http://mothergrapevine.com/sftw Just another Mother Grapevine (BETA) weblog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:06:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Banksy has a knack for exploiting the feverish interest in his anonymity and has provoked a lot of hype around his recent documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop. The world’s most notorious street artist turns the camera on himself in the only way he can, to reveal a backlit ... http://mothergrapevine.com/sftw/2010/03/11/smoke-and-mirrors/ This month, China’s cybercitizens hailed an anonymous beggar from Ningbo as China’s most handsome and fashionable man - all based on one photo taken by an amateur photographer testing his camera. When posted online, the picture of Cheng Guorong attracted a cult following all admiring his ‘good looks’ and ‘bohemian ... http://mothergrapevine.com/sftw/2010/03/11/homeless-hottie/ Andy Warhol’s prediction that everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes has to an extent, come true. Surveillance culture means we are all subjects of the camera whether we like it or not, and via our Facebook page or blog, we can all be more visible and vocal a lot ... http://mothergrapevine.com/sftw/2010/03/11/your-15-minutes-are-up/ For a while now we’ve been hearing from bloggers and industry analysts that the age of ‘The Big Idea’ is coming to an end. It has been passionately argued by the likes of Ian Tait, Russell Davies and Joseph Jaffe that the modern communications landscape calls for smaller ideas, and ... http://mothergrapevine.com/sftw/2010/03/11/in-memoriam-of-the-big-idea/ Last Call is the first interactive horror movie which allows the audience to communicate with the on-screen victim and become responsible for the impending horror/happy ending on screen. To participate, audience members submit their mobile phone numbers when they buy a ticket. When a scene appears where the protagonist takes ... http://mothergrapevine.com/sftw/2010/03/11/the-blind-side/ As men’s role in society becomes more ambiguous and uncertain, the concept of ‘brotherhood’ is resonating as a source of familiarity, support and guidance. Film has been preoccupied with such a question for decades, offering various sentimental, anthropological studies examining the meaning of brotherhood, from Some like It Hot to ... http://mothergrapevine.com/sftw/2010/03/05/bromance/ Alcohol, for all its benefits, has many drawbacks. Now, Korean researchers have found a way of tweaking alcohol to limit the fallout without cutting its potency. Doctors Kwang-il Kwon and Hye Gwang Jeong of Chungnam National University, studied the properties of oxygenated alcohol - booze with oxygen bubbles added - ... http://mothergrapevine.com/sftw/2010/03/05/the-hangover/ Women will happily ask random women on the street where they got that lovely top from. This is seen as far too gay or awkward for the average bloke, so could Nerdboyfriend be the Sartorialist-style solution to where did you get your cardigan from, mate? A picture of an iconic ... http://mothergrapevine.com/sftw/2010/03/05/nice-jeans-mate/ Walt Whitman once said of masculinity: “I am large, I contain multitudes.” Advertising and pop culture has mostly been guilty of stereotyping men, but right now, we’re seeing something genuinely quite new and interesting which attempts to portray the ‘real man’. The Old Spice ad has caught everyone’s attention, shifting ... http://mothergrapevine.com/sftw/2010/03/05/manpaign/ “We launched Manzine because I and the guys who make it, got the feeling that men’s magazines, infact, most media and marketing that attempts to communicate with us, are based on audience archetypes that haven’t been revised for ages,” says editor Kevin Braddock. “Most are either puerile or patronising: we ... http://mothergrapevine.com/sftw/2010/03/05/manzine/