Actually Anna Bing is two people – Anna and Bing – who form a video production company called Video Mutants in the Netherlands. This piece is based on a poem by Ibrahim Selman. I don’t understand the language but the sounds of the poem as read by the narrator are just beautiful. I could listen all day. Check out how the film is a cheerful nod to Bob Dylan’s particular poetry film technique. I love watching the crowds move back and forth. They look like happy people.
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Still 3 From Detective City Angel
The Fabulous Fox: Documentary About the Destruction of a Movie Palace
These are excerpts from a 1988 documentary made by Bartel Thomsen. It chronicles the demolition of the Fox movie theater in San Francisco which happened in 1963. Apparently, the old organ is now in Disney’s El Capitan theater in Hollywood.
Venice Biennale 2011: Thomas Hirschhorn
I like this little clip because the guy presenting the art tries to grasp the meaning of the artist’s installation and apparently doesn’t get it right. But the artist himself doesn’t really know what the meaning is either. It is not the job of an artist to understand or articulate meaning.
Mater Susperia Vision – Seduction of the Armageddon Witches: A Short Film by Diego Barrera
Spanish filmmaker Diego Barrera uses Christian symbolism and New Age crystals to mount a mystical vision trip the takes inspiration from the film works of Alejandro Jodorowski. I believe it is a music video for a group called ‘Mater Susperia Vision.’