Author Archives: Saskia
The Institute for Art and Olfaction
I’m so excited to announce a new organization I am forming in Los Angeles: The Institute for Art and Olfaction. The IAO aims to instigate greater engagement with the art and science of perfumery. We will do this through a public education program, by building an archive of contemporary perfume releases, by creating an accessible […]
Sister Cities of Los Angeles
The Sister Cities of Los Angeles is a program that is overseen by councilmember Tom LaBonge (CD4) and SCLA president Adolfo V. Nodal. In support of their efforts to create people-to-people exchange across the globe, I made a small introductory video about the organization. Check it out here: https://vimeo.com/47153479
Public Domain
The Public Domain Review is amazing. I picked out two images from the site that I liked. Each links to the original context. Old Arabic machines: Photos from a square dance in 1940′s Oklahoma: France in the year 2000:
dOCUMENTA (13)
Two photos of Los Angeles-based artist Marcos Lutyens’ mind-bending ‘Reflection Room’ at dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel Germany.
‘Work No. 16 (2011): Stories’
Part of the art collaborative Mr. and Mrs. Hahn, the ‘Stories’ project is an ongoing series of true short stories, told on camera by fascinating people around the world. If you have a meaningful (to you) true story you want to tell on camera, please email us at mrandmrshahn [at] gmail [dot] com. In the […]
Aka Pygmy music
From Wikipedia: “The Pygmies are a broad group of people who live in Central Africa, especially in the Congo, the Central African Republic and Cameroon. Music is an important part of Pygmy life, and casual performances take place during many of the day’s events. Music comes in many forms, including the spiritual likanos stories, vocable […]
Slamdance essay, 2012: ON FAILURE
Every year I write an essay for the Slamdance film catalog. This year, I decided to write about something filmmakers (and artists in general!) know a lot about: Failure. — Here we are. Another year at Slamdance with the crème de la crème of indie filmmakers. We, here, are all winners! We are the 1% […]
Micah Hahn, on Typography
Made this. Love him. Here’s a link to his website.
