ISSUE 11 | DEC 2011

BEHIND THE CAMERA

no authority - « Wallace’s moves » - an aesthetic of deliberate sloppiness - an ethical appeal, but an unusual one - the hip, creative counterpart to capitalism - « the maze of contemporary thinking »

Anna McConnell

Big Sky Big Sky What More Could We Ask For: Part 1

transcendence - beautiful objects to arrange - the world becomes our pornography - a solid mass - hymn to the Moirae - pa-the-tic - « dick-swinging » - a distant God - Judgment Day - no space even to vomit - « into morning traffic »

Andy Jordan

Brain Wrap

the sprockets at their work - the projector’s endless hunger for film - « when something doesn’t sound right » - salvage - the fundamental illusion of moving pictures - the action of the brain-arm - turn off the lights for the last time

Sean Redmond

The Death of the Critic

« the cultural segregation that currently disfigures democracy » - an ominous prediction - he is paid, and they are not - if you can’t compete with blog writers - informing the populace - Terminal Boredom - a lagging indicator - the dissolution of consensual critical authority - the artists of tomorrow

Charlotte Krontiris

Clothes on Camera

street style photographs - escapism and aestheticism - some bit of private business - a craftsman, disciplined and proud - to paint with a particular spirit