Photo By Gail
The legal names of the married, artistic duo known as DabsMyla are unknown. Originally from Australia, the pair now lives in Los Angeles, where they create art in an exuberant and idiosyncratic style, often recycling, themes, and signature styles from the history of art. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Memories From the Garden Party By DabsMyla
Heavy Sigh. It’s been a tough couple of weeks, hasn’t it? Believe me, I feel you on this. For this week’s Video Clip, Worleygig.com is compassionately offering up “Find Me” from UK-based DJ/Producer duo Sigma. This exultant dance anthem features powerful vocals from Grammy-nominated artist Birdy (platinum single “Skinny Love”), along with a wildly effective visualization by the terrific young actress Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things).
Continue reading Video Clip of The Week: Sigma Featuring Birdy, “Find Me”
Here’s a stone groove for you body and mind: “Utopia,” the epic new single from German duo Digitalism, and its accompany, mind-expanding video. Directed by Japanese artist Yoshi Sodeoka – famed for his neo-psychedelic work with artists such as Beck and Tame Impala – the talented director takes the viewer on a trippy, kaleidoscopic journey through dreamscapes and nature, bringing the duo’s musical vision to life, while expanding on the identity of their new album Mirage, which is out now.
Sodeoka explains, “When approaching the video for “Utopia” I was drawn to the golden spiral as a representation for infinity, which to me suggests the possibility of an ideal social condition without any limitations on its inhabitants.” Nice.
Mirage reached Number 1 on Hype Machine and Essential New Tunes on BBC Radio 1 within its first week of release, and continues to pave the way for this incredible new collection of work. Digitalism are on the road in the US and Canada in late May/early June. Tour Dates are below. Enjoy!
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
05/24 – Double Door – Chicago, IL
05/25 – Shelter – Detroit, MI
05/26 – The Garrison – Toronto, ON
05/27 – L’Astral – Montreal, QC
05/28 – The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA
06/01 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
06/03 – El Rey – Los Angeles, CA
I propose that the ideal time to watch and groove to the video for “am2pm” by trance duo Cosmic Gate is just pre-dawn, when you are minutes away from hitting the bed hard after a night of full-on clubbing followed by a delicious, greasy breakfast at the 24-hour diner. Imagine the colorful dreams it would inspire! It’s hard to go wrong when you are presenting time-lapse video, and the shifting landscapes — from Death Valley to Los Angeles and back to the Grand Canyon — open up a magnificent headspace to just let the music sink in and do its thing. High-fives all around on this one.
Continue reading Video Clip of The Week: Cosmic Gate, “am2pm”
Temple of the Time, By AEC of Interesni Kazki (All Photos By Gail)
You have just one more week to see the amazing paintings of Interesni Kazki in the exhibit Sacred Gravitation, up now at Jonathan Levine Gallery.
The Last Day of the Babylon
Interesni Kazki is a duo currently based in Kiev who also go by their respective aliases AEC and Waone, as noted on some of my photo captions. Painting together for over 15 years, they are pioneers of the graffiti movement in Eastern Europe. Continue reading Interesni Kazki’s Sacred Gravitation at Jonathan LeVine Gallery