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New Paintings by Cinta Vidal Elude Gravity and Turn Architecture Upside Down | Colossal

OCTOBER 1, 2021. GRACE EBERT “Evenfall” (2021), oil on canvas, 28.75 × 23.62 inches. All images courtesy of Thinkspace Projects, Whether depicting a floating cluster of stairs and balconies or a living space separated by differing forces of gravity, a new … Continue reading

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Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty, Fifty Miles a Day

A slug doesn’t move any faster than a peeing scout. “Ten Twenty, Thirty, Forty, Fiifty Miles a Day” is the 2021 Vimeo Staff Pick Award winner at Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF). Read our Q&A with director Mathieu Georis here: … Continue reading

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Steel Sculpture | Airtight Artwork

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Street Artist Decorates 115-Foot Water Tower With Local Birds | My Modern Met

By Jessica Stewart on October 2, 2021 Every angle is a good angle when viewing this massive mural. Nestled along the Loire River in France, the town of Gien has a new landmark thanks to the skills of street artist … Continue reading

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An Eerie, Fairytale Forest and Silhouette Creatures Sprawl Across a Three-Story Mural by David de la Mano

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021. GRACE EBERT All images by Sol Paperán, Nicolás Pezzino and David de la Mano Set against a forest in shades of blue and white, a dark, twisted fairytale lines the entrance hall of the Catholic University of Uruguay. … Continue reading

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Hear the World’s Oldest Piano at The Met Museum

When Bartolomeo Cristofori constructed his “gravicembalo col piano e forte” (harpsichord with soft and loud) in the early 1700s, he wasn’t trying to create a new instrument — he was actually trying to build a harpsichord with a little more … Continue reading

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Why you DON’T want Perfect Pitch

Perfect Pitch is awesome! But I never would want it for myself, and here’s why! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15 per year (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/adamneely 0:00 Intro (tests for AP) 2:00 AP defined 3:17 Untrained Pitch vs. … Continue reading

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Scampitella, Italy | Walk with Amal

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Amorphous Explosions of Particles Envelop Dancers in Digital Compositions by Jean-Yves Lemoigne

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021. GRACE EBERT All images © Jean-Yves Lemoigne In his aptly titled series Dancing with Particles, photographer Jean-Yves Lemoigne accentuates the curves of bodies in motion with coiled ribbons, paint-like splashes, and bursts of bright dots. Created digitally … Continue reading

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Archeologists Discover Children’s Handprints in Oldest Known Cave Art | My Modern Met

By Madeleine Muzdakis on September 27, 2021 Hand and footprints discovered near the Quesang village in the Tibetan Plateau. (Photo: D.D. Zhang et al./Science Bulletin) Today, children leave their handprints in cement but this is nothing new. It turns out … Continue reading

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