Vanessa Hogge a London-based artist creates series of decorative Wallflowers. Inspired by her passion for all things botanical she uses her years of experience as a ceramicist to bring her work to life. She delicately sculpts every petal and anther by hand making each piece elegant and one of a kind.
New York born artist Mark Adams (1925 – 2006) attended Syracuse University, but left before he graduated to study abstract art in New York. Even though he was a painter Mark Adams also did tapestry. He made the stained glass for Grace Episcopal Cathedral in Nob Hill, San Francisco. Mark was also married to the artist Beth Van Hoesen, who was best known for her whimsical portraits of animals.
Having discovered his work recently, I feel he is a great artist to share. This is some of his great watercolour work that will hopefully inspire some of you artists out there.
According to the bands social media The National will be touring around the world from late June till mid December. They also have shared a video to their new track ‘The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness’. The tour will be used to promote their latest upcoming album ‘Sleep Well Beast’.
Jun 23-25 – Glastonbury, UK – Glastonbury Festival
Aug 12 – Copenhagen, DK – HAVEN Festival
Sep 16 – Cork, IE – Cork Opera House
Sep 17 – Dublin, IE – Vicar Street
Sep 18 – Dublin, IE – Vicar Street
Sep 20 – Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall
Sep 21 – Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall
Sep 22 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo
Sep 23 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo
Sep 25 – London, UK – Eventim Apollo
Sep 26 – London, UK – Eventim Apollo
Sep 27 – London, UK – Eventim Apollo
Sep 28 – London, UK – Eventim Apollo
Oct 5 – Boston, MA – Wang Theatre
Oct 6 – New York, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
Oct 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
Oct 12 – San Diego, CA – CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
Oct 14 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre
Oct 21 – Hamburg, DE – Elbphilharmonie
Oct 23 – Berlin, DE – Tempodrom
Oct 24 – Berlin, DE – Tempodrom
Oct 25 – Amsterdam, NL – AFAS Live
Oct 28 – Lisbon, PT – Coliseu dos Recreios
Oct 30 – Brussels, BE – Palais des Beaux-Arts
Oct 31 – Brussels, BE – Palais des Beaux-Arts
Nov 2-4 – Paris, FR – Pitchfork Paris
Nov 4 – Stockholm, SE – Annexet
Nov 5 – Stockholm, SE – Annexet
Nov 6 – Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene
Nov 7 – Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene
Nov 27 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Nov 28 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
Nov 29 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
Dec 1 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Dec 2 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Dec 4 – Philadelphia, PA – Verizon Hall
Dec 7 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis
Dec 8 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis
Dec 9 – Toronto, ON – Sony Centre
Dec 10 – Hamilton, ON – Hamilton Place Theatre
Dec 12 – Chicago, IL – Civic Opera House
Dec 13 – Chicago, IL – Civic Opera House
The art of the music video has been around for a long time. The way music videos are shot and budgeted have changed over the years drastically. In the most recent years budgets have been kept at a small cost compared to around 20 years ago where budgets where that of an indie film, for example, Michael Jackson’s ‘Scream‘ directed by Mark Romanek cost a whopping $7,000,000. However, to make a music video nowadays all you need is a camera, a video editing software and some music. So, with this trend of making music videos growing, we share to you 10 music videos that we feel have changed the art of the music video.
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Directed by: Jonas Åkerlund
Directed by: James Frost
Directed by: Stephen R. Johnson
Directed by: John Landis
Directed by: Steve Barron
Directed by: Chris Cunningham
Directed by: Chris Cunningham
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Directed by: Mark Romanek
His single ‘Children’ had topped Top 10 all over the world. Gained more than several platinum sale statuses alongside in countries like France, Germany, UK, Switzerland and New Zealand. Also, he has won the Brit Award for best international breakthrough act in 1997.
The cause of death is not yet fully known but according to DJ Mag Italia he died of “unspecified illness”
Many music producers and DJ’s were saddened and shared their condolences via social media.
Sad to hear Robert Miles passing r.i.p thanks for the music ?#deconstruction#classichouse pic.twitter.com/f7xsvLTBF6
— Pete Tong mbe (@petetong) May 10, 2017
We lost a Trance legend today. Rest in peace Robert Miles!
— Armada Music (@Armada) May 10, 2017
Sad news… RIP #RobertMiles…
— Ferry Corsten (@FerryCorsten) May 10, 2017
According Espresso newspaper, the actress was found dead in her apartment after calling the police. The cause of death is unknown at this moment of time.
She was most known for the Academy award nominated film Dogtooth, where she played the role of the younger daughter.
It seems like David Harbour will be replacing the very loved Ron Perlman. The reception has been mixed as Hellboy has created a cult following over the years. To many people Hellboy II: The Golden Army was better than the first, so the shock of the news that Guillermo del Toro and Ron Perlman not working on the next film has come as a surprise to most. Hellboy II has went onto receive a nomination for Best Make Up at the Academy Awards in 2009 closely losing out to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Now with the lead being David Harbour and the huge fan base Stranger Things has gained in such a short time, it will likely bring a strong reboot for Hellboy.
These are some of the responses via Twitter.
"you can't make a #Hellboy movie without Ron Pearlman!"
*looks at pictures of David Harbour*
"…okay, maaaaaybe…"
— Chris Degl (@DEGL_TOONS) May 9, 2017
Why would anyone want a Hellboy 3 without Ron Perlman? Or del Toro? Who thought that idea sounded good?
— Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) May 9, 2017
After The Hobbit, Pacific Rim 2, Hellboy 3 and Justice League Dark, I can’t wait to see which movie Guillermo Del Toro will not direct next.
— James Hunt 彡☆ (@JamesHunt) May 9, 2017
Latest action packed trailer for Wonder Woman has got many people buzzed. Full of cinematic hard hitting music featuring scenes of action and emotion, as we follow the journey of the superhero from her early days as Diana the princess of Amazon into the developed and loved superhero we all know her for . Furthermore, in this film Gal Gadot takes us as in the characters journey to go end a war that end all wars, she battles through the horrific battles in World War 1 as she tries to end war once and for all.
Finally, to find out more about Wonder Woman click here.
Gosia is a talented sculptor based in Canada whose beautiful works have been exhibited in galleries across Canada and the U.S. We have also interviewed her beforehand which you can read here. Her highly decorative sculptures depicting gentle figures are infused with natural themes and the elements. A powerful combination that adds layers of meaning, symbolism, and metaphor to her work.
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Firstly, the film was rather cold, but it was meant to be this way. The film starts of very uncertain, it seems like Kounen did not see the film from the audiences eyes but assumed the audience saw through his. I felt many things went unexplained and would only make it easy to access to fanatics of Coco & Igor. Additionally, there was a lot of throw away shots, simply needless scenes that do not add to the story, and make it last longer than it should.
So, the film itself doesn’t give much. It lacks emotion from main two characters as they are indulged in their egos, the actual acting from Katarina Stravinskaya was the only bit that introduced some sort of emotion into the film as she conflicts the relationship between Igor & Chanel. I really felt like she knew her cards and delivered. Pretty much rest of the cast were pitched down and up at points, made me feel that the film wasn’t fully in tune.
Now onto, the music. The music delivered, oh it delivered. I really feel the choice of costume and production design was done well also, I loved the choice of clothes for Igor and the interior design really showcased the kind of talent & attention to detail Coco had. Visually, it was also decent the scenes revealed us who was in power and the editing showed us what Igor was thinking – most of the time. The shots of Igor in nature after sexual intercourse and the relationship he has with the world shined through even thought it did seem I was watching him through a big glass that sometimes not let me in.
On the other hand, to improve the connection between audiences the film needed to cut out needless scenes and added more tension and grip by faster pace cutting, more dramatic music when needed to. For example, no scenes show us that Igor and Coco got caught cheating, there were no build ups no moments where the audience could be grabbed by their fingers and taken into the world around Igor & Coco. To make this film really succeed it had to focus on one character and really develop the world of that character more. The emotions needed to shine more. I feel we don’t see that much of the characters behind closed doors, and most things I feel need more polishing.
Overall, the film was average. It lacked connection to the audience. It feels unfinished and in the end rushed a tad rushed. However, it showed a lot of honest emotion two main characters were feeling, disconnection and unhappiness. To conclude, the ending needed to hit a bigger chord with the audience to really give us the impact it had a chance to do.
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