“One of the most appealing things is the variety of shapes, colours and sizes they come in.” Rory
Feminists may initially shake their heads wearily at the premise for Tony Davidson’s new book One-Track Mind, which bears the subtitle “a revealing insight into the obsessed minds of men”, but should read on as it’s actually surprisingly amusing. The book contains photographs, taken all over the world, of objects that are reminiscent of breasts.
Artist Roger Hiorns inside Seizure. All photographs by Nick Cobbing
Artangel, the arts organisation that has built a reputation for creating excellent exhibitions in unusual venues across London, is currently showing Seizure, a new artwork by Roger Hiorns, in a dilapidated social housing block near Elephant & Castle. The installation sees a bedsit in the block filled with resplendent blue crystals.
After our post on John Pasche’s design and subsequent sale of the Rolling Stones logo (above), rumours began to circulate that Pasche had been offered a place in the band and even that the Stones had bought his house for him. We have the truth…
Gorilla remixed to Total Eclipse of the Heart
Fallon’s enormously successful Cadbury’s ads return to our screens this evening with remixed soundtracks. Both Gorilla and Airport Trucks will play out in full length, taking up the whole of an ad break during the finale of Big Brother on Channel 4, at 10.30pm. The new version of Gorilla (shown above) is cut to Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart, while Airport Trucks will be set to Bon Jovi’s Living on a Prayer, which, rumour has it, was the ad agency’s original preferred soundtrack for the ad.
Both remixes have been overseen by Fallon’s creative director Juan Cabral, but they do smack slightly of Cadbury trying to ‘milk’ the success of the original spots. But we will let you make up your own minds… At present I can only find Gorilla on YouTube but will add Trucks if it appears.
Still from To Build A Home, a new film by Up The Resolution created for The Cinematic Orchestra’s forthcoming DVD, Ma Fleur
Here at CR, we get sent dozens of music promos every week. And most, to be perfectly honest, tend towards a predictable and frankly uninspiring formula as overstyled youths bounce around in a studio/street/park playing their instruments as a singer, usually lacking in charisma, good looks and sartorial elegance, mimes vocals to camera (yawn). Or worse, an aging, muscly popstar jumps around like she’s 21 wearing a leotard (for the love of all that is good in the world, make it stop, make it stop).
Refreshingly, a new video by Up The Resolution for Ninja Tune act, The Cinematic Orchestra – entitled To Build A Home – avoids clichéd music video formulas. Instead it combines beautiful cinematography with a talented cast of actors and an emotionally harrowing story line. The film is also unusual in that the soundtrack consists of two, rather than the usual one, track…
We’re delighted to announce that the CR blog is hosting, right here, right now, the very first screening of To Build A Home. Read on to view the film and to read a Q&A with director Andrew Griffin (UTR’s Griff) about the project…
Here at CR, we love a good typeface. And, as it goes, we’re big fans of playboy bunnies. So imagine our delight when we spotted a new print available from the Airside Shop that craftily combines both type and bunny-girls (albeit bunny girls with rabbit heads – you know, ancient Egyptian godess style)…
Visitors to London’s Truman Brewery will have spotted the presence of a beautifully drawn flock of birds on one wall, the work of illustrator Von. Later this month the birds will migrate to New York to reappear on the wall of another gallery…
Since the Tate Modern opened in 2000, London’s South bank has enjoyed a steady torrent of pedestrian traffic, especially at the weekend, as tourists and Londoners alike meander from London Bridge and the delights of Borough Market along the river all the way down to the Tate Britain, taking in several famous bridges and cultural institutions along the way. London-based illustrator Tommy Penton has immersed himself in the route from Tate Britain to Tate Modern, illustrating the view across the Thames every inch of the way and including in the scenes a cornucopia of colourful characters in his vibrant style.
Now his illustrated views have been brought together in a concertina-bound book, Tate to Tate, published by Jonathan Cape and an exhibition at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory…
John Pasche’s original artwork for the Rolling Stones’ logo, acquired by the V&A for $92,500
In 1970, while still a student at the RCA, John Pasche designed a logo for the Rolling Stones that has become one of the most recognised pieces of graphic design in the world. He was paid £50. Today, the V&A Museum announced that it had bought the original artwork for $92,500. We talked to Pasche about the logo and working with the Stones…
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