Monthly Archives: January 2019

Model Moostapha Saidi Questions the Audience’s Gaze with Highly Stylized Portraits Shot by Justin Dingwall

Photographer Justin Dingwall recently collaborated with South African model Moostapha Saidion a series of images that speak to themes of perspective and of perception. “A Seat at the Table” was informed by Saidi’s experiences living with the skin condition vitiligo, in addition to conversations … Continue reading

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A Mural of Brightly Colored Shapes and Clusters of Spots Gives a Striking Update to a School Courtyard in Sicily

Atlanta-based artist Alex Brewer, a.k.a. Hense, paints overlapping shapes and patterns on canvases, outdoor murals, and even billboards. His brightly colored abstract work appears around the world, from the US and Germany to Taiwan and Australia. Most recently Brewer created an … Continue reading

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An Incredible Aerial Tour of Earth’s Surface from the International Space Station

Philadelphia-based photographer and videographer Bruce W. Berry Jr. brings together images from the International Space Station (ISS) in his new time-lapse video, The World Below. Berry used public content from NASA to form the meditative short film that reads like a supersized … Continue reading

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A Multi-Color Water Slide by Blu Serves as a Harsh Critique of Capitalism in Rome

Last year may not have been the most prolific for Italian street art legend Blu (previously), who besides releasing Minima Muralia, a 288-page collection of 15 years of murals, completed only two officially announced murals. His latest piece titled Capita, was recently shared on the elusive … Continue reading

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Laziness Does Not Exist – Devon Price – Medium

Psychological research is clear: when people procrastinate, there’s usually a good reason Source: Laziness Does Not Exist – Devon Price – Medium

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New ‘Smart Dress’ Reveals How Often Women are Touched in Public [Video] — Paperdabba

By Mandy Froelich / Truth Theory Many women have relayed stories of being inappropriately touched in public. But until now, proving just how often it occurs has been very difficult. Well, it recently became a lot easier, thanks to a … Continue reading

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Império Serrano 2019: Bateria de mestre Gilmar no ensaio de rua

Império Serrano 2019: Bateria de mestre Gilmar no ensaio de rua/Império Serrano 2019: Mestre Gilmar’s Bateria in a street rehearsal

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Our universe has antimatter partner on the other side of the Big Bang, say physicists – Physics World

Our universe could be the mirror image of an antimatter universe extending backwards in time before the Big Bang. So claim physicists in Canada, who have devised a new cosmological model positing the existence of an “antiuniverse” which, paired to our own, … Continue reading

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What is Cultural Appropriation?

 

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Cladding scandal corporation gets Manchester, England contract

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
By Phil Miller in Britain: Monday, January 7, 2019 Cladding-row firm wins Manchester town hall contract worth millions LENDLEASE won a multimillion-pound contract today to renovate Manchester Town Hall, despite being mired in…

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