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Song Exploder | Dua Lipa

Dua Lipa breaks down her song “Levitating.” Dua Lipa is a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter from London. Her second album, Future Nostalgia, came out in March 2020. It hit #1 on the charts in thirteen countries, and it was shortlisted … Continue reading →

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Strength: Pejac Honors Spain’s Health Workers with a Moving Trio of Interventions

“Overcoming.” All images © Pejac On the campus of University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla in Santander, Spain, a trio of interventions by street artist Pejac (previously) simultaneously responds to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and offers potential paths for healing. The new … Continue reading →

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Mantra’s Trompe L’oeil Murals Encase Enormous Butterflies in Vintage-Style Boxes

Rombas, France Working with entomologists around the globe, the French street artist known as Mantra (previously) transforms brick facades and concrete walls into massive studies of local butterfly specimens. With framed outer edges that mimic a wooden box, the trompe l’oeil … Continue reading →

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Carving Food | Swiss Miss

Thank you Tomoko Sato, I will never be able to look at an apple or a radish the same way again. Via: Carving Food

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How robots made this food commercial look effortless

Creating the perfect food commercial isn’t just a matter of great styling and a mouth-watering dish. Sometimes, you need a robot. Steve Giralt is a “visual engineer.” Check out his Instagram for more: https://www.instagram.com/stevegiralt… Or explore his website as he … Continue reading →

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Leafy Pinched Pots by Paul S. Briggs

Ceramicist Paul S Briggs creates pinch-formed vessels with leafy exteriors. His process is unbe-leaf-able. 🍃🏺 Permission granted by Paul S. Briggs. → FOLLOW Paul S. Briggs Website: https://psbriggs.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psbriggs3.0/ ↪ SUBSCRIBE to My Modern Met’s Weekly Newsletter: http://bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoMMM → … Continue reading →

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We: A Shape-Shifting Animation Explores Connection and Constraint

  In Rita Louro and Martina Stiftinger’s “We,” abstract forms undergo a series of transformations that evince both their malleable properties and inflexibility. Two-toned liquids gush into bulbous pools, fabric strips tether a diverse array of solid shapes in a … Continue reading →

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Werner Herzog’s Entertaining Answer to “How Many Languages Do You Speak?” | Kottke

This clip of an off-screen interviewer asking film director Werner Herzog how many languages he speaks and then Herzog answering is only slightly more than 90 seconds long, but it’s a masterclass in how to tell an entertaining story. He … Continue reading →

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Little Amal: An Enormous Puppet Is Traveling 8,000km to Shine Light on the Refugee Crisis | Colossal

Photograph by Bevan Roos. To draw attention to the ongoing refugee crisis, an oversized puppet will traverse 8,000 kilometers on a route starting at the Turkey-Syria border. From April to July 2021, “Little Amal” will travel across Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, … Continue reading →

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Songs that use 7/4 time

Check out my 7/4 Frère Jacques in Adam Neely’s video: https://youtu.be/cC8KT07m5aY 7/4 time is perhaps my favourite odd time signature, and it certainly doesn’t get enough usage in popular music! Today we’re taking a look at six song that do … Continue reading →

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How Musicians are Soundtracking this Weird Year

Music is a reflection of our American collective consciousness, so we’re taking a listen to the soundtrack of this moment. We’ll show how producer/artist Ricky Reed (Lizzo, Leon Bridges) and musician/activist Madame Gandhi are creating community through collaboration and finding … Continue reading →

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Brian Clarke: The Art of Light

A lifelong exponent of the integration of art and architecture, and celebrated for his paintings, sculpture, ceramics, mosaic, and his radical innovation in stained glass, Brian Clarke has been a major figure in contemporary art for the last four decades. … Continue reading →

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