Tag Archive for 'POETRY'

FOR THE GUGGENHEIM

Published by admin on November 25, 2008 in ART and REVLOG. Closed
FOR THE GUGGENHEIM


author video: VERNISSAGE TV – artist: JENNY HOLZER – duration: 06:16

Sit down, relax. Click to enlarge the video (below in the frame, on the right). Take 6 minutes of your lunch hour and watch. This is a work of Jenny Holzer made especially for the Guggenheim Museum in New York in celebration of the restoration. As the Guggenheim writes:

“Her transformative work will cast large-scale texts—comprising the artist’s own writings and poems—directly onto Frank Lloyd Wright’s curving architecture. Suffused with a play of light and changing language, the building and its surroundings will become an environment for looking, discussing, and gathering.”

It will be on display from dusk to 11 pm every Friday through December 31.

The video was shot by Heinrich Schmidt from VernissageTV, an art video blog with it’s homebase in Basel, Switzerland.

Link to the original posting: CLICK HERE
Jenny Holzer @ the Guggenheim: CLICK HERE
VernissageTV: CLICK HERE
Subscribe to VernissageTV: CLICK HERE
More on Jenny Holzer: CLICK HERE



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A BRONX KID COMES HOME TO THE COMFORT OF SADNESS

Published by admin on October 24, 2008 in A MUST WATCH, ART, MILESTONES, MUSIC, POETRY and REVLOG. 2 Comments
A BRONX KID COMES HOME TO THE COMFORT OF SADNESS


author: DANIEL LISS – duration: 03:51

We are in love with Daniel Liss. It’s that simple. For two years or so we have been following his footsteps. While funny enough he never really shows you himself, that is, his portret. At the same time he is telling a personal story where he shows you a lot but you have to have patience and use your brain. Just watch this video and be seriously mesmerized. It’s about life, poetry, music, visual enlightenment and more. Here are some comments on this work from admirers:

“beautiful. penetrating because of its lucidness. a moment settling into its reason. thanks for making videos that can be felt again & again.”

“wonderful. you’re allowing us to get inside your mind and your path of comprehension. to successfully express an artist’s mind is the most challenging and beautiful thing and you’ve certainly done so.”

“Oh man, I wish I could have you break down all of your films this way, like a director’s commentary version. I always feel like I get something out of them but wonder how much I miss. Now I’m pretty sure it’s much more than I thought. Awesome piece.”

We couldn’t agree more and strongly advise you to visit his site and subscribe to his feed (links below).

Pouringdown: CLICK HERE
Subscribe to Daniel Liss: CLICK HERE
Permalink to the original posting: CLICK HERE
The song is “The Good Life”, sung by Tony Bennett: CLICK HERE



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NICOTINE TOOTHACHE CHACHA

Published by admin on October 13, 2007 in POETRY and REVLOG. 1 Comment
NICOTINE TOOTHACHE CHACHA

author: JOLIE BLOND aka MARQUISDEJOLIE – duration: 01:26

It’s the 13th, time for a little nightmare; a short video we particularly like. Jolie Blond aka Marquisdejolie is a remarkable videoblogger. He is a former army veteran and vagabond who found a mission to…“write stories and produce factotum videos about bums, beggars, transients, hobos, vagrants, panhandlers, homeless veterans, the working homeless, homeless on wheels, idlers, slackers, crackheads, crack motels, lubbards, lobcocks, macrogasters, tweekers, chiromaniacs, creepies, creodants, crepehangers, face lickers, call girls, crack hos, strawberries, urban nomads and all manner of street denizens.”

We revlogged one of his bewitching poems before, CONTEMPLATING THE ENAMEL OF MORTALITY, in which tooth decay is used as a metaphor for aging and mortality. In our new revlog, Nicotine Toothache ChaCha, Marquisdejolie continues “about a toothache that made smoking painful and the cha cha I had to do to enjoy both.” Simply mesmerizing.

Permalink to the original posting: CLICK HERE
Marquisdejolie’s Blog/Vlog: CLICK HERE
The home of Marquisdejolie: CLICK HERE
The story of Marquisdejolie’s Misery: CLICK HERE
Subscribe to Marquisdejolie’s own work: CLICK HERE (his Blip.tv feed)
Subscribe to Marquisdejolie total feed (works only in a RSS reader and not in a video aggregator): CLICK HERE



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CONTEMPLATING THE ENAMEL OF MORTALITY

Published by admin on March 31, 2007 in POETRY and REVLOG. Closed
CONTEMPLATING THE ENAMEL OF MORTALITY

author: JOLIE BLOND aka MARQUISDEJOLIE – duration: 02:19

Whatch and listen to Jolie Blond aka Marquisdejolie, this remarkable poet and videographer. We revlog his bewitching poem Contemplating The Enamel of Mortality, in which tooth decay is used as a metaphor for aging and mortality. A transcript of this poem you can find HERE.

This is what Blond writes about himself:

“I write stories and produce factotum videos about bums, beggars, transients, hobos, vagrants, panhandlers, homeless veterans, the working homeless, homeless on wheels, idlers, slackers, crackheads, crack motels, lubbards, lobcocks, macrogasters, tweekers, chiromaniacs, creepies, creodants, crepehangers, face lickers, call girls, crack hos, strawberries, urban nomads and all manner of street denizens.

I was a photojournalist and brigade newspaper editor for the army, becoming editor in chief of the St. Mary’s University student newspaper when I left the military, did some federal civil service work for a while until the V.A. (Veterans Affairs – ed.) maliciously screwed me up with my employer, became editor of a national magazine, owned and operated an escort agency and then dropped through the social safety net where the V.A. abandoned me when I needed them most, cheap, rotten, atavistic, calculatingly neglectful, pissant, byzantinian bureaucratic straw boss hypocrite false facade bastards that they are”.

Permalink to the original posting: CLICK HERE
Marquisdejolie’s Blog/Vlog: CLICK HERE
Another Marquisdejolie site: CLICK HERE
Subscribe to Marquisdejolie: CLICK HERE



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