this photo.. which looks 1930s a bit.. is an overlapped photo.. accidental.. but it gives such an interesting effect!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Some interesting finds..
Found some interesting photos and carte de visite last weekend at the Marche au Puce in St-Michelle area (Montreal). Some of these photos are odd looking.. not even pretty in the conventional sense of features.. but interesting and a bit haunting. Some of these are more the Victorian period.. one of them is from it looks like around 1930s.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Mae Nak
In my research on Thai spirits and possession i ran across this article on the Mae Naak which was quite interesting.
-s
There is no Thai who does not know Mae Naak. While mentioning her can make young children run and scream hysterically in the "Nang Naak game", mothers invoke Mae Naak's name to quiet their crying infants; otherwise, the ghost might break their necks and eat their heads with chilly sauce. The gothic tale of Mae Naak Phra Khanong has been filmed more than twenty times; moreover, every one of them is a box-office hit. Thai youths grow up watching her ghostly tale on television.
Whether Nang Naak was a real person or just a fabrication is still as mysterious as the myth itself. There is no historical evidence of her existence. However, most Thais tend to believe her story is genuine, or at least some parts are. Popular legend tells that she was born in the Phra Khanong area of Bangkok about a hundred and thirty years ago during the later period of King Rama IV (1851 - 1868) and died of childbirth complications some eighteen years later in the early part of King Rama V's regime (1868 - 1910). Others assume that she lived during the reign of King Rama III (1841 - 1851). Some believers even date her presence back to more than two hundred years ago in mid-eighteen century Ayutthaya.
article continued here.. http://www.thailandlife.com/thai-culture/nang-nak-a-thai-ghost-story.html
-s
There is no Thai who does not know Mae Naak. While mentioning her can make young children run and scream hysterically in the "Nang Naak game", mothers invoke Mae Naak's name to quiet their crying infants; otherwise, the ghost might break their necks and eat their heads with chilly sauce. The gothic tale of Mae Naak Phra Khanong has been filmed more than twenty times; moreover, every one of them is a box-office hit. Thai youths grow up watching her ghostly tale on television.
Whether Nang Naak was a real person or just a fabrication is still as mysterious as the myth itself. There is no historical evidence of her existence. However, most Thais tend to believe her story is genuine, or at least some parts are. Popular legend tells that she was born in the Phra Khanong area of Bangkok about a hundred and thirty years ago during the later period of King Rama IV (1851 - 1868) and died of childbirth complications some eighteen years later in the early part of King Rama V's regime (1868 - 1910). Others assume that she lived during the reign of King Rama III (1841 - 1851). Some believers even date her presence back to more than two hundred years ago in mid-eighteen century Ayutthaya.
article continued here.. http://www.thailandlife.com/thai-culture/nang-nak-a-thai-ghost-story.html
Monday, June 15, 2009
The Threshold HouseBoys Choir - part 1
I found this video today.. i had in part heard some of this from Peter Christopherson.. but this music including the video put me instantly into a peaceful and hypnotic state.. inducing a subtle to deep trance state.. the pull of rythme cause me to expand outward... touching all i knew from when i was younger to now... everything links.. and it all sways slowly.. serpentine..
- S
The Threshold HouseBoys Choir part 1
Peter Christopherson's, a founding member of Coil, new project.
- S
The Threshold HouseBoys Choir part 1
Peter Christopherson's, a founding member of Coil, new project.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
recent creation.. Sweet Affections of Another Kind
Sweet Affections of Another Kind
~ in this one i included my obsessions with neon slugs (nudibranches) .. japanese pink moths.. and weaved Baron Samedi vevey into it.. The effect of falling apart but always resurging.. constant youthful play (sweet and strange).. these are the interesting parts of what they used to call hell.. but in reality it is simply our experience in this existence. A chaotic haunted soup .. ever expanding .. ever enclosing.
http://www.scottferry.com/
Monday, June 8, 2009
Pictures at HQ Gallery Saturday
I arrived at the opening on Saturday around 7:30pm.. and it got progressively more packed as the night went on. The pictures taken were not the best, but i managed to dig out a few to post here. There actually is a picture of me (surprise 0_0), also of Mimi Traillette, and a few other I knew who came to the show.
This show will be on until the end of June, 2009.
Headquarters Galerie & Boutique
Headquarters Galerie & Boutique
Tel: 514.678.2923
1649 Amherst, Montreal, QC
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Acrobate - Opening Thursday June 4th 5PM to 11PM
ACROBATE
June 3rd to June 30th 2009
USINE 106U
Hallucinogenic paintings, pop-art silkscreens, disquieting sculptures, erotic etchings, original drawings, trash plush toys, surrealist jewelry other fascinating curiosities will massively take over the space.
Usine 106U Gallery is glad to invite you the opening of the colossal exhibition ACROBATE presenting the artwork of 31 visual artists:
Mark Prent, Eric Braün, Mimi Traillette, Karine Allard, Danielle Hébert, Yves Milet-Desfougères, Jean-Michel Cholette, Daniel Erban , Sweet Grognasse, Majka Kwiatowska, Xavier Landry, Alexandra Cuellar, Scott Ferry, Clara, Adam Norris, Kirsten McCrea, Winky, Jean Pronovost, Dominique Cantin, Jean-François Montagne, Enthytez, Jean-François Labelle, Simon Lepage, Jasmin Guimont-Fortin, Dantë, Stefannie Larichelière, Rob Kenter, Andrea Day, Liam, Maud Rabau and Sebastien Gaudette.
The exhibition takes place at USINE 106U, 160 Roy E. from June 3rd to June 30th 2009, and the opening will be held on Thursday June 4th from 5hPM to 11hPM.
Opening hours are Saturday to Wednesday noon to 6hPM , Thursday & Friday from noon to 9hPM.
June 3rd to June 30th 2009
Opening Thursday June 4th 5hPM to11hPM
USINE 106U
160 Roy E., Montreal
514-728-9349
Hallucinogenic paintings, pop-art silkscreens, disquieting sculptures, erotic etchings, original drawings, trash plush toys, surrealist jewelry other fascinating curiosities will massively take over the space.
Usine 106U Gallery is glad to invite you the opening of the colossal exhibition ACROBATE presenting the artwork of 31 visual artists:
Mark Prent, Eric Braün, Mimi Traillette, Karine Allard, Danielle Hébert, Yves Milet-Desfougères, Jean-Michel Cholette, Daniel Erban , Sweet Grognasse, Majka Kwiatowska, Xavier Landry, Alexandra Cuellar, Scott Ferry, Clara, Adam Norris, Kirsten McCrea, Winky, Jean Pronovost, Dominique Cantin, Jean-François Montagne, Enthytez, Jean-François Labelle, Simon Lepage, Jasmin Guimont-Fortin, Dantë, Stefannie Larichelière, Rob Kenter, Andrea Day, Liam, Maud Rabau and Sebastien Gaudette.
The exhibition takes place at USINE 106U, 160 Roy E. from June 3rd to June 30th 2009, and the opening will be held on Thursday June 4th from 5hPM to 11hPM.
Opening hours are Saturday to Wednesday noon to 6hPM , Thursday & Friday from noon to 9hPM.
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