#92: Sam (O++O)
We're joined by digital artist, Sam of 'O++O', who tells us more Sweet Potato Sage Gnocchi, 'Are.na' and silly archival websites, taking photographs but hating photographers, and more!
Sam is a digital artist who makes use of photographs +code+ installation. He creates hyperreal, uncanny images and interactive works using flash photography and salvaged hardware. A co-founder of O++O and TWIST collaborator, his work examines internet culture, digital ephemera, and technology’s absurdities.
Sam lives on the Internet. He wants to live in the Internet. He takes photographs. He hates photographers. He speaks both hardware and software fluently.
We welcome Sam to The FRM Newsletter to share what he’s been into recently!
🌊💻 Sam’s recs
sam loves sparkling water
sam loves a bit
sam loves crypto podcasts, they are his north star ★
sam loves the ocean , hates swimming
Every morning sam drinks too much coffee
He wants you to follow his are.na so you can see silly websites everyday.
Here is a list of fashion archives he found + two silly websites.
FASHION RELATED WEBSITES
https://virtualfashionarchive.com/
https://www.are.na/ernest-smith/fruits-japanese-street-fashion-magazine
GENERAL SILL WEBSITE
✋🇯🇵 Reading time
Sam doesn't read that much anymore although he loved the short, digestible stories by Jorge Louis Borges and George Saunders. His current favorite is the fun picture book "Wooden joints In Classical Japanese Architecture" by Torashichi Sumiyoshi. His childhood classic was Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown.
🍝 Sam's temp Fav Food
SWEET POTATO SAGE GNOCCHI
🇬🇧🎬 Sam's Movie time
‘Zed & Two Noughts (ZOO)’ (1985)–Admittedly quite British and pretentious, however despite this the film is actually really good. The plot is too annoying to actually explain so here is a quote by me describing it "inspirational, blue, wonderful, a great soundtrack and lots of snails."
‘Alphaville’ (1965)–no movie recommendation is complete without an obscure french film. This one is by Jean-luc Godard and it's kinda spacey but in the 60s.
‘Barking Dogs Never Bite’ (2000)–everyone and their dog has seen Parasite so I think it's important that we all watch Bong Joon-ho's early film as it is just as good.
‘The Protagonists’ (1999)–I love a semi-meta film-in-a-film so Luca Guadagnino's first film The Protagonists does a great job at filling that hole. Admittedly I haven't finished it but someone else should so I know how it ends. The film also stars Tilda Swinton which is always fun.
He recommends the following musicians + songs.
Shipwrecked – Taxidermists
Dedicated To The World – Chanel Beads
L.A. – NEW YORK, Mina Galan
trance like non ordinary state – meat computer
The Party that Never Ends – Headache
U Was At The Club (Bottoms Up) – The Boyboy West Coast
Wonton Soup – Lil B
Girl Party – MGNA Crrrta
I Don’t Love Me Anymore – Oneohtrix Point Never
WE SHAPE MESSAGES (FT SNIPER2004) – BBY GOYARD, Henry Mosto, sniper2004
Back In Blood – Snow Strippers Archive
Som En Sol – Toxe
Luckiest Girl – Quiet Light
dog-tired – Camille Keller
Break Free – ESP
Digital Bath – Deftones
Rhododendron – LUCY (Cooper B. Handy)
Silver Thread Golden Needle – A. G. Cook
📜 ***BONUS GOOSEBUMP POETRY ***
