Tag Archives: Life

Artist Amy Sherald Depicts a Vast Array of Black Leisure through Monumental and Nuanced Portraits

APRIL 20, 2021 GRACE EBERT Detail of “A Midsummer Afternoon Dream” (2020), oil on canvas, 106 x 101 x 2.5 inches   Amy Sherald  plumbs the multitudes of Black leisure in The Great American Fact, a series of arresting portraits that … Continue reading

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How to Be at Home (2020)

In 2010, the poet, musician and my dear friend, Tanya Davis, wrote the beautiful poem, How to Be Alone, and from this we collaborated to make the film which you can see here vimeo.com/3850863 Ten years later, Tanya has written … Continue reading

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The incredible – and still quite mysterious – way trees trade information via their roots

While researching her doctoral thesis, Suzanne Simard, now a professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia, made an astounding discovery – trees in forests seem to possess complex information superhighways in their root systems that allow them … Continue reading

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Pink Oyster mushrooms at home

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HOBBY – an Adobe Pocket Film

A short film about the new hobbies we started while locked down over the past year, in a search for fulfillment…and their failures. Commissioned by Adobe for their Pocket Film Series. Shot on iPhone & DJI OM 4, all transitions … Continue reading

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Fabric fantastic: The chemist’s made out of felt | BBC News

After wowing art lovers in the US and China, Lucy Sparrow’s latest felt fantasy is her first UK show in five years. More: Fabric fantastic: The chemist’s made out of felt

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Ironic Compositions Juxtapose Outlandish Scenarios in Paco Pomet’s New Paintings

“The Lesson” (2020), oil on canvas, 130 x 170 centimeters. All images © Paco Pomet In Beginnings, Spanish artist Paco Pomet (previously) visualizes a series of jarring and absurd scenarios born out of an equally concerning event. He juxtaposes disparate elements—a … Continue reading

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Photographers in Focus: Susan Meiselas

For over four decades, American photographer Susan Meiselas has captured people caught in the seismic upheavals of history—whether documenting Nicaraguans fighting for their lives, or photographing carnival strippers making a living on the fringes of US society. It shows an … Continue reading

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Lyft – The Sound of Y

An experiment in sound we made for Lyft. Please listen with headphones. Production Co: Avocados and Coconuts Client: Lyft EP: Dalia Burde CD: Amani King Director: Spencer Macdonald DP: David Bourke Edit/Sound Design: Cooper Kenward/Spencer Macdonald/Ian Levine Additional Footage: Michael … Continue reading

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Martin Scorsese on Framing

“Sometimes when it all comes together … you become the film you’re making.” – Martin Scorsese in 1990, as told to T.J. English. In this new episode we have a previously unheard conversation with legendary director, Martin Scorsese, on how … Continue reading

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