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Couture Postcard: Cheng Hao at China Fashion Week 2011/12

Indulging my “couture postcard” fetish: From Beijing with love… Cheng Hao’s collection at the China Fashion Week in Beijing, 2011. Part of an ongoing series of couture postcards by Onome Ekeh. Stills via http://www.360fashion.net/china Music: ‘Hey, Hey’ by Chin Chin http://chinchin.tv

THE WHITE ROOM (excerpt from The Sea of Lightning)

Session IV (from transcript) DR.: You’ve had this recurring dream for a couple of weeks, maybe we should talk about that today. OTTO: No — DR.: I talked to the Directrix about your requests Otto. The matter is under consideration— OTTO: Her answer of course is no. DR.: But you don’t know that for a fact— OTTO: Yes I do. Do you think my demands are unreasonable, Doctor? (silence) DR.: What ...

Otto’s Cell excerpt from ‘The Sea of Lightning’

“all pain is geological” In a future that seems very much like the present, the talents of convicted criminal masterminds are harnessed by NATO to develop new war and intelligence technologies. They are incarcerated in former monasteries where they may conduct their research in relative ease and peace. The former abbey of Vézelay is such an institution, and now with a mysterious ...

F L O O D

Spectacular hysterical Futurity sputters data confetti prophecies seismic ticker tape flux formations revealing encoded doom:

Outtake from “Barrytown” performed by Kate McGarry

Outtake from “Barrytown” performed by Kate McGarry from FEATUREZOO on Vimeo.

Trailer: Kate McGarry @National Sawdust

Kate McGarry @ National Sawdust from FEATUREZOO on Vimeo.

FLIGHT

In the street I feel very unsafe, frightened. Killer Angels roam the streets. With me is a small boy, I am here to protect him. He says nothing, he too is scared, and huddles against me. I mean to comfort him, but I tremble. The streets are so unsafe. I press hard at the doorbell. My keys do not seem to fit into the lock, I do not know if this is because I am nervous or because the locks have ...

Self-Portrait 9/4

LILITH-VUE

May I interest you in a radical new cinema— The Lilith-Vue?First let’s (re)acquaint ourselves with Lilith— a forage through our religio -mythological catalogues of mankind’s conception: Lilith was Adam’s wife before Eve—deemed unsuitable because of her sexual voracity and disdain of the Missionary position. As far as sex was concerned, she liked to be the top banana. Someone ...