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All This Useless Beauty Exhibit/Sonic Youth Night
From the artist’s website:
All This Useless Beauty at Mag:net Katipunan on September 8 to 25 of this year 2007.
(with apologies to Mr. Martin Creed and to Mr. Elvis Costello)
This will be the worst exhibit you’ll ever see. Disappointment looms heavy. Why bother anyway?
(SOURCE)
Attended and shot a few photos of the exhibit and the Sonic Youth Night gig right after the exhibit opening.
Hi Hello How Are You
Was sick for some time, was not in the condition nor the mood to shoot, but the past two days had me take photos at three events, with another one pegged for tomorrow.
But for now, lets cover the Manila leg of the Flickr World Tour. Photos here.
Photos from: a few body painting models, some cosplayers, and one of the most promising local pop-punk outfits to follow.
I Like Movies, Too, or Yes, A Non-Photography Post
I’m slowly inching to the topic I frequently wrote when I started blogging, oh, 6 years ago.
Movies.
Oh, there was a time that an aspiring film major valued my opinions when I was active in Livejournal, and there was this other time I was actively conversing with film critics over at the defunct Indiefilipino.com.
Links:
- Over at my Multiply video archive (where I spend most of my post-work mornings uploading from YouTube) aside from the music videos -from Piaf to J Mascis-, there’s a split-in-three feature on Ingmar Bergman, who just recently died. I’ll say it anyway: beautiful black and white photography. Dang. Must brush up on what I still remember, and should watch, of Bergman.
- A 10 minute short film of one of my favorite directors, Krzysztof Kieslowski, is up there, too. Would help if there were subtitles, since it appears to be a talkie.
- Noel Vera lists his 100 Best Filipino Films. Would love to see more Gerardo de Leon films. Oh, and I think I need another Vera book, since I’m re-reading way too much from his Critic After Dark book.
- And in movies of recent times, cable has been showing Judd Apatow’s hit 40 Year-Old Virgin (which is a fabulous comedy to note), and I’ve re-rediscovered Miranda July’s via a short films she wrote (Multiply link). Apatow is increasingly becoming a critic’s fave, and his recent Knocked Up has had favorable reviews. On the other hand, I haven’t heard much form July, but there is an eager anticipation from her followers what her next feature will be after the wonderful Me and You and Everyone We Know, a movie I’m tempted to just force people to see nowadays.
RFilipinas Slideshow Night + Flickrista Philippines Shoot/Contest
As far as photography groups go, I really only belong to two. There’s RFilipinas, and there’s the Flickr Philippines aka Flickrista Philippines group. Why only two?
Most camera/photography clubs based on discussions, topics-of-interest are pretty generic these days, wherein you talk about the latest gear, organize shoots with models, defend your chosen camera brand, diss the other, follow the trends, put up contests, wow each other with photoshop skills etc. There’s hardly any difference to pick-a-random-photography-term group from the other. The aesthetic sense among them also falls under the sharp, perfect exposure, and retouched.
What’s so bad about that? Nothing. Its the norm, and I don’t believe this is only happening in the local setting either.
But I was never a fan of this thing called the ‘norm‘.
This July Weekend: Hybrid DSLR, Smart Bro Woes, and Digital Tour’s Last Episode
Was with old college friend, visual artist and Komikera (a collective of comic artists) Lea Lim to watch a Cynthia Alexander gig at Conspiracy Garden Cafe in QC. The day before, I was surprisingly all-giddy about using my M42 lenses again on the 350D DSLR, which I’ve rarely done anyway. My Canon 50mm f1.8 is neat and all, but I wanted to check what the manual focus, vintage Helios-44M 58mm f2 can do, wide-open, in a bar-performance setup.
