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Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade – in pictures 2012
Stilt walkers, bands, giant figures and more than 700 residents paraded through the Calder Valley town dressed in outfits created in a series of community workshops More: Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade – in pictures | Hebden bridge, Bike parade, Festivals … Continue reading
Artist Walks in Snow All Day to Create Giant Geometric Patterns by Foot – My Modern Met
“I made the decision to take it seriously and make it my primary form of winter exercise.” Outdoor enthusiast and cartographer Simon Beck has carved his own path in the art world—literally. For over a decade, he has been … Continue reading
Returning to Roots: A New Book Highlights How Indigenous Practices Can Create More Sustainable Technology
A young fisherman walks under a living root bridge at Mawlynnong village, India. In the relentless damp of Meghalaya’s jungles the Khasi people have used the trainable roots of rubber trees to grow Jingkieng Dieng Jri living root bridges over … Continue reading
Love Times-Zero: Photos by Michael Massaia – Faith is Torment
This painterly photo series entitled Love Times-Zero by fine art photographer Michael Massaia was shot using an old Polaroid SX-70 camera and Polaroid Time-Zero film which, according to Michael, they stopped making about 15 years ago. To create the effect, … Continue reading
This NASA Visualisation of a Black Hole Is So Beautiful, We Could Cry
MICHELLE STARR 26 JAN 2020 Wah. The first-ever direct image of a black hole‘s event horizon was a truly impressive feat of scientific ingenuity. But it was extremely difficult to achieve, and the resulting image was relatively low-resolution. Techniques … Continue reading
Notting Hill Carnival: Who Started It?
Wyn Baptiste grew up in Notting Hill believing his dad Selwyn, a Trinidadian steel pan player who arrived in Britain in 1960 and was the first Chair of Notting Hill Carnival Committee, was the man who started Carnival. But the … Continue reading
THE CURSE OF TINA
Online films, text and selected images from Adam Curtis, maker of The Power of Nightmares, The Century of the Self, The Mayfair Set, Pandora’s Box, The Trap and The Living Dead. The guiding idea at the heart of today’s … Continue reading
Broken No More: a look at Kintsugi in China
Do you know how Chinese professionals repair major damage in time-valued vessels? Kintsugi, also known as Kintsukuroi, has become very popular in Chin in the last few years.
Using Found Twigs, Artist Chris Kenny Assembles Tiny Dancing Figures and Minimal Portraits
By gathering and piecing together small twigs, London-born Chris Kenny crafts collections of dancing figures, abstract portraits, and even a small baby. As Kottke explains, the artist’s sparse creations rely heavily on the human desire to see objects or patterns … Continue reading
‘Bill Gates is continuing the work of Monsanto’, Vandana Shiva tells FRANCE 24
Our guest is Vandana Shiva, a world-famous environmental activist from India. Her latest book is entitled “One Earth, One Humanity vs. the 1%”. She tell us about more her opposition to big multinationals such as Monsanto for their nefarious influence … Continue reading
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