JEAN JULLIEN 'KNOCK KNOCK' EXHIBITION

Super-nice Jean Jullien has been with us all week surrounded by a flurry of paint, paper and scissors. His show 'Knock Knock' opens tomorrow evening - Friday 9th October 7pm-9pm. Jean's brother Niwouinwouin has also created a soundtrack for the exhibition.
Come down and have a beer with us.

Haunted Graffiti - Recoat

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Come along next Friday night for some 'weird electronic machine based graffiti letter shape fun mixed with scifi film blueprint weirdness'. If I'd went to art college maybe I could find a more highbrow way to explain the show, how we are all haunted machines dealing with one tragedy after another disappearing in our own mechanic complexity, but really it's just a geek out.
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As always free booze til it but this time with lots more blueprints.
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At Recoat in Glasgow, with Lyken and elph.

Dj Mehdi featuring Futura

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Kindo like a Jim'L Fix it moment, get a white room and draw all over it, obviously a bit cooler and without Jimmy Saville mind.

Head Spins

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Video by Chris Cairns. I was quite enjoying this video, then I realised it was the Scratch Perverts, which made it even better, check out Plus One spinning heads at the end.

The dark side of Edinburgh

I really like this ad campaign for Rebus on STV - various weapons traced out on maps of Edinburgh. That axe is perilously close to our shop.

Jim the Illustrator

Super-talented-colour-wizard Jim Stoten has his first solo exhibition coming up at Supersuperficial in that London.

Playing With The Past

Gutted to miss this event at this years Edinburgh International Film Festival, so we're very pleased to be told there's another chance to experience Playing With The Past. A few of our favourite Edinburgh bands - Eagleowl, Found and Mersault - will play live in accompaniment to a programme of pioneering film footage from the Scottish Screen archive.

If you're in town on Saturday 22nd August make sure you catch it.

More info from Filmhouse.

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If you find yourself in Paris perhaps you could visit the show Stages.
It is in a gallery with a beautiful staircase and in a courtyard full of dapple.
More information can be found here.
There is a really good market near by, so from the gallery if you take a right, then a left and then a right before the Tabac you can buy yourself some really good garlic.

If you would prefer to go on a 30 year old treasure hunt perhaps you could buy this book.

WE ARE THE FRICTION BOOK LAUNCH

Sing Statistics are publishing We Are The Friction, 'an international illustration and short fiction cage match between 24 writers and illustrators'

We will be hosting the book launch on Thursday 23rd June from 7pm and an exhibition of illustrations from the book will be on in our gallery space until 31st August.

Loverley

yokoland

Past the second store of organised memories, along the silver tram lines, across the small park and in the courtyard on the 2/3 level is the studio of Yokoland. It was good to re-meet the Olso makers of beautiful things and sometimes builders of small factories. Have a look see here

Pageant/Kirsty Whiten

You should go and see Kirsty Whiten's Monkey Relic show at Pageant, it runs until 27th June

Schop/Peake

Next week sees the opening of Nigel Peake's exhibition at Schop, Oliver Chapman Architects' space on St Mary's Street in Edinburgh.

The exhibition opens on Thursday 4th June, 5.30pm-7.30pm and runs until September 4th

Story Motel

Thursday sees the opening of 'Story Motel', a zine exhibition at Owl & Lion just down the road from us. Should be good, 50 odd artists and zines made especially for the show.

We Love You So/Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze has a blog up called We Love You So. It's all about the inspirations behind the film Where The Wild Things Are. One of the films mentioned is Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher. Man that was a good film.

Crystal is the New Wolf @ Recoat

Will Barras and RueFive are teaming up for a show at Recoat, it should be a mad one. Will Barras is a king of the brush, Ruefive a king of the whiskey, quite a combo.

Elph Vs Burns

'Lest Bogles Catch Him Unawares'

I should have posted this ages ago, as the show is open now, but alas, I am an arse.
The show is running to the 6th of June at the The Henderson Gallery and has various drawings and paintings, some of which are based on Tam O' Shanter by Robert Burns.

Ruefive & David Galletly

Killycode is the initial part of a collaborative Exhibition between Ruefive and David Galletly at The Changing Room in Stirling.

Show runs: 1st May - 6th June
Private view: Thursday 30th April, 6-8pm

The Changing Room, Stirling

James Jarvis

James Jarvis has a piece in our current exhibition.
I really like this animation he has done.
His love for long-distance running definitely comes through.

New Peake site

The prolific Mr Peake has a lovely new site up. I really like the archived publications

Danny MacAskill

I was at Portobello beach on Sunday and we stopped to watch a guy on a bike. He was doing pretty huge jumps onto walls. I've just spotted this video and it turns out his name is Danny MacAskill. You have to watch this it boggles my mind.

Nous Vous exhibition

Our next show:

NOUS VOUS
Heavy Bones

7th May - 6th June 2009

Opening: Thursday 7th May, 7-9pm

Check out their work: www.nousvous.eu

THE CHANGING ROOM

April 30th is one for your diary if you are in or have the means to get to Stirling.

The Changing Room has two exhibitions opening: Local boys RueFive and David Galletly have a joint exhibition and Julian House of Ghost Box / Intro is showing too.

Look out for the Julian House exhibition coming to Analogue in June

Sandy Carson

Our pal and Austin, TX resident Sandy Carson has some amazing photographs on his site. The images above are from 'Gods Love Is On This Island', a recent project about the aftermath of hurricane Ike.

Oh Joy

There're no less than seven Running Amok contributors with pieces in The Joyful Bewilderment show here: Nigel Peake, Nathaniel Russell, Robert Hanson, Simon Peplow, Andreas Samuelsson, Nous Vous and Christopher Bettig

I've just stuck some photos up on Flickr but you really should come and see it in person, it looks great.

Get Excited

I think the Howies message is an improvement on the classic 'keep calm and carry on'

THE JOYFUL BEWILDERMENT

Holy Moly, look at our next show!

Those lovely peoples behind The Joyful Bewilderment will be bring their lovely exhibition to our walls.

Come along on Saturday 28th from 7pm for the opening.

Richt Site

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Bristol painter man, Richt has a new site, feast yer yaks on that.

Instal 09

Our pals at Arika have got a great line-up for Instal this weekend.

I'm looking forward to seeing Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M. I saw Otomo Yoshihide a few years ago and his amazing performance ended with him jumping up and down on his turntables.

All the Instal graphics this year including the diagram above were done by human flow chart Jez Burrows

tokyo

I am not sure when this will reach these isles - but the trailer can be seen here It is always a treat to know that Micheal Gondry is eternally making things.

Lizzy Stewart / Tiny Showcase

Our pals at Tiny Showcase have released a gorgeous letterpress print by Lizzy Stewart
Edition of 100 and selling fast.

Laith McGregor

Beards and Biros, what a combination. Laith McGregor
via Monster Children

Michael C Hsiung

I really like the drawings of Michael C Hsiung

SPRING !!!

This was my bike ride to work this morning.
Along the excellently named Innocent Railway cycle path
It finally felt like spring.
YESSSS.

Archive

Allen Lane is responsible for creating a lot of joy around the world, through his role as founder of Penguin Books. His various collaborations with authors, artists and designers created countless published wonders. In 1960 he donated his private collection to the University of Bristol - most of the editions signed by the authors, so you would get to see Hemingway's hand writing. Have a look here, but it would probably best to visit in the real.

Nous Vous prints

Nous Vous have released a nice series of prints. One for each of them. mmm

one two three

Oh No. Someone has remade ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.” So before this hits the silver screen again perhaps take a trip to your local video store and rent out the original. Mr Green, Mr Brown, Mr Grey and Mr Blue hijack a money train and then there is a lot of chasing of that train. The original version has a great score by David Shire – and some nice sequences of the underground network in New York.

Le Corbusier

An exhibition of Corbusier's work for the first time in twenty years. A collection of his work spanning the years of his career. Including drawings, paintings, models and various other modes of communication. Amongst many other things Corbusier invented the Modular System while also maintaining a healthy interest in basketball.
Check here for more information.

Vallée / Gestalten

There's a nice little video interview with the super-talented Julien Vallée on Gestalten.com

Stapled blog

I just started a little blog cataloguing interesting publications. It's mainly for my own reference but here it is if you're interested: stapled.tumblr.com

Basco

I like the look of this home made prison tattoos zine by Basco. Available in his shop

Tom Gauld

One of my favourite illustators, Tom Gauld has put a huge selection of cartoons he does for The Gaurdian on Flickr