Monthly Archives: April 2021

Martin Scorsese on Framing

“Sometimes when it all comes together … you become the film you’re making.” – Martin Scorsese in 1990, as told to T.J. English. In this new episode we have a previously unheard conversation with legendary director, Martin Scorsese, on how … Continue reading

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Ecosia – Weird Search Requests

Ecosia is an alternative search engine that has managed to find an interface between environmental activism and internet activism. Search queries become trees and you plant them without realizing it. The lethargy with which we allegedly walk through life as … Continue reading

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Cats | Alexis Sugden

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“If one of my friends is ill, I’d like to play a certain song and he will be cured’ -John Coltrane

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Esperanza Spalding’s EXPOSURE

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ROW: Signals for Space

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first human spaceflight with a special documentation of ROW audiovisual installation shot-in-one take using industrial robot, moved in sync with realtime generative content emphasising parallax effect of five individually controlled spinning led fans. … Continue reading

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Artist Tightly Rolls Newspaper to Craft Incredibly Detailed Animal Sculptures

Using nothing but everyday newspaper, expert paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama crafts realistic, exquisitely detailed sculptures of the animal kingdom. To create each creature, Hitotsuyama skillfully binds rolled and twisted pieces of wet newspaper to each other. By varying the thickness … Continue reading

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Monokubo Art | 16

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Brazil battles coronavirus with a Chinese vaccine even the Chinese concede could be better

Brazilians line up outside Catete Palace in Rio de Janeiro last month to receive China’s CoronaVac vaccine. (Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images) RIO DE JANEIRO — The news received scant notice in the mainstream media, but it quickly gained a foothold in … Continue reading

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The Art of Traditional Japanese Printmaking | Kottke

There are many steps in making traditional Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), but this short video focuses on the printing process as demonstrated by master printmaker Keiji Shinohara. This is a delight to watch — Shinohara’s deliberate precision is impressive and inspiring. … Continue reading

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