Amon Tobin ‘ISAM’ exhibition & live show

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I went to the opening of Amon Tobin and Tessa Farma‘s exhibition last night, showing original sculptures from the ‘ISAM’ album artwork at the Crypt Gallery in St. Pancras, London. It’s on between the 26th May and the 5th June 2011 and is free, before being taken to Paris (Galery Art Roch) between the 13th and 23rd June. Dates are also being confirmed for Brussels, Berlin, and North America later in the year.


Also very much looking forward to seeing Amon’s live set when it comes to town, it debuts at Mutek next week.

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Moonbug trailer

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Documentary Feature 83 mins
A film by Nichola Bruce
Music by Matt Johnson
Bitten by the ‘Moonbug‘, photographer Steve Pyke sets out on a journey across America in his search to meet and photograph the men who walked on the moon.

Moonbugthefilm.com

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Artifacts #3

Alternity cover‘Alternity’ comic issue No. 1,  finished copy of the aborted UK comic from the makers of 2000ad, 1992. Includes stories and artwork by Dave Gibbons, Carlos Ezquerra, Colin MacNeil, Brett Ewins, Jamie Hewlett, John Wagner, Mark Millar, Pat Mills and Clint Langley.

Never officially published, this is a revised version of the ‘Earthside 8’ comic with one new story, most were pulped.

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ROA and Phlegm, Peckham, today

The past few weeks, going through Peckham on the train on the way to London Bridge, I noticed some large scale paintings in amongst the largely derelict buildings just outside the station. Visible from the train is a huge bird perched on top of a stack of skulls plus various other creatures as you whiz past an open courtyard in the building. Today I decided to go and find it and take some pictures as a respite from the studio mix sessions.

There’s no obvious way to get to them but there is a small alleyway off Peckham High St., by the fishmongers, that leads to it. This was, frustratingly, barred by a locked gate so I had to find another way. Various fire escapes out the back of indoor markets led to dead ends or more locked gates. In the end I had to go round the block to the opposite end of the next side street, into a lock up area where store keepers were storing merchandise and I could hear bands practicing behind closed doors. After a couple more wrong turns I found my way down between the buildings, into the courtyard and this is what I found.

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If anyone knows who the artists are I would be interested to know more. The power of the internet rears its head, apparently the animals and skulls are by ROA from Belgium, couple of galleries here and his tumblr here. Looks like the other stuff is Sheffield artist Phelgm, thanks to all those who pointed it out.

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May the 4th Be With You

I’ve been waiting all year to post this… The original Star Wars trilogy, in Lego, in two minutes, told in shorthand, by a child. Lots more Lego Star Wars films on the official site.

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