BJÖRK's "Dull Flame of Desire

A new video for Björk's "Dull Flame of Desire" with Antony Hegarty. If the lyrics sound familiar, they are from a translation of a poem by Fyodor Tyutchev as featured in Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker.

"Out of hundreds entrants for the “Innocence” music video competition (which ran on www.bjork.com offering new directors the chance to work with Björk), she chose 3 new directors to collaborate on the “Dull Flame” video.

Björk and Antony performed against green screen in New York then each director was sent the raw footage to edit and create their piece. Christoph Jantos (Berlin) Masahiro Mogari (Tokyo) and Marçal Cuberta Junca (Girona) are the chosen directors. Each director was given their own section of the film, to develop how they wished - on completion the 3 films were edited together in London to make the final music video."

Links:
Dull Flames of Desire - Bjork.com (source)
Antony Hegarty wiki
Fyodor Tyutchev wiki
Andrei Tarkovsk wiki

TERRY GILLIAM's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Terry Gilliam briefly discusses his upcoming film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus in the following clip which also features some design work. The film itself sees an impressive pool of talent stepping into the shoes of the late Heath Ledger's character in what looks to be a throwback to some of Gilliam's earlier work.

Links:
DoctorParnassus.com
Terry Gilliam at La Scala (SiouxWIRE)
Dreams - Terry Gilliam Fanzine

MOSCOW MOUSE

I'm not a fan of nudes as a whole but I think the documentary style combined with a kitsch anthropomorphic twist was too much to resist; perhaps a new fetish?

Links:
Ivan Erofeev (Photosight.ru)
Ivan Erofeev (Photodom)
Photosight.ru

Introducing GWENDOLYN KRAEHENFUSS

Gwendoly Kraehnfuss is a young German photographer with some nice work in her portfolio.




Links:
Gwendolyn Kraehenfuss
Gwendolyn Kraehenfuss (MySpace)
Gwendolyn Kraehenfuss (deviantART)

BITONE Children's home & troupe

Bitone (translating as "talents) is a Ugandan children's home and troupe that have recently produced their own album entitled Movement of Life using a laptop and a single microphone in the centre's living room. This album is being sold to fund the home and continue its work.

Most of the charming music is traditional and performed by the children at the home with the exception of a suitably innocent rendition of Björk's All is Full of Love. You can listen to it in on their MySpace and it comes with a hearty recommendation from the WIRE.

"The mission of The Bitone Children’s Home/Troupe is to restore the lives and hopes of Ugandan children between 8 and 18 years old who have been traumatized by the death of their parents or loss of their home due to disease, war, or economic hardship. The program was founded by Branco Sekalegga, and Hassan Kayemba with the vision of “Restoring Hope by Nurturing the Body and Spirit.” Bitone youth are provided with basic food and shelter, a nurturing environment, an academic education, and counseling. Through learning traditional African music, dance, folklore and theater, the children build self-esteem, become self-reliant and contribute to creating a peaceful future for the next generations of Ugandans and others worldwide."

Bitone dance troupe

Links:
Bit0ne Troupe (MySpace)
Bit0ne - Center for Disadvantaged Children
Bit0ne are Full of Love (Bjork.com)