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j.black
Website: http://lastmoths.blogspot.com
Bio: I make stuff and learn stuff.
Video: 3 Designers + 4 Days + Lots of Sweat = Omaha Beach Recreation
January 10, 2008 3:29pm
Music video roundup from the 1960s
January 10, 2008 3:22pm
The one for '7' punk and post-punk female singer videos doesn't work, because it should be /8/ punk and post-punk female singer videos. DUH! ;D
HOWTO make an animatronic lion mask with superpowers
January 8, 2008 4:59pm
Aw, HICCMUT, don't be a Goofus to the proverbial Gallant. Furry is just like any other subculture - there are crazies and there are norms, and this dude, regardless of subscribing to the Furry lifestyle, is a god damned artisan. Why shouldn't he be praised for making such an awesome object? It's so cyborg!
HOWTO make an animatronic lion mask with superpowers
January 8, 2008 3:36pm
Hey! Isn't the creator the same guy who was in that Furry documentary that was posted, er, here I believe? The lion obsessive!
Crumpled beer cans in porcelain
January 2, 2008 1:21pm
Ethan, I still think it is important to look at the styles of pottery which each artist is using to de-familiarise the respected physical objects themselves - because each style has it's own unique subtext. They're both blue glazes, certainly, but mock-Delft does not equal mock-Ming (Kangxi?) and vice versa. The significance of each glazes historical weight makes these two pieces extremely different - as does the violent object (weapondry) vs the pleasurable-sustinance object (refreshing drink vessel). Because of that I think it's wrong to say that Lie Xue's work is formally similar to Krafft's and thus derivative. They are simply artists using ceramics with traditional style glazes. If all works who use traditional ceramic techniques but with a ostranenie twist, does that mean Shary Boyle is derivative too?
Crumpled beer cans in porcelain
January 2, 2008 10:20am
Meh. I don't think it's right in saying Lie Xue's work is derivative of Krafft's. The medium might be similar, but the message I'm reading from them is totally different.
Krafft's use of Dutch Delft style porcelain paired with modern weaponry oozes suggestions of warfare in Europe as a timeless-yet-current situation which is both fragile and something that we keep with us as a cultural heirloom.
Lie Xue on the other hand, produces ultra iconic Ming (maybe a Kangxi hybrid!) presentation style porcelain. Traditionally used for, well, being presented to diplomats or other 'official' uses, Xue's assimilation of the techniques to produce crushed soda/beer cans is much more subversive than Krafft's in-your-face statement of fragile war. It's much more about what 'officials' do with gifts given to them in good will, or how we treat disposable/precious objects.
The Truth About Female Desire online
December 11, 2007 3:25pm
Did anybody actually watch it? I did. There were 8 women, a few of which were bisexual/bicurious, and one who was openly a lesbian. It wasn't about 'what turns you on' as much as 'how, physically and mentally, are women turned on'. The disconnection of mental excitement and physical excitement, etc.
It was a bit rubbish, purely because it didn't tell me anything new or exciting -- Violet Blue has way more to offer, but as an intro to shy British girls, it was well executed.
Push Presents: When Creating Life Just Isn't Enough
December 9, 2007 4:10pm
Somebody has to alert the Scobles, stat!
Tokyo fetish-fashion: "injured idol"
December 6, 2007 2:03am
Oh Bah Bah Hospital in Camden -- so silly!
Run DMC on Reading Rainbow (video)
October 2, 2007 1:43am
This was my favourite episode of Reading Rainbow when I was a kid!
Music video made from wacky old religious footage
September 18, 2007 12:10pm
Fantastic! This has opened a whole new interest in Swedish electro-pop!
Welcome to the new Boing Boing!
August 28, 2007 9:24am
Yay, comments are good.
New layout is also good.
But serif fonts are bad.
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The conflict, it's immense.
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That is bloody amazing!
As a 2nd year university student studying digital media, I would cut out a pound of - no more no less - intern with the people who made this. Insane!