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The Dripping and Undulating Ceramic Sculptures of Toru Kurokawa
Japanese artist Toru Kurokawa sculpts improbable liquid and biological shapes from a variety of ceramic materials. What begins life as a mere lump of clay, the artist molds and carves into artworks that appear like arrays of honeycomb, undulating coral, or dripping … Continue reading
Louvre Copyists, a Lasting Traditional from the French Revolution
Photojournalist Ivan Guilbert photographed Louvre copyists as they work in the galleries. It’s a tradition that began just after the French Revolution. Source: Louvre Copyists, a Lasting Traditional from the French Revolution
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Tagged Art, comparison, construction, creatives, Culture, infrastructure, self-impovement, skill
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The Rise of the Wooden Skyscraper – Anthropocene
New, mass-timber engineering could transform the twenty-first-century city from a carbon source into a carbon sink Source: The Rise of the Wooden Skyscraper
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Tagged construction, creatives, Culture, Environment, nature, science, Urban
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Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Located in downtown Hiroshima, this house by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has an optical facade consisting of 6,000 pure-glass blocks. As the house is located on a street with many passing cars and trams, the blocks effectively shuts out the noise enabling … Continue reading
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Frenetic Animal Murals by Dzia Swirl to Life Across the World
Since we last checked in with Antwerp-based street artist Dzia (previously), the Belgian muralist has been busy adding fauna flair to walls in an increasingly widening swath across the globe. Recent projects have taken him to China, Norway, and Spain. Dzia, who … Continue reading
Life-Size Cardboard Sculptures of Chinese Villagers Tap Into Artist Warren King’s Ancestral Heritage – Colossal
Warren King began sculpting with cardboard as an attempt to add fantasy to the lives of his children, creatively crafting masks and helmets out of the recyclable material. This slowly evolved into a more time-consuming arts practice as King began … Continue reading
Caixa Em Cima Lesson
I found this gem of information a while back and meant to share it…
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Tagged Brazil, brazilian style, Carnaval, creatives, Culture, drum, samba
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What is Life?
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Nature-Based Textiles by Vanessa Barragão Highlight Ecosystems Above and Below the Sea
Portuguese textile artist Vanessa Barragão produces carpets and tapestries from a variety of different techniques, creating multi-faceted landscapes with the use of latch hooking, crochet, weaving, basketry, and felt. Her environmental works present imitation coral, fungi, and algae as three-dimensional … Continue reading
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Hundreds of Swinging Pendulums Subtly Choreograph Visitors’ Movements at the Paris Autumn Festival
Hundreds of pendulums swing through Paris’ Grande halle de la Villette for choreographer and artist William Forsythe‘s installation Nowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time No. 2. The hanging plumbobs sway together in a series of timed sequences, which force visitors … Continue reading
A new weapon in the fight against superbugs
Since the widespread use of antibiotics began in the 1940s, we’ve tried to develop new drugs faster than bacteria can evolve — but this strategy isn’t working. Drug-resistant bacteria known as superbugs killed nearly 700,000 people last year, and by … Continue reading
The Apprehension Engine: An Instrument Designed to Play the Music of Nightmares
Movie composer Mark Korven wanted to craft the perfect sounds for horror movies, but the instruments he needed didn’t exist, and he was tired of using the same digital samples. To produce the original effects needed for evoking breathtaking moments of … Continue reading
