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- RECALL NOTICE: Faulty UterusJanuary 7
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The guts gang in happier times, before uterus was recalled due to her detachable ovaries. Clockwise from left: uterus, pancreas, gall bladder and brain. All $18In what must be the most bizarre product recall we’ve had the pleasure to be emailed about, DKE Toys has issued a statement informing us that the Pink Uterus from I Heart Guts‘ range of body part plush toys is a potential hazard to children…
The problem? Its cheeky purple ovaries are detachable. Sadly, this means it’s been withdrawn from sale. But rest assured you can still cuddle up with the brain (nice stem!) or, my favourite in anthropomorphic offal, the pancreas. All are available here; more on the uterine demise, here…
- Bloody StudentsJanuary 6
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Teenagers running amok, getting drunk, taking drugs, copulating on a toilet, getting rowdy, trashing the place… That’s right, there’s a new TV promo for the forthcoming third series of Skins – the no-holds-barred look at teenage life in fictional Roundview College, on E4…
The new promo film, like the two created to anticipate the previous series of Skins, was shot by Neil Gorringe of Moxie Pictures and features teenagers partying harder than they do anywhere else on television. This time the party’s in a pub and ends in a full scale riot with flying fists and bottles.
“It was filmed in a fairly structured way and I went into the shoot with a clear idea of which shots i wanted, and kept fairly closely to my boards,” Gorringe tells CR. “On set we blocked everything out so that everyone was clear who was going to be hitting who / kicking who / glassing who, etc! However, some of the riot scenes did become genuinely riotous as a rather testosterone heavy mood took hold on the set, and everyone got perhaps a tad too excitable. At one point we had to yell CUT for about a minute before everyone stopped throwing stuff at each other. Luckily no-one was hospitalised, but it looked a bit touch and go for awhile!”
Shown here is the full, director’s cut version of the promo. A milder, broadcast version can be seen on t
- V&A ForeverJanuary 6
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Forever at the Victoria & Albert Museum from Universal Everything on VimeoIf you’re based in London and looking for something to do one day this month, we recommend that you visit Universal Everything’s installation, Forever, which is currently on show in the John Madejski Garden at the V&A. The project, a collaboration between Matt Pyke, Karsten Schmidt and Simon Pyke, consists of a large videowall installation of endless animations that responds to an ever-changing soundtrack…
“Forever is an art project formed from generative music and generative visuals and is a commission for the museum’s new digital programme,” explains Schmidt. “Simon Pyke has composed the music and sound – he’s created hundreds of different soundscapes, drums, all in the same key so that anything can be mixed together. It will evolve over the two months it’s on, so you’ll never hear, or see, the same thing twice. It’s based on the same kinds of micro-patterns as Mozart’s generative minuets
- Art Vinyl’s sleeves of 2008January 6
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1st place: Fleet Foxes’ Fleet Foxes. Design: Dusty Summers, Sasha Barr and Robin Pecknold (original painting: Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559)Art Vinyl, the London-based gallery (and purveyor of the Play and Display sleeve frame), has revealed the results of their competition to find the best vinyl sleeve of 2008. With all online votes counted, Fleet Foxes’ debut album emerged as the winner. Interestingly, both it and third placer, Coldplay’s Viva la Vida, make use of historic paintings. Click through for highlights from AV’s list and a few of our favourites that didn’t quite make their top 20…
2nd place: Roots Manuva’s Slime & Reason. Design: Oscar & Ewan. Photography: Pelle Crepin - A Monster New Year!January 5
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A little belated perhaps but couldn’t resist posting this sweet new year’s film from Stefan Bucher, creator of The Daily Monster website. Happy 2009!