VBS.TV

While youtube and its ilk give us lots of videos, we’re unfortunately subject to “amateur” content & crap humor most of the time. VBS.TV is the only alternative tv station that has gripped my attention long enough to come back another time. Probably because it’s by the Vice guys who have been providing us great [...]

Turkish Island

In the performance-installation “Turkish Island/Türk adasi“, two Turkish families, each represented by three generations, are having a picnic in traditional Turkish fashion. Throughout the 2hour long happening, visitors are invited to join the picnic.

Shahram Entekhabi

written, directed, performed, and edited by shahram entekhabi
In “Islamic Star” Entekhabi is dressed as a type of orthodox Muslim moving through public space. On his white shirt he is wearing a green Islamic star that reminds us to the “Judenstern” that has been common in Nazi Germany. The work circles around the Western idea of [...]

LIVE CINEMA NIGHTS: Watch and Dance

artificialeyes.tv presents: Live Cinema Nights #3: WATCH AND DANCE
Saturday, 24 February 2007
Free Entry, Doors at 21:00
In The month of February, artificialeyes.tv continues the exploration of the live cinema form with two renowned performers from the UK: *spark and dr. mo. These two artists have defined and participate in pushing the envelope in the live [...]

Esra Ersen

Rehabilitation, 2006
Installation at São Paulo Biennial
Rehabilitation investigates a pocket of social outsiders. Esra Ersen asked Brazilian gang members to emblazon leather jackets with their inner thoughts, which mostly centered on the corrupt Brazilian government. From the perspective of those wearing the jackets, the political regime — not the gang — is what threatens [...]

Telemusicvision

A new space for independent music videos. Nice approach, you can use the free democracy player to subscribe to their channel or direct dl using torrents. You can contact them if you happen to have a band and got your own video and are having problems getting it on air. Now airing The Pipettes, [...]

Indie videos

Here’s some indie videos I’ve compiled from videos.antville.org’s July / June best of lists, cliptip and youtube. Enjoy!

Tunng - Jenny Again
Cansei de Ser Sexy - Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above
Death from Above 1979 - Romantic Rights
Art Brut - Good Weekend
Regina Spektor - Fidelity
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
The Spinto Band - [...]

Rave Veterans

Veteran ravers pose with their flyers as medals. Maybe they have attended these oldschool raves from 90s. No?

Short Movies

Here are some resources for short movies. Shortsville is a short movie community offshoot of videos@antville. DVBlog is a blog that features videoart and documentaries. Kisafilm is a turkish news&articles portal for short movies of Turkish artists and last but not least BBC Film Network for watching shorts from a good deal of English [...]

Generator.X

Photos from generative artist Marius Watz’s visuals. Music by Phonophani and Frank Bretschneider. For more info / news on Generative Arts
Generator.x: The concert tour - a photoset on Flickr