ZIDANE: a 21st Century portrait

A really interesting take on live sport by Philippe Parreno and Doug Gordon - an impressionistic film about the art of a great footballer and the intensity of a live experience.

17 cameras followed Zinedine Zidane ceaselessly during Real Madrid's home match against Villareal in 2005, and the resulting film depicts the entire 90-minute match entirely from his perspective.

Catch it while you can on iPlayer here;

CORTEZ!

Piccadilly Stone

Was having a chat about David Bloom's stuff today; reminder of how good it is here in his latest short.

A world of cracking ideas

Just found this on the bEEb it looks brilliant, have a look at the website here.

Tom Wood

I enjoyed his lecture today. Admittedly, I wasn't really sure what to expect - as i didn't know much about him at all, so there were no pre-judgments in my mind. But he had some interesting things to say and, as with the other photographers who i've seen this year, an immense passion for his practice.

A working class analygy seemed quite profound throughout his work, in particular a sense of locational identity and character, which is something that draws me. 'All Zones Off Peak' for example; i always seem to relate to the idea of industrial heritage, what makes a place tick, the remains of industrys that have petered out in an area, or social changes that are still visible and that sortve thing.