A journal by artist and designer John Coulthart.
Incomparable Pleasure (1952–3) by Judit Reigl. • Steven Heller’s Font of the Month is Atol. Heller’s other haunt, The Daily Heller, looked this week at the incredible calligraphy and illuminated graphics of Arthur Szyk. • Okashi, an exhibition of Japanese art and photography at the Michael Hoppen Gallery in London. Hoppen talks about the exhibition … Continue reading “Weekend links 721”
Providence (1977). Polish poster by Andrzej Klimowski. After mentioning Alain Resnais’s Providence in the Sibylle Ruppert post I tried searching eBay again to see if any of the long-deleted French DVDs of the film could be found for under £100. This has been at the top of my DVD/blu-ray wants list for some time even … Continue reading “Providence on DVD”
I upgraded my DVD of David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch to blu-ray recently. The film is one of my favourites in the Cronenberg oeuvre even though its connection to the novel is minimal at best. After watching it again I was thinking (not for the first time) that one way to adapt either Naked Lunch or … Continue reading “The Japanese Sandman, a film by Ed Buhr”
Previous posts about the life and work of William Burroughs. • The Japanese Sandman, a film by Ed Buhr • Howard/Seward • Taking Tiger Mountain • The Big Fix! • Paging Doctor Benway • Birth of a Zimbu • Seward/Howard • Thot-Fal’N, a film by Stan Brakhage • Mr Bradly Mr Martin Hear Us Through … Continue reading “The William Burroughs archive”
Drift Study 4:37:40-5:09:50 PM 5 VIII 68 NYC (1968) by La Monte Young. One of the links at the weekend was to the late Marian Zazeela’s poster designs of the 1960s and 70s. She also designed a number of album covers around the same time, mostly for recordings by her husband, La Monte Young, and … Continue reading “Marian Zazeela album covers”