Brooklyn-based webzine, Blank Screen, covers what we call "visual pop". Focusing on film, music video directors, video artists, graphic designers, motion graphic nerds, animators, comic books, MP3's, actors, design and independent musicians, we're sort of like a white label record--you don't know what you're going to find. From weirdo video artist Martha Colburn to our interview with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron, we hope to bring a diverse look at art, visual culture and the stuff that basically inspires us but we feel doesn't get enough press. With the website in place, we will also be opening an online store selling T-shirts, paintings, DVD's, exclusive 12"s, mix CD's, downloads, books and more.
Staff
Editor
Martin De Leon has a monthly column in the San Francisco-based electronic music magazine, XLR8R. His collection of four short stories, The Queen is Dead, Again will be published later this year. He has written about music, film and art for, amongst others, Urb, Vibe, The New York Press and The Austin Chronicle. He is working on a novel about ghosts, a Mexican DJ and punks called Aurora. He lives in Brooklyn.
Editor
Lauren Kinsler, is also publicist and everything else for Blank Screen. She is the award-winning filmmaker of the documentary, Calvin's World. Originally from the future, she has lived in Florida and Austin but now lives in Brooklyn where the rap is better. Her latest video, for the indie-rock band Xiu Xiu, was shot in Coney Island and was selected for the 2007 SXSW Film Festival. She is currently producing an independent feature and also working on a new short film about a widow.
