Eliza put out a call for suggestions and the Ectomite Hive Mind responded with a bevy of bizarre links and nostalgic requests leaving us with a hodge-podge of old childhood favorites and surreal art-house films. Thanks to everyone who took the time to post and if you don’t see your contribution here, rest assured it will make an appearance in the very near future. Now, go Ectomomites! TO THE JUMP!
A wonderfully surreal press conference by the one and only Tom Waits for his upcoming “Glitter and Doom” tour, in which he pontificates on the act of planning, astrology, and the strange acronym PEHDSTCKJMBA.
To say Salvador Dali became unhinged in his later years would imply that he wasn’t unhinged in his earlier years. What possessed the man to involve himself in ultimately mundane commercial endeavors isn’t exactly clear; though his infamous eccentricity may have had a bit to do with it. Regardless, if commercial breaks insist on interrupting our sedentary delights I think it’s safe to say we’d prefer them featuring disinterred madness of Dali.
Yvonne Lee Schultz has fashioned a number of beautiful firearms — based on the Walther PP/K and P99 — from porcelain and decorated to resemble dinnerware. An elegant accessory for any tea time spread.
Some photos from the opening of Kago’s exhibition at K-Space in Amsterdam on the 24th of April, where they not only displayed the man’s amazing work but said work was also for sale. Yes, that includes originals. The exhibition was presented in conjunction with Vice magazine, who recently featured Kago in their fine publication.
We’ve featured the work of Boris Artzybasheff before but ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive recently put up some new scans from his book As I See, from the section titled “Neurotica”. The pieces are, from left to right: Anxiety, Schizophrenia, and Hypochondria and each does a fantastic job of illustrating their namesake. I find Schizophrenia to be especially well executed and haunting.
The third print in the Candykiller letterpress print series by the talented Brian Taylor. Pre-order info is coming soon so keep your eyes peeled, these tend to sell out quickly and for good reason.
An informative documentary on European master — and Ectomo favorite — Peter Bruegel. The level of detail in his paintings has always astounded me and this episode pointed out some details that I had not been aware of. Something nice and laid back to start off your Wednesday.
When life throws you a terrible curse in which you vomit squid, make calamari. Thanks, Michael!
Yeesh, lady, don’t play with your food. Set is NSFW. Thanks, Karenw!
The beautiful Anna Lucylle sent us a photo of her fantastic, Lovecraftian tattoo; as well as photos of it in its various stages. The ModBlog post contains a wonderfully heated, pedantic discussion on the correct pluralization of “octopus” as well.
Yesterday we posted a story about one Aliza Shvarts, a story that simply tore through the ether of the blogosphere like a hot coat hanger through a fetus something that tears through something else very quickly. Ectomite Mordred pointed out this Associated Press article detailing that Yale University is claiming the whole thing to be an elaborate piece of performance art:
“The entire project is an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman’s body,” said Yale spokeswoman Helaine Klasky.
Shvarts’ “performance art” included visual representations, a news release and other narrative materials, Klasky said. When confronted by three senior Yale officials, including two deans, Shvarts acknowledged that she did not seek any abortions.
The Yale Daily News however, in what is quickly becoming a he-said-she-said-eh-who-cares saga has published an article in which Miss Shvarts stood by the veracity of her exhibition:
[…]Shvarts reiterated Thursday that she repeatedly use a needleless syringe to insert semen into herself. At the end of her menstrual cycle, she took abortifacient herbs to induce bleeding, she said. She said she does not know whether or not she was ever pregnant.
“No one can say with 100-percent certainty that anything in the piece did or did not happen,” Shvarts said, “because the nature of the piece is that it did not consist of certainties.”
This afternoon, Shvarts showed the News footage from tapes she plans to play at the exhibit. The tapes depict Shvarts — sometimes naked, sometimes clothed — alone in a shower stall bleeding into a cup.
So, in summation: The whole thing is a hoax. Ah, but can you prove it’s a hoax?
In sheer defiance of the World Wide Web Consortium's will, Ectomo was designed using a non-web-standard font. Luckily, it is included in the excellent font pack released by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, which can be freely downloaded in Mac and PC formats here. Ectomo should still look fine without it, though.
