Abstraction is real. Probably mor real than nature —josef albers
Verisimilitude is merely an illusion … Out of limitations nü forms emerge —georges braque
People want to find a ‘meaning’ in everything … That’s the disease of our age —pablo picasso
Six mirrors keep staring at one another —guillaume apollinaire
this coming TUESDAY
FLOMM 423 is going KUBIST
literally, KUBES.
a whole UNIVERS of THEM
ONCE AGAIN we are HANDS ON – coming to YOU from AROUND THE WORLD – using the MYTHICAL TUBES of the INTERWEBS
for EDUCATION
for FUN
for TWENTY THREE
for TWENTY FOUR
Il méprise la forme réduit tout sites et figures et maisons à des schémas géométriques à des kubes —louis vauxcelles
423 PAREIDOLIA will be LIVE tuesday 23 APRIL 2024
at
flomm.us/42324
with additional LIMITED LIVE STREAM by milk surface at twitch.tv/flommus
Milk will fuck up the live stream —vickie braun
I can’t believe they’re forcing me to work with that jagoff again. —shark
CLICK on things PRESS play buttons SEE and LISTEN
UPLOAD YOUR OWN ART because YOU WANT TO
you can also UPLOAD YOUR OWN TEXT phrases + POETRY
it IS national poetry month, are you keeping up?
Une minorite a la ligne revolutionnaire Correcte n’est Plus une minorite —jean-luc godard
PLUS we are keeping our CALL FOR VIDEO open and will be uploading YOUR VIDEO WERKS throughout the week or MUCH LONGER
WATCH VIDEO submitted by YOU as well as AVANTS of FILM HISTORY
YOU can also LIVE MIX experimental MUSIC and SOUND and it MIGHT JUST WERK
be a witness to CONSTANTLY CHANGING WORDS und PICKTURES
then REFRESH THE PAGE for a DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE
EVERY SINGLE TIME
WILL it HOLD YOUR INTEREST or WILL you RUN AWAY and CRY REAL TEARS?
we will have ALL THE OPTIONS we could FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO at THIS MOMENT in TIME
HERE is your FREE POSTER to PRINT any way YOU WANT on your favourite BARELY FUNCTIONING device – just DOWNLOAD and GET INKY
SORRY about ALL THAT MAGENTA
the FLOMMMAKERS for 423 PAREIDOLIA are
steve mehallo
bill mead
lucy im milk surface
andrew wayne musiclandria
seventh swami
logan mannstrane
tristitia languorem
jeff rochford jenna moser
special appearance by famous artist mondain
randee tavarez
vickie braun shark
with special thanks to delta breeze records amatora fine art books letterform archive renee thompson the international printing museum chelsea davis zavier cabarga jeanne mehallo + michael ilk
in addition to ALL THE DAMN KUBES
our EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCES this year include the WEIRD PARTS of JOSEF ALBERS’ interaction of colour
the KUBOFUTOEXPRESSIONIST WERKS of otto freundlich
SPANISH ART DECO
so VALENCIA so MADRID so HOLLYWOODLAND
the BONEHEAD werks of charles s. anderson
who made the LATTER PART of THE 20th CENTURY so VERY AWESOMELY RETRO
the DRUMS of the headhunters
and the COLOUR WERKS of johannes itten + paul klee
O Paris
From red to green all the yellow dies away
Paris Vancouver Hyeres Maintenon New York and the Antilles
The window opens like an orange
The beautiful fruit of light —apollinaire
—steve mehallo
Flommist Steve Mehallo is a graphic designer, illustrator, font designer, educator, foodie and gadfly. He is the creator and founder of FLOMM!
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