For more than a decade, Chris Johanson has been transforming day-to-day subject matter into simple stories in paintings that make bright, flat reference to illustration or folk art: The New York Times called their look "a down-on-its-luck, cheerfully abject cartoon style reminiscent of artists like William Wegman, Raymond Pettibon and Sue Williams."

The new CJ book.

Bran Dougherty-Johnson has been putting this together for two seasons. New films coming in March.

Psst! Pass it on... is a series of short animated films created in collaboration by a select group of motion graphics artists from New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Berlin. Inspired by the Surrealist game of Exquisite Corpse and the children's game of Telephone, the minute-long films consist of three sections by three different design teams. The artists worked sequentially, linking up their animations to create a single piece over the course of about 9 weeks. The films feature a variety of styles and methods of production including live-action, stop-motion, 3d & 2d animation.
Psst! Website

Fixed gear bikes or track bikes have been making a resurgence. With stories on NPR and the NYtimes, Hipsters, and ad execs alike are all flocking to the frame shops. I just remember my old days in the early ninties at Alpenrose Velodrome. Which makes me want one like this from Moyer Cycles today. Also see the 1979 film that started it all Breaking Away starring Randy Quaid about the Indiana Little 500. More Pics Here on flickr.

The Z Channel was one of the first pay cable stations in the United States. Launched in 1974 from Los Angeles, California, this station was known for its devotion to the art of cinema due to the eclectic choice of films by the programming chief, Jerry Harvey. It also popularized the use of letterboxing on television, as well as showing 'director's cut' versions of films (which is a term popularized after Z Channel's showing of Heaven's Gate). Netflix it here.

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Not sure if Chris Wilcha is still involved in this. Looks good, of course it would.

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Focusing on an ordinary subject that we see each day, often in the hundreds of thousands, Alphabet presents 26 letters as more than just shapes for conveying information. The 48 artists and designers in this show conceive and interpret the alphabet in surprising and inventive ways, ranging from graceful and polished to witty and unconventional. The 60 alphabets featured in Alphabet were created by artists in North America, Europe, and Asia, and represent work from well-known typographers and designers as well as rising artists and design students. ALPHABET WEBSITE

ALPHABET ARTIST LIST
Marc Alcock - Mike Apichella - Ken Barber - Beppi - Kyle Bravo - Andrew Byrom - Paul Clark - Ryan Compton - Ryan Corey - Delvetica - Elaine Lustig Cohen - E*Rock - Edward Fella - Danielle Foushee - Nancy Guiragossian - Sibylle Hagmann - Catherine Hahm - Tristan Benedict Hall - Drew Heffron - Rich Helfrich - Hjarta Smarta - Daniel C. Howe - Apirat Infahsaeng - Christopher Jackson - Roman Jaster -Jonathan Keller - MiHyun Kim - Seth Labenz and Roy Rub - Jean Larcher - Andrew Liang - Julie Libersat Lump Lipshitz - Ian Lynam - Reagan Marshall - Eduard Matamoros - Michael McErlean - Maya Esther Miller Jason Monburg - Arjen Noordeman - Paul Nudd - Elisabeth Prescott - Luke Ramsey and A. Purdy - C. W. Roelle - Theo A. Rosenblum - Tore Terrasi - Underware - VisuaLingual - Eric Von Munz - Western Cell Division - Karen Willey - Andrew Jeffrey Wright - Tory Wright.

She works for Radio France, Paris, since 2000, and together with Vincent Perrottet for the Theatre d'Angouleme since 2001. Among her clients are the City of Paris, The Ministry of Culture and Communication, Paris quartier d'ete, Suedtiroler Landesmuseen, Musee de la Poste (Paris), Ermitage (St. Petersburg), Hotel litteraire (Naples), Arte, TV5, Kanalart, editions 23.

Nieves is an independent publishing house based in Zurich, Switzerland.
Founded in 2001, Nieves' focus is on producing Artist Publications and Zines.

Nieves Site

Initiated as a home for Simon Pyke’s Freeform music project, the Freefarm has evolved to house the complete spectrum of sound design and music.

Freefarm Website

For your personal wind turbine needs. Thanks Sam. Quiet Revolution info

“123naiv” and “123queen” by Timo Gaessner. Via VVORK

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Saw this on Antville. See mov here.