This reminds me a bit of the spirits in Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Cool work from Siggi Odds.
(Source: siggiodds)
From Defend the Internet. A great video about how the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) serves the interests of large media and entertainment companies to the detriment of the innovative Internet as we know it.
If you’ve never been, it’s more than worth the trek out there. Absolutely amazing.
The Panorama is the jewel in the crown of the collection of the Queens Museum of Art. Built by Robert Moses for the 1964 World’s Fair, in part as a celebration of the City’s municipal infrastructure, this 9,335 square foot architectural model includes every single building constructed before 1992 in all five boroughs; that is a total of 895,000 individual structures. (via http://www.queensmuseum.org/exhibitions/visitpanorama)
Oh, Robert Moses.
I’m a fan of all of the Selby Films, but I particularly like this one with the artist Christine Sun Kim.
A new video game concept from Notion Collective. The clouds are fluffy and pixelated. That really is an elephant and a donkey in a hot air balloon. I have no doubt this is going to be pretty incredible.
Concept art
I’ve always loved the Looking Into the Past group on Flickr. Dear Photograph takes it to a whole new level.
Dear Photograph,Balboa Park… I got engaged here, married here and now I’m alone again. But when I come to sit on these steps once more, I remember my parents had very little, and yet they made our childhood rich with fond memories. That is what keeps smiling.Ronnie
Thanks to Julia.
“Mathias Rust is a German aviator known for his illegal landing on May 28, 1987 near Red Square in Moscow. As an amateur pilot, he flew from Finland to Moscow, being tracked several times by Soviet air defence and interceptors… He landed on Vasilevski Spusk next to Red Square near the Kremlin in the capital of the USSR.
Rust’s successful flight through a supposedly impregnable air defense system had a great impact on the Soviet military and led to the firing of many senior officers… The incident aided Mikhail Gorbachev in the implementation of his reforms (by removing numerous military officials opposed to him), and reduced the prestige of the Soviet military among the population, thus helping bring an end to the Cold War.” (Via Wikipedia)
Peter showing us how to shuck oysters in Portland, Maine. ”It’s just so weird that that blob of goo is alive” says Jenny.
I’ve certainly noticed the lack of female cyclists in NYC, but I can’t say this article helps answer any of my questions about why, in a city with rapidly improving bike infrastructure, male cyclists still outnumber female cyclists 3 to 1. The best answer this article gives is that women are afraid of cycling’s “risks” and afraid of their own sweat. New York is a risky city. It’s not as if bike fatalities disproportionately effect female cyclists. Of course, talking to the folks at Adeline Adeline and exactly one bike commuter who, according to my informal calculations, probably bikes about 2 miles each way to work, is also a poor way to try to answer this question. Please, wear a helmet and bring an extra change of clothes.
