it was quite dark inside, for the window was small and half-obscured

ib008 - ingenting kollektiva an anatomy of melancholy

ib009 - asphodel aokigahara, the black sea of trees

two new invisible birds releases arrived in the mail yesterday. they are available in a few different editions; either in the everyman edition, or levels of special edition up to deluxe editions.

please see our web page for more info www.invisiblebirds.org


(titled from lovecraft colour out of space)

asphodel

asphodel album up on bandcamp

invisible birds vinyl reissue of this arrives this week and starts shipping soon

o f f r e t

2 live tracks of a new invisible birds project

this project includes mr john spell on synths and mr matthew swiezynski on guitar

photography by mr spell

the other track is found on soundcloud

an anatomy of melancholy, drawing number 1

drawings by matthew swiezynski

3 more available here :

invisible birds and choose the option ib008 néant
records/drawings start shipping next week

an anatomy of melancholy, drawing number 2

drawing number 2, edition of 8

 portfolio of 2 drawings plus print in handmade portfolio, edition of 8

drawings by matthew swiezynski

 

3 more available here :

invisible birds and choose the option ib008 néant

offret live

offret (john spell & matthew swiezynski)
will be opening for howlround from london & gray columns from portland

16 november at the lovecraft bar

we play a prophet and a jazzmaster. musical minimalism, soundtrack and sound design, tarkovsky and bergman

invisible cinema, volume three

films and cocktails 

invisible cinema, volume three

blu ray, hd projector, 80" screen, and darn good stereo

screening for september 17th, thursday, at 8 pm

charles laughton, bob mitchum - night of the hunter - 1955

 

bring your own business or drink some business we will provide

please get in touch for location

invisible cinema, volume two

films and cocktails

invisible cinema, volume two

blu ray, hd projector, 80" screen, and darn good stereo

screening for september 3rd, thursday, at 8 pm

lars von trier - breaking the waves - 1996

with altered landscapes by per kirkeby

bring your own business or drink some business we will provide

please get in touch for location

the art of memory cinematheque, screening one

films and cocktails

the art of memory cinematheque, screening one

blu ray, hd projector, 80" screen, and darn good stereo

screening for august 27, thursday, at 9 pm

kenneth anger - rabbit's moon - 1950/1971, the rarely seen 16min version

kenneth anger - rabbit's moon - 1979 version

al reinhert - for all mankind - 1989 (with music by brian eno)

bring your own business or drink some business we will provide

please get in touch for location

blu rays provided by the spellian collector mr maiden

21 days

kurt kren - 31/75 asyl - 1975

landscape changes over a 21 day period, with camera lens coverings (the position of the coverings changes every day, allowing the exposure of the same roll of film, on different portions of the film)

rewatching an old art of memory favourite

first viewed in the late 90s, when the san francisco

cinematheque played all of kren's films in one night

to honor his death

we have purchased an hd projector here at the offices of the art of memory, and working on a small blu ray collection. thanks also for some of these as a critterwed gift, from one a caster of light spells

test pressing

test pressings for two new invisible birds releases approved

records arrive at the offices in 10 weeks

if you did not purchase via our kickstarter, you can preorder here

http://invisiblebirds.org/

the art of memory is getting married this weekend, god bless us, everyone

by now they knew each other; she was the daytime, the daylight, he was the shadow,
her light overwhelmed his darkness

by now they knew each other; he was the daytime, the daylight, she was the shadow,
his light overwhelmed her darkness

(bastardized text from "the rainbow")

pushes at the door of night, of nothingness

new drawing for special edition of ingenting kollektiva de luxe

an anatomy of melancholy ib008 néant

similar drawings from 2006, after drinking too much and reading french poetry

title text from rosmarie waldrop's book : lavish absence: recalling and rereading edmond jabès, page 141 (i am finally getting some books out of storage and putting on shelves and looking here an there)

melancholia in the time of anti-quandary (katie cruel/bob fludd)

when I first came to town
they called me the roving jewel
now they've changed their tune
call me bob fludd