The Mysterious Geographic Exploration of Morello is an award-winning animated series that takes place in a world of steam dirigibles, Victorian-era futurism and post-apocalyptic despair. Jasper Morello, disgraced steamship navigator, joins an expedition to seek a cure against a flesh-eating epidemic that has ravaged the floating city of Gothia. →

EM: Occupation and Position.
I’m a Freelance Photographer. I run my own company which is technically (legally) named Joe Cereghino Photography but I just go by Joe C.

EM: What neighborhood do you closely identify with? What makes your community so unique?
Washington, DC! All over, from H Street NE to 14th Street NW, Georgetown, and Tenley Town. I feel like DC is so unique  →

Illustrator Zach Johnsen’s “Acid in the Ice Cream” series is now available as prints at his Zenvironments store. The prints come from Johnsen’s last exhibition at the Backspace Gallery in Portland, Oregon. The illustrations in the series feature ordinary pedestrians with candy-colored explosions emitting from their heads—avisual metaphor for an acid trip or a hyperviolent critique of saccharine pop culture?

Each digital reproduction is printed with archival ink on archival paper in limited editions.

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To see more of Johnsen’s work, visit http://www.zenvironments.com/

While Nike is shocking the basketball world with Kobe Bryant’s latest low-top sneaker release, the reigning MVP is quietly making history, last night dropping 28 to pass Elgin Baylor for 20th place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.  Hate him or love him, you can’t deny Kobe’s hunger, work-ethic, or overall body of work. →

Many of you more adventurous cinephiles might have had some brushes with Korean cinema. Especially, with the advent of the internet coupled with the seemingly current zeitgeist to experience and claim knowledge of more obscure or unknown entries, of course, only in my humble opinion, some of you might have had the pleasure to discover Park Chan Wook’s Old Boy or even the recent The Good, the Bad, and the Weird (the most current work of the director of today’s film of choice).  A Bittersweet Life by Kim Ji Woon →

Image by Nat Finkelstein

Andy Warhol, the persona, the enigma, begs constant exploration. Warhol Live, on view now through May 17, 2009 at the de Young Museum in San Francisco gives due treatment to one of the greatest influences that pervades Warhol’s entire body of work—his long-standing relationship with music. →

Artist Krzysztof Wodiczko‘s work with his MIT research group the Interrogative Design Group at MIT’s Center for Visual Studies focuses  on the use of media and technology to present and elevate awareness of social and cultural conditions.  His projections on buildings often draw out and visualize the political backdrop of architecture. Check out the amazing projection on what looks like a small version of Boullée’s design for a Cenotaph for Newton. →

Asobi Seksu
Polyvinyl Records
(2009)
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In their past two records, the shoegaze four-piece from New York drew heavily from the traditions of ’80s-era progenitors My Bloody Valentine, but with Hush, the band departs from the catharsis of streaming, amorphous guitars and experiments with lighter, more synth-focused dream pop à la Cranberries and Au Revoir Simone. →

Cute new Fol Chen video featuring the Laker Girls sashaying and shaking their ass in a dingy motel pool.  Meanwhile the couple rent out a sleazy motel room to reenact a love transaction with deadpan humor.  Director, Chris Wilcha whips out this charming dance number to the band’s hit, “Cable TV,” reminiscent to Michael Kang’s film, The Motel. →

In much of his work, designer Todd St. John indulges his fascination with the tension between the manmade and natural worlds. And whether expressed in 3-D animation, typographic design, or illustration, this fascination has informed his work for nearly two decades. In 1994, St. John founded Green Lady with longtime collaborator Gary Benzel, an endeavor that laid the groundwork for viewing the t-shirt as art. Then, in 2000, he struck out on his own and founded HunterGatherer, a production studio that has become well-known for its boundary pushing approach to design, illustration, and video projects.

Read the full interview here: http://matthewnewton.us/madeyoulook/toddstjohn