How Long Do I Let My Brows Go?

Charles Avery: The Charles Darwin

I admit, I have a strange weakness for Museums of Modern Art. Perhaps because of the difficulty of finding one in our country, or perhaps one of the few places that do not know what you can find or, at best, is because it is a different museum where there is more than the walls to show what can be called art. I do not know, but the truth is that every time I find myself in a city that has one of these museums, I end up researching and enjoying those buildings filled with works of art by artists who still breathe among us and those yet to be studied in any school in the world. I did it in Glasgow, I did in Stockholm, I did in New York and I did it in Edinburgh. In the case of Edinburgh, Carla was there celebrating his last hours with 23 years (I thought it would be a good birthday a few days together in the Athens of the North).

Carla Here we can see in front of the Museum of Modern Art in Edinburgh

the day before the age of 24 years.

In Edinburgh there are museums of all kinds, in almost any street (of writers, toys, clothes ...) but leave the last day of our stay to go to Museum that I really wanted to visit, the Modern Art Museum. Quite far from downtown (we were in a taxi and live an adventure of almost two hours walking to return) they arrive you realize you're facing something different, and even without having seen nothing and have the sensation that has received worth going.






This is the lake next to the Museum of Modern Art in Edinburgh
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an exterior door, which gives, it seems, some land belonging to the museum, as if it were a palace. Here awaits you a short walk down a path with benches along the garden and many trees (of course, nature, and the green vegetation throughout Scotland, is impressive) where I saw the original lake I've seen in my life . At the end of the path, and waits for the Museum a large building, which gives enough respect to a classic Greek facade (not the only place in town where you have the feeling of being in a Greek temple, I guess that's why they call the Athens of the North) and realizes the importance of the place you're about to visit.

Inside, we found a wonderful exhibition of Charles Avery (1973, Oban, Scotland ) called "The Islanders: An Introduction" (The Islanders: An Introduction). One of the things that attracted attention was the variety of exposure and never seen in a conventional museum, the author presents "the world" through pencil drawings. These drawings were often very large, and we surprised that some of them, the lines deleted were distinguished and were part of the composition, giving a sense of dynamism and movement in many cases. also in some of these pictures using china ink pen to emphasize a detail about the rest, as if there really was part of what appears in the rest of the scene.

In these drawings and many other items in the collection are portrayed an alien society, which creates a visual rejection (almost forcing you to look away to another place) reloaded , decadent and in some cases, after seeing the sights and mutant animals displayed a society that has survived some kind of catastrophe. In this world, there are recurring elements that appear in several parts such as: small oriental man in the hat, which seems to drag on all the places left for this "new" society, but as if nobody would listen, as if there were ( in a part where you see this little man with oriental hat twice in two different poses, the author calls it "Cosciencia", perhaps a message that has dragged on for a society without knowledge or awareness, with only the intention of trading) like the tiny little men dressed in top hat and tuxedo in a very aristocratic pose but in places it does not seem to correspond qu surrounded by people who belong to another class, and he did not even pay any attention, leaving them still more out of the scene.

; coscienza 60.5 X 27.5 cm - 2008

Another way that the author had this collection of his work at the Museum of Modern Art in Edinburgh, was to sculpture. Here highlight these mutant animals almost aversive, and perhaps, represent the survival of something catastrophic, that the author seems to indicate that occurred. And that has also meant that there existed a natural choice among animals that have survived, which have received the strongest species survive. In this case there seems to have been no known species, but has required the union of two species or two individuals of the same species to adapt to changing times. As if the author will talk about a new origin of species (" The Origin of Species " is a book by Charles Darwin in 1859, and speaks the evolution of species. Even until his sixth edition in 1872, the book's title was: " The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life"). In addition, these creatures also represent the world today, in what has become a distortion, an abomination of what it was.

Apart from the sculptures, the theme of animals, new species that have survived, those abominations which they have been, come to a more realistic (some pieces were incredibly real) for which the author used the process of taxidermy, with perfection and detail we come to believe that species, that this animal existed. You can only know that it was not possible because representations of these animals were invented by the author, a mixture of more than one animal known or existing. Again, the author again gives rise to new species with their own hands. This time, taking it a step further, making the whole museum becomes a real world, in a world created by him in his world.

The museum also facilities you would find that exposed an apparently disordered, called enough attention. But this mess was not exactly a random fact, but deliberate and logical, which is another way to continue supporting the atmosphere of the exhibition, the entire museum. An atmosphere of chaos in this world represented by Charles Avery and every time we see them as real.

Apart from all these elements The exhibition was full of text: philosophical propositions, and extensive text explaining the works, where you can get a glimpse of what the world has created, as has given rise to these new species, and even some of the reasons have led the author to make this exhibition.

even as a curiosity, for this fictional society, for this world that falls apart labels created cans and other products. As if, even though everything is shut down, the business side, the economic and even advertising culture, they should also be part of any world inhabited by humans ("Another criticism of the author of the society in which we live? ) In fact the business (bars, shops etc ...) is also repeated several times in his drawings. This drawing in pencil ("Avatars", 2005) covers virtually every sense and meaning of the exhibition, the world it reflects. business We just discussed, the new species that have given rise. Is interesting and representative to the name, Avatars, which can arrohar more light on the intentions and meaning of the work. Under the Hinduism, an avatar is the earthly incarnation of a god , particularly Vishnu . The term means "one who descends', The word is also used to refer to embodiments of God or highly influential teachers of religions other than Hinduism, especially adherents to Dharmic traditions when trying to explain to people like Christ. Thus animals these abominations to the eye may be a superior being reincarnated, a better kind, a reincarnation of a living being better, but they are trading with them again to place man, society, the world into chaos, because they are selling gods, they have lost all values. There is still no hope ... Formally include those pen strokes that should be removed (which any artist, designer or architect would have wiped) but that he left with the intention of forming part of the entire composition, in this case, is in the Points leak.

The clearest example of dirt, chaos and loss of values \u200b\u200bin our society, which catches the sense of religious and spiritual transformation, and purity and pollution, it corrupts and does not respect is: House of Eternity. A hexagon glass walled by mirrors, illuminated by a rainbow spectrum of lights in the ceiling and floor, and tables like a living room style tiled Victoriano.Permite the audience to visualize a section of the world of the Islanders and have faith in their possession. The Seagull is a higher being called Mesud reincarnated. The symmetry, pattern and appearance resembles the architecture of the Middle East in particular a mosque or temple.

But back to the society of missing values: Charles Avery characterizes his worshipers as outsiders, seeking the eternal life promised from a few seconds inside the chamber. Sacred as defined inside a dark, dirty and with bad intentions, with queues for the stand of a bright and promising eternity. The gaze of the outsider is the dispossessed people take turns trying to enter the chamber of eternity for warmth, no sense of occasion, devotion, or the excitement. And once again gives us a clear impression that he wants to use his fantasy world as a satirical mirror to our own society. (The mirror of the camera, a sacred place that reflects the meanness of the people in this society.)

Charles Avery is said to belong to a new generation of artists who belong to movimeinto "Altermodern" which means "The art is done now, in response to a global society and as a reaction against the standardization and marketing. " This explain the criticism to make and the portrayal of this society, even doing it from creating a shell company and to its fauna and religion. So if you walk into an exhibition like this, the evolution of species, their creation are no longer the responsibility of Charles Darwin and his book " The Origin of Species " and be passed on Charles Avery and his book: "The Islanders: An Introduction"

In conclusion I would say it was a pleasure to share with Carla that visit the Museum of Modern Art and enjoy her in this exhibition.

Moral: it is worth going to Museum of Modern Art.

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BioShock Modern Art or a good story never gets old

The gaming industry has always lived with a problem: Even if you put all the technology the service time of the game you are developing, technology advances and eventually the game becomes obsolete. From my point of view there are only two ways that a game can avoid this pitfall: 1) That is so addictive that the graphics or the technical details were never particularly important, this case is seen on the sets of generations of 8 and 16 bits (although it is true that they look with longing and love and forgive you many things) and 2) That the story is so interesting, so rich is so developed, that the only reason worth playing over and over time.

" Bioshock is a game that was released on August 21, 2007. Three years in technology and game development, many years, but this game does not seem to pass the time, because it belongs to this second case, because thanks to its history, has lost none of its magic or interest. This is not to say that graphics are not good (in fact, are of high quality even if you have improved in the sequel " Bioshock 2", and far exceed the time), the soundtrack is also notable because apart from the compositions of the game itself, is accompanied by a large amount of "Oldies" well known as "La Mer" by Django Reinhardt and the later version of it, "Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin , to name two of the most representative. On the other hand, the art direction is spectacular, using the architecture Art Deco as reference, we managed to create an atmosphere of grandeur and decay at a time.

But if there is something above the rest is certainly history. In this case, unlike the vast majority of games and even books and films, the force of history is what happens to the protagonist. In " Bioshock," the force is in place and the political and social circumstances surrounding the venue of the game: Rapture. An underwater city created by Andrew Ryan, as an ideal society populated by the best scientists, artists and industrialists, who denies capitalism, communism or religion, among other things, which is based on the objectivist philosophy. Of Indeed, all philosophy, all the ideals of Rapture, are inspired by the novel " Atlas Shrugged " (including, among many other tributes called a very important history of the game, the archenemy of Andrew Ryan, Atlas,) and the philosophy of objectivism of the writer and thinker Ayn Rand , almost an anagram of itself Andrew Ryan, Rapture's founder. There are many details throughout the game and the argument that the writer approach the operator of the underwater city, which bring the story of Rapture that of Atlas. You can find all the similarities between the doctrines of Ayn Rand and Andrew Ryan, and other tributes from the game to the Rand novel " Atlas Shrugged " in this Link . Anyway, be careful because the page reveals many secrets of history.




What happens to the protagonist is not unimportant, but, what really hooked is getting to know the history of the underwater city of Rapture, its philosophy, creation, splendor and eventually decay. Also, many characters of great depth, supported by interpretive voices perfectly (dubbing into English, too, bay high level) and a very believable dialogue and worked, which will be essential to continue your way through Rapture, which further enrich the game and above all to increase your curiosity about what is the next thing might happen.

I have been fortunate to have a good friend working on the development of the game: Jose Guillermo Miñana Capon, working in 2K Games London (creator of the game) and that since he was involved in the project, without telling anything about the history and development, told me I should play, I was going to love and the game would give much to talk about. Of course he was right: He won numerous awards in various categories of websites and magazines on video games. He was the game that took more awards in 2007, the " Electronic Entertainment Expo " in Los Angeles, better known as E3 "which is the world's largest convention of the gaming industry. But the top prize would come in October 2007 when he was awarded the BAFTA " Award British Academy of Film and Television " the "Game of the Year." In addition, it was also a finalist for the BAFTA in the category to "artistic achievement."

Here my friend Jose Guillermo Miñana with BAFTA for "Best Game of the Year."

addition, all of this impact at the level of critical and awards and, of course, the public (the game was a bestseller in 2007 and 2008) now is preparing the film of the game, heading in English Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (hopefully the story, dialogues and art direction are so careful as in the game ... please.) And has all the elements (story, characters, aesthetics and action) to become the best film ever made about a video game.

Until October 2008 there appeared the PlayStation 3 version, but once went on sale, my friend gave it to me in the collector's edition, so that finally, I could dive into Rapture (Josegui thank you very much), enjoy this great game and discover this wonderful story, which in principle can say for at least five games. So far, going by the second, although he and I will tell you another time.

" Bioshock" is one of the three best games I've played in my life, I recommend it strongly. And once you get into Rapture, never want to return to the surface.

Here I leave the trailer where Andrew Ryan appears explaining because he decided to create Rapture. You really do not you curious to know entered Rapture?

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The Third & The Seventh or how to turn on 3D art and 3D art

sometimes very few, you find something that had not even heard of, but to discover changes the way you see things, the bar for what you want to get to do and learn what is beautiful forever. I do not know how many times I have found in life with strength, Magic, the talent and the skill of " The Third and The Seventh , very few, but I'm sure is that I never met a video / short film with the aesthetics of this bill.

But not only is a work of art that moves with their images, but also, all these images are made 3D computer. Everything is based on images and real buildings, but the composition of the elements, textures, lighting effects, blurs, and the subtlety and elegance taught every detail are the work of one person: Alex Roman, stage name Jorge Seva, (Alicante, 1979) that not only had the merit of creating these images by computer for four years to make it look completely real and believable, but the artistic and aesthetic approach that appears to our delight is all yours. To be responsible for the music, although not composed by him, but he covered two songs: "Le Carnaval des Animaux" by Charles Camille Saint-Saens and "The Departure" by Michael Nyman . The latter, one of the issues soundtrack that I like and excited (I always remember what happens in the movie while playing and so far as saying the main character rises to the stars ...) belonging to the movie "Gattaca ( Andrew Niccol , 1997). In fact, in " The Third and The Seventh " there is a map, an image of an airplane flying over a building and leaving a halo I am sure that is inspired by the many take-offs that occur from Gattaca into space and appear several times in the film.

acknowledge that the inclusion of this issue and the fact that it is this element of the camera as a link for the whole tour in these masterpieces architecture had gotten Mr. Alex Roman I had won, but much more. The aesthetic is impressive and not leave anyone indifferent but it's all a set of beautiful images that transport us to a real world / unreal that we had not had access until now. Only one catch, everything is visual and graphic display is not being exploited to try to tell a story, she ends up as a walk (albeit impressive) with a camera, through wonderful places created by man. I, personally, every time I see him I feel like doing a thousand videos, short films, video art ... and also encourage me to continue making them, because " The Third and The Seventh is another example of a person one can create something unforgettable audiovisual art. Congratulations Alex / George, I hope to see yours soon and that more jobs like this excite me so much.


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The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo .

Breast Size Study Nationality

Saul Bass: The Grand Master of The Note

While Carla González spoke today about how we would do the credits of my next project, I decided to dedicate this humble entry, in my humble blog to Saul Bass: The Grand Master of the Appropriations . It's funny because I did not know, but before yesterday, on April 25, was also 14 years since, the Bronx, left the directors, actors writers and producers orphaned and homeless, because none will be presented so great or ever, their names will be written into works of art.

And this tribute I want to do while listening to Bernard Herrmann , only in conjunction with Saul Bass were two of the mainstays in the works of another great master, Alfred Hitchcock . Then, several years later, another teacher who had grown up watching and admiring the work of the three, Martin Scorsese tried to recover for the cause, of good movies, of course, the composer and graphic designer for his films. In fact, recent work of both artists were New York with director.

could talk about that made wonderful use of colors (mostly very much alive) of those flames of an explosion and those neon lights casinos in Las Vegas, with Robert de Niro flying through the air ahead of them in "Casino ," his last work for the cinema. Could say it was the only one who has worked for the most respected film directors in history, as the aforementioned Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger , Billy Wilder, John Ford , Stanley Kubrick and of course Martin Scorsese . I could talk about who won an Oscar for the short film "Why Man Creates" , that he went because he was an artist in any facet that is proposed, to say nothing of their advertising designs and logos, and poster design for the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, and the unforgettable movie posters that could very well be hanging on the walls of any museum the world (in my room, it's no museum, gave him a wall poster of "Vertigo " of Alfred Hitchcock , 1958).

But what I can not say is that was a magician. A magician can give life to plane figures, points, straight lines and not so straight or cut, whether or not they move. A magical wizard who gave a portion of the semi-forgotten film that forever changed the world of typography and the importance of the credits, a master of composition, I was getting that, but after their work, came a cinematic masterpiece, we will credit recorded in the memory for the rest of the film, and in many cases for the rest of our lives.

Thanks Master, has been no one like you. All who are crying for your loss film. No one will raise their names into the sky ...

Traditional Tamil Invitation

Credits / The Note Award for Best Live Action Short Film Jury of the National Press Film in the "International Festival of Poor Cinema Humberto Solas" in Cuba

March 17 I received a mail that filled me with joy, since informed me that my short film " The Note / Note " starring Laura Amante, would be part of the Official Selection of 8 º Festival Cine Pobre Humberto Solas in Gibara Holguín, Cuba. The Festival is held from 19 until 24 April.

had in the Official Selection of the host country four short films, three from Germany and three from Argentina, five in Spain, one U.S., one of Israel, one from Norway, one of Azerbaijan, a Colombia, one from Peru and a English-American partnership: (The Note / Note, I assume that as there was a part set in New York thought they belonged to both countries and that I could compete well in the category Best Fiction Short Hispanoamericano). In total 22 films from 10 different countries in competition C Ortometrajes Fiction. Here is the official catalog .

Citing Rafael Grillo at the Festival Daily on 20 April, in his article: "The list of short fiction," which mentions each and every one of the participating films and appearing in their own Festival website, the review he wrote about my short film was this: Note mysterious alter the routine of a woman and fed his dream of company (Jorge M. Rodrigo, Spain, USA., 11 min.)

Finally, yesterday I learned to see the online newspaper Angulo Radio talking about the awards ceremony of the Festival, the good news that " The Note / Note " had taken the Award for Best Short Fiction

of Jury of the National Cinematographic Press.

The jury explained, that Award for Best Short Fiction Jury National Press

Film: By clever use of audiovisual resources in a polysemic that leads to investigate the inner world of loneliness and speculations around suicidal behavior and the development of each destination as a social entity. All items with a sober and excellent use of cinematic language.

Laura Amante reading a scene from "The Note / Note "

Many Thanks to International Film Festival Humberto Solas Poor , Thank you to the jury of the press Cinematograph of Cuba, many thanks to all to value my work.

Do You Get A Wet Feeling Before Your Period

Curiosities ad I did: The 110 horses in your life.

The year was 2006 and was not too since I had landed in a new advertising agency to Bethlehem, my companion of those days when we received a briefing Television KIA Motors, a South Korean car manufacturer (coincidentally as the film Dreams).

After reading the briefing, two things became clear to us: 1) that could not shoot, they already have rolled a car when walking around Copenhagen and were not willing to waste the material. And 2) That although the car was quite unknown and was by no means wanted to sell it as such sports, because they said it was a very powerful engine, 110 hp
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After spending some time thinking and deliberating we conclude that was a unique and unforgettable way to sell that 110 hp engine and has never been done: convert the 110 horses in your life. In other words, it felt for all the other horses in the world, no matter how famous or important in our lives would have been in the past, from now, would be relegated to ostracism by the 110 horses KIA RIO engine. In principle ended with the super (poster image) saying: "Sorry." But the client seemed a little offensive and had to find another alternative. Finally, "It was nice while it lasted, it seemed a way of saying the same thing in a more friendly, and also stressed the idea of \u200b\u200bthe importance they had in our lives all the horses named in the notice so far, had appeared this car with this engine.

We set up a model (montage of images to display and sell the idea to the client) with images of the car round and we put the music of Wild Horses , not the original version the Rolling Stones (thought it would be impossible to pay ....) but a cover (version from another author of a song that is not theirs) sung by Eddy Vedder , Pearl Jam singer that the truth was perfect with the tone speech and announced in general.

When I saw immediately bought the idea, but as there was no budget, we finally had to put a library music (music very cheap to make generally unknown artists to use in advertisements). It took quite find the truth, but in the end it was not bad. This was the result
and aired on television:

Harem Anime For Mature

DREAM or a story about how extremes meet

Fortunately there are still films that have a different aura to the rest. And Dream of Kim Ki-Duk (a prestigious and award-winning Korean director) is one of those movies. Obviously, the culture gap that exists be a South Korean film might seem sufficient justification to explain the failure to resemble any of the films we can find any day on any channel or your local cinema. But this is a different movie for other reasons, and that addresses issues, which for us are current and everyday. Therefore, it is different for something more, something that breathes each frame and it becomes a whole that surrounds us and brings us closer to a reality but unknown.

Without giving anything of argument, the first thing you notice is that there is no preamble. From the first second and the main story begins. Nothing to teach us what life was like before the characters, or rather, nothing directly, such as the characters in the story. Do not explain how is your life, or engaged, or as were happy before the events occurred that we will file for the movie (very typical that, in American movies.) And while many of these issues will advance the film by glimpsing at any time know anyone who has gone through their lives or who cares for them, no friends, no family etc ... anyone to be able to phone in a time of need.

The dialogues are very simple, even simple and above all, are almost nonexistent. The story has very explanatory phrases. Suddenly, a character we do not know and never know absolutely nothing, which clearly tell oracle, what exactly is happening and even, as you can undo the wrong. In general, the main characters are not so simple in their statements that you believe you can reach at any time (I also assume that the doubling aid to the latter statement, I acknowledge that my Korean goes slack lately ...) Not so with the two main characters, because, although his dialogue does not go much further and even some of his actions also are not credible (must suffer narcolepsy both because the facility to sleep and I often wanted. ..), his actions make us empathize with them and his eyes convey to us all that is happening, needless to say (Note gestures deserve to have as they practice their methods to try not to sleep, and that could be taken from any Japanese horror movie as The Ring or The Curse and has nothing to do with their knowledge to be in other situations) . The two minor characters have little chance to show sentences or the depth that can come to have (although the actress appears again towards the end of the film and can show off a little more), but at least have the good fortune be in the most shocking scene in the entire film, both aesthetically and in the argument from my point of view, showing a few seconds all the power they have within and together forming a composition of actors and the scenery unforgettable and almost pictorial.

Aesthetically at any time there is a strange angle or plane remind us that there is someone behind the camera. Everything flows in a simple and even logical, since it seems that every shot is exactly what I asked each scene. Perhaps, Ki-Duk, abuse of the blur to teach us that the character is sleeping and effect as slowing down, when we see what the male protagonist dreams. But in general, one can say that everything is as it is supposed to be, that everything is correct.

What does that stands out above the rest, the direction of art and photography direction, which are exquisite, the colors, the clothes (usually a white dress and a black because as repeated several times in the film: "the white and black are the same color") houses and decoration, when the image is divided by a tissue or part shade and is completely blurred ... and of course the scene of four characters with clothing and placing each on the merits, carefully considered, in that wonderful dreamlike, almost painterly composition, discussed earlier. It is partly the direction of art and photography, so you'll all breathe something different something more beautiful than we usually see in any movie that comes to our cinemas. At times many of the plans become a canvas and seem authentic works of art.

Regarding the soundtrack, rather than the compositions of Bark Ji While supporting the action, highlights the song repeated several times and finally came to the credits called breat h composed by Philip Sheppard and sung by Juliette Van Peteghem very style of Lisa Gerrard.

Ultimately a love story and its reverse heartbreak, told through the dream and its reverse The
sleepwalking, Buddhist spirituality with some form of transformation into a butterfly, and we
walk away from everything we're used to seeing or just anything that we are used
to let us see. Because Dream of Kim Ki-Duk, was Official Selection at the San Sebastian Film Festival 2008 and in the Asian Film Festival Barcelona (BAFF) in 2009, but even so it came to be released in theaters in our country.