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Posted by Synth EastwoodNov 2011We here at SE love a re-staged photo. We have previously enjoyed the work of Young Me Now Me. This Back to the Future set however, is a cut above the rest, organized by photographer and self confessed old photograph obsessive, Irina Werning. The angle of the models, the costumes, the ageing of the photos - all is considered beautifully because Irina takes them herself. She calls for people with old photographs to send her copies so she can help prep them and re-shoot them.... [Read more]
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Posted by Synth EastwoodNov 2011This weeks mini-mix comes from Dj Rosko AKA Dubliner and Event Junkies founder Ross Killeen. After a disaster involving some 1's and 0's Ross was brought ever closer to the age old custom that started this process in the first place. Better to let him explain. Take it away...... [Read more]
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Posted by AlNov 2011Aakashni Halani is a New York based artist who builds geometric shapes primarily from coloured tape. Like many street artists he has taken his work into a gallery setting and also explored digital and on screen applications of his art. His website and blog are well worth a look.... [Read more]
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Posted by Synth EastwoodNov 2011Time to sellotape your eyelids open as Fergal Brennan strikes again with another mesmerizing animation. Each frame plucked from the tactile world through the use of time-lapse, stop-frame, a photocopier and some very slow walks through the forest. The song that inspired this homage to polaroids & photocopies is "Nightmail" from New Jackson. A new Irish act whom has recently released a very tasty EP on Pogo records that is now available for purchase.... [Read more]
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Posted by Synth EastwoodNov 2011Part 3 of the Amongst Inspiration series features photographer Cliona O Flaherty of South Studios. Really enjoying these videos with intimate interviews and shots carefully crafted by director James Cooper. Roll on number 4. Previous episodes have included Chris Judge and Steve Averill.... [Read more]
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Posted by Synth EastwoodNov 2011Our good pals in Aad recently launched a superb collaborative project in aid of the famine in East Africa. It's called Grow and the idea is brilliantly simple… '1 creative donates money and illustrates an apple. They ask 2 friends to do the same. 2 becomes 4, 4 becomes 8 and so on.' The digital orchard grows & grows. The orchard has only been live a little while but already there's great submissions from folk like... [Read more]
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Posted by Synth EastwoodNov 2011Richard Mosse is an Irish photographer who caught my eye in this years Dublin Contemporary exhibition. For most of the last decade Mosse has been overseas capturing the wreckage left in the wake of conflict and natural disaster. His camera has brought him to Iran, former Yugoslavia, Pakistan and Haiti, however I came to find him via his infrared photographs of the ... [Read more]
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Posted by Synth EastwoodNov 2011This November beckons the release of Goodtimes latest balladic renderings The Colours of Darkness. While recording this album Goodtime, formally Goodtime John, evolved into an ensemble which has resulted in sound-vibes and mood-fields that are a marked step away from previous works. As a taster Generous John, writer and guitarist on the album, has put the first single 'Behind the Sun' out as a free download here - and the ... [Read more]
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Posted by DaveyNov 2011Katharina Hölzl designed these very clever business cards for sound artists Ritornell. The idea came from an improvised concert where the Austrian musicians invited the audience to bring their own musicboxes. ... [Read more]
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Posted by AlNov 2011Like the repetitive loop of a song can mesmerize your brain through your ears, a visual repeat pattern can do the same for the eyes. Londoner Neil J Rook knows his way round such patterns, his vectored set-ups are a pleasure to behold. See his website for more tastiness.... [Read more]