Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The Young Idea



Just got back from a family ski trip to Switzerland. Came across this little old cigarette collector card.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Deface Value


Had this collage of mine posted on the great defaced album cover site DEFACE VALUE.

Monday, February 4, 2013

German Photo Album


This is a page from a German photo album I bought on a recent trip to Berlin. I like how this couple posed individually and then joined the photos together. Some very subtle hand-coloring too.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Found Footage Freakout

A long-time found footage fan, I was completely blown away by this!

Monday, January 28, 2013

Flughafen


Just came across this amazing photomontage of Hannover Airport by Ho-Yeol Ryu called "Flughafen". Wow.

Monday, January 21, 2013

Lost Cat


I've never come across a lost cat sign quite like this one before. Found on a tree in Twenthe, Netherlands.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Self-Help Artist


 


I just discovered this artist Kent Rogowski. Nice stuff! More here: www.kentrogowski.com

Saturday, December 22, 2012

UKEALYPTUS TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2012

1. THE BRILL BUILDING -- Kramer




















2. PUTRIFIERS II -- Thee Oh Sees


3. ALLELUJAH! DON'T BEND! ASCEND! -- Godspeed You! Black Emperor


4. SWING LO MAGELLAN -- Dirty Projectors
  


5.  FLYING SIMPLY EXPLAINED -- Ambulances


6. DANZIG IN THE MOONLIGHT -- Ken Stringfellow


7. CLUCK OLD HEN -- Various Artists


8. THE SNAKE AND THE MONEY JAR -- The Curst Sons


9. GAMMA -- Vlad (EP)


10. SONG READER -- Beck (sheet music)

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Pauze


This is my one-minute film entry in the Celluloid Remix competition. Made up of found footage downloaded from the site. "Pauze" means "break" or "intermission" in Dutch.


Friday, April 6, 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

American Spelling Blocks


Came across this in Austin. Love that stack of blocks in the canoe! And the two-panel image.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Stereogranimator Gone Wrong

GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index

My selection of some Stereogranimations that just didn't quite work out right.

More from the amazing New York Public Library collection here

Stereogranimator

GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index


The STEREOGRANIMATOR has arrived! Just a few days ago, the New York Public Library posted on their website 14,000+ animated GIFs made from their collection of 40,000+ stereographs. Above are some of the ones that caught my eye. Many more here

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Henry Darger video



Arturo Baston made this new Dusty Stray video for the song "Henry's Room", -- an homage to outsider artist Henry Darger.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

UKEALYPTUS TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2011

1. STRANGE MERCY -- St. Vincent



 2. THE HARROW AND THE HARVEST -- Gillian Welch



3. SMOKE RING FOR MY HALO -- Kurt Vile



4. UNICORN LOVES DEER -- Alamo Race Track



5. PARALLAX (and also BEDROOM DATABANK Vol. 1-4) -- Atlas Sound



6.  MIRROR TRAFFIC -- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks



7. LAST OF THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN -- Josh T. Pearson



8. EVERYTHING ON WHEELS -- Awkward I



9. THE YEAR OF HIBERNATION -- Youth Lagoon



10. ... I LISTEN TO THE WIND THAT OBLITERATES MY TRACES: MUSIC IN VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHS 1880-1955 -- compilation edited by Steve Roden