https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0betNkUhJdI
Further (NSFW language) shenanigans last night at Grangegorman,
Who fell under the van?
Society fell under the van.
Make of it what you will.
Squatter supporters hurt in Grangegorman stand-off (Irish Times)
(Thanks Oisín Kane)
Update:
8.45am
Liam Knuj writes:
Grangegorman this morning….all seems peaceful.
https://vimeo.com/122428734
An Embroidery Of Voids by artist Daniel Crooks: which stitches together a series of alleys, laneways and passages into a seemingly endless (but actually nine and a half minute long) corridor.
Fullscreen and sound up for the full Zen effect.
And if you liked that, you’ll be similarly moved by the sidescrolling urban pageant of A Garden Of Parallel Paths.
https://vimeo.com/116075310
A promo for the work of Dublin based Spanish photographer Ana Dorado.
(H/T: Spaghetti Hoop)
An intriguing side-by-side juxtaposition of the first and last shots of fifty five films by Jacob T. Swinney set to ‘Any Other Name’ by Thomas Newman. To wit:
What can we learn by examining only the first and final shot of a film? This video plays the opening and closing shots of 55 films side-by-side. Some of the opening shots are strikingly similar to the final shots, while others are vastly different–both serving a purpose in communicating various themes. Some show progress, some show decline, and some are simply impactful images used to begin and end a film.
Full listing here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_mnWXhS_es
Whatever you think of Mike Tyson’s career outside the ring, he sure could knock a sucka out.
As a teaser for the upcoming Scorsese biopic starring Jamie Foxx, he’s uploaded all 43 (yes, 43) K.O.s from his career so that fans can help select the top ten.
Design from the perspective of a very charming cat: the opening title sequence for the OFFSET 2015 conference in Dublin earlier his month.
Created by London studio Golden Wolf. Narrated by Donal Cox.
For your consideration.
Tadhg O’Sullivan writes:
I have a new film – The Great Wall – premiering on Monday at 6pm as part of JDIFF. Based on a Kafka short story it was shot across eleven countries over the last year and looks at borders, exclusion and power in Europe. Using Kafka’s mysterious ‘The Building of the Great Wall of China’ as narration, the film is a timely and very cinematic look at how the continent protects its own interests….
A painterly animation about ‘Summer, water and people in it’ by New York Times blogger and filmmaker Jeff Scher.
Colm writes:
Not sure if this has made it’s way over to Ireland yet but it’s one of the biggest stories of the day here in Germany. [Greek Finance Minister Yanis] Varofakis took part in a political debate Sunday last on ARD (German state broadcaster) with the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble. During the debate a video was showing of Varofakis giving a lecture from two years back, in which he gave the middle finger to Germany.
Varofakis denied this immediately and said that the video had been doctored. As you can imagine the German press, especially the more right leaning, had a mini field day with this, as it basically played into there ‘good fur nothin’ Greeks’ image there trying to spread at the minute. But today a slight spanner was thrown in the works.
A video released this morning by Jan Böhmermann, the host of Neon Magazine on ZDF (basically the RTE 2 of Germany), claims that he manipulated the video and posted it on the internet himself…they go to great lengths to show them manipulating the video, they even took the shadow detail into account. No one actually knows if Böhmermann is making this all up himself, or if he’s actually telling the truth. But as far as satire goes, it’s none too bad now!!!
PS. Giving the middle finger in German is called “jdm. den Stinkefinger zeigen”, which literally translates as showing someone the stinky finger…
I faked Yanis Varoufakis middle-finger video, says German TV presenter (Guardian)
Jim O’Donaghue writes:
I’m from Dundalk, but living in Dalston, East-London. I’ve made an EP on a shoestring in me bedroom. I go under the name VIDEO BLUE. I just wanted to share a music video with you.
The inspiration lies somewhere between Joe Rooney’s Father Damo & John Kenny’s ‘Bridie’s Christening’ sketch from an old d’Unbelievabes live show.
The EP is streaming on a mate’s site
