American Nomads
Beneath the America we think we know lies a nation hidden from view – a nomadic nation, living on the roads, the rails and in the wild open spaces. In…
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Song of the Kauri: a Documentary Feature Film from the Heart of New Zealand
Reblogged from Sustainability Studies: The Honolulu Museum of Art featured a film this month, Song of the Kauri, directed by Mathurin Molgat. The film, a part of the Aotearoa Film…
How six women did something incredible to save the Arctic
Reblogged from Montreal Girls: Very inspiring!
Strandbeests by Theo Jansen
Theo Jansen (born 1948) is a Dutch artist. In 1990, he began what he is known for today: building large mechanisms out of PVC that are able to move on…
FAMADIHANA
Conceived and created by Devin McDermott and Ethan Folk. Movement created and performed by Devin McDermott. Filmed and edited by Ethan Folk. Score: Rolled Together – The Antlers Many, many…
The Great Arctic Flush
The Great Arctic Flush By Paul Beckwith A massive cyclone is forecast to develop in the Arctic, as shown on the image below, from the Naval Research Laboratory. Within 2…
North Pole Web Camera 2 Adrift in Large, Expanding Melt Pool
Reblogged from robertscribbler: (Image source: APL) Last week, a melt puddle began to form near APL’s Camera 2. The pool extended in the near camera field from left to right…
Hundreds of centuries-old trees chopped down to make room for the Pope’s visit in Brazil ~ Daily Mail
Reblogged from Stop Making Sense: The Daily Mail Authorities in Brazil have denounced church leaders as criminals for chopping down more than 300 centuries-old trees in a national park –…
PDBF Teams Up With Greenpeace to Clean Up the Philippine Seas
Reblogged from charly's blogsite: Kudos to the Philippine Dragon Boat Federation for supporting a noble cause!! The PDBF recently joined hands with Greenpeace in a charity program aptly called “Paddles…
Duane Michals
“Who gives a fuck about what he had for breakfast? These are stylistic ticks. The digital has changed the paradigms of photography. I had an opening in Boston and this…
Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was murdered 50 years ago. Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn…
Christy Lee Rogers – Into The PostArctic
From her website “Christy Lee Rogers is a fine art photographer from Kailua, Hawaii. Her obsession with water as a medium for breaking the conventions of contemporary photography has led…
César Santos
Reblogged from Good morning, best morning: How gorgeous are these pieces by César Santos? These classic paintings, re-imagined are almost like visual fan fiction. Is it important that we merge…
Before there was Photoshop… Surreal Landscapes by Jerry Uelsmann
Reblogged from ⓔMORFES: Long before the invention of Photoshop, artists were creating trippy fake images. The techniques used to create these images include multiple exposure on a single negative, and…
Google Maps Street View of Battleship Island
Perhaps the only time capsule the future will need is Google’s documentation of our world, the rest just contains too much embarrassing material. Well, maybe the complete works of Shakespeare…
Paris Rising, Montreal Falling, Neither Bodes Well
The two great French cities of the world, well, Montreal used to be worthy, are having some development conundrums. Paris has decided to add a dozen highrise buildings but away…
This Area is Under 23 Hour Video and Audio Surveillance
Reblogged from Urban Dialogues: This intervention by Agmet Ögüt is called This area is under 23 hour video and audio surveillance. For the work, Ögüt took the standard security signage…
Rest Stops : Vanishing Relics of the American Roadside – Ryann Ford
Rest Stops : Vanishing Relics of the American RoadsideLiterally, before our eyes, rest stops are vanishing from the landscapes of America. All over the country, rest areas are losing the…
21 Balançoires (21 Swings)
This is something I have to try! 21 Swings Exercise in musical cooperation Every spring, an interactive installation takes over a high-traffic area in Montréal’s Quartier des spectacles and sets…
Stars
See that picture up top? That’s our waterfront, at least after they mandated the boat clubs to get rid of their shacks and put up those little lockers. It used…