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Ai Weiwei’s Film ‘Human Flow’ Documents the Staggering Scale of the Global Refugee Crisis
To create his new documentary film Human Flow, Chinese artist and activistHuman Flow, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei spent a full year traveling through 23 countries, following the journeys of some of the 65 million people forced from their homes to escape famine, … Continue reading
Figurative Diaspora | Gagosian Quarterly
Curated by Mark Tansey and Peter Drake of the New York Academy of Art, Figurative Diaspora presents works of “unofficial art”—subversive, non-state sanctioned art—created by five Soviet artists and five contemporary Chinese artists. PETER DRAKE “Figurative Diaspora at the New York … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, China, creatives, Culture, painting, post-communist, Russia
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It could happen here: How China’s social credit system demonstrates the future of social control in smart cities – Boing Boing
Adam Greenfield (previously) is one of the best thinkers when it comes to the social consequences of ubiquitous computing and smart cities; he’s the latest contributor Ian Bogost’s special series on “smart cities” for The Atlantic (previously: Bruce Sterling, Molly Sauter). … Continue reading
A Dream Within A Dream: Animation by RedCloud Studio – Faith is Torment
Short experimental animation about dreams by Beijing-based RedCloud Studio. The animation focuses on an astronaut’s dreams as he goes through low-temperature hibernation while traveling to a planet outside the solar system, only to wake up years later. Although it has some … Continue reading
One Minute Art History: A Hand-Drawn Animation in Myriad Historical Art Styles
Filmmaker and educator Cao Shu captures the history of art in an experimental short film that lasts for less than one minute. Throughout the film, the central character goes through the small motions of everyday movements like checking the time and having … Continue reading
Seashore Library by Vector Architects
The Seashore Library by Beijing-based Vector Architects is located along the seashore of Bohai Bay, roughly three hours from Beijing. The design is unconventional in that the library has no paved path to the entrance and is accessible from the beach or … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, China, construction, Culture, infrastructure, library
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23 Temple Street: Miniature Sculpture by Joshua Smith
An intricate miniature sculpture of a building on Hong Kong’s Temple Street by South Australian artist Joshua Smith. Source: 23 Temple Street: Miniature Sculpture by Joshua Smith
Posted in Street Art
Tagged Art, China, comparison, creatives, Culture, infrastructure, Metropolis, Street Art, travel
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World War III Has Begun
by Paul Craig Roberts The Third World War is currently being fought. How long before it moves into its hot stage? Washington is currently conducting economic and propaganda warfare against four members of the five bloc group of countries known … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, China, Dilma Rousseff, Eric Draitser, Paul Craig Roberts, putin, Russia
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Scientists find clues to the mystery of what causes lightning
It’s well-known that lightning is an electric current—a quick, powerful burst of charge that flows within a cloud or between a cloud and the ground. But surprisingly, scientists still don’t fully understand how the initial spark forms that generates such … Continue reading
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