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” Aliens Reaction ” a sci fi short film by Ali Pourahmad – Space/Alien/Universe/VFX

Part 22 from sci fi short film ” Aliens Reaction ” Director : Ali Pourahmad Producers : Caitlin Burt and Ali Pourahmad Visual effects : Ali Pourahmad * Visit my Instagram page to see before & after VFX images and … Continue reading

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Trying Your New Years Eve Dishes | Bulgaria, Slovakia, Philippines, Portugal and Netherlands

On December 31st we will all be celebrating the end of 2020, but what we eat that night varies from country to country. I asked, you all shared, here are a few things people will be eating around the world, … Continue reading

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Dry Out

Life needs water. But this fluid tends to evaporate over time into a gaseous state. Drying out is a chemical process that takes hours, days or even weeks. Without enough water the organisms metabolism is stopping. Using high resolution cameras … Continue reading

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Omelette by Madeline Sharafian | The Kid Should See This

Featuring an overworked fella and his hard-working dog, Calarts student Madeline Sharafian celebrates the act of making food for those you love in this short animated film called Omelette. She writes, “It feels really great to make a more personal film… My family’s lives … Continue reading

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Chocolate Cake & Ice Cream, an animated story about friendship | The Kid Should See This

The spontaneous creation of a jingle during tough times; that jingle turned into a song. That song turned into an animated story about friendship and a positive outcome. Oregon-based animator and filmmaker Steve Cowden created this story about a dog … Continue reading

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A Curved Pavilion Designed by Kengo Kuma Weaves Wooden Slats into a Tessellating Structure

Wrapping a gallery space at the 2020 NGV Triennial is a bowed pavilion of tessellating wood. A collaboration between renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (previously) and Australian artist Geoff Nees, the large-scale installation is constructed with trees felled at Melbourne’s Royal … Continue reading

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When Our World Became a de Chirico Painting: How the Avant-Garde Painter Foresaw the Empty City Streets of 2020 | Open Culture

This past spring, media outlets of every kind published photos and videos of eerily empty public spaces in cities like Beijing, New York, Milan, Paris, and Seoul, cities not known for their lack of street life. At least in the case … Continue reading

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Quantity leads to quality – Austin Kleon

On the origin of a parable in the book ART AND FEAR. One of my favorite parables about creative work comes from David Bayles and Ted Orland’s book, Art & Fear:  [A] ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he … Continue reading

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Movements (Chapter III) – Leon Vynehall

[Directors Cut] 2018 Ninjatune Records. Featuring Danielle Roney, Jess Salgueiro, Peter Dreimanis, Vanessa Lee-Ann Dunnet Director – Alex Takacs Producer – Nicole Powell DP – Dustin Lane EP – Rik Green Production Company – Pulse Films Production Manager – Katie … Continue reading

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A Rare Photograph Captures ISS Moving Between Jupiter and Saturn During the Great Conjunction

On December 22, Jupiter and Saturn appeared closer together in the sky than they have since March 4, 1226. The nearly 800-year event is known as the Great Conjunction, which occurs to some extent every two decades. In true 2020 fashion, … Continue reading

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