The McKinney Avenue Contemporary in Dallas, Texas will exhibit “FORTY YEARS of WORKS on PAPER, 1969 – 2009. 14 Nov – 19 Dec, 2009. In a place… like Austin. You get a lot of… well, he’s a painter but he doesn’t paint or she’s writer but she doesn’t write or a dancer that doesn’t danceContinue reading “Phillip van Kuren. Artist. 9 Nov 2009.”
Author Archives: Williams Vaughan
The New Pharaohs. 8 Nov 2009.
chasing KEINO, South Africa. 3 Nov 2009.
“chasing KEINO” screens tonight at the International FIlm Festival South Africa and was nominated for Best First Film.
Notes from the Underground. 3 Nov 2009.
I asked an industry friend in Sun Valley recently about Jeff Katzenberg’s strategy to preempt Disney’s animation releases. I asked why Disney didn’t sue Katzenberg for “look and feel”. Here is the reply: Hey. Sorry for the delayed response. Been a bit busy launching our current round of engagement. Some answers are: Very hard toContinue reading “Notes from the Underground. 3 Nov 2009.”
Santa Fe Film Festival Dates. 2 Nov 2009.
The Santa Fe Film Fe Festival opens 2 – 6 December 2009. “chasing KEINO” will screen at 8:00PM on 2 December at the Jean Cocteau Theatre and again on 6 December at 12:15PM at the New Mexico History Museum. Please stop by if you are in the Santa Fe area or visit http://www.santafefilmfestival.com. A hugeContinue reading “Santa Fe Film Festival Dates. 2 Nov 2009.”
Sayings & Proverbs. 31 Oct 2009.
No one is required to be a genius, but everyone is required to participate. – Phillipe Starck The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. – Ancient Kenyan Proverb, Anonymous
Two Picasso’s. 27 Oct 2009.
Just as I suspected – traunched out. The English painter, Francis Bacon, once said: “I’m horribly excited”. To which, David Sylvester asked: “Horribly excited about what, Francis”? Bacon replied: “I’m horribly excited about nothing”. So much for existentialism… I painted four Picasso’s after I’d seen the Julian Schnabel Picasso re-make over the mantle in theContinue reading “Two Picasso’s. 27 Oct 2009.”
Late Night Shell Station. 24 Oct 2009.
There is something eerily beautiful about the lighting thrown-off at a late night gas station. Sort of Kubrickesque.
More Songs about CGI, Avatars and Healthcare. 18 Oct 2009.
Intellektuelle redlichkeit.
Test: Opening Credit Roll. Il Fait. 14 Oct 2009.
WILL REPOST VIDEO – BACK IN EDITING BAY This is test footage using various camera mounting systems. The hope was that it would be transferrable for some helicopter tracking shots. On second thought — I don’t think so… That was BBC 1 audio playing while footage was taken – a complete subset. We don’t wantContinue reading “Test: Opening Credit Roll. Il Fait. 14 Oct 2009.”