All I know about this, is that the poem is by Taylor Mali (www.taylormali.com). His homepage is as brilliant as this video on Vimeo. When you click on the various index sections on his homepage, you see an anagram of the listing title you have chosen that is apt and funny.
This video combines pithy and [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2009
A Humorous Rant on Language (with Great Typography)
Monday, November 30, 2009
3D Without Glasses!
Friday, November 27, 2009
My first experience with 3D on the web. Who knew you could see in 3D without glasses! This link is to 3D images taken in Japan by T. Enami in the early 1900s. Thanks to Weburbanist!
Artist: Ed Bing Lee
Friday, November 27, 2009
Vancouver used to have a wonderful agricultural fair every summer. It still has a fair, but the current incarnation lacks the diversity and heart of the older version that involved more individuals and fewer corporations. One aspect of the old show, was an annual crafts fair and competition, and one year I was overwhelmed by [...]
The Omo People
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Hans Silvester spent six years photographing the Omo people of Ethiopia. The introduction to the film on YouTube will tell you the rest. This is THE most remarkable collection of images you will ever see that celebrate the innate creativity of mankind. The Omo are their own canvas; they are living art. Link. Thanks to [...]
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Instead of having the usual new furniture line-up, Maarten Baas chose to explore the concept of time with his exhibition Real Time. The movies Maarten made for this project are as varied as having floor sweepers move the clock hands with their brooms to having a poor worker sit in an tiny office moving a [...]
Venetian Blind Font
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Andrew Byrom made this font. Link. Thanks to Neatorama.
Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
I know my blog is hungry, but as work progresses on my second book, my visits here are few. Thanks for staying with me!
Amongst my many loves are Freddy Mercury and the song Bohemian Rhapsody. As with the story of van Gogh, the tragic life of an artistic genius is magnified by their early loss [...]
Another Medium, Another Mona
Friday, November 20, 2009
Two friends sent me these images on the same day. I will NEVER understand the public’s fascination with this image. It is dull and boring compared to an infinite number of other works by an infinite list of artists.
Ron van der Ende’s Bas Reliefs
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Ron van der Ende makes incredible bas relief sculptures out of found wood pieces. The piece pictured above is called “breaker Boys” and on the back is a photo of child labourers working in an anthacite coal breaker in Pennsylvania in 1911. Link. Thanks to Neatorama.