Odell

Ok- I promised that photos of the Singapore Biennale(City Hall edition) would be up- manana. Well, the manana has not arrived- I uploaded my photos today and they were blurred and out of focus- something to do with not being in control of settings in a slightly fancier camera, i'm guessing.

Anyway,was looking up Odell- I know, I heard.
And I found this:-

I remember him mentioning that he was involved wih films in Hong Kong but never did delve further. And I never knew that there was a tribute held for him at the Substation!

I think I must have known the much-mellowed Odell. I never experienced that feeling of being unwanted/unwelcome at the store- although i'm probably blessed in being blissfully unaware of ever being unwanted. I was errant on returning my tapes from the beginning although I always made a note of returning them rewound.
Was never penalised for returning my tapes late.
Never berated for my neophyte tastes in movies- Odell took it upon himself to recommend me an Iranian film(I think he recommended 'Circle of Life')and a French title that I cannot remember.
And we managed small talk about my trip after that weeklong delay in returning his tapes- I completely forgot! and told my brother to return it for me, whom I heard found a common interest with Odell bitching about my habit of renting tapes and then finding no time for them.

Anyway- I've been looking for a few titles recently- Jacques Tati's 'Mon Oncle' and 'The Fountainhead' and I know Odell would have had them

Singapore Biennale

Missed the opening party- and those much talked about projections by Jenny Holzer.
Chanced upon(ok- maybe it was less serendipitous than an aimless wandering) city halls' biennale location.
Will be posting pictures i took- manana...

Keep Walking

Read an article by Eric Pfanner in the IHT about Johnnie Walker's latest ad campaign in Lebanon. Loved that reference to bombed bridges in Lebanon and how it ties up with Johnnie Walker's 'Keep Walking' tag line.

Got the above photo from Moey's blog- don't you dig that header??

Launch

UrbaneSpaces had its launch of 'Gharbzadegi' at Cafe Domus last night.
Was an interesting mix of people- thank you to all those who attended the event!
Big thank you to Yong and all those at Cafe Domus.