Luis Soares's Blog, page 158
October 9, 2018
Licking An Orchid
Yves Tumor - Licking An Orchid (ft. James K)
Video Credits:
Director – Daniel Sannwald
Production Company – Pulse Films
Producer – Khuram Mirza
Exec Producer – Rik Green
DOP – Nicolai Niermann
Focus Puller – Michael Hannides
Gaffer – Peter Bishop
Movement Director – Michael Harper
Hair & Make-Up – Isamaya Ffrench
Editor – Paco Raterta
Grade – Studio Private
VFX/Post Production – Sucuk & Bratwurst & Studio Private
Additional James K Footage – Will Rahilly
Cast – Femi Akinade, Marie Mersh, Sam...
October 8, 2018
The Most Beautiful Part of a Man's Body
Duane Michals (b. 1932) - The Most Beautiful Part of a Man's Body, 1986
The Orphic Moment
Matthew Aucoin leads a performance of "The Orphic Moment" – his dramatic cantata for voice, violin, and chamber ensemble – at the Music Academy of the West. The July 6, 2017 performance features countertenor Wee Kiat Chia, violinist Keir GoGwilt, and fellows from the Music Academy.
From Matthew Aucoin's site:
The Orpheus myth is typically understood as a tragedy of human impatience: even when a loved one’s life is at stake, the best, most heroic intentions are helpless to resist a sudden in...
October 4, 2018
Ron Padgett - Poet as Immortal Bird
A second ago my heart thump went
and I thought, “This would be a bad time
to have a heart attack and die, in the
middle of a poem," then took comfort
in the idea that no one I have ever heard
of has ever died in the middle of writing
a poem, just as birds never die in mid-flight.
I think.
Le Grand Tango
Violist Jordan Bak performs Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango
WQXR presents Midday Masterpieces in collaboration with the Juilliard School. Violist Jordan Bak opened the 18-19 series with this performance at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space in New York City, accompanied on piano by Ji Yung Lee. Recorded on September 12, 2018.
October 3, 2018
Pioneer To The Falls
Interpol perform Pioneer To The Falls live at Maida Vale Studios, London, for BBC Radio 6 Music
Has Ended
By Thom Yorke // Taken from Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film) // Animation by RUFFMERCY
Selfie
Self-portrait, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1628
oil on panel, h 22.6cm × w 18.7cm
Even as an inexperienced young artist, Rembrandt did not shy away from experimenting. Here the light glances along his right cheek, while the rest of his face is veiled in shadow. It takes a while to realize that the artist is gazing intently out at us. Using the butt end of his brush, Rembrandt made scratches in the still wet paint to accentuate the curls of his tousled hair.
October 2, 2018
Spacewoman
The official video for 'Spacewoman' by The Breeders, directed by Richard Ayoade.
Asphalt
Asphalt from Thomas Bryant on Vimeo.
Directed by Thomas Bryant
Written by Gitanjali Patel
From Nowness:
London-based filmmakers Thomas Bryant and Gitanjali Patel capture Brazilian dance craze passinho in this documentary about dance troupe Os Fabullosos—four dancers based in Queimados, a municipality on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
