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Put aside 14 minutes and Terry Gilliam, the legendary Monty Python animator, will show you how to make your own cutout animations. Gilliam started out his career as an animator, then moved to England and joined up with Monty Python’s Flying Circus. For years, he worked as the group’s animator, creating the opening credits and distinctive buffers that linked together the offbeat comedy sketches.
The Met's exhibit Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty closed recently after breaking many attendance's records for the museum. A friend, describing the exhibit as "a visual concert," prompted me to visit the museum to see it for myself. If you missed it the above video is the closest you'll have to attending the lavishly curated and presented collection.
From the museum's catalog:
The exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute, celebrates the late Alexander McQueen's extraordinary contributions to fashion. From his Central Saint Martins postgraduate collection of 1992 to his final runway presentation, which took place after his death in February 2010, Mr. McQueen challenged and expanded the understanding of fashion beyond utility to a conceptual expression of culture, politics, and identity. His iconic designs constitute the work of an artist whose medium of expression was fashion. The exhibition will feature approximately one hundred ensembles and seventy accessories from Mr. McQueen's prolific nineteen-year career. Drawn primarily from the Alexander McQueen Archive in London, with some pieces from the Givenchy Archive in Paris as well as private collections, signature designs including the "bumster" trouser, the kimono jacket, and the three-point "origami" frock coat will be on view. McQueen's fashions often referenced the exaggerated silhouettes of the 1860s, 1880s, 1890s, and 1950s, but his technical ingenuity always imbued his designs with an innovative sensibility that kept him at the vanguard.
Beyond fashion, what the exhibit represented for me was the work of a cultural remixer expressing his ideas via haute couture. In his video series Everything is a Remix Kirby Ferguson talks of artists copying, transforming and combining ideas to create new works that are remixes of ideas past. Every single garment presented in the exhibit embodied that philosophy.
STICKERS includes over 1600 artists such as Warhol, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Swoon. Music by Radiohead, The White Stripes, UNKLE, Moby, Fujiya & Miyagi, Nite Club, Ror-Shak.
Premiering this Sunday, August 7th at 8pm, Discovery Channel launches the ambitious series Curiosity with a companion website at Curiosity.com.
Curiosity asks and answers the most fundamental questions facing the world today. Each episode of Curiosity will focus on a single enduring question in science, technology, and society. As is always the case, one single question cascades into several more, making each episode of Curiosity a rich and textured experience. From the micro to the macro, we tackle provocative and insightful questions.
Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? Questioned how we age? Asked what makes us truly happy? More than just a landmark television series, Curiosity is an adventure of discovery, an expedition to uncover the truths behind life's most challenging questions.
I have high hopes for the series, it has the potential to be another great source of creative thinking fuel. If the following teaser clips are an indication of what is to come we should all tune in to the series and join the conversation on the website.
Here is Frank’s presentation on design fundamentals and other inspiring topics underpinning his forthcoming book. You can download his slides here to follow along.
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