grotowski was king

Jerzy Grotowski was king. He questioned theatre to its core. What is the one thing theatre cannot be without? The relationship between actor and audience. He challenged the fundamentals of theatre such as truth and authenticity. This video is of his disciple Ryszard Cieslak. The epitome of grotowski's poor theatre. He is teaching with impulse. The usual process of acting is to build an arsenal of tricks to be able to perform in front of the audience. Grotowski beleived this to be akin to prostitution. So he developed the acting of via negativa where it was not a collection of skills but an eradication of blocks. Where the actor would lose these tricks and just act on impulse. Amazingly the ideal state of mind was not to "want to do something" but rather "resign from not doing it." His theatre is still considered to be the most exciting to witness and be apart of for the audience became actual members in the play and the plays were so intimate with the maximum amount of audience members being 100.

way out

this is an observational piece i had to do for school.

I Am Love

This film by Luca Guadagnino looks deep and powerful. It seems full of amazing shots. One that follows Tilda Swinton through the house is simple elegant and beautiful. The cinematography by Yorick Le Saux looks deceptively simple and immersive.

caution

I completed this with friends from school for a task that was based around the silent films of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, the film had to be made in one day.

synth-heavy ringtone rave, mullets.

This is creepy but inspiring.

Awesome production with website, music, and videos.

Mix of the absurd and talent.

I don't know if these people are real or are self deprecating. It just makes it so much more interesting.

One of the funniest things is the dude "Ninja" having a slo mo dance in his Dark Side of the Moon boxer shorts with his junk all over the place.

To explain themselves they brand statements around such as "next level beats" "full flex" and fuck'n zef" and "high level flex zef."

"if you don't like funerals don't kick sand in a ninja's face." - Ninja

picture of nicholas elias

After searching for a picture of nic i was able to find one from his lucrative card company. For reasons unknown he likes to put himself on the card.

nicholas elias: sculpture by the sea 2009

These are photo's a friend asked me to shoot for his piece at this years sculpture by the sea.