Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 (2015)
In today's review, I pop-shove it till the sun goes down. As I attempt a #positive review of the 2015 ultimate entry of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5
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For those who grew up in the early 2000s, skateboarding rapidly rose from an underground culture to the masses, thanks to the digitised debut of Tony Hawk. Kids of all ages were introduced to the sport from the safety/comfort of their consoles. In 2015, as the initial deal was beginning to sunset, Activision returned to its roots to give the somewhat languishing franchise a final hurrah, in Tony…
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Little Art things I'm obsessed with pt 1
Portraits of absent figures:
David Hockney - A Bigger Splash, 1967
Hockney originally visited California in 1963 and was won over by the sunlight and laid-back lifestyle, especially the luxury and ubiquity of the swimming pool. He described it as his "promised land"
The splash is about freezing a moment in time, but it is also empty of human presence but implying a human.
The male figure is present in some of David's other works from this time period, especially his muse and then-partner Peter Schlesinger. These paintings are about a hedonistic gay lifestyle, and the swimmers, the divers, are often the subject of voyeurism and desire. But in this painting, we just missed the diver, which makes the object of desire more private and personal. Who was the painter looking at, lusting after, etc.
I like the contrast of the incredibly sharp and graphic suburban neighborhood, and the chaotic, organic splash. So again, if the divers represent this homosexual desire, we have this contrast of an orderly heterosexual world, and the queerness that joyfully disrupts it.
And then of course, with the absent figure, there is this massive sense of loss and loneliness. And so much of loneliness is about concealment, hiding in shame. This is a private space, but its also an exposed space, enhancing the loneliness. The figure is isolated, alone, invisible. Its a sadness that contrasts with the setting, the activity, and saturated lighting.
Felix Gonzalez-Torres - Untitled (billboard of an empty bed), 1991
These billboards were exhibited in the streets of Manhattan during the AIDS crisis. This piece was created the same year Felix Gonzalez-Torres's boyfriend Ross died. This portrait is a celebration of love and a memorization of loss and the emotions between intimacy and publicity. In the artist's own words:
“What I’m trying to say is that we cannot give the powers that be what they want, what they are expecting from us. Some homophobic senator is going to have a very hard time trying to explain to his constituency that my work is homoerotic or pornographic, but if I were to do a performance with HIV blood — that’s what he wants, that’s what the rags expect because they can sensationalize that, and that’s what’s disappointing. Some of the work I make is more effective because it’s more dangerous. We both make work that looks like something else but it’s not that. We’re infiltrating that look.“
The work intentionally uses the matching, identical depressions to imply a same-sex couple. The image itself is extremely intimate, but its being displayed in public spaces.
Felix Gonzales-Torres became known for his absent bodies.
And then, a little different, this painting by Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (1837) commissioned by Frederick and and Coralie Frey, depicts the three Frey children, with the faint shadow of a figure. There was a legend that there was a fourth figure in this painting. In 2005 a private collector, Jeremy K Simien, purchased the painting and it underwent conservation.
The painting revealed Bélizaire, a fifteen year-old enslaved domestic owned by the children's father. The picture captures the complex relationship between the boy and the children, the family that was keeping him captive. For one thing, the way he is set back from the others. There is this sort of intimacy between them along side the psychological trauma of forced bondage.
Here is a great Tiktok about the painting, to quote "What I'm struck by is what a sensitive portrait this is of this young man who was living in an inhumane society where he, despite being a human being, was bought and sold."
A few years after this painting was created, the three Frey children died, and Bélizaire was the only one who survived into adulthood.
The painting stayed in the Frey family. At some point, likely in the late 19th or 20th century, Bélizaire was intentionally painted over. In 1972, the great-granddaughter of Coralie Frey donated the painting to a Louisiana museum, informing them that a figure was painted over. During the course of the painting's life at the museum, no effort was put into restoring the figure.
Jeremy Simien's, who bought and restored this painting, said on his instagram "Bélizaire, they know your name now. Tell the ancestors to let me sleep for a minute."
And shout out to the picture that make me want to write this, Hyde Park Flowers, London by Tumblr user @kimironside I won't re-post it so check out the link.
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Thoughts on 3 Body Problem before it gets cancelled because Netflix is a joke:
these scientists need to be way more nerdy. One of them mentions watching Rick and Morty and I don’t believe it
Video games needle drop? What in the Lana del ray is this
These aliens are real fucking virtue signallers get over yourselves
A lot of children have been murdered with very little discussion about it
My theory is anyone who was in game of thrones in this is gonna die
What is with Liam Cunningham and the fucking one liners
Benedict Wong kind of just disappears
Jin really slays in period clothing
More doomsday cult action plssss
Anti alien truthers is very real but give us more of that and less of Augie moping
Too many bad monologues
The green screen is atrocious
Wills family sucks
I hope the monkey is ok
Seriously where is mr Wong?
Every time they say sophon I just hear cellphone
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Official announcement
David Gonzalez loaned to CD Numancia.
David Gonzalez joined Real Madrid in 2019. In 2021 he got promoted to Real Madrid Castilla.
He played 18 games and assisted 2 this season for the 2nd team and played 7 games, scored 4 goals in the UEFA Youth League.
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