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Chicano - premier / the effect of Mexican underground culture on Japan... /  by JoFF Rae

A documentary shot and directed by Louis Ellison and Jacob Hodgkinson in Tokyo and Osaka in 2016. Chicano is an exploration between the similarities and differences between Chicano culture in America and Japan, and how the scene is not all about gang culture, but has a deep-seated root in family values. The film is currently being featured on Dazed. Directors: Louis Ellison & Jacob Hodgkinson Produced by: Louis Ellison & Jacob Hodgkinson Editor: Buster grey-jung Sound Design: Buster Grey-Jung Colourist: Jonny Tully @Smoke&Mirrors

Gorillaz - new music in response to Drumph /  by JoFF Rae

Gorillaz returns after six years with the apocalyptic "Hallelujah Money" video, the first taste of their new record which is coming later this year. The band has issued this song on the eve of the Inauguration of President-Elect Donald Trump to serve as commentary on a politically-charged, historical moment.

"In these dark times, we all need someone to look up to,” Gorillaz bassist Murdoc Niccals told Noisey. “Me. That's why I'm giving you this new Gorillaz song, a lightning bolt of truth in a black night. You're welcome. Now piss on! The new album's not gonna write itself."

“Hallelujah Money” is the first single from the virtual band since the release of their last album, The Fall. Of course, it’s not at all clear when their next album will see release, but the group insists it’ll be out later this year.

Ben Frost - artist /  by JoFF Rae

Ben Frost is a visual artist whose work seeks to challenge contemporary norms and values of Western culture and society. Frost’s visual work places common iconic images from advertising, entertainment, and politics into startling juxtapositions that are often confrontational and controversial. He currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia, and exhibits locally and internationally.

The title 'Ben Frost is Dead' comes from his 2000 solo exhibition of the same name where he faked his own death. Invitations were created in the form of a newspaper funeral notice and distributed nationwide. Newspapers labelled him 'sick' and his actions 'perverse,' when, by complete coincidence, the invitations went out on the same day a local art patron died.

The collaborative exhibition 'Colossus' with Roderick Bunter in 2000 at the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane featured a 12m x 2.4m mural by the artists, called 'Where Do You Want To Go Today?'. The mural featured controversial imagery, including masturbating cartoon characters amongst a pastiche of advertising icons as a statement on society's continuing loss of innocence. In the final week of the exhibition, a disgruntled viewer entered the gallery and slashed one of the paintings with a knife. Police requested the exhibition be closed. In 2002, he exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney as part of 'Primavera: Young Artists Under 35', where the same painting - 'Where do You Want To Go Today?' - was exhibited. Police again requested the painting be removed due to public concern.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Frost_(artist)

TimeBomb is the brainchild of digital artist Lukasz Karluk (Holler) and Sydney sculptor/painter Maddi Boyd (KissKiss). It was first presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney on May 27, 2009 http://creativesydney.com.au/programme/mca-events/remixing-history/timebomb A report from the night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AawJD_hvNgU Merging interactive programming and traditional wild-style graffiti painting (“bombing”), Time Bomb allows the audience to unlock the secret history behind a graffiti wall (http://vimeo.com/4782201). Over four days nine urban artists contributed to the TimeBomb piece: DMOTE, Ben Frost, Kid Zoom, Numskull, Roach, Creon, John Doe, Bennett and KissKiss. Painting layers upon layers of different styles, their work was documented through time-lapse photography, creating an animated film of the whole process. Shots from the work can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=timebombsydney The final installation features two giant graffiti walls suspended in the museum. One wall is the real painting, the other a projected film double. The visitors’ physical movements in the museum can then control the film, going backwards in time, revealing the now-covered layers of graffiti. For more on Lukasz http://www.hollersydney.com.au and Maddi http://www.stupidkrap.com

CS Stanley - contemporary street artist /  by JoFF Rae

American contemporary street artist CS Stanley is known for visual commentary reflective of today's political climate. Born and raised in Indiana, he exhibits in local and international venues. The majority of work he produces is aerosol and stencil also incorporating a variety of mixed media to his art using multiple techniques including brush, marker and mouse in his creative process. appointed the title of Bill Levin's "personal Michelangelo" and Director of Art at The First Church of Cannabis, Stanley is known for his contribution to the interior design of the church, including murals, artwork, tees, stickers, and other miscellaneous branding.

known to be affiliated with several paint crews including Scotland's "Black Tartan Division" and operates as American council member to The Secret Society Of Super Villain Artists-UK. Since his joining, Stanley has donated his work to numerous SSOSVA fundraisers and has overseen the first American exhibition in Miami Florida.

Being an activist and advocate of human rights, as well a supporter of numerous charitable organisations, CS Stanley donates his art to fundraisers and global causes in addition to spreading awareness throughout his work.

CS Stanley currently lives and works in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Kylie Minogue reads Nick Cave's MTV rejection... /  by JoFF Rae

The letter is read by Kylie Minogue for LETTERS LIVE: http://letterslive.com/ Letter taken from Letters Of Note, compiled by Shaun Usher (Canongate): http://www.canongate.tv/letters-of-note-hardback.html When released in 1996, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' ninth album, the beautifully haunting, sometimes terrifying Murder Ballads, attracted critical praise from far and wide and went on to reach a larger audience than any of their previous records.

Dali vs Disney - Destino /  by JoFF Rae

The film tells the story of Chronos, the personification of time and the inability to realize his desire to love for a mortal. The scenes blend a series of surreal paintings of Dali with dancing and metamorphosis. The target production began in 1945, 58 years before its completion and was a collaboration between Walt Disney and the Spanish surrealist painter, Salvador Dalí.

Walt Disney's & Salvador Dali - Destino 2003

The film tells the story of Chronos, the personification of time and the inability to realize his desire to love for a mortal. The scenes blend a series of surreal paintings of Dali with dancing and metamorphosis.

The target production began in 1945, 58 years before its completion and was a collaboration between Walt Disney and the Spanish surrealist painter, Salvador Dalí. Salvador Dali and Walt Disney Destiny was produced by Dali and John Hench for 8 months between 1945 and 1946.

Dali, at the time, Hench described as a "ghostly figure" who knew better than Dali or the secrets of the Disney film. For some time, the project remained a secret. The work of painter Salvador Dali was to prepare a six-minute sequence combining animation with live dancers and special effects for a movie in the same format of "Fantasia." Dali in the studio working on The Disney characters are fighting against time, the giant sundial that emerges from the great stone face of Jupiter and that determines the fate of all human novels.

Dalí and Hench were creating a new animation technique, the cinematic equivalent of "paranoid critique" of Dali. Method inspired by the work of Freud on the subconscious and the inclusion of hidden and double images.

Dalí said: "Entertainment highlights the art, its possibilities are endless." The plot of the film was described by. Dalí as "A magical display of the problem of life in the labyrinth of time." 
Walt Disney said it was "A simple story about a young girl in search of true love."