#WATCH# Afterimages 4 - Vivienne Dick

Born in Donegal, Ireland, Vivienne Dick moved to New York in 1975.There she became part of the No Wave movement that flourished this period in the Lower East Side. Her early films are shot mainly in Super 8 which was kind of the basic characteristic of the movement. Also many people involved in this appear in her early work such as Pat Place and Adele Bertei (James Chance and the Contortions, Bush Tetras),Ikue Mori (DNA), Beate Nilsen, Anya Phillips and - who else?- Lydia Lunch. Invoking the spirit of '60s underground filmmakers, her work betrays an interest in individual transgression, urban street life, kitsch and pop culture.
This is a collection of the three very first films of V.D reflecting the whole aesthetic of the era.

Guerillere Talks
She had her gun all ready
Staten Island

Out of the BLU

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#WATCH# DRIFT by Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer

"In the early 90s Lee Ranaldo ( from Sonic Youth) started performing together with filmmaker (and partner) Leah Singer, developing an exciting and challenging form to combine his music and writings with her motion picture imagery.
In their audiovisual performances the images, the poetry and the sound come together- become one- in a drifting experience of people, places, landscapes. Their approach to sound and visuals comes across as a uniquely their own. Yet at the same time it seems to have its roots in the American avant garde, from Kerouac to Brakhage.
Interestingly, Drift manages to combine long, dreamlike sequences with a rough hyper realism, merging a punk aesthetic with a poetics of a happening."

Roland Spekle

"Drift is over overwhelmingly vivid, translating the intimacies of how Lee and Leah speak to each other (...) a document of cinematic literature.
It articulates contemporary interactions in film and sonic language, yet at the same time speaks to the narratives of the silent film era (...) their passion for experiencing the poetic, by pausing to celebrate every day things and scenes, and by observing the uniqueness in the Drift of the day itself."

Lea Rekow

01. Magniolas/Do you read me?
02. Times Square/True
03. Richard
04. Phone/ X-Ray Hand
05. Fireworks
06. Paperbox/ Tickertape
07. Doll/ Vegas/ Other Images
08. Reg 8/ Bloomington
09. Trainwreck/ Woolworth
10. Mother
11. Ink
12. Cinema/ Flares/ What we did in High school

Boo Ritson: Living sculptures

The cheerleader, 2009

Boo Ritson is an Amersham based artist famous for her literally vivid sculptures. First time I saw her work I liked the glossy texture and bright hues. After reading an interview she gave I found out that her sculptures are actually alive. She uses her mates as models and paints them after she covers them with emulsion cream. Then, a photographer takes loads of pictures and chooses the best shot.

"I studied sculpture but I love painting as well, so I thought of a way to combine both" she says. It all begun a few years ago when she covered herself with paint in from of the mirror and asked her husband to take a picture of her. ( I have no idea why someone would be covered with paint but anyway..) That's how she got the idea of the project. Since then she has painted a lot of people including the Maccabees for their "Wall of arms" album cover.

Boo Ritson is not interested in making portraits but creating her own characters. Her new series is exhibited at the moment in galleries around West End, London. The concept though remains pretty much the same.This time she introduces large sections of white to her sculptures implying her interest in unfinished portraits and how they communicate differently from works where the canvas is covered.
In conclusion, I think it's a fun and interesting project which also helped her gain publicity but for how long ?

http://www.booritson.com/

The Maccabees, 2009