Deep within the inner chambers of the Three-Horned Rhinoceros Beetle

Interpol the alternative rock band from New York, just released their new single "Lights". The video was directed by Charlie White that excelled again with this video for this band (he directed the great video "Evil" too). The concept, the art direction, the colour and the montage are really great. Strange and poetic, the video takes us back with a futuristic feel to an ancient sensibility. A beautiful and strong ritual that you can see here. It's also available to download from their website.

...connecting things

Weathervane, by Joaquín Cociña from diluvio on Vimeo.

"Como una niña de tiza rosada en un muro muy viejo
súbitamente borrada por la lluvia"

Alejandra Pizarnik, Caminos del Espejo

"like a girl made of pink charcoal on an old wall
suddenly erased by the rain"

Nightwalkers and Alchemists

Lisa Billvik and Nicomi Nix Turner have both a great use of graffite and soft shadows, that they use to portray a strange, nocturnal and magical world. Lisa Billvik's characters are like sleepwalkers in a world between dream and reality, on the other side, Nicomi Nix Turner is deeply influenced by alchemy and nocturnal life and his compositions are very well crafted.

Lights and Shadows

Shadow theater is the fullest expression of black and white, and I really don't know why I have not post anything related to it before. But this video deserves the post, it is specially beautiful, the characters are simple and naïf and the music is amazing. This dreamlike short was made by Johannes Nyholm for the song Twice of Little Dragon and it will be made into a short film called "Dreams from the woods", can't wait...Watch it here

FRANZ VON BYROS

This entry is dedicated to my decadence-lover, talented boyfriend and is about a unique artist that opposed himself to the moral restraints of his time. His name is Franz Von Byros, he was born in Zagreb in 1866, now Croatia but then it was Austria. He made illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy and other books, but he was best known for his erotic drawings published in his controversial "Tales at the Dressing Table" portfolio."In 1911 he was persecuted by the Munich police because of his illustrations and was forced into exile from Germany". I hope you will enjoy his intricate, elegant, beautiful and erotic work, as I do. If you want to see more go here.and here.

The old picture

It's interesting the mix of influences that creates an artist style, I can say that for me is a mix of old etchings, fantastic films, children's literature and of course a lot of old pictures. Here is a website that turns out to be a great resource if you like vintage photography is called the old picture and it's a great archive, I specially like these three collections: beauty, Eskimos and Facial hair.

Creepy fun!

Flush's debut single "Losers" featuring Riz MC and Envy is so much fun...specially when accompanied with this video. The illustration are made by Dan Hillier an old favourite of mine. This eccentric, creepy and kind of home-made video really makes me want dance, draw and make some animation of my own. Advice: please go and see it directly from youtube by clicking at the video because I can't fix the size of it in here.