Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914-1996) was an influential graphic and exhibition designer and photographer who lived and worked in Zurich. As the leading … [Read more...]
Brian Eno, Light Music
In 2014, the renowned composer, producer and all encompassing art theorist Brian Eno ( see Socks's post "Before and After Science"), worked on a … [Read more...]
Josef Albers’s Albums Covers: the Provocative and Persuasive Percussions Series (1958-1961)
Enoch Light (1905-1978), a classical violinist, bandleader and sound recording engineer, founded Command Records in 1959, with the precise purpose to … [Read more...]
“I haven’t found a measure yet / To calibrate my displeasure yet”: The design sensibility of post-punk band WIRE
The stark urgency and clean lines of their prose mirrored the light-metal severity of groups like Wire, the Banshees, and Gang of Four, just … [Read more...]
Fields of Indeterminacy: Toshi Ichiyanagi’s Fluxus Scores
Influenced by Fluxus artists George Brecht, Dick Higgins, and La Monte Young, (exhibited in 1962 in Tokyo’s Minami Gallery "World Graphic … [Read more...]
Esben and the Witch – “Marching Song”
Beautiful song and unsettling, creepy video for this band on Matador records. ‘In a wilderness of foggy thoughts / battling with your mind retorts … [Read more...]
