Stills from the music video for Method Man's song for/about Sour Patch Kids.
10/30/11
Method Man - "World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)"
10/21/11
10/16/11
10/14/11
The Origin of the THING
“…the old word “Thing” or “Ding” designated originally a certain type of archaic assembly. Many parliaments in Nordic and Saxon nations still activate the old root of this etymology: Norwegian congressmen assemble in the Storting; Icelandic deputies called the equivalent of ‘thingmen’ gather in the Althing; Isle of Man seniors used to gather around the Ting;the German landscape is dotted with Thingstatten and you can see in many places the circles of stones where the Thing used to stand. Thus, long before designating an object thrown out of the political sphere and standing there objectively and independently, the Ding or Thing has for many centuries meant the issue that brings people together because it divides them.”
- from the Introduction to the catalogue of Making Things Public– Atmospheres of Democracy, MIT Press 2005 (edited by Bruno Latour & Peter Weibel)
via Objective Correlative
10/7/11
My friend Anthony introduced me to FAVs. In Ghana there is a tradition of celebrating the life of the recently departed by seeing off the dead in a 'Fantastic Afterlife Vehicle,' a FAV. The coffin is representative of the life led by its occupant such as an object in the form of ones occupation or possibly ones interests. All in all they are a celebration of the virtues and the life force of the person's existence. What a beautiful way to be remembered.
The above coffin belongs to the artist Emanuel Okine who was a master teacher of movie poster painting. The coffin was sculpted by Nii Anum and painted by D.A. Jasper one of Okine's students. The image is from the book: Extreme Canvas: Movie Poster Paintings from Ghana by Ernie Wolfe III
10/5/11
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