Peafile (2006) by Shawn Smith; plywood, ink, acrylic paint.
• Surreal Friends, an exhibition of work by Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Kati Horna at the Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, UK. Related: The surrealist muses who roared, Leonora Carrington and other women Surrealists profiled.
• Landscapes From a Dream: How the Art of David Pelham Captured the Essence of JG Ballard’s Early Fiction. A graphic design essay at Ballardian.
• “(T)he significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators: and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe — at any rate for short periods — that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue. (…) It is the most violently combative sports, football and boxing, that have spread the widest. There cannot be much doubt that the whole thing is bound up with the rise of nationalism — that is, with the lunatic modern habit of identifying oneself with large power units and seeing everything in terms of competitive prestige.” The Sporting Spirit by George Orwell, December 1945.
• One of my cult pop albums from the 1980s, A Secret Wish by Propaganda, is reissued in a 25th anniversary edition next month. I no doubt have most of the bonus tracks already but the prospect is still irresistible.
• Tangier Cut-Up, an uncollected piece by William Burroughs from Esquire, September 1964.
• Ghostwriter — The Continuing Adventures Of The Strange Sound Association.
• Faust And Last And Always: Germany’s Most Radical Rock Group Talk.
• Hollingsville at Resonance FM. Related: Graphic Design on the Radio.
• iPad Publishing No Savior for Small Press, LGBT Comics Creators.
• The Largest Oil Spills in History, 1901 to Present.
• 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E Timbs.
• Neville Brody’s work on display in Tokyo.
• Dr Mabuse (1984) by Propaganda; Vladek Sheybal, cowled monks, Fritz Lang references and Anton Corbijn directing.
