Gentlemen Prefer Blonde Fire

It seems about time to get back on the blog updates... I've been too busy with the club night to get on it recently, but with the launch of the new site (isn't it pretty; Offworld's illustrator pin-up Ryan Brown did a standup job on that) it's right back sharing the more disgustingly beautiful things around.

No better way to kick (back) off than with this incredible, disturbing video made by Joe Vanhoutteghem for the Belgian group Hickey Underground. It's always exciting to come across this aesthetic, it's got a real UNKLE feel to it colour-wise/visually, and has all the creativity of the Warp favourites like Cunningham and even a touch of Gondry...

Chris Cunningham Interview in Vice Magazine

As part of their recent interviews issue (and one of their best recent outputs), Vice interviewed the elusive Chris Cunningham.

With a reputation for being a bit like Larry David crossed with a cave troll, he is surprisingly lucid and upbeat.

However, that might all be a bit boring (/) if he hadn't included a stomach turning 'self portrait', which is interesting as well as disgusting.

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Much like the porn he discusses in the interview, the reality is, however clichéd, that people have become desensitised to shocking imagery, and demand more to trigger a reaction. The point of interest here is where it even crosses the limit of human possibility, and much like Lynch's infamous baby in Eraserhead, overtakes genuinely explicit real-life produced imagery (such as war photography and genetic mutation, for example).

Once again Cunningham proving himself to be worthy of his visceral cutting edge reputation. Can't wait for the feature films he mentions, imagine a horror in the style of Rubber Johnny or the 'Sheena Is a Parasite' (pictured) video.