Many thanks to CriCri86 who posted this amazing track out of Algeria by the vocal group Djurdjura.
[Literature] “An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog”*… — (Roughly) Daily
Digital media are often (fairly) derided for playing to short attention spans. But brevity need not be synonymous with simplicity. New technologies also offer a canvas for creativity—even if the palette is confined to 140 characters. Many an artist or author is adept at using online channels to promote their work, and projects like the […]
[Art] ‘Autumn Cannibalism’ by Salvador Dalí (1936)
[Music] Edgard Varèse – Tuning Up
Not Edgard Varèse’s most famous piece, but it’s amazing just the same.
[Music] Pintotronics n+1, Maandag 13 Juni, 20.30 uur

For further on this event, contact Huis de Pinto here.
[Typography] Join us at Typographics 2016 — The Typekit Blog
This June, the Typographics festival and conference for type and design is returning to New York for its second year, and we’re delighted to sponsor it again. It’ll be a week full of talks, workshops, and tours, all in celebration of typography. The main conference takes place on Friday and Saturday, June 17 and 18, […]
[Music] Sten Erland Hermundstad – Pictures Of A Piano
Sten Erland Hermundstad is a Norwegian pianist I stumbled across while cleaning out my Soundcloud account. He plays in a truly sublime fashion and would have done well had he been signed to an appropriate label like ECM Records.
[Film] Why Mamoru Oshii Doesn’t Want To Make Anime

Mamoru Oshii, perhaps the most famous director of anime films working today, has decided he’s had enough.
Kotaku.com has more on Oshii’s disinterest in his medium here.
[Music] Creation VI – Myth About Flat World
Dmitry Fedoschenko pointed me to this new release on his label, Black Mara Records. It is a slow, deep, echoing ride down a chasm into a digital cave, where the sounds envelop you much in the way the masters like Steve Roach and Robert Rich, especially in his collaborations with Lustmørd, used to do. Black ambient has a wonderful future in Russia.

[Film] “Ida”: A Film Masterpiece

Thanks to dear Ana Uvar, who shared this intriguing film. It looks to be one worth hunting down.
David Denby of The New Yorker reviews the film here.


