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Random Facts You Don’t Know About Brazil… Until You’re In Brazil — Jersioca
I’ve implied before (and will do so again) that in the US we don’t really know much about Brazil except that it exists. Maybe they speak Spanish, and the capital is possibly Buenos Aires. There’s a big statue of Christ … Continue reading
Stippled Black and White Illustrations of Star-Packed Galaxies by Petra Kostova
Copenhagen-based graphic designer and illustrator Petra Kostova of Pet & Dot creates dazzling galaxies composed of millions of stippled dots. To produce her concentrated star systems and cloudy nebulas she uses technical pens (either rOtring Rapidograph or Isograph) to draw on black and white paper. … Continue reading
Miniglobelet: A Short Film by Beauty of Science
A short film about crystallization processes shot through a microscope by Beauty of Science. The subject of the film is the mixture of red pigment and ammonium chloride crystals. The film reminds me of frost on a window glass but other … Continue reading
The Quirky Wooden Automata of Kazuaki Harada
With the push of a button or the crank of a handle, these whimsical wooden automata by Japanese woodworker Kazuaki Harada spring to life, with figures that bounce and dance across a miniature stage like puppets. Harada is a prolific designer of … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, Art, construction, creatives, Culture, Japan, sculpture
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Textile Bodies Reveal Branched Systems of Veins, Flowers and Roots by Raija Jokinen
Finnish artist Raija Jokinen creates sculptural bodies out of flax which attempt to reveal the complicated relationship between the mind and body. Webs of flowers, veins, and roots cover her textile torsos, shape-shifting between plant and human forms. Jokinen invites the audience … Continue reading
Samba afro antigo – Ramiro Musotto
Un arrangement de samba joué par Ilê Aiyê dans les années 1960-1970, relevé et enseigné par Ramiro Musotto.
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Tagged Brazil, brazilian style, Carnival, Culture, drum, Salvador de Bahia
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Ile Aiye. Salvador, Brazil. 2017. 3.
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Tagged Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, Carnaval, Carnival, creatives, Culture, dance, drum, Salvador de Bahia
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Instrumentos e levadas básicas – DVD Ritmos e Batucadas (2015)
Este vídeo está no DVD anexo ao livro “Ritmos e Batucadas: as baterias das escolas de samba de Florianópolis” (2015), do autor André Felipe Marcelino.
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Tagged Art, Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, Carnaval, Culture, drum, samba
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An Experimental Short Film Captures the Dramatic Dance of the Seasons
French film director Thomas Blanchard (previously) is known for his video work with oils and inks. In his most recent video, DANCE DANCE, Blanchard uses flowers as the contextual framework for his signature coils and swirls of color. Flowers have long been … Continue reading
A National Park-Inspired Chapel Composed of Branching Fractals by Yu Momeoda
Agri Chapel is located within a national park on the northwest coast of Japan’s island of Kyushu. The chapel was constructed by Japanese architect Yu Momoeda, who wanted to reflect the surrounding forest by bringing tree-like forms into the building. … Continue reading
Quirky Illustrations by Virginia Mori Blend Melancholy and Surreal Humor
Using simple line drawings and pared down images, Virginia Mori captures complex human emotions. Though many of Mori’s illustrations lean toward the melancholy with themes of isolation and anxiety, moments of levity and escapism can be found, especially in her … Continue reading
The sound of ice
This is how 45mm new black ice sounds like. Don’t forget to put on the sound. Recorded on Lissma Kvarnsjö outside Stockholm the 5th of December.
