Hanging Fire, 1999 by Cornelia Parker
A few weeks back, your favorite blogger’s favorite blogger, Jason Kottke, posted an incredible animated GIF. It showed five throws by Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish layered on a single frame, illustrating the remarkable consistency of Darvish’s delivery and the wild unpredictability of the pitches themselves in one elegant loop. In essence, what the GIF did was collapse time—not altogether unlike long-exposure photography, just much more selective.
The MvC3 stuff looks great. I question the scientific value of any of this, but it definitely produces some interesting images.
Wavves - Sail to the Sun
“Falling for a guy / fell down from the sky” is one of our favorite lyrics of the year so far, especially when sung by such a fierce woman as Karen O. It’s taken from Sacrilege, the first single off the forthcoming new Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ record Mosquito, which now has a Megaforce-directed video featuring actress/model Lily Cole kissing a whole lot of guys.