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Julia Marie Gunst – It Runs Deep
The other day I was perusing my social media feeds, looking for something new. A new SoundCloud link. I clicked. The strums of the acoustic guitar rang out from my steely laptop speakers, accompanied by a distant metallic chime. Then, as if breaking through fog came this voice
A Public Face – Metal Head
GETXOPHOTO Mentalgassi Berlin street art collective Mentalgassi brought a bit of personality to the streets of Getxo. As part of Getxophoto, a photography festival and exhibition, Mentalgassi executed a few works in public spaces throughout the city. Each work re-imagined the form, identity and purpose of objects existing in the public realm
Through The Lens – Steve Carty
Steve Carty is a Toronto photographer. He works in the world of commercial photography producing images for magazines, fashion labels, bands and celebrities. In this world, making a name for yourself is difficult. As with any other form of expression, things get complicated whenever money is involved. Here, vision and voice are the challenges to expression
Finding Intimacy: Rose Bond – Intra Muros
Intra Muros is a 2007 creation from artist and director Rose Bond. It has appeared, screened in the windows of buildings, in many cities since its conception. Using images projected onto windows from inside buildings, outside viewers are invited to peer through the windows of the existing facades into the life of an artist
For The Love – Herb & Dorothy
It’s remarkable to see people who are truly passionate about something. True passion in the world of art it is all the more remarkable. The art world is hung up over super-massive egos, superficial trends, and fierce criticism, all egged on by investors and collectors looking for their highest return on investment. Herb & Dorothy is a film about [...]
A Panoramic Worldview
Raghava KK is an artist born in Bangalore who began his working in visual media in 1998. Raghava uses many different methods to explore many different ideas. His subject matter is both introspective and otherwise
Thomas Heatherwick
Thomas Heatherwick is a London architect and designer. His use of material, texture and form are innovative. His approach uses design to solve a problem, but it solves a problem in particular rather than a problem in general.
Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky is an award-winning photographer. His work records evidence of human civilization, our physical imprint on the planet. The works, it could be said, deliver an environmental message without being preachy. Viewers simply regard their own impact on the planet
Sachiko Kodama – Morpho Towers
Sachiko Kodama was trained as a physicist at Hokkaido University. She went on to study plastic art and mixed media at the University of Tsukuba.
Feel-Good and Relax
Bit of a new thing for you this week, we are coming to you with more than one Feel-Good this Tuesday. To keep you balanced and feeling right: LA’s TOKiMONSTA with Almost Free.
Michael Najjar – High Altitude
Michael Najjar is an artist working in Berlin. His work is fascinating. It captures our association, interaction and manipulation of modern forms information and its impact on society and human perception. Some of his work deals with deception (information and apocalypse and nexus project part I), some of it with the real impact of information on all [...]
Robert Polidori
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. In this case, it is not necessarily trash but abandoned spaces. Robert Polidori turns ravaged interiors and exteriors into tranquil yet haunting photography. Jacqueline2o