A Little Something

A while back I took some pictures for a friend's project. Niki Yeratziotou makes wonderful hand-crafted accessories, bracelets, shoulder pads and bags. More coming in the next days, here and on my website.

The Silent House - La Casa Muda

Memrants is far from being a movie blog, and I'm far from trying to be a film critic, but from time to time I like love posting movie-related stuff. 

The Silent House (La Casa Muda) is Gustavo Hernández's 79-minute new film; based on a true story, done in one continuous shot and is the first film which was totally made using a handheld photographic camera. (I wonder which one) 

So, the true story, this film is claiming to be based on, is about a father and his daughter who are asked to renovate a house back in 1944. The night before the renovation starts, they decide to stay there so they can start early the next morning. But that's when things start to get spooky.

I wonder when will we be able to see this.

Re-Post: Kylie - The One

This video was the first post on this blog. So in anticipation of Kylie Minogue's new album (with which she is said to be returning to her pop roots) I thought of reposting this video which, in my opinion, is one of her best. 

Correction: directed by William Baker

LAxNYC Map by Papercut

Papercut is a Brooklyn-based design firm consisted of Minh Anh Vo & Victor Schuft.

The above project is a graphic depiction of their move from LA to New York.

As described on their website:
Early october, we’ve left Los Angeles to move in New York City. We’ve decided to drive across the country. During this 14 days trip, we have driven 4129 miles through 14 states and we’ve sent 94 postcards. 

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David Lynch + Marion Cotillard = Lady Blue Shanghai

David Lynch was recently commissioned to create an ad for Dior. 

Lynch stated in the Financial Times:
"They called me up and said, ‘Would you like to make a short film for the internet? You can do anything you want, you just need to show the handbag, the Pearl Tower and some old Shanghai.'"

The result is the above 16-minute short film, (or long advertisement) which blatantly bears all the attributes of a David Lynch production.

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AnnaKoumoushi - Handmade Earrings & Bits

A new collaborative project with Anna Koumoushi (has been drafted and) is coming up in the next few weeks.

I mentioned Anna Koumoushi in a couple of posts before, and some of her pieces were used in one of my projects. You can see her amazing work on her facebook fan page.

The Greek Crisis Explained

These ironically hilarious videos, (and I say ironically hilarious referring to the graveness of the situation in Greece), render an interpretation of how Greece got to be in the pickle-y situation she is today.  

The videos were created by Nomint, an Athens-based motion design production company with a brilliant body of work.  

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Narrow Streets: Los Angeles, Can I Live There?

sunset boulevard + doheny road, west hollywood

pico boulevard near vermont avenue, byzantine-latino quarterI remember when I was in the states I was fascinated (and intimidated) by the huge width of the streets, probably because I was not used to it since our freeways in Cyprus barely span four lanes wide for both directions. 

Writer, designer and photographer David Yoon likes to go around LA, shoot huge five-lane streets and convert them to awesomely and carefully crafted narrow streets. It's like an alternate version of Los Angeles, in a parallel universe, as the author refers to it on the blog. It's worth spending a good amount of time exploring all the amazing reconstructions.

I love the concept of fabricating an alternative reality, according to how we would like it to be. I guess, more or less, that's what most artists/creatives aim to do with their craft. *creative sigh*

Yoon also offers the photos as printed diptychs, (they are niftily displayed as gorgeous expanding diptychs on the blog). See Narrow Streets here.

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The Feast

The Feast is Lia Haraki's (super dancer/choreographer/performer) new performance. Basically, it is a performance where the audience/dinner guests will have the opportunity to dine with the performers while experiencing a Stand-Up PerformDance, that revolves around the ritual of dinner. 

The above poster and typography were designed by Christina Olympiou, my ultra-talented and experienced cousin, and I'm not being biased here, who's been previously mentioned in this blog a couple of times. She is currently setting up her web-space, which will be aptly announced when the time comes. In the meanwhile, she can be contacted here. 

Betty White Goes Metal

I know, I know, it's all over the internet, but I just couldn't skip this now that I found an embeddable version.

Betty White is amazing, and I'm yet to see her SNL "performance". 

Happy Mother's Day, Motherf**kers!