Category Archives: Art

Illuminate – A festival of fire and water

Originally posted on catalystjunksculpture:
ILLUMINATE is the first event the ‘Salvage!’ sculptures will be exhibited at. The event is on the evening of Sat 14th April along the Rochdale Canal in Failsworth. It’s free and great for all ages and…

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Triptych.

Originally posted on alexzandardomenicofiorillo:
A Francis Bacon inspired triptych. Images taken on: March 3rd 2012.

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Address Is Approximate

https://vimeo.com/32397612

Google Street View stop motion animation short made as a personal project by director Tom Jenkins.
Story: A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.
Music by the wonderfull Cinematic Orchestra (cinematicorchestra.com) and the track is Arrival of the Birds – please buy the fantastic album: itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-crimson-wing-mystery-flamingos/id297787201
All screen imagery was animated – there are no screen replacements.
Produced, animated, filmed, lit, edited & graded by Tom Jenkins (theoryfilms.co.uk / facebook.com/theoryfilms – !NEW MAKING OF PICS ON FB PAGE! / @thetheoryUK / twitter.com/#!/thetheoryUK).
Shot using Canon 5d MkII, Dragonframe Stop Motion software and customised slider.

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Philipp Igumnov

Originally posted on Violets and Cardamom:
I wanted to share some works by a very talented Russian artist that I have recently learned of.  His name is Philipp Igumnov. As a huge fan of photography and mixed media artwork, I…

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A profound way to use WordPress.

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Originally posted on Mental Flowers:
A recent article in the Huffington Post explored Rio de Janeiro’s acceptance of street art and how it has enriched the various neighborhoods: Brazilian graffiti art is considered among the most significant strand[s] of a…

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Zoodiacs from Pescegatto Project

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Tropicália artists go to war with builders over name

Originally posted on Brazil Portal:
Tom Phillips – Guardian, 03/02/2012 Tropicália veterans Caetano Veloso, left, Rita Lee and Gilberto Gil perform during a samba school parade in São Paulo last month. Photograph: Andre Penner/AP The creators have christened it Tropicália…

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Originally posted on Designalog:
Design: Happy Pills Vases for Venini by Fabio Novembre: “..italian designer fabio novembre has created stacked vases for renowned italian glass manufacturer venini. made of world-famous murano glass, the containers are in the form of pharmaceutical drugs, with faint chemical compositions written on each. each color…

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Originally posted on Getting It Right~ Living Life:
[Black Orpheus (Orfeu Négre) (1958) Directed by Marcel Camus. Bruno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lea Garcia] It seems as though all of my favorite films especially favorite foreign films come from Brazil. If you…

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