Art Compressed

As long as I'm linking to music videos this week, here's another great one (via Jenn Manley Lee) that plunges into art history. Good excuse to link to Jenn's amazing Dicebox while we're at it.

I've been thinking about art history a lot this year as I tunnel through my art-related graphic novel. As dorky and low-rent as most of the tableaus in the video are, it's surprising to me how much power several of them have; producing almost a shock of recognition. (This is something Michel Gondry