Articles tagged "minimalism"

The Iconographies Feature

Manga and Minimalism: The Shared Visions of Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Raymond Carver

by Oliver Ho

[4.Aug.09] :. One is an acknowledged master of the modern short story, and the other is an influential figure in the world of alternative Japanese comics.

The Iconographies

 

Graphically Speaking

From Gekiga to Good Raymond

by Oliver Ho

[2.Aug.09] :. They lived on opposite sides of the planet, at roughly the same time, and never met. In their lifetimes (one is now dead) each became an acknowledged and influential master in his chosen form of storytelling, and even though their media, social contexts and biographies were worlds apart, the early work of each artist bears striking similarities: they shared a melancholy, darkly humorous, and peculiarly bleak vision of character, story, and life.

Graphically Speaking

 

Capsule Reviews

Claro Intelecto: Warehouse Sessions

by Timothy Gabriele

[9.Jul.09] :. House music, years after the club, stripped and muffled under bass-damaged ears.

Capsule Reviews

 

Music Review

Max Richter: 24 Postcards in Full Colour

by Timothy Gabriele

[2.Oct.08] :. 24 Postcards in Full Colour might almost be condemnable as a rotten tease were it not so powerful in its absences.

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Capsule Reviews

Gregor Tresher: A Thousand Nights

by Mike Schiller

[20.Mar.08] :. For 80-plus minutes, you'll hear examples of just about every subgenre of electronic music that involves a constant kick-drum backbeat.

Capsule Reviews