Tuesday, April 9, 2013

On Video: Les Blank and Gabriel Dawe

Robert Boyd

Les Blank, RIP




Documentarian Les Blank died last Sunday.  Best known for Burden of Dreams, his documentary on Werner Herzog, he made numerous documentaries over the course of his career, including The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (trailer above).

Gabriel Dawe in fast motion


Gabriel Dawe Plexus no.22 Zadok Gallery
from ZadokGallery on Vimeo.

Gabriel Dawe's giant colored thread pieces look extraordinarily labor-intensive but as you can see from this video, if you have enough Adderall, it doesn't take all that long to construct one!


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