Although my focus here is on traveling from the U.S. to Quito, much of what I recommend applies elsewhere in South America, indeed in much of the world. There’s WIFI everywhere. Ecuador is in the middle of an exciting explosion of Internet access, and you’ll see netbooks advertised daily in newspapers and magazines. That said, [...]
ManifestHope: DC is the Georgetown installation of some of the most inspiring visual art produced during Barack Obama’s campaign for the presidency. Judges for this juried exhibit include Shepard Fairey, Spike Lee, and Eric Hilton (of Thievery Corporation), among others. Who says art and politics can’t mix? ManifestHope:DC from Phillip Barron on Vimeo. From the [...]
We Are One, This Land is Your Land from Phillip Barron on Vimeo. Kicking off Obama’s inauguration celebration, Pete Seeger — along with numerous other stars and artists including Bruce Springsteen, John Cougar Mellencamp, Beyonce, Usher, Stevie Wonder, U2, Herbie Hancock, Mary J. Blige, and Garth Brooks — performed at today’s We Are One celebration.
Clockwise from left: Shepard Fairey’s iconic HOPE poster, recently acquired by the National Portrait Gallery; We Are One concert/inauguration welcome event; Adams Morgan kiosk with notes to the incoming President.
In his 1973 essay ”Autopia,” Dutch novelist Cees Nooteboom wrote that Los Angeles ”mixes images of vulgarity and vitality” and ”conveys the feeling that it stretches to all sides around you, but never looks down on you or presses you down, an open world that forms itself as a unity despite its fragmented appearance.” (NYTimes) [...]
The What Cheer? Brigade crashes the 2008 Bicycle Film Festival in Los Angeles. Enjoy the video, complete with a monkey playing drums, nudity, infrared, and a blinkie in the tuba. Bicycle Film Festival, Los Angeles from Phillip Barron on Vimeo. Ross Harris has a video of Sunday’s block party.
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo. An update to his 2006 and 2003 videos.
I posted a hastily written short story at Helium.com to test their platform. Read it here if you are curious, or download a pdf here.