John Alton - Painting with Light

More than Night

Dragoljub Aleksic

The plane gives the clouds a kiss as Aleksic smiles down at the abyss.

 

 

Robert Altman on the Happy End

I don't believe films have a beginning or an end. The only real end I know of is death. You can pretend something has a happy ending: the boy kisses the girl and they walk into their little cottage and that's the end of the story. Only, the next morning he wakes up and sees her kissing the milkman. He gets his shotgun and blows the milkman's head off, cuts up his wife into little pieces, and puts her in the milk bottles. That's not a happy ending at all! When something looks like a happy ending, it's really just a happy stopping point.

Device

... for putting things into perspective, according to Peter Land.

Fairouz

Peter Land - Survival Kit (1999)

SURVIVAL KIT is a combination of objet trouvés in a box. The work exist in an edition of 10 examples. It consists of a wooden box containing a star telescope, a bottle of whiskey and a glass. On the box is printed the texts: FOR COMFORT and 'Device for putting things into perspective.'

If your spouse/lover left you and you feel down: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If you got fired from your job and you feel down: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If someone you loved died and you feel down: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If your firm went bankrupt and you feel down: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If your house is destroyed in an earthquake: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If you get diagnosed with a terminal illness: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective. If you are told that you are a lousy dancer: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If you get turned down by someone you would have liked to have sex with: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If your dog died: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If you've pissed your pants: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If it's raining: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If it's not your day: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If it's not your month: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If it's not your year: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.