a Muslim, he should know that the child carries the religion of his father, unlike Judaism whereas the child carries the religion of the mother. Therefore Barrack Hessian Obama is a Muslim. Mayor Bloomberg, do research before you make such a declaration that will mislead the people. I also think you should refrain from making comments like "I don't thinks like Rev. Wright, or he's not a Moslem", this guy is Evil, and dangerous to this Country. Also do you think that the CIA should give this guy Top Clearance.
treigel1: She's an Idiotic,Worthless piece of Crap anyway....let her Die!!!
skeeball25: Let this worthless piece of trash die!
crowbearcottage: Taking bets. Who croaks 1st: Amy Winehouse? or Counrtney Love? No big loss, either way!
ronniec57: I CAN HELP HER
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Repetitive Evil

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Triple Canopy
Triple Canopy is a fascinating, ambitious, multimedia and terrifically designed new literary and more online magazine that co-editor Alexander Provan describes thusly: 'Invented, borrowed, and stolen ideas. Artist projects, urban reconnaissance, dispatches from far-away lands. Non-sites, half-truths, supreme fictions. Obscure lines of inquiry arcing toward clarity. With and against the Internet. Orbiting an absent program; making it visible in time.'

Issue #1, which includes new work by Wayne Koestenbaum, an interview with Iain Sinclair & Russell Martin, Rachel Mason's 'Campaign Journal', Brook Wilensky-Lanford's 'The Tree of Knowledge, Qurna, Iraq', and much else is here.

Issue #2, which includes Michael and Thomas Beard's short film 'Victory Over the Sun', Ed Park and Rachel Aviv on Harry Stephen Keeler's 'web work', 'For an Unoriginal Literature': an introduction to the Poetic Research Bureau, and much more is here.

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Gaspar Noe's 'Enter the Void' (forthcoming 2009)


'(S)ome examples of great films exist, including the film which had such an influence on my existence: 2001, A Space Odyssey. Without professing to be able to create such a masterpiece, trying to make a film that is, at the same time, a large-scale entertainment, suitable for adults and complex in cinematic terms, is one of the most exciting undertakings one could wish to tackle. And if one does not set out with the aim of making a great film, one can be sure that it will not turn out to be one.' -- Gaspar Noe

Gaspar Noe's synopsis
early production stills
More early production stills
Unofficial Gaspar Noe Website

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Repetitive Face

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Ryan Trecartin
Speaking of UBUWEB, the great archive site has recently added three short films by the brilliant young American artist Ryan Trecartin who several people on this blog including myself have raved about here. Here's your chance if you don't know his work, and viewing is very highly recommended. If you want to read the short piece I wrote on Trecartin's work for Artforum, it's here.

WATCH: 'I-Be AREA' 2007 (60:48)


WATCH: '(Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me)' 2006 (7:15)


WATCH: 'A Family Finds Entertainment' 2004 (42:00)

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