Meanwhile #183
Another week, another journey into the absence of colour.
I refuse to believe that next month’s Songs of Silence is Vince Clarke’s debut solo album. That can’t be right, can it? For the album, Clarke set himself two rules: first, that the sounds he generated for the album would come solely from Eurorack, and second, that each track would be based around one note, maintaining a single key throughout. Lead single The Lamentations of Jeremiah, sounds like Arvo Pärt meets Trent Reznor, which is quite something. The album artwork and video by Turkish photographer Ebro Yildiz are suitably stark. Also worth a look:
interviewing Clarke for The Quietus.
Marc Alcock is a British photographer based in San Francisco. I love this shot, discovered via one of my regular trawls through the visual wonderland that is Artsy, but his book California Topiary also looks great, capturing the curious flora-architecture of his adopted home.
Always happy to see Matt Needle’s work showing up in one of my various timelines – there’s something about his use of collage and limited palettes that just does it for me. A true master of the art of rectangle. This recent poster for short Archivia is particularly lovely.
Landing on Mary McCartney’s site having fallen down a PJ Harvey pinterest rabbit hole (as I am wont to do), I was pleasantly surprised to see quite how many familiar celebrity portraits she was behind the camera for. Oh that one … and that one. Also rather taken by this serene, intimate Geisha series.
I absolutely cannot wait to get down to That London to check out the Tate Britain rehang. Last time I was there, I discovered the work of Finnish-born British photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, such as this from her striking Byker 1969–81 series. Hopefully they’ve found a space on a wall for her.