:::: CHRONICLES OF EIGHT ::::: 2008

Friday, June 6, 2008

TED ideas worth spreading

TED.COM makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. More than 200 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.

The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

http://www.ted.com/

Thursday, June 5, 2008

TEXTILE DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR, KLAUS JURGEN SCHMIDT

Klaus Jurgen Schmidt’s first memories were fored mixing powder paints on his sister’s bedroom floor in 1985, Cape Town. The painting resembled the solar system though it is not know whether this was his intention. Throughou this youth these paintings and drawings were pusshed further toward their realities by self-tuition, eventually applied on interior walls, editorial illustration and ultimately textiles where today’s discarded notions are re-awakened in extreme compositions, repetitions and placements. As the simplistic births the surreal, personified herringbones become conversational chevrons, a hand painted floral is deformed by solarization, while ancestral graphics become immortalized in foil or knitted digital jacquard. Ancestry and tradition adopt a new purpose in the finished print.

(a quote from Klaus Jurgen Schmidt's website)

A look at some of Klaus's amazing visual pieces.

DAZED & CONFUSED COVER

TEXTILE ARTWORK/VISUAL ILLUSTRATIONS

ILLUSTRATIONS

http://www.klausjurgenschmidt.com/

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

MUSICAL GENIUS (who might be coming to South Africa sooner then you think)

An amazing musical genius of electronic building up of sound, has seen Jona Bechtolt crafting music that is beyond fantastically fantasy driven, and amazing. Take some time to hear what the boy has to say...

"YACHT smells wonderful. I must say, all the time he spent in our bus, it was as if a cool breeze was blowing through my mind. and good songs, too!" -- James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem

"YACHT is a true renaissance man, feel his magic zap you with its lightning bolt made of awesome" -- Architecture in Helsinki

"Positive energy rainbow dome music from a next-generation west coast healer" -- Dave Longstreth, The Dirty Projectors

"YACHT = megaphysical." -- Devendra Banhart

"Being indie rock's Timbaland ain't easy." -- VIBE Magazine

"Oh, man, we love this kid." -- NME

"No one combines giddy bubblegum melodies with clinically precise programming quite like Bechtolt." -- Entertainment Weekly

"After spinning Yacht’s new one, I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real, we are prepared to echo the album title’s assessment with respect to the artist himself" -- Time Out New York

YACHT ORNAMENTS

YACHT TSHIRTS

YACHT ALBUM

01 SO POST ALL ‘EM
02 SEE A PENNY (PICK IT UP)
03 WE’RE ALWAYS WAITING
04 PLATINUM (FEAT. BOBBY BIRDMAN) listen
05 IT’S ALL THE SAME PRICE (FEAT. EATS TAPES)
06 THE MAGIC BEAT
07 DRAWING IN THE DARK
08 IT’S COMING TO GET YOU
09 IF MUSIC COULD CURE ALL THAT AILS YOU]
10 I BELIEVE IN YOU
11 YOUR MAGIC IS REAL
12 WOMEN OF THE WORLD

MINI GALLERY

VISIT: http://www.myspace.com/yacht

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.teamyacht.com/

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

UNDERTEN CLOTHING LINE

The most original take on kids fashion, by far.

Visit

http://www.underten.fr/

DAVID LINDWALL

Designer both clothes and web, model, artstar, Dj and club promoter. David knows his shit but is he happy with his life. David is in and out of his hard disstorsion with different hang-ups and when he's in one he is very focused.

They ask him what are you going to become when your grown up. well David is already someone and i think he's happy for that. I dont know him that well but if you would like to just get in there and make some noise.

Is he the worlds forgotten boy. the one who's searches and destroys.

welcome to Davids world of fashion.

Visit this site for more information:

http://www.fashionisforfashionpeople.cjb.net/

FASHION

CatwalkTrash

The only way to describe this band is:

With a name like CatwalkTrash, this band is bound to have a massive dent on the Cape Town music scene (which has become somewhat bland). This one woman band, is a revival of dirty electronic fashion beats, mixed with some dirty old school rock and roll. Drumer , Guitarist, synth player, Vocalist, Ellenie Eloff, hales from Cape Town/Worcester, South Africa. With her model looks and her very, upfront and strong individual energy, she's a woman who you should dare to mess with. With music titles such as "Postcards to New York," "Lady bang bang," and "Ride the vine" this musical goddess has a future ahead of her in the music business.

To hear some of her tracks you can here them on her myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/catwalktrash

Friday, February 1, 2008

ROCKET SCIENCE is a must see...

One of last years best scripts and a breakout performance from the natural Reece Thompson ensures Rocket Science is up on 2007's biggest sleepers list. Unlike the overrated Juno, Jeffrey Blitz's stimulating screenplay hardly ever rings hollow, despite the fact some of these high schooler's made that pregnant whippersnapper sound like a three year old. Here though, as unrealistically hyper-articulate as this high school debate team, indie-romance styled dramedy feels, Blitz possesses the rare ability to seamlessly merge it with a whole bunch of tender awkwardness and create something far superior then a wit-fest.

Encapsulating this neurotic whimsy is the gifted Thompson (amongst other very well casted performances) who like a younger, more accessible Jason Schwartzman, takes an annoyingly exploited trait of stuttering unease and mines it into a tender, thoughtful coming of age characterization that should inspire even the most cynical of introverts.

Littered with scene after scene of a simply far more perceptive quirk then what Hollywood's continuously dumbed-down interpretations of independent film used to be, Rocket Science blasts off with personality and style to spare.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477078/

OFFICIAL WEBSITE
http://www.rocketsciencemovie.com/

Thursday, January 31, 2008

THE LEADING KNIT WEAR LABEL "PWHOA"

RICHARD DE JAGER

A little describtion from the designer himself, about himself... "I am a knitwear designer/stylist, i live in cape town. I make crazy knitwear and hang out in dodgy rock clubs with my friends. we go out and steal palm leaves and tikki bars."

What more would you like to know about the leading South African designer, who clothes also describe his amazing yet crazy and loving personality... he is a genius of our time, who works wonders with an age old, fabric that has almost been long forgot, and has revolutionized it to create costums that are just beautiful. Richard has single handedly changed this whole relm of fashion and he owns it...