Homo faber sapiens sapiens
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imomusJust when I'm starting to feel a bit bored with this little Hokkaido town, when I'm settling into routine and a certain social isolation here (it's my fault, really, for not speaking Japanese), feeling the cold, getting sick of listening to the sound of toilets flushing and crickets chirping, and missing my girlfriend... well, just when a man might start getting a bit demoralised, you guys come through. In a random afterthought added to an entry about Mumbleboy's Flash video for Beck's new song I expressed the desire to see what kind of visuals people would come up with to accompany tracks off 'Otto Spooky'.
Well, a day later (I adore the internet!) we have half a dozen takers, Flash makers and film makers willing to get milling, not for the shilling but for the billing. And billing they shall have! Their work will be linked or hosted on these pages as it arrives. Here, in the meantime, are their names, links to their websites, and examples of their work. Some great stuff here! They don't call this place 'clique opera' for nothing, you know! Everybody here seems to be homo faber sapiens sapiens.
Lady Pat has opted for the song 'Your Fat Friend'. Pat is based in London. Check out the Lady Pat website and particularly the Ball and Chain video (illustrated above).
Sam Ayres is also London-based, and often works with Paul Davis, whose work you can see here. I think I saw a Paul Davis exhibition at the Dazed and Confused Gallery on Old Street once. Terrific use of Post-It Notes. Not sure which song Sam (and, possibly, Paul) want to work on yet...
Brian (Disgruntled Fish) is from California and is doing 'Robin Hood'. His website is Chickensnack.
Hate For Blayne is a music act as well as a LiveJournal. Based in Chicago, they're doing 'The Artist Overwhelmed'.
Lord Whimsy is a world-famous dandy who lives in the backwoods of New Jersey. 'Bantam Boys', a ludicrous falsetto song in the manner of the Elizabethan eunuchs, seemed a natural choice for Whimsy, whose animations you can see here. We at Click Opera are especially fond of this one.
Eric Wilhelm lives in Berlin and works on TV trailers. He's promised to make something Super 8-ish, and recommends that we check out Jaron Albertin's film for Circlesquare's '7 Minutes' to get an idea of his aesthetics. Powerful stuff.
Stop Press: A couple of late additions: Frances (hear her nice quirky music here) and Ed Oracolo Dei Font, whose impressive graphic film for the Aphex Twin track, 'Bucephalus Bouncing Ball' is here. I'd actually like to see what he made of 'Lady Fancy Knickers', based on that one.
We also have a cartoonist, Odyr, who wants to make an online comic, and Chris Stave, who may make some kind of kinetic mobile, by the look of his site. Anyone else out there? I mean, there doesn't have to be. My day has already been made. Right, off to the sento to soak in hot water and feel a little better about everything. A lot better, in fact.
Well, a day later (I adore the internet!) we have half a dozen takers, Flash makers and film makers willing to get milling, not for the shilling but for the billing. And billing they shall have! Their work will be linked or hosted on these pages as it arrives. Here, in the meantime, are their names, links to their websites, and examples of their work. Some great stuff here! They don't call this place 'clique opera' for nothing, you know! Everybody here seems to be homo faber sapiens sapiens.
Lady Pat has opted for the song 'Your Fat Friend'. Pat is based in London. Check out the Lady Pat website and particularly the Ball and Chain video (illustrated above).
Sam Ayres is also London-based, and often works with Paul Davis, whose work you can see here. I think I saw a Paul Davis exhibition at the Dazed and Confused Gallery on Old Street once. Terrific use of Post-It Notes. Not sure which song Sam (and, possibly, Paul) want to work on yet...
Brian (Disgruntled Fish) is from California and is doing 'Robin Hood'. His website is Chickensnack.
Hate For Blayne is a music act as well as a LiveJournal. Based in Chicago, they're doing 'The Artist Overwhelmed'.
Lord Whimsy is a world-famous dandy who lives in the backwoods of New Jersey. 'Bantam Boys', a ludicrous falsetto song in the manner of the Elizabethan eunuchs, seemed a natural choice for Whimsy, whose animations you can see here. We at Click Opera are especially fond of this one.
Eric Wilhelm lives in Berlin and works on TV trailers. He's promised to make something Super 8-ish, and recommends that we check out Jaron Albertin's film for Circlesquare's '7 Minutes' to get an idea of his aesthetics. Powerful stuff.
Stop Press: A couple of late additions: Frances (hear her nice quirky music here) and Ed Oracolo Dei Font, whose impressive graphic film for the Aphex Twin track, 'Bucephalus Bouncing Ball' is here. I'd actually like to see what he made of 'Lady Fancy Knickers', based on that one.
We also have a cartoonist, Odyr, who wants to make an online comic, and Chris Stave, who may make some kind of kinetic mobile, by the look of his site. Anyone else out there? I mean, there doesn't have to be. My day has already been made. Right, off to the sento to soak in hot water and feel a little better about everything. A lot better, in fact.
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Date: 2005-01-29 12:43 am (UTC)Frances
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Date: 2005-01-29 02:32 am (UTC)shyly ...
Date: 2005-01-29 03:36 am (UTC)if there's still an opening,
and if no flash at ALL is allowed,
i'd LOVE to do a hand-processed, super-8, maybe hand-painted, possibly optically printed, kind of a piece for a song ...
my web-presence is non-existent as of now, so i couldn't direct a person to a preview ... but there's a still of my film "imMaterial" at www.microcinefest.org/MCF2003/Thur2003.html
--stephanie
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Date: 2005-01-29 04:02 am (UTC)Bowing lovingly...
Date: 2005-01-29 04:43 am (UTC)I am bowing to you graciously...lovingly...
Otto Spooky is the album I've been waiting for...
You are tops on my list once again. I am amazed.
Your old friend, Veena
P.S. I wish I knew how to flash. I'd take on Life of the Fields. Sadly, for this project, I am stuck in the world of oil and canvas...
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Date: 2005-01-29 04:47 am (UTC)they are my favorite disappearing culture.
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Date: 2005-01-29 08:32 am (UTC)Anyway, I just arrived in Sapporo and am in the middle of an audio blog about my experiences, which will no doubt get posted tomorrow or Monday (inchallah). I'm very relieved to be back in a big city, and such a stylin' one as Sapporo. (Writing this in the famous Cafe Soso, home of Shift (http://www.shift.jp.org).)
As for the Ainu, the hippy chef next door back in Hakodate offered to introduce me to an Ainu man, but he said we'd have to drive back to the mainland of Honshu to do it, which seems a bit odd, since the Ainu are from Hokkaido. But there are very few left, apparently.
I did just see a bear, though. Albeit a stuffed one. If I can get the pictures off my camera I'll post it...
Live (well, stuffed) from Sapporo
Date: 2005-01-29 09:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-01-30 01:08 am (UTC)The Ainu inhabited a large fraction of the archipelago before the Japanese arrived. For example, Mt. Fuji is thought to derive its name from an Ainu word.
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Date: 2005-01-29 10:10 am (UTC)Just playing around--thinking about putting you on a highwheel riding through a mushroom forest...
W
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Date: 2005-01-29 10:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-01-29 10:48 am (UTC)Hope you don't mind a neck ruff...or a yellow mastodon, for that matter.
Greetings from my house robe,
W
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Date: 2005-01-29 11:21 am (UTC)(and I just bought otto spooky from darla website. damn, it's cheaper than to look for it in italy)
(and thank you!)
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Date: 2005-01-29 02:45 pm (UTC)Sapporo is a great city isn't it! I love the place.
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Date: 2005-01-29 03:07 pm (UTC)Yes, I'm really impressed with Sapporo. More tomorrow...
Otto
Date: 2005-01-29 05:21 pm (UTC)Such an amazing collection. It sounds to me like a fusion of your older pop sensibility with the experimental later work. Brilliant. And witty as always. Such insightful observations regarding me and my fellow humans. Belvedere works well - disturbing and catchy. I could continue, but life beckons...(And I have to press play again.)
Thank you Momus for another exceptional exciting album.
Gerard
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Date: 2005-01-30 03:20 am (UTC)The tower at Sapporo main station gives a pretty splendid view of the city and surrounding mountains. Pretty spectacular, though the admission price is steep. Bizarrely, the men's room at the top has glass walls - you feel like you're giving the capitol of Hokkaido a golden shower as you take a leak.
you should know by now
Date: 2005-01-29 05:32 pm (UTC)long story.
Re: you should know by now
Date: 2005-01-30 12:07 am (UTC)deafmute comics
Date: 2005-01-29 07:30 pm (UTC)if you feel like seeing my stuff, is here:
http://odyr.tripod.com
you may see I have made on comic like taht for lilah, a song from morphine. (even though this one was very casual, not-to-print sor of thing)
however, on the song choosing, I may be in trouble. as I live in brasil ( and without a credit card) there is very little chance I actually may get to hear otto spooky. In fact only know (and love) the stuff I downloaded from your page.
but if you would point me to a place with otto spooky lyrics, I would be happy to act as a cort of deaf-mute comics artist. :)
abraço
odyr
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Date: 2005-01-29 08:03 pm (UTC)if you look up just now you will see a picture of mine on the wall (SOSO cafe).
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Date: 2005-01-31 10:39 am (UTC)江戸川乱歩
テムズ川乱歩
倫敦川乱歩
otto's spooky shirt
Date: 2005-01-30 02:42 pm (UTC)a random can of my shirt-cuffs. the design of the fabric is very much op-art in itself, but the experiment gives way to more spooky ice-gletchers.
erik
the netherlands
http://home.wanadoo.nl/mietje