Grand Influences: Artists, Peoples, Sites and Things that inspire

Artists:
Henrik Drescher
http://www.hdrescher.com/
Guan wei
http://www.guanwei.com.au/
Cindy Sherman
http://images.google.com.au/images?q=cindy sherman
Eduardo Recife (check out his fonts!)
http://www.misprintedtype.com/v4/
Tim Hussey
http://www.husseyart.com/
Miranda July
http://mirandajuly.com
Chris Mckimmie.
http://images.google.com.au/images?q=chris+mckimmie
Jonathon Oxlade
http://jonnyapplehead.blogspot.com/
Rachel Bone
http://www.rachelbone.com
Elyss McCleary:
http://www.visualarts.net.au/gallery/elyssmccleary
Peter Blake
http://images.google.com.au/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hl=en&source=hp&q=peter+blake
Edward Gorey
http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&um=1&sa=1&q=Edward+Gorey

film/animation:
Michel Gondry
http://www.michelgondry.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB8XedMowDU
Wes Anderson
http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=13S&resnum=0&q=wes+anderson
Adam Elliot
http://www.adamelliot.com.au
Quay Brothers (hospital scene from Frida)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0z4XfzMxs8
William Kentridge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOLPfMXFxTc
Sesame Street Animations:
12345 song - pinball number count
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-YcBVEnLT8
Rolling Ball 123
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRmd46di280
Phillip Glass - Geometry of Circles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch-R1aIM-C0&feature=relatedPreformance
Jan Svankmajer (see below)

Performance/Theatre:
Back To Back Theatre (the democratic set)
http://backtobacktheatre.com
The Hayloft Project
http://www.hayloftproject.com/site/
Claudia o'Doherty
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/comedy/swimming-against-the-current-20100317-qerj.html

Hole In The Wall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IsCbwuuIRE

Daniel Kitson
http://web.mac.com/dk27/Site/home.html
Post
http://postworking.blogspot.com
Pig Island
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=237037983
The Brides of Frank
http://www.thebridesoffrank.com
Christine Johnston
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/adlib/stories/s872630.htm




Sites:
Greedy Hen
http://www.greedyhen.com
http://www.myspace.com/greedyhen
Studio Racket
http://studioracket.org
Third Drawer Down
http://thirddrawerdown.com
A Journey Round My Skull
http://ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com/

Other:
Australia's Big Things
http://www.bigthings.com.au/
Worzel Gummidge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApCPpFNiiLY
Bazil Brush (and the air bed)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObV_fHTMa2s
John Cooper Clarke - Evidently Chicken Town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWhjojt5dw&feature=related
Dave Brubeck (Take Five 1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJE92phKzI&feature=PlayList&p=21030E111DCF61BD&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=44
Czech Republic and Eastern European Art:
Kveta Pacovska
http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&um=1&sa=1&q=kveta+pacovska
Jan Svankmajer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39j7bypVxL8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBwXfg3Mr4
kuky se vraci - trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePelcaQOEaE
Paul Klee
http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=Paul Klee
Egon Schiele
http://images.google.com.au/images?q=egon schiele

Outsider Art
http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=outsider+art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider_art
http://www.artsproject.org.au/