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Inland Empire

In Termite on 20 January 2007 with no comments

Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE is net cinema on the big screen and it doesn’t belong there. Twisting in my seat for three hours was torture. What I wanted to do was stop the film, go back a few scenes or frames. Go get a bite to eat, think about it, discuss with others and then return. [...]

Birdhouse Factory (Girabaldi, OR)

In Coast, Handmade, Oregon, Portrait, Termite on 6 May 2006 with no comments

Order yours from Randy at the Birdhouse Factory PO Box 649 Girabaldi, OR 97118.

Posterity

In Termite on 23 February 2006 with 1 comment

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REVLOG: Big Brother by Juan Luis “Juancho” Casañas Ballester

In Scale, Termite on 17 February 2006 with no comments

Juan is a Venezuelan videoblogger. I’ve been a subscriber to his En Video for about a month (he started his vlog in December 2005). His videos capture intimate, fragile moments that we can all relate to, but the minimalist approach doesn’t hide the sense of turmoil just outside his door. Juan was kind enough to [...]

White Elephants, Termites and Carp Caviar (REVLOG: “Carp Caviar 004 Freeing the Mind”)

In Termite on 25 January 2006 with 1 comment

Erik Nelson’s weekly Carp Caviar, like the bottom feeder eggs after which it is named, is the procreative result of collaborative scavenging. Episodes arrive at your doorstep in a nice tin, but the work is “a struggle with the materials and tools at hand, and your ability to manipulate these to conform to some vision [...]