This came out earlier this week, Rockaforte's (Luca Olivotto) EP, Sundaze, and the hypnotic track, Wide Awake. You can check out the EP on Beatport here. The EP was released on Olivotto's brilliant Endless Music record label.
don't lose your aim
Artwork: wall mural by millo, Don’t lose your aim, Mexico
Wonderful wall by Millo (@_millo_) in Conalep, a National College of Technical Professional Education in Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato, Mexico. The piece is titled:
No pierdas el tino,
Mide la distancia
Que hay en el camino
It's a sentence from “Cantos para romper la piñata” and translates as: Don't lose your aim,
Measure the distance, That's on the way.”
The wall is part of a bigger social project in Guanajuato and Millo states: “The goal of the project is to bring art where there isn't and closer to young people in order to let them feel inspired by another point of view.”
director's reel
I stumbled upon Samantha Casolari's 2018 Director's Reel, which is basically a mash-up of highlights from her recent video work. Casolari is a photographer and video artist based in New York who works across portraiture, fashion, music, film, contemporary culture and dance. What hooked me in was the melding of mood, movement, colour and a killer song by American electronic duo, Boy Harsher, Suitor. Check it out, and you can listen to the track on SoundCloud here. You can also check out Casolari's work at her website www.samanthacasolari.com and on IG @samanthacasolari.
the world is a song
Photo: Chalkie Davies
Love musician/artist David Byrne's POV of how the world “works—
"I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe...I wouldn't be surprised if poetry...in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes and designs...is how the world works. The world isn't logical, it's a song."
(source @_nitch)
apollo and daphne
Artwork: wall mural by Bosoletti & Jarus, Apollo and Daphne, Berlin, 2018 (photo by @nikakramer)
Incredible mural by Argentinean artist Francisco Bosoletti (@bosoletti) and Canadian artist Young Jarus (@youngjarus) in Berlin, 2018—the myth of Apollo and Daphne inspired by Ovid's version in Metamorphosis.
slowdive
Feels like Sunday—song by Slowdive, No Longer Making Time.
Check it out.
pale blue dot
Illustration by the wonderful Oliver Jeffers (@oliverjeffers)
Earth. It's home. So, Earth Day—it's every day.
A Yoshitomo Nara Day
Artwork: Yoshitomo Nara, Beh!, 2003
Beh! (or Blah!) Yep, today felt like this.
beauty is on the street
Artwork: stencil by L.E.T. (@l.e.t._les.enfants.terribles)
Another great stencil work from L.E.T. (@l.e.t._les.enfants.terribles).
Seth in Shanghai
Artwork by Seth, Shanghai construction game, Shanghai 2018
The wonderful artist Seth (Julian Malland) has an exhibition currently at MoCA in Shanghai, Like Child's Play. As part of the exhibition, Seth has created 17 street art works featuring children playing iconic Chinese games from the 70s and 80s. The works feature in neighbourhoods virtually emptied of the population as the areas are due to be destroyed, and as Seth comments, this raises questions about the transformation of the city. Check out some of the work from the exhibition @seth_globepainter, and more of his work at his website, www.seth.fr.
totality
Image by @dso.m42
Such an incredible image popped up on my IG feed today of the moon shadowing the sun by @dso.m42, (@universetoday).
breathe
Image: Breathe by Yoko Ono
“When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: Just breathe.”
Yoko Ono (@_nitch)
hangin' with the hippo
Image: @fundacioantonitapies
Just hangin' with the hippo—as you do...
Hippo featured in the exhibition Allora & Calzadilla at Fundació Antoni Tàpies museum, Barcelona, on until 20 May 2018.
equinox moon
Image: @mathewspaceman 11.4% full moon
Yesterday, the moon was 11.4% full (@mathewspaceman).
It was also the equinox. An equinox moon.
No matter if its waxing, waning, full or new, the moon is always beautiful.
what to read next...
Scrummy...the new reading pile :))
amnesiac
Gearing up to write. Trying to reset my brain/mood with some music. First song that came on shuffle—Radiohead's Amazing Sounds of Orgy from their album, Amnesiac (Deluxe version). A fave.
Not quite sure how that tunes into how I'm feeling...I just like Radiohead...
Check it out.
i see you, you see me
Artwork: wall mural by @cyrcle
Love this!
Created by cyrcle (The Dougs, @cyrcle) in Los Angeles, California, USA, (2017):
“I See You I Am You We Are One”
“You See Me You Are Me We Are Free”
Yes.
black balloons
When two becomes one...
Lithuanian artist, Tadao Cern's (Tadas Cerniauskas) Black Balloons in a glass tank (2016).
cool angel
This popped out at me while I was walking around Melbourne's CBD yesterday: @kambeeno's paste-up of a very cool, happy and zoned-out angel.
Not a bad way to be.
your dinosaur
Image: photo by @kambeeno
Some great advice: NEVER LOSE YOUR DINOSAUR!