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I created this installation film with thoughts of the Defense Early Warning station, an abandoned military installation constructed in the 1950s in the town of Iqaluit, NWT, Canada (formally, Frobisher Bay). The film, revolving and repeating, offers a glimpse into the permanence of nature – in contrast to the transience of man-made installations and ambitions.
Peque Gallaga—acclaimed filmmaker behind 1980s classics “Oro, Plata, Mata,” “Virgin Forest” and “Scorpio Nights”— was commissioned by the Ayala Foundation Inc. to make a documentary on the late National Artist, muralist Carlos “Botong” Francisco. Read more.
The National Media Museum in the U.K. announced today that it has discovered the world's first color moving pictures. The reels were found inside a museum vault, hidden inside an old tin dating back to 1899. The remarkable discovery is set to re-write the history of early film. Read more.
“Internet art” has been around as long as long as the Internet itself. A renegade thing, it’s always on the edge of new technology, with its medium functioning as its own platform. GIFs, CAPTCHA codes, found imagery, experimental social networks — the manifestations and run-off of our daily online experience is all ripe fodder for the net artist. There has been some exciting new work floating around lately, so instead of taking you back to some ’80s cave drawing era of net art, we’ll introduce you to a few fun recent net artists, ranging from the tongue-in-cheek early Internet throwbacks to the user-friendly art “tools” anyone can enjoy. Read more.
In April of 1946, a camera crew recorded the scene as the great French artist Henri Matisse sat down at his easel to make a charcoal sketch of his grandson, Gerard, at his his home and studio in Nice. The brief clip above is from a 26-minute film by François Campaux which was commissioned by the French Department of Cultural Relations. Read more.
The prints of the first ever Filipino movie to be shown at the Venice Film Festival in 1952 were lost—and found. The restored “Genghis Khan,” in high definition and digital cinema package (DCP) format, will have its grand premiere at this year’s Venice film festival on Sept. 6, the same day that another Filipino film, Brillante Mendoza’s “Thy Womb,” screens as an entry in the main competition of the fest. Read more.
The film is the first installment in a series exploring the shifts in content creation and the information economy. Keep an eye out for the remaining parts. Read more.