The Fantastic Reynard Li

My good friend and fantastic photographer Reynard Li has self-published a magazine entitlted Young Once, a collection of photographs from his daily life taken from 2004 to 2009 in New York City. I make an appearance on page 50 and 54!

Here's a photo of Rey I took a couple years ago, and the cover of the magazine.

Rachel Whiteread

Well this might be hard for some but the beauty in her work is very subtle. I was turned on to her by one of my teachers in school, William MacDonnel. She is part of the YBA's (Young British Artists) and they have been some of the biggest contributers to art in the last little while. She does reverse castings of spaces, the subtlties that come out are are very beautiful. In the video she talks about Ghost which is definitely one of the most interesting pieces of the century. I tried to find a web site but there doesn't seem to be one. I have a couple of her books yous should really look into it. I wish I was this good.

Bok Bok

Really is there a better name out there. He has a new label with L-Vis 1990. There both good but Bok Bok's stuff is killer. Here a remix Teddy turned me on too. Really good. Jinder - Youth Blood (Bok Bok Remix)

Also a cool shirt!

Fernie!!!

Just went up to Fernie this weekend to DJ. It was really fun, and everytime is for Kyle. Fernie is cool but maybe the roads are a bit sketchy. Bulldogs is awesome.

Nadav Kander - Yangtze, The Long River

I came across these photos by Nadav Kander a couple moths ago, and thought they were an amazing documentation of the crazy development and landscape alteration that's happening all over the world, especially in China.

Yangtze, The Long River  uses the river as a metaphor for constant change, Nadav photographed the landscape and people along its banks from mouth to source. China’s landscape is changing daily economically and physically, and that is why according to Nadav these are photographs that can never be taken again.

The Yangtze River flows 6380km across China, and it's banks and waterways provide homes and livelihood for hundreds of millions of Chinese. It's estimated that more people live along its banks than the entire population of the US, one in every eighteen people on the planet. That's a lot of people.

As usual, Nadav's photos are gorgeous, and the project has won numerous photo awards.

All Photos ©Nadav Kander, 2006-07

Sarah Moon, Photographer

I've been a fan of Sarah Moon's work for years. Born in 1940 in England, the formal model has been working as a photographer since 1967. Sarah lives in Paris.

As a poor student I returned her book "Coincidences" that I bought in 2001, which has since gone out of print. Biggest mistake. While in Berlin this summer I decided not to pick up her new book, "12345", a comprehensive 5 volume look at her extraordinary work, because of it's size & price. Thinking I could order it when I got home, it has also since gone out of print. What a disaster and horrible luck. I'm trying to get my hands on a copy of these, I'm hoping there are some still floating around.

You can read a recent interview with Sarah by Ilona Suschitzky in conjunction with the release of Sara's "12345" book here. There's also a You Tube video of someone flipping through the book (cheesy music included!)

Sarah Moon is represented by Michael Hoppen Gallery, and Renate Gallois Montbrun.

All photographs © Sarah Moon

Dec 20th 2009 Update: Ryan gave me Coincidences for my birthday. Super sweet! More scans to follow.

Bogdan Raczynski - Samurai Math Beats

I used to be really into IDM. Bogdan Raczynski was one of my favorites and he is Polish!!! This stuff is pretty crazy but the melodies are amazing. Reminds me of crazy kids music.
Bogdan Raczynski - Sayonara Tsutara He's pretty artsy if you ask me!!

This Morning.

There's nothing sweeter than a heart shaped breakfast! I got this frying pan from my sister a while ago, and it almost makes me want to cook! I'm pretty sure she picked it up in Spain, but you can get one from Amazon.

The Tuss - Rushup Edge EP on Rephlex

I used to be infatuated with Aphex Twin. He has made some of the coolest stuff on the planet. The last thing he did was the Analord series which was comprised of 11 12" and I managed to get them all. But disappointingly I realized that there was a binder sold on Warpmart which I missed that would have really been amazing to own. Anyway Rusko played at the Hifi here in Calgary and he was telling me about The Tuss. Suposedly its him but really who cares its just good!! The Tuss - Synthacon 9 on Rephlex

Martyn - Vancouver

This song is really nice. I have been playing it every Wednesday. I wish I could find more Dubstep like this. Martyn - Vancouver

Wim Delvoye is nice.

So when I was watching Art Safari I discovered Wim Delvoye. Man he is on some next level things. He makes beautiful work that is very challenging. For instance Cloaca is a machine that mechanically replicates the Human Digestive system. This work is very weird and would be very hard for me to understand had I not seen the show (Art Safari). I also found out that Cloaca was shown here in Calgary and he was here!!! Damn it I wish I would have known. You can find more stuff on him here. His website is killer!

Art Safari DVD

Man this DVD series rules hard. I was kind of burnt out after art school and haven't really been that into art. Then I rented Art Safari from Bird Dog and man I was blown away. So cool man, so cool.

Fun! Fun! Fun!

Marta and I now have a blog! I think we will put up some neat stuff!