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Watch: A Video Interview with Porous Walker

“Jimmy DiMarcellis (aka Porous Walker) is a Napa, CA based artist who specializes in the absurd. Jimmy’s hilarious drawings, creative sculptures and installations remind us that humor is the highest art. In this feature we meet up with Jimmy at his studio and follow him along as he installs two shows in San Francisco, one wildly creative install at Receiver Gallery, and one more clean narrative driven install at the San Francisco Art Commission Gallery.” (source: The Creative Lives)

See more of Walker’s work here

posted by: Harold Johns III

Watch: “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis”

Zach Galifianakis has a series of videos on the Funny or Die website entitled “Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis” where he conducts staged interviews with popular celebrities between two potted ferns. So far he has interviewed Jimmy Kimmel, Michael Cera, Jon Hamm, Natalie Portman, Bradley Cooper, Conan O’Brien, Ben Stiller and our favorite Charlize Theron. His interview style is full of off beat commentary, non sequiturs and plenty of crass innuendos – exactly what we ‘ve come to love about Galifianakis’ comedy.

Watch all the episodes of “Between Two Ferns” here

posted by: Harold Johns III

Artist Interview: Logan Hicks

February 22, 2010 Art, communication, The Rathaus

World-class stencil artist Logan Hicks discusses his blue collar work ethic, fatherhood, high dynamic range photography and losing a fingertip with Scion during the car maker’s Installation 5 Tour.

Learn more about Scion’s Installation Tour here

“The Locust Plague”

posted by: Brent Carter

Watch: A Video Interview With Collage Artist Judith Supine

February 9, 2010 Art, The Rathaus

Artist Bio:
“Judith Supine is a collage artist living in Brooklyn, NY. Supine could not speak until a month after his seventeenth birthday. He could not physically articulate words, he could only squeak and grunt. Supine often drew pictures to communicate with his family. His mom saved all of his pictures, just one of many reasons why his mom is great.

“Judith Supine uses materials that are free or at least real cheap. He uses an exacto-knife, glue sticks, cheap ugly paints and real sleazy magazines that make him sexually uncomfortable. Judith Supine gets his magazines out of people’s trash, from the public library, from the dentist’s offices, from his little sister’s magazine collection, from bankrupt porn shops.” (source: Paper Monster)

His pseudonym Judith Supine is a tribute to his grandmother of the same name.

“Swallowed” by Judith Supine

See more of Supine’s work here

posted by: Harold Johns III

Watch: Will Arnett’s Interview with Creepy Hipster Matt Zaller

National Lampoon’s Matt Zaller, specialist in the art of creepy-but-funny interviews is back. In this edition Zaller sits down with Will Arnett to chat about his upcoming role in the rather lame-looking romantic comedy When in Rome. But instead of talking about the film the conversation quickly shifts to dicks and continues to digress from there into hipsters, creeps, Scrabble, New York, weird handshakes, shoes and Dr. Scholls inserts.

If you think that’s funny, check out Zaller’s equally hilarious/creepy interviews with Jason Seigel and Matt Damon.

posted by: Brent Carter

Art

Artist Shout Out: Walter Inglis Anderson

Artist Shout Out: Walter Inglis Anderson

Walter Inglis Anderson was an American painter, writer, naturalist and bicycle enthusiast. Artist Bio: Walter Inglis Anderson was born in 1903 in New Orleans to George Walter Anderson, a grain merchant, and Annette McConnell Anderson, an artist. His mother’s love of art, music, and literature strongly influenced Walter (called “Bob” by his friends and family) ...Read More

Music

New Music Review: Widowspeak “Widowspeak”

New Music Review: Widowspeak “Widowspeak”

With a Cat Power alto and Mazzy Star whisper, Widowspeak‘s self-titled debut LP embodies the essence of the 90′s. But with band members born just at the cusp of the decade,  singer/songwriter Molly Hamilton, drummer Michael Stasiak and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas offer not a retelling of the 90′s but a new generation’s interpretation of ...Read More

Fashion

Runway Style: Thomas Tait Fall 2011

Runway Style: Thomas Tait Fall 2011

Canadian-born designer Thomas Tait began his career as the youngest graduate of London’s Central Saint Martins, completing the program at just 21. His graduate collection was then chosen as a feature in the CSM fashion week show for the Fall 2010 season, after which he went on to receive the Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize on ...Read More

Photography

Photo File: Saga

Photo File: Saga

From the photographer: “I am Saga. I am from Iceland but currently live, study and work in London.” See more of Saga’s work on: Flickr The Neverending Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Read More

Film

Style Watch: Harmony Korine for Proenza Schouler “Act Da Fool”

Style Watch: Harmony Korine for Proenza Schouler “Act Da Fool”

To showcase their Fall 2010 line, Proenza Schouler teamed up with legendary cult filmmaker Harmony Korine to create Act Da Fool. With the influx of short fashion films in early 2010, designers now seem to be stepping it up a notch in the video department – and in my opinion Act Da Fool takes the ...Read More

TV

Style Trends: Beverly Hills 90210

Style Trends: Beverly Hills 90210

With the DVD release of its first six seasons and an updated CW remake, Beverly Hills 90210 has yet again become a source of entertainment and fashion inspiration for girls (and grownup girls) everywhere. References to the show in the fashion world began popping up in late 2006, around the time of the 90210 Season ...Read More

Web

Photo Flash: The Camel Thorn Trees of Namibia, Africa

Photo Flash: The Camel Thorn Trees of Namibia, Africa

photograph by Frans Lanting, National Geographic Tinted orange by the morning sun, a soaring dune is the backdrop for the hulks of camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park. In 1990 newly independent Namibia became one of the world’s first nations to write environmental protection into its constitution. Read more about Namibia’s unqiue efforts at land stewardship here. ...Read More

News

Infographic: Sitting is Killing You

Infographic: Sitting is Killing You

See the entire infographic here Read an article about a Canadian sitting study here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Read More

Funny

Funny Video: Charlotte Young’s Artist Statement

Funny Video: Charlotte Young’s Artist Statement

Any artist will tell you, the worst thing about being an artist besides being poor is writing a bullshit artist statement. Don’t worry though, Charlotte Young is actually a comedian and not a depressed artist so don’t feel guilty for laughing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Read More