gemma

working on my movie. will likely be gone from blogging for a while. but here is one of my generative images for my short. you know, so we can be on the same page.

tel aviv

from the streets of tel aviv.

where is the love

as put forth by my friends & family since i woke up this morning:

"dont be a dolt, just press the button on the left that says SCAN."
"you play poker like an blind old lady."
"send me a goddamn mockup you fickle wench."
"are you screening my phone calls? jerk!"
"what happened to your hair"
"you should drink more water, your face is starting to look like a pumpkin."
"i'm going to kill you. and then bill you."

why did i even get out of bed.

edit: a friend just told me "rammy, you're like a human qualuud." does this fit under the insult category?

non-embarassing commercials

why are adverts so much better in europe?? these are 3-part ads for the british bank lloyds tsb with really wonderful music by elena kats-chernin . did you see the little old guy pat his lady's butt in the first one? sweet.

the evening terrors

so yesterday, i had my 3rd nightmare about the film i'm directing in august. i was on location for the tea party scene... half my crew didn't show up, i didn't have a shotlist and the enchanted moss & branch covered hidden stairs were replaced by a set of looming modern concrete ones.

i just remember standing at the bottom of the stairs, trying to not cry and thinking to myself - how am i going to make this work?

the other nightmares had to do with apryl, my writer/producer, not showing up and everyone in my film school class pointing and laughing at me.

these are fun.

lettres d'amour

thanks to emma's bloggie for this. what a strangely intrusive, awkwardly beautiful project. these two are my favorite - they're for crushes. i love crushes! i love their honesty. we should all write honest love letters.

exit wounds

Excerpts from new graphic novel by rutu modan, centered around modern day israel. its harrowing, seeing images like this based on such actual, relevant occurences & concerns. reminds me a bit of persepolis.

ring cycle

geek out alert. two down, two to go. these are exhausting! saw das rheingold yesterday and die walkure tonight. amazing seats thanks for my friend bob - 12th row orchestra, center right - some of the best acoustics at the met. the kirov production has a very consistently strong set of singers - especially alexei tanovitsky as wotan & olga savova as brunnhilde.


valery gergiev, the conductor, is easily one of the biggest badasses ever. i cant even being to imagine throwing yourself into this cycle twice in 9 days - thats ONE day off from this thing. his conducting is absolutely epic.


my one complaint would have to be the design. the set has some interesting symbolism going on, with these giant stone monoliths that change from scene to scene... the costumes, for the most part, have been a bit disappointing. i mean, the valkyries shouldnt look like tired vegas showgirls with tinfoil headdresses. theyre fucking goddesses! give them feathers!! the otto schenk met production is supposed to be better about this, but i haven't seen it.


but the singing is consistent. and thats what matters most. and sidenote - ny opera audiences are so lame! who walks out before the curtain call? they did this at the ballet/abt the other night too and i was so lamed out.

ringnut

this friday, i will begin my maiden voyage into seas only traveled by the nuttiest, most obsessive of opera fans: my very first ring cycle.

i. can. not. wait.

my blueberry nights

wong kar wai - easily one of my favorite directors. i'm nervous for this film - i hope it's as good as i want it to be. one of the greatest things about him is his incredible rapport with actors he works with over & over again (maggie cheung, tony leung...) so i'm interested in seeing what he does with new actors, a new language...

one of my favorite scenes from chungking express, just for your enjoyment.

from a while ago...

this is the kind of stuff that gets me so fired up.

video art + opera + movies + paintings + the internet + theater = a new context. a new vision. a new interpretation. highly innovative, brazenly original works of performance art. storytelling that assaults the senses and breaks the heart.

it doesn't always come together... anthony minghella doing madama butterfly at the met was an experiment that worked, in some ways, and failed in others... but this is the new direction. this is the work i aspire to. how can the idea of "pure" art exist in a world where the lines between public and private, online and offline, individual and popular are so blurred? nothing is exclusive - everything is fair game. and its so fucking beautiful i lose sleep over it.

so much to learn

dont mess with this lady

unfairly treated carls

a fantastic suggestion from jge. my favorite is the violation of carls human rights. i think every carl ive ever known has had his rights violated. why is that so? and, frankly, how is that fair? does ANYBODY know a fairly treated carl?

christian louboutin snaps bras.

another video i did for nymag. please note the "anemone" show (to die for, must needs have want) and when he snaps her bra. incroyable!

summer of swoon

my best friend emily is a graphic designer & m.arch candidate at yale and she just posted the most beautiful renderings/fabrications, inspired by graffiti artist swoon. mermaids!! my favorite.

there are some other great ones here.

confusing pumpkin

two completely different videos for the single off the upcoming smashing pumpkins album.


although i prefer this one.
Check out this video: Smashing Pumpkins - Tarantula



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