Tonight’s first act is the collage (mostly) art of Brooklyn artist Lulu Wolf.
There isn’t much information on her website but the image gallery pretty much speaks for itself in my opinion.
Next is a well-produced video of a curious project which was started by, well, a multinational paint company. The director is Adam Berg and all of what you are seeing is really real (really-really, Shrek?). A group went to four different cities around the world and brought some color to otherwise drab walls (and sometimes drab situations):
Though one might say that a multinational company could do more powerful things with its money, this is pretty neat!
Of course, being a fan of beautiful music that is just barely obscure enough to not have mainstream radio airplay in the U.S., I fell in love with the clip’s soundtrack – a song by the lead singer of Icelandic band Sigur Rós (who are currently on hiatus), Jónsi. He is embarking on a solo career for a little bit… Here is the song (with just a slideshow in the background):
(The official video is here but the record company does not allow me to embed it on my blog. Honestly I didn’t think it was too marvelous of a clip but you can decide for yourself, of course.)