fight the un-words

Desktop publishing.

I noticed that I'm one of these guys who is changing his desktop wallpaper on regular basis. So, I've just decided to share my desktop with anybody who's interested in it. This one is the current one.

 I kind of created it today. It's a perfect mixture of what's on my mind these days. A little bit of Quiet Storm, some helpful guidelines by Russell Davies – How to be interesting – co-created by signgenerator.org as well as some "Banksy" aside. The wonderful British dwelling house* with the backyard is representing my dream: to work in the account planning department of a London based advertising agency. If you look on the right you can see there’s a lot of stuff that needs to be sorted. Usually, that doesn't mean anything good. It's a sign for a temporary confusion I guess. 'Cause actually I’m a big fan of a clean desktop. If you look on the bottom left hand side of the picture you can see how it should look like. Hopefully I'll get it done before I have to publish the next wallpaper.
*) Image courtesy of chslondon.com

The following wallpaper is the one I had before. It's a photo of Regent Street with, yes, the "be interesting list" in the front – don't mind the spelling mistakes. If you find one – it's yours. (Same applies to my entire blog;-)

Unexpected items.

Just a small thing that made my day. (It might be a pi for the "spell with flickr" thing. Anyway.)

Street Art.

I once shared a flat with a guy who was in street art. He introduced me to some celebrities from the scene. Now, I have recently found an article in the modart magazine. They wrote about the drivers of street artists and street art and prepaired a TOP FOUR LIST: "What exactly is it about street art that makes it so incredibly intriguing and alluring for people...?" – as written in the modart magazine:

1. Location, Location, Location.

2. Surprise and delight.

3. Must have something to say.

4. Personal.

I found some work of guys my flatmate told me about and have to say that it’s still impressing. Probably the most lively underground scene and yet not noticed at all by the public – although we pass their work every day. Keep your eyes open! Pretty likely they become as famous as Picasso one day. And you crossed their work and did not even notice the opus.

Mama Johnny.

Read in: Galore (the interview magazine) – issue of 24 December 2006.
Interviewee: Jonathan Meese.

Either he's today’s most exciting artist or I haven't got a clue. Both is possible.
I must admit that his argumentation is – as noticed by the interviewer as well – easy to disprove:
- he anticipates that art will take over his life and therefore
- art will take over his producing (e.g. doing the Hitler salute on stage, covering himself with apple puree, collecting this and that – by the way: "this and that" is now filling several garages.)

Either he is just shifting responsibility to something else, or he actually is taking responsibility when he allows all these actions and reactions.

The way he shows lowliness towards his art is quite charming and smart, as long as he does not exceed his self-imposed border – not to harm or kill any person or animal. Unfortunately, he couldn't exclude it. But he's full of hope it won’t happen.

I keep my fingers crossed. Hopefully, he will go on to show us how to cross the line without crossing his own.
Learn more about Meese!?

Without words.

Design yourself.

A friend gave me the link to his emag.

See the way he plays with the given fold of a mag? Feel the strain, enjoy the breach!
See his site, download the mag!