MIXES // Rumpelstilzchen | BLOT DJ Set | Sep 09

Here is the new set for September >> well done Gaurav, I am amazed with your new found efficiency :-) Hope you like the artwork I made for it...from my little shopping expedition in Mumbai.

For the uninitiated (like me) >> Rumpelstiltskin is a character in a fairy tale of the same name that originated in Germany (where he is known as Rumpelstilzchen).Skipping some paragraphs on Wikipedia, we arrive at >>

"To-day do I bake, to-morrow I brew,

The day after that the queen's child comes in;

And oh! I am glad that nobody knew

That the name I am called is Rumpelstiltskin!"

(and further...) The name Rumpelstilzchen in German means literally "little rattle stilt". (A stilt is a post or pole which provides support for a structure.) A rumpelstilt or rumpelstilz was the name of a type of goblin, also called a pophart or poppart that makes noises by rattling posts and rapping on planks. The meaning is similar to rumpelgeist ("rattle ghost") or poltergeist, a mischievous spirit that clatters and moves household objects.

(and finally...) probably has remnants of older legends which held that malignant sprites and goblins would steal unattended babies and replace them with a child (or "changeling") of their own.^[2] (Similar tales exist about trolls as well, though their motives were generally seen as selfish rather than unpleasant, in that they supposedly found some of their own children too humanoid to exist among them.) However, tales like these in themselves were intended to stop children from playing outside without care, or mothers from leaving their children in danger.

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Rumpelstilzchen | BLOT Dj Set | Sept 09 | by blot

ARTWORK // At the Bone Setting Clinic

Satisfied Patients at the Bone Setting Clinic. Picture by NanoSwami - newest member of BLOT

ARTWORK // ChickenFeed

STREET ART // VINCENT B. VS. BLOT

Vincent B. is an artist from Paris, and he is in India exploring new directions for his work. His friend Zacharie hooked us up for a fun morning in Pahadganj (Delhi's backpacker destination)..woke up at 5..picked them up and started work at 6:15. With permissions from shop owners for painting on their closed shutters, a bag full of spray cans, some markers and brushes, 1 camera for timelapses and stop motion, 1 camera for video, tripod and a pack of cigarettes.

We spent 2 hours at Pahadganj - Vincent painting on overdrive, without really stopping for a breather between shutters. We got quite a curious crowd going, especially the kids. So this project is about collaborating on the street art and documentation of it through a music video that we are starting work on this week. And the plan is to do more in some more trippier places, and figure out a tighter collaboration, maybe culiminating in some performances. This was great because it felt like a different sort of gig..he was painting..I was shooting, and going between video, timelapses and stop motion. Got some good ideas for next time from this time! Check out the pictures below, and watch this space for the new video soon (we hope :-)

PROJECTS // Bharatanatyam in a New Light / Jayalakshmi Eshwar + BLOT + Sattyananda

RANDOM // 3000 on the facebook page

yeah right for whatever that counts :-) we all know how facebook is one big lie boo hoo.

GIGS // Parallel Dimensions Chapter 02 / 12 Sep 09