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Originally posted on The Short Film Repository:
As morning dawns over a Norwegian suburb, one garden will become the staging ground of a bloody war between hungry killer-slugs and a tidy, elderly woman. All is fair in hunger and war.…

Originally posted on Scottish Bedouin (A.k.a. Where's the wally?!):
Hello and welcome, dear minions. As I enter into my ninth day of life in Rio, reflecting on my first week, I can safely say that this city…

Originally posted on Washerman's Dog:
Though Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 were mainstream pop stars, or pretty close to it, when I was growing up I have not been a huge bossa nova fan. Sure, The Girl from Ipanema…

Originally posted on FieldNotes:
Exhibition in Guangzhou, China My partner Jane and myself were invited to take part in a group show at the Guangdong Museum of Art in mid April. The exhibition was entitled Issues of Urbanisation. All the…

Originally posted on modernlatinamericanart:
The construct of Brazil through film is dynamic and multi-faceted: from being objectified to caricature figures, to figures of ‘exotic’ color, and so forth, it is impossible to define the role film has in constructing the…

synkroniciti This is a beautiful animated video from Joseph Hodgson and Frank Aubry dramatizing and interpreting an eclipse as a kiss between sun and moon, who long for each other across the distance of space. A highly poetic and imaginative … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Interactive Arts Enquiry:
My set of texture studies from the streets of Ancoats. The manhole covers went on to be incorporated into the final umbrella logo.

Originally posted on Let the great wheel spin:
I’ll be honest, I took these photographs of Starflyer in Manchester Piccadilly with the intention of using them for last week’s photo challenge “From above”. I’ve been distracted and missed the deadline…

Originally posted on Jennifer Lane Nature Writing:
So I’m lapping up the merits of working in Manchester. OK, so it hasn’t been the glamour and glitz of a metropolis, but at lunch I get to do things like this:  …