Posts in the “AESTHETICS” category
Magic Windows #23
by angeliska on August 7, 2011
To christen and complete my newly cleaned and decorated studio, I got a little half-moon Siamese fighting fish that Colin named Finnegan. He’s adorable. It’s been a long time since I had a fish. The last betta I had, Nico, (…)
The Left Eye of Horus
by angeliska on August 3, 2011
Horus was the ancient Egyptian sky god who was usually depicted as a falcon. His right eye was associated with the sun Ra. The eye symbol represents the marking around a Peregrine Falcon’s eye that includes the “teardrop” marking sometimes (…)
Dithyrambalina: Musical Architecture in New Orleans
by angeliska on July 27, 2011
So! I am very excited to announce that Colin and I will be collaborating on a piece that will be part of amazing project called Dithyrambalina: The Brooklyn-based artist Swoon, who may know from her beautiful wheat-pasted cut-out street art (…)
Happy Birthday Pandora!
by angeliska on July 22, 2011
Today marks a very special holiday indeed – the birthday of my dearest darling, Miss Pandora Gastelum. In lieu of getting to celebrate her whelping with her (the travesty of why this cannot be is detailed below), I am writing (…)
Exquisite Corpse – Stray Cat Strut
by angeliska on July 12, 2011
My look for the evening ended up looking something like if Dark Lily from Legend had ended up doing it with a cat on the side. Maybe one that had a penchant for KISS? This scene is definitely at the (…)
Exquisite Corpse – Serpentine Gallery
by angeliska on July 6, 2011
We are the witches who bring you Exquisite Corpse: Lau – brain-melting hex projections Angeliska – hostess priestess Norah – door-empress gatekeeper Charlene – DJ Pasht – song sorceress! All photos by Devaki Knowles of www.funlovingphotos.net Beautiful Monika and Nemesis (…)
Exquisite Corpse – LOVECATS
by angeliska on July 1, 2011
For this month’s Exquisite Corpse, I chose the theme LOVECATS for a variety of reasons. Firstly, it falls on July 7th, which years ago I randomly decided was my beloved cat Junior‘s birthday. He was the most amazing cat I’ve (…)
Peacock Spider Honey
by angeliska on June 29, 2011
✸ I’ve become very obsessed with Peacock Spiders recently. Certain experiences have been contriving to teach me to look very closely at the tiny wonders in our world: the mysteries of minutiae, the infinitesimally small and complex creatures who might (…)
Summer Solstice – A Lush Green Wish
by angeliska on June 21, 2011
I kneel in the night on a high hill in the back country, I bow my head, and make this fervent wish, with the memory of green tendrils wrapped around my heart, squeezing there, holding me fast against the earth. (…)
Orlando
by angeliska on June 17, 2011
Oh today, today. I don’t really want to write about what today was like, because it was quite awful. Instead, I’ll write about something that makes me happier: my favorite film. I know, I know – just one? Is it (…)
