i was browsing through some old archives and stumbled upon this breasts cast i decorated for Keep A Breast Foundation, an awesome organization that uses art to promote awareness about breast cancer. unfortunately i can't recall the name of the lady whose breasts were used for the cast, but i think she was a professional surfer or something. anyway, it doesn't matter, this artwork was my personal tribute to boobs, and i felt it deserved an idea of Homeric proportions.

don't fuck with patriotic seagull's frontyard.

inspiring story of the day:
a few days ago, this guy Josef Kristofoletti writes me asking me if i would be interested in having my film Megunica screened in Austin, Texas. the idea sounded good of course, but intrigued by his italian-sounding name, i indulged into a google session based on his name. turns out he's a quite talented artist in his own right, and one piece of his stroke me instantly, not only because of its appearance but particularly from where it was painted:



that paint covers the walls of the building that houses the Large Hadron Collider. if you don't know what is it, please educate yourself immediately.
having been under the fascinating spell of the whole LHC idea and project for quite a while, my mind was instantly blown, and i wrote back Josef telling him that of course i was ok with the screening, but what i was really interested in was how on earth did he manage to make a mural over the walls of the CERN building. what he told me is basically the archetype for every success story of believe-in-a-project-until-it's-done-no-matter-what.
in his own words: "it was a dream of mine and i thought it would be the best project i could come up with as an artist at that moment. then I proposed the idea to the physicists at CERN and a few of them thought it might be a good idea. then i was very stubborn and continued to fight for the project for about two years until it was finished. if you are a filmmaker then you know that sometimes you have to lie cheat and sweat blood to get something done ;-)"

now, what have you believed in today?

things are looking good.

hanging in Italy to do work for my film. things are looking good but still faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar away from being done, and that's why we are looking for fundings. I know we haven't been telling what the heck the film is about yet, but if you are interested in helping out with the film, please get in touch with me.
meanwhile, National Geographic have started broadcasting the ad I did for their Big Cats Week campaign.

sketching during jam sessions brings good luck.

i created a page for the Warp20 NYC film i made last year, feel free to check it out. i have to warn you, it's a very not-instantly-gratificating 30 minutes clip, so if you feel trusty today please go on and watch.

just shot a small ad for National Geographic. The lead actor was so talented and natural that he just wouldn't take any direction. here's a video of us waiting for him to take his afternoon nap.

next week I will head to the east coast to participate in a dog sled race. after that, I will visit Rochester, NY where my film Megunica will be screened at the Little Theatres, in conjunction with the Rochester Museum of Contemporary Art. i am pretty sure no one reading this is from there, but if you are, come and say hello. I will also give a lecture about my film and work at the School of Film and Animation, but i am not sure the public can join that as well.
I will also be in New York City for some days, where hopefully good things will happen for my new film.
i am pretty sure i bored the crap out of you with this post, so here's the deal summed in one simple more alluring image i took last week in Hollywood:



p.s: shop was out of business.