Future Shock (1972) (by invasive)
“Future Shock is a 1972 short documentary film directed by Alex Grasshoff and narrated by Orson Welles. It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn’t entered into the main competition.”
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“A scale model of our solar system in twelve 500 page volumes printed-on-demand. On page 1 the Sun, on page 6,000 Pluto. The width of each page equals one million kilometres.
This film takes us through the first volume where we encounter the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and the Asteroid Belt.”
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“Legendary transgressive novelists Kathy Acker and William S. Burroughs sit down and chat at the October Gallery, London. Burroughs’ shotgun paintings, the cut-up method, and novels are all subject for conversation, as well as dispelling a few rumors. This was Burroughs’ first exhibition in the UK.” via Theendofbeing
“Las Vegas’s built environment is full of absurdities. The city’s development patterns showcase a tension between the natural (desert) and the built (the planned communities that litter the landscape).
They also serve as visual symbols of America’s 2008 housing bubble. Anticipating rapid growth, developments fail to connect to each other, confidently (or, perhaps thoughtlessly) leaving the future to fill the spaces between.”
via Mark Byrnes at The Atlantic Cities
A trailer for Ian Helliwell’s 2011 Documentary about an important and previously untold link in the history of early British Electronic Music.
“swissted is an ongoing project by graphic designer mike joyce, owner of stereotype design in new york city. drawing from his love of punk rock and swiss modernism, two movements that have absolutely nothing to do with one another, mike has redesigned vintage punk, hardcore, and indie rock show flyers into international typographic style posters. each poster is sized to the standard swiss kiosk dimensions of 35.5 inches wide by 50 inches high and set in berthold akzidenz grotesk medium, all lowercase. every single one of these shows actually happened.”
Old School Hip Hop images via Groteskito
All City (1983) (1/3) Dir. Henry Chalfont
All City (1983) (2/3) Dir. Henry Chalfont
