Minimalist Music Video Posters

1 Sep 2010

Federico Mancosu’s poster for Anton Corbijn’s Depeche Mode video Enjoy the Silence
Some of the more interesting feature films are made by directors who got their start in music videos (Anton Corbijn’s new feature film The American opens today and Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go follows a couple weeks later). Italian graphic designer Federico Mancosu […]

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The Church of Pancakes

13 Aug 2010

Photo by Melissa Roldan The burnt carcass of Mozart serenades the crowd at the opening of Andreas Nilsson’s The Church of Pancakes

Name: Andreas Nilsson’s The Church of Pancakes
Date: Thursday August 5, 2010
Location: Soho House West Hollywood
Who was there: Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Mathew Cullen (Motion Theory), Nash Edgerton, kozyndan, Brandon Martinez […]

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Who is Andreas Nilsson

5 Aug 2010

Photo by Jason BotkinDirector and artist Andreas Nilsson

Name: Andreas Nilsson
Created on: 1973-April-27
Location: Malmö, Sweden
Homepage: Andreas Nilsson, Furlined
Domain: Art, Filmmaking

During the Oslo opening of Andreas Nilsson’s The Church of Pancakes, unwanted guests appeared from the sky and transformed his installation into an explosion of breakfast food that would come to involve the police. This […]

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Scion Installation 6, Brooklyn

3 Jun 2010

[ 4 Jun 2010 7:00 pm to 27 Jun 2010 7:00 pm. ]

The 6th annual Installation tour completes its run in Brooklyn. For the first time the tour focuses on the video medium. Ten artists from around the globe were challenged to create non-narrative video installations.

The roster of artists is pretty eclectic, which should make for an interesting show: Dust la Rock (Brooklyn, NY), Eric Nakamura (Los […]

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Sage Vaughn’s 10 Self-Help Books You Could Do Without

Just a few of the Self Help books Sage Vaughn rescued from thrift stores.
When celebrated painter Sage Vaughn was invited to participate in the Video-themed Scion Installation tour, he came up with a concept completely different from the art he is known for.

In this exclusive video interview Vaughn discusses the inspiration for the project and […]

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Projections Festival, Culver City

13 Jan 2010

[ 16 Jan 2010 6:00 pm to 20 Feb 2010 6:00 pm. ]

Curator/filmmaker/musician Aaron Rose has put together an impressive lineup of artists for PROJECTIONS: A Festival of Rare and Hard To See Films to be held at Roberts & Tilton gallery.

Participants include: Sadie Benning, M. Blash, Brian Butler, Bruce La Bruce, Thomas Campbell, Matt Clark, James Clauer, Ira Cohen, Roman Coppola & Bucky Fukumoto, Bernadette Corporation, […]

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New things for the New Year: Kimmel Kids The Art of Exchange

2 Jan 2010

Kimmel Kids’ beautiful new line of stencils
Back in May, our good friend and uber-talented artist Karen Kimmel invited us to a Sunday stencil workshop for kids at the Brentwood Country Mart. She wanted to share and introduce her exquisitely designed stencils and see how kids could be inspired and make art using their own limitless […]

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Hello Kitty’s Birthday Party

12 Nov 2009

Photo by Sarah M. Golonka The LA Ladies Choir serenade Hello Kitty for her birthday celebration

Name: Hello Kitty’s Birthday Party
Date: Sunday November 1, 2009
Location: Three Apples exhibit at Royal-T, Culver City
Who was there: Gary Baseman, Buff Monster, Sushi Girl, Lady Sinclair, Piper Ferguson, Miwa Matreyek, the LA Ladies Choir, and Hello Kitty (of […]

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Flux celebrates Hello Kitty with Super Fan Day!

21 Oct 2009

Our favorite character, Hello Kitty, is celebrating her 35th anniversary! For the next three weeks, she is taking over the Royal/T Cafe in Culver City to bring us into her world. Experience art, music, film, fashion, food, design and more Hello Kitty-style.
Flux is particularly excited to be curator of the Hello Kitty Super Fan Day. […]

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What does it mean to be Under Polaris?

10 Oct 2009

This week, we are very excited for the debut of artist Miwa Matreyek’s new work at the REDCAT Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Matreyek was featured in the 2009 Flux Super 8 and enthralled the audience with her live performance set against stunning animations.
This time around Matreyek is back as part of a collective called […]

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