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se 2+2 fa 4

dove 2 è l'hd di oggi col meeting

e l'altro 2 è la newsletter di Stanley Donwood dove si parla della sua (se ho capito bene) che 6inch records

fa 4, cioè si fanno tutto in casa fra amici ed ecco spiegato perché si deve aspettare il 2008 per un disco già bello e pronto da un po'

tornano i conti?

vediamo chi per primo dice che 2+2=5

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ma 2 + 2 non faceva 5? ;)

Comunque l'autoproduzione me piace come soluzione...è un po' come il vino fatto nei campi della nonna...magari l'aspetto della bottiglia lascia un po' a desiderare, ma er succo de Bacco te fa' nnamorà!

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1.

What is your creative process when you’re working on new album art? Is

it a case that you listen to samples and early recordings and see where

that takes you? Do the band give you a brief? Or, as it seems from the

ongoing works posted on Dead Air Space, is your creative process one

that takes place alongside the band recording new material and

experimenting with new songs?

I'm not sure that I have a creative process, or even understand what

one is. I've changed in the way that I work in tandem with becoming

older, learning more, and forgetting. I don't get a brief. I do hang

around in the studio from fairly early on, listening vaguely to

whatever's going on. It's frequently the case that I've got my own

agenda to some degree or other, although how much of that ends up being

part of the work varies considerably. A lot of talking goes on, a lot

of thinking, and a huge number of mistakes and wrong turnings. I like

to think that the artwork evolves along with the music; this can take a

long time, as was the case with Kid A and In Rainbows.

2.

And following on, at what point did you find out the album was to be

called In Rainbows? And how does knowing the title or perhaps the

album's themes or lyrics affect your subject choice and palette?

Ha! The album title is always pretty much a last-minute decision. I

think the phrase 'in rainbows' was first heard in about December 2006,

although it was more as a vague idea rather than a putative album

title. There were loads of ideas slithering around. I can't really

remember, but I think it landed as a title in about April or May.

Knowing the title had nothing [and never has had anything] to do with

the way the artwork develops. Although I like the ways the title

retrospectively tints the meanings of the images. We knew this was a

colourful record almost from the beginning.

3.

On a psychological level, do you share Thom's fears and paranoia?; Or

does your art depict an interpretation of the music and not necessarily

your own mindset? Do you find specific lyrics influencing your work or

are you responding more generally to a tone or emotion that’s evoked?

That's a peculiar question. I'm not sure that anyone can share, or

even know, another's feelings. Fear and paranoia are fairly endemic in

our society, oddly perhaps, seeing as we are one of the most cosseted

civilisations ever to have existed. I reckon that we probably share a

good deal of unpleasant perceptions with the thinking half of the

population. So, roughly speaking; I wouldn't be able to illustrate the

feelings of another, as it wouldn't even be honest. It'd be like

fucking advertising. Specific lyrics do affect what I do, but it's

probably more the general atmosphere.

4.

Can you tell us some ideas that you've had, for an album

cover/packaging, or for your own art, that didn't quite make it, and

why.. ?

Oh god. I'd like to be able to say that I've never had a shit idea,

but I'd be lying. Ok, hows this? I joined the National Trust so I go

to see examples of topiary. I took hundreds of photographs. I also

took lots of photos of various sorts of turf. I took a similar number

of clouds and skies. My idea was to create huge chicken-wire and

astroturf sculptures of erect cocks, alter the clouds to make them look

like misty cunts, and use Photoshop to create a sort of English country

garden pornography. I actually got quite a long way into this project,

but it wasn't quite the thing for Hail to the Thief. I might still do

it though. One day. Not for a Radiohead album.

5.

What little we've seen of the In Rainbows artwork thus far - and,

indeed, the music itself - seems to shy away from the darker, more

oppressive 'suburbia'-themed work we saw on Dead Air Space. Was it a

conscious decision to go, at what seems to be quite a late point in the

process, in a different direction thematically, or was it more of a

natural evolution of the music and the art that accompanied it?

The figurative work was intertwined with the abstract, and slowly they

separated, until there was only a trace of suburbia left. Suburbia is

where I started, in September 2006 [or even earlier, I suppose...] and

the abstract work followed fairly swiftly, in November, almost by

accident. In fact, it was kick-started by an accident. I'm concerned

that my work does tend towards the oppressive, and this wasn't looking

like it was going to be an oppressive record. I find it difficult to

work with colour; maybe this is because of the impoverished beginnings

of my so-called career. But once this hurdle had been overcome it was

plainly the case that I had two ideas; suburbia, which I called xurbia,

and colourful abstract work. The suburban work was largely funnelled

into a show I did in June at Lazarides, called If You Lived here You'd

Be Home By Now, and the abstract became the artwork for In Rainbows.

6.

A lot of people wanted to know about Hodiau Direkton. Was it your idea

to post work on an ongoing basis on the site? How, if at all, does the

work on Hodiau relate to or inform the album art? Given that some of

the pieces were animation/motion based, should we expect more Kid A/

Amnesiac style blips?

Yep, that's it exactly. It was meant to be almost like a flick through

a sketchbook. It wasn't sequential, it wasn't a tease, and it wasn't

intended to 'mean anything'. We were interested in showing something

of the process of making the record, so there were photos, sketches,

abandoned artworks, all sorts. I don't know about blips or anything

yet. We're still figuring out how to go about treating the moving

image.

7.

And on a similar note, have you ever been interested in the possibility

of directing a video for the band or designing visuals for their live

performances? And everyone wanted to know if you’re also a musician or

would like to make music.

No, no, absolutely not, and thus no.

8.

Do you find yourself ever feeling stifled by the Radiohead "brand"?

I can't think of anyone I'd rather work with. They're a brand?

9.

Of all the album art you’ve produced for Radiohead, which project are

you most satisfied with?

Aw fuck. I don't know. At the moment, In Rainbows. It's always the

most recent. Though I have a soft spot for Kid A.

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My idea was to create huge chicken-wire and astroturf sculptures of erect cocks, alter the clouds to make them look like misty cunts, and use Photoshop to create a sort of English country garden pornography. I actually got quite a long way into this project, but it wasn't quite the thing for Hail to the Thief. I might still do it though. One day. Not for a Radiohead album.

In effetti già ci aveva dato degli assaggi a luci rosse. :D

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My idea was to create huge chicken-wire and astroturf sculptures of erect cocks, alter the clouds to make them look like misty cunts, and use Photoshop to create a sort of English country garden pornography. I actually got quite a long way into this project, but it wasn't quite the thing for Hail to the Thief. I might still do it though. One day. Not for a Radiohead album.

In effetti già ci aveva dato degli assaggi a luci rosse. :D

le nuvole a forma di figa...

praticamente quasi tutto quello che abbiamo visto nell'hodiau direkton gli scorsi mesi e tutto quello che ha fatto parte della mostra a Lazarides (il tema suburbano) non farà parte dell'artwork di "in rainbows" che sarà nuovo di zecca e totalmente astratto (almeno da quanto dice lui...).

sono curioso di vedere che cosa ha combinato

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My idea was to create huge chicken-wire and astroturf sculptures of erect cocks, alter the clouds to make them look like misty cunts, and use Photoshop to create a sort of English country garden pornography. I actually got quite a long way into this project, but it wasn't quite the thing for Hail to the Thief. I might still do it though. One day. Not for a Radiohead album.

In effetti già ci aveva dato degli assaggi a luci rosse. :D

le nuvole a forma di figa...

praticamente quasi tutto quello che abbiamo visto nell'hodiau direkton gli scorsi mesi e tutto quello che ha fatto parte della mostra a Lazarides (il tema suburbano) non farà parte dell'artwork di "in rainbows" che sarà nuovo di zecca e totalmente astratto (almeno da quanto dice lui...).

sono curioso di vedere che cosa ha combinato

Per me sarà pieno di porcate. Una specie di giornalino porno. Vuole solo mandarci fuori strada dicendo che progetti simili non saranno mai utilizzati per artwork dei Radiohead. A questo punto mi aspetto la sorpresa. :ok:

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My idea was to create huge chicken-wire and astroturf sculptures of erect cocks, alter the clouds to make them look like misty cunts, and use Photoshop to create a sort of English country garden pornography. I actually got quite a long way into this project, but it wasn't quite the thing for Hail to the Thief. I might still do it though. One day. Not for a Radiohead album.

In effetti già ci aveva dato degli assaggi a luci rosse. :D

le nuvole a forma di figa...

praticamente quasi tutto quello che abbiamo visto nell'hodiau direkton gli scorsi mesi e tutto quello che ha fatto parte della mostra a Lazarides (il tema suburbano) non farà parte dell'artwork di "in rainbows" che sarà nuovo di zecca e totalmente astratto (almeno da quanto dice lui...).

sono curioso di vedere che cosa ha combinato

Per me sarà pieno di porcate. Una specie di giornalino porno. Vuole solo mandarci fuori strada dicendo che progetti simili non saranno mai utilizzati per artwork dei Radiohead. A questo punto mi aspetto la sorpresa. :ok:

il video di Nude... :copula:

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My idea was to create huge chicken-wire and astroturf sculptures of erect cocks, alter the clouds to make them look like misty cunts, and use Photoshop to create a sort of English country garden pornography. I actually got quite a long way into this project, but it wasn't quite the thing for Hail to the Thief. I might still do it though. One day. Not for a Radiohead album.

In effetti già ci aveva dato degli assaggi a luci rosse. :D

le nuvole a forma di figa...

praticamente quasi tutto quello che abbiamo visto nell'hodiau direkton gli scorsi mesi e tutto quello che ha fatto parte della mostra a Lazarides (il tema suburbano) non farà parte dell'artwork di "in rainbows" che sarà nuovo di zecca e totalmente astratto (almeno da quanto dice lui...).

sono curioso di vedere che cosa ha combinato

..infatti pare che sull'hodiau finissero gli artworks "abbandonati", ovvero tutto il tema suburbano che poi è andato a finire nelle sue mostre.

però abbiamo avuto modo di vedere anche qualche tema astratto se non sbaglio: mi ricordo infatti le macchie colorate come schizzi di vernice sul muro, e altre cose simili... mi ricordo male o è così?

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nuova opera di Stanley e dr. Tchock

http://shop.slowlydownward.com/Store/Displ...tem/1/2116.html

ispirata al romanzo di Ballard "kindom come"

assieme ad altre opere analoghe doveva costituire l'artwork di "in rainbows", ma poi si è optato per l'astrazione completa...

Il significato: fin dall'infazia siamo condizionati dal consumismo

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nuova opera di Stanley e dr. Tchock

http://shop.slowlydownward.com/Store/Displ...tem/1/2116.html

ispirata al romanzo di Ballard "kindom come"

assieme ad altre opere analoghe doveva costituire l'artwork di "in rainbows", ma poi si è optato per l'astrazione completa...

Il significato: fin dall'infazia siamo condizionati dal consumismo

beh molto bella, era inevitabile che comunque calcasse la falsa riga di In Rainbows mista a quella delle casette...

400 sterline...a facci'... :huh:

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nuova opera di Stanley e dr. Tchock

http://shop.slowlydownward.com/Store/Displ...tem/1/2116.html

ispirata al romanzo di Ballard "kindom come"

assieme ad altre opere analoghe doveva costituire l'artwork di "in rainbows", ma poi si è optato per l'astrazione completa...

Il significato: fin dall'infazia siamo condizionati dal consumismo

beh molto bella, era inevitabile che comunque calcasse la falsa riga di In Rainbows mista a quella delle casette...

400 sterline...a facci'... :huh:

Rimarrà sicuramente appeso in qualche mega-sala di qualche grande "riccone".

Lo vorrei appeso in casa mia ma 400 sterle sono troppe!!

Tanto di cappello visto che è meraviglioso. :bava:

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