By Neale Van Fleet on May 27th, 2023
Some great films from Mosflim, from filmmakers like Tarkovsky and Eisenstein are available completely for free on YouTube. Stalker, Solaris, and many more.
Via Kottke.
Inside Voice: My Obsession with How We Sound, an audiobook by Lake Bell
By Neale Van Fleet on May 26th, 2023
This audiobook, wonderfully produced by my friend Julia Scott, explores many facets of voice and vocal performance from the point of view of a voice actor and performer. Engaging, charming, and fun.
Inside Voice unpacks the writer-director-producer-actor’s obsession with voice and all its permutations. It takes us on a journey to discover how this vital piece of our identity serves as an x-ray of our personal histories. Bell explored the power of voice in her critically-acclaimed and award-winning film, In a World, which she wrote, directed, and starred in. With this audiobook, she dives back into the rabbit hole to deliver a fun, whip-smart exploration of the psychology, social science, cultural constructs, and mechanics of our voices.
What I love about this book, above all else, is that it can only exist in an audio format. The reading and performance would not translate to the written word. At all.
Rating: A
Alley Birdhouse
By Neale Van Fleet on May 26th, 2023
Found while walking the back alleys of Montréal.
Kukeri: Dancing Evil Spirits Away
By Neale Van Fleet on May 25th, 2023
Once a year, the Bulgarian tradition of Kukeri unites a small village as residents wear intricate masks and costumes and dance at night. Killian Lassablière chronicles the practice in his short documentary.
MMIW
By Neale Van Fleet on May 25th, 2023
Taken May 24, 2023
Parall(elles) A History of Women in Design at Musée des Beaux-Arts Montréal
By Neale Van Fleet on May 25th, 2023
As is my custom these past couple weeks, I went to see a design exhibit in the last few days of its run. The previous was W.E.B. Dubois at The Cooper Hewitt in New York City. This time it was a women in design exhibit at Montréal’s Musée des Beaux Arts—Parall(Elles).
Organized in collaboration with the Stewart Program for Modern Design, this major exhibition celebrates the instrumental role women have played in the world of design through a rich corpus of art works and objects dating from the mid-19th century onwards. In addition, it examines the reasons why women are underrepresented in the history of this discipline and encourages an expanded understanding of what constitutes design.
Chaise Sauvage by Jay Sae Jung Oh
Exploded Chair by Joyce Lin
On until May 28, 2023.
The Worst Chess Game Possible
By Neale Van Fleet on May 24th, 2023
A recap of a chess game that used the most powerful chess engine available to always play the worst move it possibly could.
Matzoh Bakery by the Tracks
By Neale Van Fleet on May 24th, 2023
Back in my favourite city of Montréal after a few days down in New York.
NYC Painted Garbage Truck
By Neale Van Fleet on May 23rd, 2023
Another NYC find—a fully painted art garbage truck, from their Trucks of Art program.
Chuck Close Self Portrait
By Neale Van Fleet on May 22nd, 2023
I was lucky enough to have stumbled across some amazing tile mosaic portraits by artist Chuck Close at the 86th Street subway station in NYC, including this magnificent self portrait.