His Master’s Toys

“All is but toys: renown, and grace, is dead; The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of” — William Shakespeare

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Entries Tagged as 'art'

The edge of chaos

August 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I am back in Mumbai again. The inherent chaos of this city matches well with the ongoing chaos in my life, and so I like it here. Behind the euphoria that seduces dreamers and wanna-’bees’, there is an underbelly of constant struggle, a push-pull between creation and decadence. It keeps one occupied, but whether that [...]

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Tags: art · mumbai · photography

Running the Numbers

May 28th, 2008 · No Comments

A friend sent me the link to Chris Jordan’s site where he has put up his current work, a project he calls ‘Running the Numbers: An American Self Portrait’.
The following is one of the many incredible images displayed on his site, all of which are an absolute must-see. What you see below is not [...]

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Tags: art

Bruce Lee in Hong Kong

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

A little bit of self-publicity never hurts. Just another photograph from my photo.net photography portfolio.

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Tags: Comics · art · china · culture · photography

Can Dialectics Break Bricks?

December 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

Hilarious! Hahaha…

“Imagine a kung fu flick in which the martial artists spout Situationist aphorisms about conquering alienation while decadent bureaucrats ply the ironies of a stalled revolution. This is what you’ll encounter in René Viénet’s’s outrageous refashioning of a Chinese fisticuff film. An influential Situationist, Viénet’s stripped the soundtrack from a run-of-the-mill Hong Kong [...]

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Tags: Ubu · art · films

Machinima! Machinima!

September 10th, 2006 · No Comments

Till now relatively unknown, Machinima films have been coming to fore for the last few months, specially after the sudden mushroom cloud of online video sites started spreading in the blogosphere. From the (semi) official website,
“As you probably learned before, machinima is filmmaking in a virtual environment. To clear things up, let’s talk a bit [...]

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Tags: art · films · games