• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part One Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Saimir Strati Makes Art Out Of Nails! Posted by: Vivian Hua
  My mother sends me forwarded e-mail chains all the time. Most of them are not worth forwarding or even mentioning ever again. But once in a while, there are some artistic gems, and this is one of them. Albania’s Saimir Strati is one talented mosaic artist, but in this particular instance, he’s working with nails [...]

• San Francisco International Film Festival 2011 : 04/28 – 04/30 Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  If you are looking for films from today, Wednesday, the 27th, you can see them here. Below are choice picks for the remainder of this week! Full festival details and movie listings here. — Asleep In The Sun This Argentine film evokes the tag words: “metaphysical mystery,” “canine-crazed,” “soul-deep,” “Kafkaesque world,” “psuedo scientists,” “self-possessed,” and [...]
• Argentina Mixtape (#1) Stream & Download Posted by: Admin
  This is a selection of new music from Argentina. Most of it comes from Buenos Aires; all of it is great. While Argentina continues to sell itself as the home of tango and hard rock, there are a ton of artists there trying to make something interesting, often taking cues from seminal Western bands such [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part Two Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• 2011 Year-End Respect For Album Cover Art : Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design Posted by: Admin
  Our third-annual album cover art feature uses interviews with artists and musicians to highlight the philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork. THE BREAKDOWN    12 Collage + 14 Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design + 19 Illustration, Painting, Drawing + 8 Black And White Photography + 22 Color Photography + 6 Deluxe Packaging [...]
• Storm Thorgerson And Storm Studios' Dark Side Of The Moon Posted by: Admin
  Storm Thorgerson is eternally taking photography to next levels. While doing research today for his recent cover of the Wombats’ This Modern Glitch (see below), I came across this lovely project he is doing for Dark Side Of The Moon. The name of the game is controlled randomness! Chaos in the order. Scroll down for [...]
• WIM - "See You Hurry" Music Video Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This video from Sydney’s WIM creeps through nature, continues with woman, and ends in death and massacre. In 4:20, one takes a quick glimpse into an alternate reality of fog and semi-jungle surroundings which betray an initial sense of familiarity. As they say, “See you on the other side.” Directed by Daniel Askill from Collider.
• Architecture In Helsinki - "Escapee" Music Video Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Strangely, I am most fascinated by the slight patterning to be found on this video for Architecture In Helsinki’s “Escapee.” Other than that, not much happens; the video’s appeal lies in the fact that it is shot like a dreary Nordic drama, and it’s more like an advertisement for you to go watch Architecture In [...]

• West African Masquerade Photos. Posted by: Vivian Hua
  These photos are quite old, but they’re new to me. Photographer Phyllis Galembo takes colorful portraits of individuals in developing countries and captures the richness and beauty in their everyday dress and surroundings. These photos are large-scale color images capturing ritual adornment in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso. Here are my favorites, but you can [...]

• SIINAI's "Anthem 1&2" Music Video Set To Alejandro Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain Posted by: Admin
  Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Holy Mountain was released in 1973. The psychedelic story is geometry-heavy and laden with symbolic imagery and metaphysical themes. In short, the visually-stunning masterpiece has inspired countless creations, and it seems to be receiving another breath of fresh air as of late. REDEFINE MUSICIANS, ARTISTS, AND FILMMAKERS WHO HAVE BEEN INSPIRED [...]
• SIFF 2011: Checkpoint! Posted by: Allen Huang
  Here’s a peek into what’s coming up at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival. You can buy all tickets at www.siff.net. Pinoy Sunday (2010) Taiwan, Directed by Wi Ding Ho It’s The Puffy Chair but in Taiwan. Which makes it better than The Puffy Chair. But not by much. Does mumblecore work in more tonal, [...]
• San Francisco International Film Festival 2011 : 04/28 – 04/30 Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  If you are looking for films from today, Wednesday, the 27th, you can see them here. Below are choice picks for the remainder of this week! Full festival details and movie listings here. — Asleep In The Sun This Argentine film evokes the tag words: “metaphysical mystery,” “canine-crazed,” “soul-deep,” “Kafkaesque world,” “psuedo scientists,” “self-possessed,” and [...]

• SIFF 2011 : Checkpoint! (Part 2) Posted by: Allen Huang
  Here’s a smattering of reviews that are up way too late for you to take advantage of, but nonetheless you should know about (for better or for worse). All these films were screened at the most excellent so far 2011 Seattle International Film Festival. Vallanzasca – Angels of Evil (2010) Italy, Directed by Michele Placido [...]
• Blood Becomes Water #3 : Music Photography Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Grimy, grimy, grimy! The new issue of Blood Becomes Water features work from Leah-Jade Connolly, Oliver Donnet, Rosie Eisor, Jaime Martinez (< crazy interesting website; I would recommend it), Kate Yang Nikodym, Raya Rayax, Iliyan Ruzhin, and Sam Scott Hunter. 40 digitally-printed black and white photographs with movable pages! Ace use of negative space amidst [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2011 : 02/20-02/26 Closing Week Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  How To Die In Oregon This film does not beat around the bush. Beginning with a terminally-ill cancer patient who dies on camera, How To Die In Oregon explores the sensitive issue of physician-assisted suicide. Directed by Peter D. Richardson – UNITED STATES SHOWTIMES Sun, Feb 20 @ 9:30am (B1) Mon, Feb 21 @ 7:30 [...]

• West African Masquerade Photos. Posted by: Vivian Hua
  These photos are quite old, but they’re new to me. Photographer Phyllis Galembo takes colorful portraits of individuals in developing countries and captures the richness and beauty in their everyday dress and surroundings. These photos are large-scale color images capturing ritual adornment in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso. Here are my favorites, but you can [...]

• Trip Report Mixtape (#17) Stream & Download Posted by: Troy Micheau
  

  This REDEFINE staff-curated mixtape crosses continents and countries — from Cambodia to England, from India to Ethiopia — to bring you psychedelic sounds for the comedown.

Alberta Province

• Chad VanGaalen Interview (w/ Animated Video Retrospective) Posted by: Vivian Hua
  

  “I try not to think at all. If I pre-think anything, it’s usually bad.”

• Chad VanGaalen - "Peace On The Rise" Music Video Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Calgary-based musician Chad VanGaalen is one talented dude, and his artistic skills are just as prominent as his musical skills. How fortuitous that he is in a position to animate a video such as this one, for “Peace Is On The Rise”! What you can expect from this video is plenty of aliens, morphing and [...]
• Tegan And Sara Band Interview Posted by: Ryan Pangilinan
  

  “No matter whether you’re a gay or a mixed race couple… when you’re drawn together, ultimately it doesn’t matter what everybody thinks because it’s so honest, true, and sincere. How can that be wrong?” – Tegan Quin

• SIINAI's "Anthem 1&2" Music Video Set To Alejandro Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain Posted by: Admin
  Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Holy Mountain was released in 1973. The psychedelic story is geometry-heavy and laden with symbolic imagery and metaphysical themes. In short, the visually-stunning masterpiece has inspired countless creations, and it seems to be receiving another breath of fresh air as of late. REDEFINE MUSICIANS, ARTISTS, AND FILMMAKERS WHO HAVE BEEN INSPIRED [...]
• SIFF 2011: Checkpoint! Posted by: Allen Huang
  Here’s a peek into what’s coming up at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival. You can buy all tickets at www.siff.net. Pinoy Sunday (2010) Taiwan, Directed by Wi Ding Ho It’s The Puffy Chair but in Taiwan. Which makes it better than The Puffy Chair. But not by much. Does mumblecore work in more tonal, [...]
• San Francisco International Film Festival 2011 : 04/28 – 04/30 Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  If you are looking for films from today, Wednesday, the 27th, you can see them here. Below are choice picks for the remainder of this week! Full festival details and movie listings here. — Asleep In The Sun This Argentine film evokes the tag words: “metaphysical mystery,” “canine-crazed,” “soul-deep,” “Kafkaesque world,” “psuedo scientists,” “self-possessed,” and [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part One Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Documentary Film Preview Guide Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Tibet : With Scenery And Colors Like These, No Wonder Photographer Jan Reurink Keeps Coming Back. Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Netherlands-based photographer Jan Reurink can’t get enough of Tibet, and captures Tibetan landscape and everyday life with a dedicated selfless passion. In our brief Q&A with Reurink below, he tells us about the rainbow plethora of reasons he keeps returning to the sacred land. The prayer flags in this image are wind horses; they are [...]
• Junior Boys Band Interview : Conflict & Confluence Posted by: Karla Hernandez
  

  “Selling art doesn’t bother me. Making insipid, vacuous art bothers me. The cult of personality bothers me especially because I feel as though I have very little to offer. I’m a bad self-promoter, and I’m constantly reminded of how bad a trait that is for an artist to have.” – Jeremy Greenspan

• REDEFINE Event - Practical Alchemy : Northside Festival 2011 Showcase Announcement & Press Release Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Friday, June 17th, 2011 Doors 8:00pm, Show 8:30pm @ Shea Stadium, Brooklyn (20 Meadow St.) $12.00 All Ages FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150334218372959 Through a serendipitous string of events, Pacific Northwest-based Redefine Magazine was invited to curate an official showcase for 2011′s Northside Festival in Brooklyn, New York. This showcase will mark Redefine’s second event in the [...]

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• San Francisco International Film Festival 2011 : 04/24 - 04/27 Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This week’s San Francisco International Film Festival round-up is quite beefy, so we’re splitting it into two parts! For now, what you can see from Sunday through Wednesday. — Asleep In The Sun This Argentine film evokes the tag words: “metaphysical mystery,” “canine-crazed,” “soul-deep,” “Kafkaesque world,” “psuedo scientists,” “self-possessed,” and “’50s decor.” It certainly targets [...]
• Colombia Mixtape (#9) Stream & Download Posted by: Admin
  Like many countries in Latin America, Colombia has its share of music inspired by sounds from the U.S. and Europe. But the true sonic treasures here come from within, cultivated and enriched by an artistic population that is bridging the long-standing cultural divide between the nation’s European/indigenous Andean interior and its massive Afro-Colombian population along [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2010 : 02/19-02/21 Weekend Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This weekend’s recommended picks! Go to the website for the Portland International Film Festival for more details. A Town Called Panic An insane surreal stop-motion animated fantasy film featuring toy figurines doing all sorts of things in all sorts of settings. SHOWTIMES Sat, Feb. 20 @ 3:45pm (B3) Sun, Feb. 21 @ 7:45pm (B1) Chameleon [...]

• San Francisco International Film Festival 2011 : 04/24 - 04/27 Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This week’s San Francisco International Film Festival round-up is quite beefy, so we’re splitting it into two parts! For now, what you can see from Sunday through Wednesday. — Asleep In The Sun This Argentine film evokes the tag words: “metaphysical mystery,” “canine-crazed,” “soul-deep,” “Kafkaesque world,” “psuedo scientists,” “self-possessed,” and “’50s decor.” It certainly targets [...]
• Colombia Mixtape (#9) Stream & Download Posted by: Admin
  Like many countries in Latin America, Colombia has its share of music inspired by sounds from the U.S. and Europe. But the true sonic treasures here come from within, cultivated and enriched by an artistic population that is bridging the long-standing cultural divide between the nation’s European/indigenous Andean interior and its massive Afro-Colombian population along [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2010 : 02/19-02/21 Weekend Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This weekend’s recommended picks! Go to the website for the Portland International Film Festival for more details. A Town Called Panic An insane surreal stop-motion animated fantasy film featuring toy figurines doing all sorts of things in all sorts of settings. SHOWTIMES Sat, Feb. 20 @ 3:45pm (B3) Sun, Feb. 21 @ 7:45pm (B1) Chameleon [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part Two Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part One Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Amnesty International Celebrates 50th Anniversary. Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Amnesty International’s 50th Anniversary is tomorrow, May 28th, and this is just a quick post showing off their latest promotional video in celebration of that. They certainly went a bleak route, full of gunshots and burning torsos — but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The video, Standing Up For Freedom [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part One Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• 2011 Year-End Respect For Album Cover Art : Collage Posted by: Admin
  Our third-annual album cover art feature uses interviews with artists and musicians to highlight the philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork. THE BREAKDOWN    12 Collage + 14 Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design + 19 Illustration, Painting, Drawing + 8 Black And White Photography + 22 Color Photography + 6 Deluxe Packaging [...]
• When Saints Go Machine - "Add Ends" Music Video Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Give me anything surrealistic that is remotely well-done, and I will accept! No complaints! That logic in mind, the video for When Saints Go Machine’s “Add Ends” is one I accept, without complaints. A little bit reminiscent of Tim Burton’s film Big Fish, this video similarly contains a central elderly male character, a variety of [...]
• WhoMadeWho - "Every Minute Alone" Music Video Posted by: Vivian Hua
  In their new video for “Every Minute Alone,” Danish electropop trio WhoMadeWho explore real human sadness, through montages of what was always a childhood taboo — men crying. Crying while building IKEA furniture, crying while dropping groceries, crying when burning clothing, crying, crying, everywhere, and everywhere lonely! This is Nordic black comedy standard, but in [...]
• Agnes Obel - Philharmonics Album Review Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Thanks to sustaining crisp production throughout her latest record, Philharmonics, Agnes Obel sounds like a faerie whispering sweet nothings — and occasional sour musings — into your ear. Philharmonics is pleasant enough, but more than that, it’s patient — trumping along in a way that savors its own angelic purity, without all the trappings of [...]

• De Oro, Indeed! A Video With LNY. Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Just wanted to share this small documentary by LNY, which takes video of everyday life in Cuenca, Ecuador, and what it looks like interspersed with images of LNY’s work. It shows, in a quite literal fashion, the figures and events which helped inspire his not-as-literal street art pieces. New color in an already colorful landscape.

• SIFF 2010 : The Rest of the Fest Film Recaps Posted by: Allen Huang
  And so another year’s Seattle International Film Festival comes to a close. You might be saying “Hey! You only watched like eight movies? What kind of publication is this?!” Tut tut, readers.  We here at Redefine watched a boat load of movies! We just couldn’t find the time/space/wherewithal to write about every single one. But [...]
• Seattle International Film Festival 2010 : 05/31-06/06 Week Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This week’s recommended picks! Go to the website for the Seattle International Film Festival for more details. Some Days Are Better Than Others Four Portlanders with different — yet very Portland, Oregon-esque — lives spend their days trying to find meaningful human connections. The sell here is the acting debut of The Shins’ frontman James [...]

• Trip Report Mixtape (#17) Stream & Download Posted by: Troy Micheau
  

  This REDEFINE staff-curated mixtape crosses continents and countries — from Cambodia to England, from India to Ethiopia — to bring you psychedelic sounds for the comedown.

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part One Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Multicultural Sounds: The Do - Tightrope (Janelle Monae Cover), BRAINSTORM (Mdou Moctar Covers) Posted by: Admin
  The Dø – “Tightrope” (Janelle Monaé Cover) Janelle Monaé is one charming lady, and her music for “Tightrope” is the type of spectacle one can watch and re-watch and hardly tire of. French-Finnish duo The Dø have decided to take a stab at slowing down the R&B dance track and adding a sultry lethargic bluesyness [...]
• Herman Dune - Tell Me Something I Don't Know EP Album Review Posted by: Judy Nelson
  Much better known in Europe than in the US (thanks in large part to John Peel), France’s Herman Dune have been around for over a decade, busy pioneering the “anti-folk” movement that has had a mutually influential relationship with countless bands, from Belle & Sebastian to The Mountain Goats to even Jens Lekman. This album [...]
• The Writing Of Stones: Patterns In Geology Posted by: Vivian Hua
  I just found this post on the Pattern People blog, about a book entitled The Writing Of Stones. The images are striking, true, but it’s more than just a book about nature. I love how blogger Lauren Demith Chung wove in literary quotes from the book, which tie geology with pattern-making and philosophy. The author, [...]
• 2011 Year-End Respect For Album Cover Art : Fashion, Sculpture & Installation Posted by: Admin
  Our third-annual album cover art feature uses interviews with artists and musicians to highlight the philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork. THE BREAKDOWN    12 Collage + 14 Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design + 19 Illustration, Painting, Drawing + 8 Black And White Photography + 22 Color Photography + 6 Deluxe Packaging [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part Two Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Spectral Hypnosis : Orcas, CFCF, Jogging House MP3 Streams & Downloads Posted by: Vivian Hua
  SPECTRAL HYPNOSIS A recurring series, featuring mesmerizing songs for one to lose sense of time and space, mind and body. Orcas – Orcas Two Pacific Northwest musicians — electronic-minded singer-songwriter Benoit Pioulard and minimal composer Rafael Anton Irisarri (of The Sight Below) — have gotten together for the aptly-named Orcas. Their upcoming self-titled album is [...]
• Carsten Holler Experience At New Museum: Encouraging Psychedelic Journeys In Public Spaces Posted by: Admin
  If you live in NYC or are visiting it soon, get to New Museum by the end of the month if you know what’s good for ya! Closing January 2nd is this amazing, amazing enveloping psychedelic sculptural Experience, presented by Germany’s Carsten Höller (now living and working in Sweden). Where else will you see giant [...]
• Junior Boys Band Interview : Conflict & Confluence Posted by: Karla Hernandez
  

  “Selling art doesn’t bother me. Making insipid, vacuous art bothers me. The cult of personality bothers me especially because I feel as though I have very little to offer. I’m a bad self-promoter, and I’m constantly reminded of how bad a trait that is for an artist to have.” – Jeremy Greenspan

• The Power Of The Riff 2011 : Winter, Pelican, Noothgrush, ALL PIGS MUST DIE Live Show Review Posted by: Peter Woodburn
  Greg Anderson is known for a lot of things in the heavy metal world, especially his part in Goatsnake and Sunn O))). With the introduction of Southern Lord Records and the recent splash the label has been making in snatching up all the best up-and-coming metal bands, it seems that pretty soon he will be [...]

• SIFF 2010 : The Rest of the Fest Film Recaps Posted by: Allen Huang
  And so another year’s Seattle International Film Festival comes to a close. You might be saying “Hey! You only watched like eight movies? What kind of publication is this?!” Tut tut, readers.  We here at Redefine watched a boat load of movies! We just couldn’t find the time/space/wherewithal to write about every single one. But [...]
• Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) Film Review Posted by: Allen Huang
  Director: Teddy Chen Hong Kong, 2009 Bodyguards and Assassins is a long film. Too long. It’s about 45 minutes too long. It’s also overwrought. There’s a lot of grown men crying about pride and integrity. Things that matter to a lot of people, but not stuff we as the audience particularly care about. In the [...]
• Prince Of Tears (2010) Film Review Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Prince Of Tears is a historical drama directed by well-known Hong Kong film director, Yonfan. A look into 1950s Taiwan, the film documents a young family during an era when Communists — and suspected Communists — were questioned and detained by the Taiwanese government. It is a tale of simultaneous betrayal and loyalty, where best [...]
• The Banquet (2006) Film Review Posted by: Allen Huang
  Hong Kong/China, 2006, 131 minutes, 35mm Mandarin Chinese (with English subtitles) Why do the Chinese like to title their movies The Banquet so often? A quick search on IMDB pulled up three entries… out of four total. I know Chinese people love eating and all (I can legitimately say that since I’m Chinese), but still… [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part Two Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• The Turin Horse (2011) Film Review Posted by: George Schaefer
  

  The Turin Horse isn’t an interpretation of Nietzsche so much as a meditation on those impositions against which Nietzsche railed–order, morality, indoctrination, humanity removed from its animality.

• Portland International Film Festival 2010 : 02/19-02/21 Weekend Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This weekend’s recommended picks! Go to the website for the Portland International Film Festival for more details. A Town Called Panic An insane surreal stop-motion animated fantasy film featuring toy figurines doing all sorts of things in all sorts of settings. SHOWTIMES Sat, Feb. 20 @ 3:45pm (B3) Sun, Feb. 21 @ 7:45pm (B1) Chameleon [...]

• 2011 Year-End Respect For Album Cover Art : Fashion, Sculpture & Installation Posted by: Admin
  Our third-annual album cover art feature uses interviews with artists and musicians to highlight the philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork. THE BREAKDOWN    12 Collage + 14 Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design + 19 Illustration, Painting, Drawing + 8 Black And White Photography + 22 Color Photography + 6 Deluxe Packaging [...]
• 2011 Year-End Respect For Album Cover Art : Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design Posted by: Admin
  Our third-annual album cover art feature uses interviews with artists and musicians to highlight the philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork. THE BREAKDOWN    12 Collage + 14 Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design + 19 Illustration, Painting, Drawing + 8 Black And White Photography + 22 Color Photography + 6 Deluxe Packaging [...]
• Soley - "Smashed Birds" Music Video (w/ Q&A Interview) Posted by: Admin
  “I asked one tree, one tree to take me in to your house,” Sóley sings atop the calm strumming of acoustic guitar, the combination of sound and lyrics providing a steadfast cornerstone of comfort. What Sóley doesn’t display right away is a hint of dysfunction growing underneath. She follows up the line with declarations of [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part One Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Prince Rama Band Interview : Utopia Of The Now Age (w/ Manifesto) Posted by: Admin
  

  “Tapping back into symbolic power and the mystical meaning of these things is, I think, a really important practice… on a personal level, it’s just looking at the inner meaning of things more.” – Taraka Larson

• Trip Report Mixtape (#17) Stream & Download Posted by: Troy Micheau
  

  This REDEFINE staff-curated mixtape crosses continents and countries — from Cambodia to England, from India to Ethiopia — to bring you psychedelic sounds for the comedown.

• Spectral Hypnosis : Tomat, Hanetration, Father Murphy MP3 Streams & Downloads Posted by: Admin
  SPECTRAL HYPNOSIS A recurring series, featuring mesmerizing songs for one to lose sense of time and space, mind and body. In today’s post, we focus on drone and Europeans manipulating the shit out of genre in exceptionally creative ways. We will begin at the bottom of a deep, dark hole with Father Murphy, gradually climb [...]
• SIFF 2011 : Checkpoint! (Part 2) Posted by: Allen Huang
  Here’s a smattering of reviews that are up way too late for you to take advantage of, but nonetheless you should know about (for better or for worse). All these films were screened at the most excellent so far 2011 Seattle International Film Festival. Vallanzasca – Angels of Evil (2010) Italy, Directed by Michele Placido [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2011 : 02/20-02/26 Closing Week Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  How To Die In Oregon This film does not beat around the bush. Beginning with a terminally-ill cancer patient who dies on camera, How To Die In Oregon explores the sensitive issue of physician-assisted suicide. Directed by Peter D. Richardson – UNITED STATES SHOWTIMES Sun, Feb 20 @ 9:30am (B1) Mon, Feb 21 @ 7:30 [...]

• YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN + Swahili Blonde = On The Topic Of "Psych-Opera", Genre-Crossing, Press Hype. Posted by: Vivian Hua
  A post critiquing two female-fronted, genre-hopping experimental bands — and exaggerations. YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN Pitchfork describes YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN as “psych-opera.” Press point yarn. This is not psych-opera, dudes; at least, not in musical style. When in consideration of YT//ST, one is inundated with hype terminology — including the band’s calling themselves “Noh(能)-Wave” [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part Two Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• 2011 Year-End Respect For Album Cover Art : Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design Posted by: Admin
  Our third-annual album cover art feature uses interviews with artists and musicians to highlight the philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork. THE BREAKDOWN    12 Collage + 14 Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design + 19 Illustration, Painting, Drawing + 8 Black And White Photography + 22 Color Photography + 6 Deluxe Packaging [...]
• Shonen Knife, Shannon And The Clams, Jungle Fever Live Show Review Posted by: Matthew Carter
  November 2nd, 2011 – The Casbah – San Diego, CA The crowd at The Casbah seemed to lovingly embrace fem-fueled rock and three-pieces at the tour stop for Shonen Knife and Oakland’s Shannon And The Clams. Between all three acts, all with strong female leads, and the customary guitar, bass, and drums set ups, the [...]
• Battles, Nisennenmondai Live Show Review Posted by: Admin
  Keeping score of Battles’ musical configuration from album to album can be perplexing, but the effort is more than worth the confusion. They began as an instrumental band (EP C), to add vocals (Mirrored), then lose vocalist Tyondai Braxton. For their latest, Gloss Drop, they’ve featured a whole host of guest vocalists. As Battles is [...]

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• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Documentary Film Preview Guide Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2011 : 02/20-02/26 Closing Week Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  How To Die In Oregon This film does not beat around the bush. Beginning with a terminally-ill cancer patient who dies on camera, How To Die In Oregon explores the sensitive issue of physician-assisted suicide. Directed by Peter D. Richardson – UNITED STATES SHOWTIMES Sun, Feb 20 @ 9:30am (B1) Mon, Feb 21 @ 7:30 [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2010 : 02/12-02/14 Weekend Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This weekend is a big weekend for movie-going consumers in Portland. It’s the first weekend of the Portland International Film Festival, and it’s Valentine’s Day. Here are a few of our recommended picks! About Elly An Iranian drama that explores what happens when a group on a weekend getaway realize that one of their travelers [...]

• Artemio Rodriguez Woodcuts And Etchings Recalling Mystical And Morbid Traditions Posted by: Vivian Hua
  The man behind La Mano Press — an artist-run center dedicated to the promotion and appreciation of printmaking — Artemio Rodriguez’s works fall somewhere between old alchemical and biblical illustrations and Mexican folk art. His woodcuts and etchings ring of death and dying and simultaneously of playfulness, making spit-roasted rows of heads look downright adorable, [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Documentary Film Preview Guide Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Chikita Violenta Band Interview : "How Do They Do It In The States?" Mexicans In An American Rock Scene Posted by: Karla Hernandez
  

  “Maybe some years back — I don’t know if some people took offense or what… [listeners] would say things like, ‘Hey, you guys are Mexican. Why are you not singing in your native tongue?’”

• Seattle International Film Festival 2010 : 05/31-06/06 Week Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This week’s recommended picks! Go to the website for the Seattle International Film Festival for more details. Some Days Are Better Than Others Four Portlanders with different — yet very Portland, Oregon-esque — lives spend their days trying to find meaningful human connections. The sell here is the acting debut of The Shins’ frontman James [...]

• Tibet : With Scenery And Colors Like These, No Wonder Photographer Jan Reurink Keeps Coming Back. Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Netherlands-based photographer Jan Reurink can’t get enough of Tibet, and captures Tibetan landscape and everyday life with a dedicated selfless passion. In our brief Q&A with Reurink below, he tells us about the rainbow plethora of reasons he keeps returning to the sacred land. The prayer flags in this image are wind horses; they are [...]
• SIFF 2011 : Checkpoint! (Part 2) Posted by: Allen Huang
  Here’s a smattering of reviews that are up way too late for you to take advantage of, but nonetheless you should know about (for better or for worse). All these films were screened at the most excellent so far 2011 Seattle International Film Festival. Vallanzasca – Angels of Evil (2010) Italy, Directed by Michele Placido [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2010 : 02/12-02/14 Weekend Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This weekend is a big weekend for movie-going consumers in Portland. It’s the first weekend of the Portland International Film Festival, and it’s Valentine’s Day. Here are a few of our recommended picks! About Elly An Iranian drama that explores what happens when a group on a weekend getaway realize that one of their travelers [...]
• Rhian Sheehan - "Part 03" Music Video Posted by: Peter Woodburn
  Releasing albums for the end of the year is like the Oscar push. Those put out too early, save for a few, generally get left behind in the dust by easily excitable individuals like myself. There are worse things that can happen in life, but the fact that I left off Rhian Sheehan’s absolutely majestic [...]
• Eagle vs. Shark (2007) Film Review Posted by: Allen Huang
  New Zealand 2007, 93 minutes It’s impossible to talk about Eagle vs Shark, a low budget comedy about weirdos in love, without talking about Napoleon Dynamite, a low budget comedy about weirdos coming of age. Taika Waititi’s latest movie borrows so much from the 2004 hit comedy that it never truly escapes its shadow, however [...]

• Multicultural Sounds: The Do - Tightrope (Janelle Monae Cover), BRAINSTORM (Mdou Moctar Covers) Posted by: Admin
  The Dø – “Tightrope” (Janelle Monaé Cover) Janelle Monaé is one charming lady, and her music for “Tightrope” is the type of spectacle one can watch and re-watch and hardly tire of. French-Finnish duo The Dø have decided to take a stab at slowing down the R&B dance track and adding a sultry lethargic bluesyness [...]
• Colourful Environment Afro-Funk Mixtape (#12) Stream & Download Posted by: Admin
    Download Mixtape (91.1 MB) Stream Mixtape Colourful Environments contains over an hour of West African music, and its title speaks to the mix’s inclusion of everything from boogie funk jamming to psychedelic rock noodling. To deviate slightly from our usual mixtape tendencies, Colourful Environments is available only as a one mp3 download, without descriptions [...]
• West African Masquerade Photos. Posted by: Vivian Hua
  These photos are quite old, but they’re new to me. Photographer Phyllis Galembo takes colorful portraits of individuals in developing countries and captures the richness and beauty in their everyday dress and surroundings. These photos are large-scale color images capturing ritual adornment in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso. Here are my favorites, but you can [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part One Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• 2011 Year-End Respect For Album Cover Art : Illustration, Painting & Drawing Posted by: Admin
  Our third-annual album cover art feature uses interviews with artists and musicians to highlight the philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork. THE BREAKDOWN    12 Collage + 14 Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design + 19 Illustration, Painting, Drawing + 8 Black And White Photography + 22 Color Photography + 6 Deluxe Packaging [...]
• Other Electricities Mixtape (#11) Stream & Download Posted by: Admin
    Download Mixtape (94.9 MB) Stream Mixtape Other Electricities is from Miami, FL. Initially, we launched in Portland, OR in 2006 and before we knew it, we’d traveled around the world in a sense — releasing sounds from international artists. Since we never stuck to one genre over another, our artists not only span the [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2011 : 02/20-02/26 Closing Week Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  How To Die In Oregon This film does not beat around the bush. Beginning with a terminally-ill cancer patient who dies on camera, How To Die In Oregon explores the sensitive issue of physician-assisted suicide. Directed by Peter D. Richardson – UNITED STATES SHOWTIMES Sun, Feb 20 @ 9:30am (B1) Mon, Feb 21 @ 7:30 [...]
• REDEFINE Event -- garage_psych_dance Non-Official SXSW : Extras Recap Posted by: Vivian Hua
  SXSW 2011 was the first time REDEFINE has ever attempted to throw a SXSW event. We went big. We booked thirty amazing bands to play two stages at a 22-bedroom vegan co-op called House Of Commons. All party-attending patrons were treated to 3,000+ 16-ounce cans of beer, courtesy of Dos Equis. In short: a jolly [...]

• Novalima Merge Afro And Peruvian Sounds On Upcoming Album Karimba; "Festejo" MP3 Download Posted by: Admin
  “Festejo” from Peru’s Novalima comes from their upcoming album, Karimba, which will be released on January 31st, 2012, on ESL Music. Translating as “Celebration,” “Festejo” is a whipped blend of Afro and Peruvian sounds with modern electronic effects. It’s kind of a celebration, but it’s more a like a tripped out journey that simultaneously sends [...]
• Eugenia Werner Muñoz At Mullu In Peru! Posted by: Vivian Hua
  On a recent trip to Peru, I was keeping my eyes peeled for contemporary Peruvian art, and was lucky enough to stumble across Mullu, a boutique and art gallery in the towns of Cusco and Pisac. One particular artist, Eugenia Werner Muñoz, had some work showing at two of the Pisac shops and, I later [...]

• Olek Crochets Like Mad. Posted by: Admin
  Olek, born Agata Oleksiak, is a Polish artist who has chosen crocheting as her preferred art medium so that she can simultaneously watch movies and make art. This stuff is borderline (or maybe not so borderline) obsessive compulsive; one can only imagine that she is dreaming about crocheting while sleeping and thinking about it practically [...]
• Glass Lips - Blood Of A Poet (2007) Film Review Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Glass Lips (English translation), or Blood Of A Poet (literal translation), is Lech Majewski’s latest offering for the year 2007. Perhaps it is because I watched Glass Lips back to back with another Majewski film, Roe’s Room, but I found the entire viewing of Glass Lips to be quite painful. I’d been torn in a [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part Two Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Best Intentions / Din dragoste cu cele mai bune intentii (2011) Film Review Posted by: George Schaefer
  Directed by Adrian Sitaru, Romania / Hungary Best Intentions has been dubbed part of the categorical oeuvre “Romanian New Wave.” The movie is about the hospitalization of a woman and the coping of her family and friends. I walked a half-hour late into the screening and felt like I didn’t miss anything. The story is [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part One Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• 2011 Year-End Respect For Album Cover Art : Black & White Photography Posted by: Admin
  Our third-annual album cover art feature uses interviews with artists and musicians to highlight the philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork. THE BREAKDOWN    12 Collage + 14 Digital Illustration, Drawing, Design + 19 Illustration, Painting, Drawing + 8 Black And White Photography + 22 Color Photography + 6 Deluxe Packaging [...]
• Innocent Saturday (2011) Film Review Posted by: George Schaefer
  

  Innocent Saturday is a Russian film about the Chernobyl disaster… the date is Saturday, April 26, 1986, and official reports of the meltdown have been withheld, so residents in the surrounding townships are carrying on life per usual — and breathing in radioactive air.

• San Francisco International Film Festival 2011 : 05/01 – 05/05 Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  If you are looking for films from today, Sunday, the 30th, you can see them here. Below are choice picks for the FINAL week of the San Francisco International Film Festival! Get your butt out there. Full festival details and movie listings here. — American Teacher If you’re an average American, you know that teachers [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part Two Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Choi Soo-Ang / Choi Xoo-Ang (최수앙) Sculpts Realism Beyond Belief. {NSFW} Posted by: Admin
  When looking at the work of South Korea’s 최수앙 (Choi Xoo-Ang — or Choi Soo-Ang, if you are to use a more typical romanization), one might envision creepily realistic human forms life-sized enough to hug and share sympathies with. It turns out that Choi’s figures are actually tiny resin sculptures worked over meticulously with oil [...]
• SIFF 2011 : Checkpoint! (Part 2) Posted by: Allen Huang
  Here’s a smattering of reviews that are up way too late for you to take advantage of, but nonetheless you should know about (for better or for worse). All these films were screened at the most excellent so far 2011 Seattle International Film Festival. Vallanzasca – Angels of Evil (2010) Italy, Directed by Michele Placido [...]

• Death And Vanilla - Rituals Music Video Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Krautrock blends with pop on “Rituals,” the single from Death and Vanilla’s upcoming self-titled album. The Swedish duo’s video begins with a masquerade party, lulling one into a Eyes Wide Shut-type scenario of magick and mystery. As the track then progresses and speeds up, viewers are invited to descend down a black and white tunnel [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part Two Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Other Electricities Mixtape (#11) Stream & Download Posted by: Admin
    Download Mixtape (94.9 MB) Stream Mixtape Other Electricities is from Miami, FL. Initially, we launched in Portland, OR in 2006 and before we knew it, we’d traveled around the world in a sense — releasing sounds from international artists. Since we never stuck to one genre over another, our artists not only span the [...]
• Finisterrae (2010) Film Review Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Finisterrae Directed and Written by Sergio Caballero Lecha, Cinematography by Eduard Grau Spain, 2010 What exactly is Finisterrae? Dadaist art project? Absurdist bildungsroman? Destructionist popcorn flick? Whatever its inevitable classification may be, it will arrive there surely by accident. Filmed as nothing more than a few beautifully captured scenes and strung together with the thinnest [...]
• SIFF 2011 : Pre-Pre-Preview Posted by: Allen Huang
  SIFF 2011 is upon us. The Northwest’s largest film festival and one of the biggest in the country continues its grand tradition of bringing a vast cornucopia of films to the Seattle area. This year the festival will feature 441 films from countries all across the globe, and will spread them over 25 days at [...]
• Seattle International Film Festival 2010 : 05/31-06/06 Week Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This week’s recommended picks! Go to the website for the Seattle International Film Festival for more details. Some Days Are Better Than Others Four Portlanders with different — yet very Portland, Oregon-esque — lives spend their days trying to find meaningful human connections. The sell here is the acting debut of The Shins’ frontman James [...]

• Black And White Has Never Looked So Good, With Ingo Giezendanner Posted by: Vivian Hua
  [ABOVE] Nieves’ logo, which looks a little bit like McDonald’s Grimace — only much more well-read… Swiss publishing house, Nieves, really knows how to make you drool over a hard-copy art book. Their latest offering is entitled Iskandariyah Skan, and features the work of Zurich-based mixed media and installation artist, Ingo Giezendanner (whose website, it [...]
• SIFF 2011: Checkpoint! Posted by: Allen Huang
  Here’s a peek into what’s coming up at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival. You can buy all tickets at www.siff.net. Pinoy Sunday (2010) Taiwan, Directed by Wi Ding Ho It’s The Puffy Chair but in Taiwan. Which makes it better than The Puffy Chair. But not by much. Does mumblecore work in more tonal, [...]
• SIFF 2010 : The Rest of the Fest Film Recaps Posted by: Allen Huang
  And so another year’s Seattle International Film Festival comes to a close. You might be saying “Hey! You only watched like eight movies? What kind of publication is this?!” Tut tut, readers.  We here at Redefine watched a boat load of movies! We just couldn’t find the time/space/wherewithal to write about every single one. But [...]

• MusicfestNW 2011 : Dirty Beaches Live Show Review Posted by: Troy Micheau
  September 15th, 2011 – Dante’s, Portland, OR Alex Zhang Hungtai’s desert-dwelling, sunburnt Suicide jams didn’t really do much for me on his debut LP as Dirty Beaches, but the man’s set at Dante’s on Friday night of MusicfestNW was absolutely mesmerizing in a most bizarre and awesome way. Even now, almost a week later, I [...]
• SIFF 2011: Checkpoint! Posted by: Allen Huang
  Here’s a peek into what’s coming up at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival. You can buy all tickets at www.siff.net. Pinoy Sunday (2010) Taiwan, Directed by Wi Ding Ho It’s The Puffy Chair but in Taiwan. Which makes it better than The Puffy Chair. But not by much. Does mumblecore work in more tonal, [...]
• Dirty Beaches - Badlands Album Review Posted by: Erik Burg
  Badlands is the debut output from singer-songwriter Alex Zhung Hai, aka Dirty Beaches. The Vancouver by-way-of China youngster shows an amazing amount of talent on Badlands, crafting songs with an outdated sound, but with the warmth and earnestness of timeless music. The dusty crackles and hiss of a home-recorded album fill the blank space of [...]

• Portland International Film Festival 2012: Festival Preview Guide, Part Two Posted by: Admin
  Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is upon us again, and we have whittled down their list of 100+ international shorts and full-length films to pick what we have determined to be the best and most interesting of the bunch. Portland International Film Festival 2012 runs from February 9th through the 25th, with more than one [...]
• Once Upon A Time In Anatolia (2011) Film Review Posted by: George Schaefer
  Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan Starring Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel Turkey Once Upon A Time In Anatolia is a film from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a name some film buffs may recognize. The movie depicts a night-long search for a body in the hills of Anatolia (the Steppe of Eastern Turkey). The [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2011 : 02/20-02/26 Closing Week Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  How To Die In Oregon This film does not beat around the bush. Beginning with a terminally-ill cancer patient who dies on camera, How To Die In Oregon explores the sensitive issue of physician-assisted suicide. Directed by Peter D. Richardson – UNITED STATES SHOWTIMES Sun, Feb 20 @ 9:30am (B1) Mon, Feb 21 @ 7:30 [...]

• Kvitnu Mixtape (#15) Stream & Download Posted by: Vivian Hua
  

  Kvitnu is a high blood pressure music label, started in 2006, based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Many of the musical compositions on this mixtape are influenced by science, mathematics, machinery, and concepts.

• San Francisco International Film Festival 2011 : 04/28 – 04/30 Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  If you are looking for films from today, Wednesday, the 27th, you can see them here. Below are choice picks for the remainder of this week! Full festival details and movie listings here. — Asleep In The Sun This Argentine film evokes the tag words: “metaphysical mystery,” “canine-crazed,” “soul-deep,” “Kafkaesque world,” “psuedo scientists,” “self-possessed,” and [...]
• Portland International Film Festival 2011 : 02/20-02/26 Closing Week Round-Up Posted by: Vivian Hua
  How To Die In Oregon This film does not beat around the bush. Beginning with a terminally-ill cancer patient who dies on camera, How To Die In Oregon explores the sensitive issue of physician-assisted suicide. Directed by Peter D. Richardson – UNITED STATES SHOWTIMES Sun, Feb 20 @ 9:30am (B1) Mon, Feb 21 @ 7:30 [...]

Music

• The Cure Live Show Footage From Bestival, Live Album Benefits Charity Posted by: Admin
  The Cure: Bestival Live 2011 saw a release on December 6th via Sunday Best Recordings, and today the band is sharing a live video for “A Forest.” The video was filmed during their epic Bestival performance, and is one of the thirty-two tracks that comprise the career-spanning live album. Of the live album, Robert Smith [...]
• REIGNS - "The Diagram" Music Video Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This black and white for Reigns’ “The Diagram” is a classy one. For the single from their upcoming album, The Widow Blades, they expertly bathe the entire video in blacks using minimalistic compositions and heavy strobing. Given the careful planning that no doubt went into every shot, the appeal of this video lies more in [...]
• Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - "Trouble" Music Video (w/ Q&A Interview) Posted by: Vivian Hua
  This video for Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaur’s “Trouble” resides mostly in a David Lynchian universe, with heroined-out slow-motion vibes. Interspliced, however, are quick flickering shots of TEED (Orlando Higginbottom) being adorned with mysterious headdresses — an art form that has become a staple in TEED’s videos. The pieces featured in this video include a geometric [...]

Visual Art

• Gnarled, Hellish Forms, From Katie Brookes Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Herein lies the works of London-based artist Katie Brookes, who creates gently-crafted works of intense subject matter! First and foremost, a fair warning: the thin lines of her imagery seem better-suited for an etching on a copper plate, to be studied in real life, than it does for viewing on a digital medium, at low [...]
• NSFW: King's Random (Hybrid Tea) Translates Into Cakes And Babes. Posted by: Vivian Hua
  Linder, AKA Linder Sterling, is quite an accomplished lady. The UK musician (influential in the Manchester punk and post-punk scene), fine artist, and performance artist has her hands in all types of pies — or in this case, cakes. Her first solo show at Sorcha Dallas in Glasgow, Scotland uses “dirtied” female forms as its [...]
• Frame By Frame, Bindi By Bindi, With Bharti Kher. Posted by: Vivian Hua
  indra’s net mirror 1, 2010. Bindis on mirror, wooden frame. 192 x 109 x 6.4 cm / 75 5/8 x 42 7/8 x 2 1/2 in indra’s net mirror 2, 2010. Bindis on mirror, wooden frame. 192 x 109 x 6.4 cm / 75 5/8 x 42 7/8 x 2 1/2 in indra’s net mirror [...]

• Saigon Electric (2011) Film Review Posted by: Vivian Hua
  When director Stephane Gauger prefaced Saigon Electric by requesting that the audience not take it too seriously, I had to wonder what kind of journey I was in for. Turns out, a fairly unpleasant one. This film foray into Vietnamese breakdancing and hip-hop culture serves as a reminder that: 1) Not every film in a [...]