“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
~Murakami

burden. curse. life. unconscious.

so many ways to look at it.

really like fiest’s take on it as a collaborative effort (as evidenced by her work w/ broken social scene in years past). the new documentary on her grammy nominated album “the reminder” called look at what the light did now features great pieces from her “amplifiers” as she calls them.

brilliant trailer + concept. why isn’t photography more like this? or is it?

“it’s just more exciting to bring it to life with people.”

via holiday matinee
This week, I was lucky enough to attend a screening for the new documentary about Feist, “Look at What The Light Did Now.” The film follows the recording of Leslie Feist’s 2007 album The Reminder, and includes interviews with her “amplifiers” — everyone involved in the creative process, from laying down tracks to designing album artwork. I especially loved seeing how Montreal artist Clea Minaker developed the shadow puppetry that Feist’s live shows are famous for. If you like her music, or if you’re just interested in seeing an awesome artistic movie, you should check it out.

for some reason, i think of daniel johnston here too.

less then two weeks now until the sold out inaugural TEDPortland event. you can’t tickets anymore but if you’re around town next saturday it might be worth hanging around outside to see what you can pick up. can’t wait to hear what’s in store but even more excited to know that this should no doubt be a yearly event here.

+ with all that pdx has to offer in the way of ideas, creativity + downright zaniness it should only get richer in the future. definitely like to see more industrial design + architecture in future rounds.

if you’re into film or into bikes or better yet into films about bikes then your film festival is coming up. next weekend here in beautifully soggy portland, oregon filmed by bike will be rocking the clinton street theater (+ the entire street in general). the opening night street party is gaining a reputation of fun + the thousands of bikes make for great community.

if you’re around for some of the flicks there’s a mix of short films + a few new longer inclusions this year as well. there will also be a filmmakers panel after two of the showings. i’ll be spewing on one of those after the sat 5pm showing so if you’re up for an earful drop by. actually, stoked to be on a panel with producer kevin sullivan.

Our Filmmaker Q+A sessions are powerful nights in the theater, an opportunity to get to know the creative minds behind some of Filmed by Bike’s favorite movies.

When the LCD Soundsystem remade the video for their song Drunk Girls, they chose to film it with a cadre of Portland bikers. The result is a gritty party video. Producer Kevin Sullivan will be on stage to discuss this piece, why they chose Portland, how they found the actors and how they developed the rough-and-tumble concept of an underground tall bike jousting bout.