Robin sends in word of a new Viggo Mortensen exhibit opening in September at the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles! The exhibit, called “Miyelo”, is comprised of a series of large-scale, panoramic photographs of a Lakota Ghost Dance. [More]
Month: August 2003
Robin sends this in:
New exhibition in September at the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles!
Viggo Mortensen
“Miyelo”
September 13 – November 1, 2003
“Miyelo” is comprised of a series of large-scale, panoramic photographs of a Lakota Ghost Dance. They record a re-creation of the dance that was originally performed by members of Chief Big Foot’s band on December 29, 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. These long exposures represent what was intended as a hallucination by a veteran of the Wounded Knee Massacre, as shot in the California Desert in March 2003 for the movie “Hidalgo.” The intent was to capture the event as a delirious remembrance, an ephemeral dream. The artist hopes these images might illustrate his belief that regardless of the context of any specific time or place, “we communicate, at best, as outlines and silhouettes to each other; blurry vanishing tracings of what we really see, feel and mean.”
There will be no reception or book event in association with the exhibition. Viggo has requested that calls to the gallery be limited, with emails preferred. I hope people will respect his wishes and not contact the gallery as they do not have a large staff and all the information regarding the gallery and the exhibition is already available on their website. [More]
Perceval Press is publishing a large format book to accompany the exhibition. It will be available for purchase beginning September 13th.
Thousands of Wellington rugby fans will have the chance to chant and stomp their way into the final film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy at Westpac Stadium on Saturday. Rings sound technicians will ask the crowd to stay behind after the Wellington Lions’ national provincial championship opening game against Southland to record sounds for battle scenes in The Return of the King. [More]
Elijah Wood (Frodo) is set to make an appearance on E! News Live this Thursday, August 14th. E! News Live airs daily at 7PM. {More]
Jessie writes: Thought you might be interested to know, G4 will be featuring games based on movies tonight on their show Blister, including RotK. Blister will air at 10:30pm on channel 136 (Comcast Cable). The Sindelar takes us through the ways of the cinema while also showing us some summer movie video games. We look at Hulk, Tron 2.0, Pirates of the Carribean, The Italian Job, Enter the Matrix and The Matrix Online, and get a sneak peak at The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. [More] [Gaming Havens]
Ahriell writes: After a very busy week of preparations for the party punctuated by frequent trips to Edinburgh to catch various shows, including Flight of the Conchords (Bret mcKenzie, aka Figwit’s show at the Fringe Festival)… a few times, the weekend finally arrived. [More]