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Solar Powered Sunflower Lights Illuminate Your Garden at Night | My Modern Met

Want to light up your garden without disturbing the natural look of it?   Flowers use their petals to absorb, transmit, and reflect sunlight, so it makes total sense that these sunflower-shaped garden lights are solar-powered. The artificial blooms are … Continue reading →

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Hunger Games salute used for Asia protests – BBC News

As thousands of protesters in Myanmar continue to demonstrate against the military coup, one hand gesture has emerged as the movement’s defining symbol – the three-fingered salute. Originally seen in The Hunger Games films and books, the salute has been … Continue reading →

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Pointless Time Travel – Sci-Fi Short HD

Pointless Time Travel is a short sci-fi film. http://www.stevethefilmmaker.com​ Starring | Miranda Heath Writer & Director | Steve Young Cinematography & Producer | Dave Clancy Sound Design, Foley Recordist & Boom Operator | Gaz Bailey Production Sound & Foley Artist … Continue reading →

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Banksy Creates Bob Ross-Dubbed Process Video of New Work Depicting Oscar Wilde Escaping Prison

What begins as a soft-spoken clip of America’s most iconic TV painting instructor, Bob Ross from his Joy of Painting show, suddenly shifts into a frenetic and extremely rare behind-the-scenes video of Banksy creating his latest work in Reading, Berkshire. Titled … Continue reading →

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Stories in Place: Mosaic On A Stick

nspired by colorful mosaic artwork, this mixed media piece follows the story of multiracial artist Lori Greene. Greene owns the mosaic studio and community art space “Mosaic On A Stick” in St. Paul, Minnesota. Stories in Place is a collection … Continue reading →

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A Field of Dried Grass Is Suspended from the Ceiling in ‘French Exit’ by Artist Tadao Cern

“French Exit,” (2020-2021). All images © Tadao Cern In Tadao Cern’s sweeping installation “French Exit,” a cloud of feathery grasses looms over the room. The immersive artwork juxtaposes the ephemeral, dried material with the viewers who stand underneath as it … Continue reading →

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Identity Behind Secret Message Written on ‘The Scream’ Discovered | My Modern Met

Close up of “The Scream” with barely visible graffiti. (Photo: Borre Hostland/The National Museum)   After over a century, the mystery is solved.   Etched into the paint of one of the most famous paintings in the world, a haunting … Continue reading →

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Dust Devil

A dream built on a whim in the middle of nowhere: how the New York ballerina Marta Becket made a theatre in the Mojave Desert Director: Poppy Walker (poppywalker.com/) More on this film: psyche.co/films/why-a-broadway-dancer-started-her-own-theatre-in-the-mojave-desert

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Clothesline Farm Animals Graze the Countryside in Playful Illusions by Helga Stentzel

“Pegasus.” All images © Helga Stentzel, Instead of tossing an old pair of pants or T-shirt, Helga Stentzel puts her tired garments out to pasture. So far, the London-based artist has added Pegasus and Smoothie, a pair of clothesline equine … Continue reading →

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Surrender – Burning Man 2017

This film by the International Wood Culture Society delves into what Oscar Wilde once said using a cultural approach, “It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little.” This statement is … Continue reading →

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Monumental Masks Submerged as Part of the Underwater Museum | My Modern Met

By Samantha Pires on February 20, 2021 These massive masks are helping to protect and provide refuge for marine life. British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor uses his artistic practice to help conserve our environment. More specifically, his sculptures protect and … Continue reading →

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The First USPS Stamp Designed by an Alaska Native Artist Features a Trickster Raven as It Steals the Sun

When it’s released later this summer, a new stamp from the U.S. Postal Service will illuminate a piece of Indigenous culture that’s long been associated with an escape from darkness. Titled “Raven Story,” the history-making postage features an iconic animal rendered by … Continue reading →

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