The Vermin Twins are a very intriguing and innovative Belgian duo made up out of Micha Volders and Lotte Vanhamel. The music they make is a cocktail of freestyle experimental pop, dance and electronica with an avantgarde edge.

The description on their website about them says: ‘Vermin Twins like melody and rhythm, jumping insects and funky mysteries. Vermin Twins like to sing and dance, scream and jump or slap the bass with a big fat thumb.’

And for sure they make this description come true with their fascinating act of electronic musical “dancescapes”.

Listen below to the track called “Suffocate” from their debute album “Exoskeleton” which was released on the 25Th of March, 2010.

Find more information on The Vermin Wins website and their Blog.

Photos, music: Vermin Twins | Photo top: Toon Aerts | Photo centre: Marke Tenster | Photo bottom: Kmeron

The monumental installations created by ,the New York based artist, Spencer Tunick are an inspiring and interesting dialogue between the naked human body and the public spaces they are placed in. But, at the same time, they are also a dialogue between the individual human and the larger group. By taking pictures of hundreds and sometimes thousands of naked bodies at specific locations he transforms human individuals to sculptural objects. By doing this he shows and opens a new point of view or perception of humans, nature and architecture.

In his early work he focussed more on individual nude bodies or small groups. This made these works more intimate compared to the massive installations for which he is now known. His work can be considered as a crossover between an installation and a performance.

Spencer Tunick:
“A body is a living entity. It represents life, freedom, sensuality, and it is a mechanism to carry out our thoughts. A body is always beautiful to me. It depends on the individual work and what I do with it and what kind of idea lies behind it — if age matters or not. But in my group works, the only difference is how far people can go if it rains, snows etc.”

On March 1st, 2010 he created his latest work. Tunick set up a series of installations titled “The Base” on the Sydney Opera House Forecourt and inside the Opera House. These installations were carried out as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and were Tunick’s first large-scale installation in Sydney, with over 5,200 participants.

In the below video by Ralph Goertz, Spencer Tunick was followed by the Institut für Kunstdokumentation und Szenografie during the creation of his installation at the Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf in 2006.

Photos top Spencer Tunick | Photo centre Reuters | Photo bottom Wood/Getty | Video by Ralph Goertz, Institut für Kunstdokumentation und Szenografie

In a live visual event during the Branchage Film festival, Seeper and Flat-e have digitally attack Mont Orgueil Castle.

Using cutting edge 3D Projection mapping techniques the Castle was showered in light. The projections of light are morphing over time as the entire architectural form of the castle distorts and morphs. Objects pour out the windows, the walls unravel.

The below video gives an impression of the performance titeled the Battle of Branchage .

Photos and video: Seeper | Flat-e | Youtube

Nosaj Thing started out with making music on various archaic computers and programs. Nowadays he  is among los Angeles finest musical modulators. Nosaj Thing creates electronic soundscapes and wild beat tectonics. His latest experiment is a projection show synced with his stylish broken beats which turns his performance into a strong visual show. 

On the 13th of December 2009 the visual performance will premiering for the first time in Los Angeles during the Brainfeeder session at the downtown independent (L.A.)

Below you find a test shoot preview video from the visual show by this gifted noise constructor.

Listen below to the Aol radio/ Spinner.com podcast of the track: “Coat of Arms” taken from the album Drift by Nosaj Thing.

Photo, music and video : Nosaj Thing | Julia Tsao & Adam Guzman | Aol radio | Spinner.com 

The below video shows The Ten Commandments for Gilbert & George and is a conceptual performance piece created by Gilbert and George in 1995. Although this avantgarde piece is already an older work from the oeuvre of Gilbert & George, the statement  is still very powerfull nowadays and has not lost any of its universal content and values. 

In this performance the duo artists  have written the Ten Commandments for themselves and although commandments are rigid rules in nature, these ones command the follower to be free minded, to be expressive, and to be spontaneous.

Thou shalt fight conformism
Thou shalt be the messenger of freedoms
Thou shalt make use of sex
Thou shalt reinvent life
Thou shalt create artificial art
Thou shalt have a sense of purpose
Thou shalt not know exactly what thou dost, but thou shalt do it
Thou shalt give thy love
Thou shalt grab the soul
Thou shalt give something back

Photo and video: Gilbert & George | Ubuweb