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"You tried to change, didn’t you? Closed your mouth more, tried to be softer, prettier, less..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:55:27 -0400

““You tried to change, didn’t you? Closed your mouth more, tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake…You can’t make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you that.””

- Warsan Shire (via horreure)

Tight Spot by David Byrne

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:09:00 -0400

Tight Spot by David Byrne

Photo

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:08:47 -0400

robotbrothersid: CAN’T DEAL these are too great.

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:08:07 -0400

robotbrothersid:

CAN’T DEAL these are too great.

Bee, honeycomb and honey jewel by Ilgiz Fazulzianov.

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:44:35 -0400

Bee, honeycomb and honey jewel by Ilgiz Fazulzianov.

cosascool: Thomas Wightman

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:34:36 -0400

cosascool:

Thomas Wightman

Photo

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:34:02 -0400

kaitchkaitch: An installation piece based on the Everyday...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:33:41 -0400

kaitchkaitch:

An installation piece based on the Everyday Sexism Project twitter account set up by Laura Bates. The piece consists of quotes from the twitter account stenciled with graphite on brown paper, hung together with thread and tape. I used tweets which I found particularly shocking yet relatable to most women and girls.

The quotes read:

‘This morning a guy asked for my number and then asked whether or not I was a virgin’

‘My workplace takes photos of everyone for the staff page on the website. Women are photoshopped, men are not’

‘Myself and female business partner were turned down for a contract last week as we were ‘too much of a pregnancy risk’

‘Slipped and grazed my upper leg behind bar. Duty manager took me in to tend to it so he could ‘get your pants down’

‘Work the longest hours out of everyone in my office and get paid the lowest wage’

likeafieldmouse: Amy Stein - Domesticated (2008) Artist’s...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:18:28 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Amy Stein - Domesticated (2008)

Artist’s statement:

“Within these scenes I explore our paradoxical relationship with the wild and how our conflicting impulses continue to evolve and alter the behavior of both humans and animals. We at once seek connection with the mystery and freedom of the natural world, yet we continually strive to tame the wild around us and compulsively control the wild within our own nature. Within my work I examine the primal issues of comfort and fear, dependence and determination, submission and dominance that play out in the physical and psychological encounters between man and the natural world. Increasingly, these encounters take place within the artificial ecotones we have constructed that act as both passage and barrier between domestic space and the wild.”

likeafieldmouse: Tom Phillips - A Humument (1966-73) “In 1966...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:17:14 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Tom Phillips - A Humument (1966-73)

“In 1966 Phillips set himself a task: to find a second-hand book for threepence and alter every page by painting, collage and cut-up techniques to create an entirely new version. He found his threepenny novel in a junkshop on Peckham Rye, South London. This was an 1892 Victorian obscurity titled A Human Document by W.H Mallock and he titled his altered book A Humument.

The first version of all 367 treated pages was published in 1973 since when there have been four revised editions. A Humument is now one of the best known and loved of all 20th Century artist’s books and is regarded as a seminal classic of postmodern art.”

artchipel: Yang Yongliang (b.1980, China) - On the quiet water...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:16:40 -0400

artchipel:

Yang Yongliang (b.1980, China) - On the quiet water - Heavenly city

Yang Yongliang’s digital manipulations are clever in their inversion of the imagery of Song dynasty painters and he has created works that are themselves visually attractive. His cold, hard urban images possess a layer of romantic beauty with their mists and towering forms. By making his works “beautiful” he has managed to make them much more than a mockery of modern life. Instead they subtly pose the difficult question of whether urban life can be simultaneously loathsome and possess an intrinsic beauty. Yang carefully made these riffs on Southern Song landscapes because the earlier works have long been regarded in China as a sublime expression of nature’s beauty and mystery. Are Yang’s images meant to be taken as expressions of a city’s beauty or of the terror of urban encroachment. Fantastic rediscovery thanks to OFOTO Gallery.

Inkjet print on Fine Art Paper
© OFOTO Gallery collection

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blue-voids: Paul Bennett Oil and gloss resin on canvas

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:15:59 -0400

blue-voids:

Paul Bennett

Oil and gloss resin on canvas

exhibition-ism: Amazing photo-realistic street art from Spanish...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:15:48 -0400

exhibition-ism:

Amazing photo-realistic street art from Spanish artist MESA

thesleepscience: Iain Macarthur

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:39:11 -0400

thesleepscience:

Iain Macarthur

staceythinx: Photos of the 2010 volcanic eruptions of Mt....

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:39:04 -0400

staceythinx:

Photos of the 2010 volcanic eruptions of Mt. Eyjafjallajökull by Davíð Jón Ögmundsson.

tumblropenarts: Smoke

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:44:15 -0400

tumblropenarts:

Smoke

prostheticknowledge: Facebox Physical installation with claims...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:08:46 -0400

prostheticknowledge:

Facebox

Physical installation with claims to be the worlds smallest social network - video embedded below:

Friends: How many of them do you have? On facebook the „how many“ seems to be more important then the „who“. For some facebook users the amount of friends seems to be an indicator of their own popularity. But how can you have a deep relationship with hundreds of friends? It‘s just impossible!

facebox is the world’s smallest social network. It is an artifact to rehabilitate social network geeks, an ironic statement to the massive increased social network madness. It‘s time to make a change: Erase your facebook account today and switch over to facebox! With facebox it‘s easy: By stucking your head into one of this old computer monitors you will dive into this real world network. Find a friend and talk to him in a intimate face to face situation. facebox provides everything a former social network addicted persons needs to reactivate his social skills which are necessary to have an intense human to human conversation.

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prostheticknowledge: GIF-TY Design concept for a camera that...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:07:30 -0400

prostheticknowledge:

GIF-TY

Design concept for a camera that can print out a series of small prints to create a flipbook - video embedded below:

Via Yanko Design:

This unique camera allows you to print out short flipbook animations, so that you can physically keep the memories of precious moments alive in a fun way. GIF-TY’s Animations can be physically edited, and clipped on a separately designed module. Nametags can be attached to those clips just like old videotapes.

Technologically: GIF-TY is a combination of a burst-shot camera, and a ‘Zero-Ink’ Printer.

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pulmonaire: Milky Ways by Mihoko Ogaki explores ideas of life,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:43:25 -0400

pulmonaire:

Milky Ways by Mihoko Ogaki explores ideas of life, death, and rebirth.

showslow: Robbie Porter

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:41:37 -0400

showslow:

Robbie Porter