On Wednesday morning we leave Berlin for Paris where we’ll be giving a talk and slide show at the OFFF Festival on Thursday at 6pm.
We’re thinking of doing a Wooster Collective Meet-up in Paris on Friday at 8pm. Not sure on the location just yet.
Any suggestions? (email woostercollective @gmail.com)
Refait from Pied La Biche on Vimeo.
“Refait” is a remake of the football WorldCup match between France and Germany (Seville, Spain, 1982). Shot by Pied La Biche in Villeurbanne (France), every aspect of the fifteen last minutes of the match was carefully reconstructed : players, positions, gestures, intensity, drama etc. It consists in shifting the traditional game area into the urban environment. Each sequence takes place in one or several locations and then the city temporarily becomes the lab for unsual experiments. The soundtrack is made up of the original commentaries mixed with interviews of the audience recorded during the shooting.”
“With all the catastrophes befalling society, the oil spill, the declining financial market, these guys have a lot on their minds.”… JMR
“DOCUMENTING THE ALTERATION PROCESS OF MY PORTRAIT TAKEN BY THE L.A BASED PHOTOGRAPHER ROSS MORRISON”… Boxi
“This year Portland has been robbed of our summer and the past few months have seen almost constant rain. But when the sun does make a rare appearance a group of us have been painting murals at Dignity Village. Dignity Village is the country’s first city-sanctioned homeless encampment. Now much more than the tent village that it started as, Dignity Village is a place for homeless individuals to find stable housing and resources while looking for work and permanent housing. Next month they will celebrate their 10th anniversary.
In an effort to strengthen the relationship between Dignity Village and local artists, to protect houses from the weather, and to brighten people’s days, the mural project links artists with residents to paint murals in the village. The late start to summer has been the only thing holding us back. When we do get some sunshine a group of us head out there to paint and as more murals happen the more requests we get from the residents to do their homes”…Klutch
“I just got back from my first trip to Haiti. I’m working to develop a sustainable building project in the village of Barriere Leudi, in collaboration with a group of artists, builders, architects, and engineers – and with the Mango Grower’s Association in Barriere Jeudi.
After the Quake, Ben Wolf, Olivia Katz, and I were asking ourselves how we as a small group of individuals could contribute to the situation there, especially with regard to so many people losing their homes. We knew that there would be many big NGO’s doing projects large and small, but that there would still be room, and even need, for focused contributions on a person to person scale. So, we spent the last 5 months developing the Konbit Shelter project. We will be working to adapt the Super-Adobe building technique to the climate of Haiti, and building some structures in this Leogane village, starting with a community center, and moving on to housing of all works out.
Take a look at our site here, we will be posting more detailed updates soon!”… Swoon
