hoolawhoop

14.11.14

earlier this week

Philae Probe sends back first photo from surface of comet

Window washers trapped on One World Trade Center

World tallest and shortest men meet on Guinness World Records Day

13.11.14

Portfolio of Piles

N. E. THING CO.
A Portfolio of Piles, book edition of 555
Vancouver, Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, 1968

"Piles are not pretentious--they are just there being beautiful and doing their thing. Why piles? The structure is usually determined either by the object alone or the object plus the piler's imagination or lack of it. Naive piles usually are the greatest. It's the molecular structure and physical characteristics that give pile materials their nuances of stack ability."

From Artists' Books and Multiples

9.11.14

Piss buckets

Vaast Colson with "CONTAINERS & ACOUSTICS. We’re in it together, you’re in it alone"

Günther-Peill-Stiftung stipend 2012–2014

at Leopold Hoesch Museum - 07.09.–23.11.2014

8.11.14

Ger van Elk toasting to himself

Pictures of Ger van Elk's work 'The Symmetry of Diplomacy II - Peking, 1972', taken during my visit to a collection presentation at S.M.A.K. (Ghent), with works by Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, The Red Crayola, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Hans Peter Feldmann, Gilbert & George, Hans Haacke, Giulio Paolini,... A great study on the exhibition ‘Art in Europe after 1968’, which Jan Hoet made in 1980.

The Red Krayola, silkscreen on paper, 1980

6.11.14

the Shadow of the Artist

Keith Arnatt, Self Burial with Mirror, 1969

Keith Arnatt, Invisible Hole Revealed by the Shadow of the Artist, 1968

4.11.14

"Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore" made me high

The Guardian about Mark Leckey's video work, Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore (1999): "Fragments of 'found' video footage from British nightclubs are spliced together, repeated and slowed down, while a perfectly edited collage of ambient sounds – snatches of rave tracks, crowd noise, men bellowing across provincial shopping precincts – filters in and out. There's a loose chronology – northern soul, soul weekenders, casuals, acid house – but the two defining themes of the film are timeless."

Currently on view at Wiels.

3.11.14

Edward Ruscha eating Crackers

Edward Ruscha's book Crackers (1969) is based on a short story by musician Mason Williams, “How to Derive the Maximum Enjoyment from Crackers”. The book served as the basis for Ruscha’s 1971 film “Premium”. The photographs feature a couple on their first date, ending up in a cheap hotel room. He covers her with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and olives, and proceeds to pour a large bucket of salad dressing over her body. But the man forgot crackers to top his “salad” and leaves the woman in the bed while he goes to the store and purchases a box. The final scene shows the man having checked himself in to a fancy hotel room, lying alone in a much nicer bed, smiling and eating his crackers.
Pictures and more info: www.oliverjwood.com/books/crackers/