WCGA

So, this weekend was Art Fight, and in case you were wondering:  this girl won First Place.

 

Really wide variety of entries - mine was a painting/collage.  There was a movie, a hit song remix, a live song, THREE dioramas, a website, foods, a plush, ironic show posters, a woodcut print, a giant charcoal drawing, a sweet theme-appropriate soundtrack.....and so much to eat and and drink.  

The creator, Greg has got scoop on it over here - more pictures and awards and everything.  In six months or something, when we're all ready to do it again, we'll have Art Fight 2, where I'll have to relinquish my belt*.

Also, someone left two boxes of girl scout cookies at our house that night.  Don't think we didn't get into those.

*which I plan to make improvements to.  While very big, and heavy and impressive, this belt had a tendency to lose links at random, potentially severing toes.  It's pretty rad anyway.

holla lessons: snow

First, I want you to know that I know, if you're reading this you're probably automatically the wrong audience for this tip.

Guys:  the time to holler at a girl on the street, or while waiting for the train, is NOT when she's wearing snowboots, a puffy coat, a scarf covering her face, her hood up, and sunglasses.  She will not believe you.  Even/especially if you use the term "snowbunny".

Somewhere

We went to see Somewhere, the new Sophia Coppola jawn.   Here's a "review", where I mostly compare it to other movies.

Remember how you felt after Lost in Translation the first time?  At least for me, it was a totally different thing than Virgin Suicides, and then you're all feeling "who is this new Coppola, and her movie is so slow, but I think it's fine, because it was pretty visually astounding.  Enticing at least".
So, this movie is that pace again, but more Hollywood, and without the bright colors and flashy scenes of L in T or Marie Antoinette.   There were a bunch of times I thought of Vincent Gallo's Brown Bunny too - which, for all it's scandalous reputation, is super duper boring.
I did really like the pool scenes (I think there's two), and the poster, which looks like a David Hockney painting or something.

Tagged to see and let me know what you think about this:  Kelly, Amanda, Fran.

Art Fight

So:  this idea has been getting tossed around for a while, and now Kamper is actually making it happen.  It's Art Fight.

Basically, tomorrow, a topic is announced via email (or something?  I'll post it here in the comments when I know it).  Then, you have one week to make whatever you want that relates to the topic.  (The rules/format are loosely based on 2004's "Power Point Showdown:  The Coffin".)

So you'll have a topic tomorrow, then you make a drawing, painting, sculpture, movie, song, food, dance (Roxy), monologue, print, chair, movie, mixed drink, diorama*, stand up routine, whatever.  You get a week!

The next Saturday (the 29th) we'll meet up at Lehigh, hang all the work, listen to your song, etc.  Three unannounced judges will be awarding three surprise prizes for three undetermined categories.

I'm not an officiator, but I can tell you some things I know about it:

- your work must be new
- music/videos (or music videos?) are going to have a time limit.  Get at Kamper about that.
- there will also be some obvious size limitations.  
- you can go it alone, or make a team
- people who want to come but don't want to make something, can make a 5 song playlist based on the theme.  We'll play  it. 
- if you're long distance and want in, you can email a scan of the work, or your playlist, or whatever to Greg, and he'll try and work it out.  Maybe we'll just get some iPads and hang them on the wall with your pictures on them.  Sounds good, right?  Also I think they're planning some sort of Skype-ing situation.  I don't know about it.

I can handle general questions about how it'll work, but Kamper is in charge of the specifics. 

EVERYONE SHOULD DO THIS.  Make something.



*someone please make a diorama.

witchy

Oh yeah.
I forgot to write about seeing Season of the Witch, in which* Nick Cage is a crusade-abandoning knight who gets hired to transport a witch (who started the plague) to some Monks.

I'm not actually going to write about it.  I can't even remember if it was funny-bad, or just regular bad, because it was so bad.

*get it?

infection

Not to sound like the biggest complainer, but it seems like my body is always finding some new way to fail me. Especially for the first day of school.

Finally got an appointment with my doctor today, after having this face since Sunday.  New antibiotics and waiting it out.  We (my doctor and his assistant) are not worried.  Staph.  Started when my lips got too dried out and cracked.  Careful out there, guys, use that chapstick.

(Is this too gross to blog?  Holly wanted pictures.  "Pix or it didn't happen" and everything.)

Swan Lake

Last night, I (finally finally) went and saw Black Swan.   Why did it take me a hundred years and Nat Po winning a Golden Globe to see it?   Because of you.  Because everyone either saw it already or didn't want to.  Anyway, yesterday the stars aligned and I got there.

My favorite part was when M said "I think I hate this movie!" all wide eyed and glued to the screen, and then whisper/yelled "I AM SO PSYCHOLOGICALLY THRILLED!"
I liked it pretty good.  I did not have turning-into-swan nightmares after seeing it.*  Everyone is pretty good ballerinas, the creepy parts are creepy, the sexy parts are weird, etc.


*Although I did have one before seeing it, I guess in anticipation.