A journal by artist and designer John Coulthart.
The Seven Lamps (c.1956) by Marion Elizabeth Adnams. • At Spoon & Tamago: All 54 playing cards reinterpreted through still-life photography by Yuni Yoshida. • At Colossal: Photographer Mikko Lagerstedt illuminates the magical solitude of the Nordic winter. • At 3:AM Magazine: Alexander B. Joy explores the 9th minute of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris. • At … Continue reading “Weekend links 705”
The Yolk (1953) by Gertrude Hermes. • “By 1910, a quarter of the 129 million litres of alcohol consumed annually by Frenchmen was absinthe. Of course, the wine industry was threatened by this growing desire for ‘industrial spirits.’ The Pernod Company was the primary producer, but there were dozens of distilleries offering variations of the … Continue reading “Weekend links 704”
Njommelsaska i Lappland (1856) by Carl Svantje Hallbeck. • 101 hidden gems: the greatest films you’ve never seen. Not another clickbait listicle of Hollywood fare that you really have seen, this is 101 films from Sight & Sound‘s annual poll of critics and directors, each of which only received a single vote. Cinema from the … Continue reading “Weekend links 703”
The Great Bear (1933) by Marjorie Miller. • New music: “Lo-fi no-fi post-fi fragments of disparate SCATTERBRAIN thoughts scrapbooked together using industrial glue discretely purloined from building site tea-break opportunities to fully form the definitive SEPIA PUNK AMBIENT (?) statement of assiduous apathy intent ~ hextracted from SEPIA CAT CITY (GEpH017LP) available via moonwiringclub.com areet … Continue reading “Weekend links 702”
Frosty Morning in Nagaoka, Izu (1939) by Hasui Kawase. • “A few years ago, retired professor of religious studies Chris Bache wrote a book called LSD and the Mind of the Universe. His book is the story of 73 high-dose LSD experiences he had over a period of 20 years, from 1979 to 1999, and … Continue reading “Weekend links 701”