For Philips Aurea.
For Lacoste.
For BMW (starring Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Adriana Lima and Forest Whitaker).
For Lancome (again starring Clive Owen).
For Dior (starring *cough* Eva Green).
For Softbank (starring Brad Pitt) here, here and here.

Stumbled upon a brilliant exhibit at the Yaletown Jennifer Kostuik Gallery during lunch break today. Texas based artist William Betts (whose website curiously bares an “iPhone Optimized” icon) taps into the Big Brother omnipresence of our modern world, taking webcam and surveillance video screencaps as his subject matter and, by exchanging pixels for pointillism, reinterpreting them in often abstract and beautiful ways.
Says Betts in his Artist Statement:
“Today we have so many layers between the individual and direct experience, it fundamentally changes how we see the world…I am intereseted in how …

Illustrations from various works by Russian science fiction writer Alexander Kazantsev
(via Coudal)

“Among modern artists I conceptually identify with Jackson Pollock – not that I’m a particular fan of his visual style, but because he always identified himself as a painter, even though a lot of the time his brush never hit the canvas. There’s something in that disconnect – not using a brush or tool in traditional methods.”
and
“Pollock might argue that it’s the process of abstraction that’s dynamic, not the end result, which in his case is a static painting. In my own work, the end result is never static; …

Sweeping in on the coattails of whistling pop sensation Peter, Bjorn & John and rockers the Hives amidst what is being declared a Swedish invasion (or is it a Scandanavian invasion: there were 42 acts from the region at SXSW this year; 11 of which were Swedish), two acts from the land of beautiful people and generous social welfare touch down at the Red Room this Wednesday night.
First up, 22 year old music-blog darling Lykke Li whose lilty tunes and airy vocals are produced by the Bjorn of prior-mentioned …

Found this cool meme on Sean Klassen’s blog and thought I would apply it to my own bloated iTunes collection:
Total Length:» 16307 items, 50.7 days, 87.24GB
First and Last Songs (by title):» A-Tisket A-Tasket by Chick Webb v/Ella Fitzgerald» (|||) by DJ Ey3
Shortest and Longest Songs:» “The End” by Maceo Parker, 0:04» “Dj-Set 23.06.07″ by Justice at PinkPonyParty, 2:00:54
First and Last Albums (by title):» “Abbey Road” by The Beatles» “Writer’s Block” by Peter, Bjorn & John
First and Last Artist (by title):» A.C. Newman» !!!
Top Five Most Played Songs:» “Manifesto” by …

Found under the Cambie Bridge at Nelson and Pacific.

There is a black guy in the men’s washroom of Richard’s on Richards dispensing soap and hand towels. He also has an assortment of colognes and prophylactics available for purchase. His outfit suggests that of a hipster bellhop.
I should point out that the men’s facilities at Richard’s on Richards are not large. There were perhaps eight others taking care of business in there at the same time as me and we were choked for space. Nor are we talking about a grand country club restroom with marble walls and golden …