A sunny balcony pokes out from the side of a classic brick building, curtains drifting in the breeze behind old green double doors and an open drink waits to be consumed… but not is all as it seems. Disquietingly, we realize this peaceful scene is actually hanging over the smooth, polished tracks of a recently traveled railroad line. Such are the familiar, yet unusual works of miniature artist Frank Kunert [Read more...]
Black and White photography required a much greater commitment before the advent of the digital SLR. Now digital cameras and software can produce black on white on demand, so a photographer can choose later whether or not to remove the color from the photo. There are still, however, those photographers that stay faithful to the classic method of using black and white film cameras. Tomasz Gudzowaty is one of those photographers. Born in 1971, he graduated with a law degree from the University of Warsaw. Instead of law, his interests led him to photography, starting with nature and then on to social documentary [Read more...]
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Six minutes of footage for the new Batman movie coming out in 2012: The Dark Knight Rises. The 6 minute Prologue was released this past weekend to select audiences and this is so far is the clearest version out there. Watch it now before Warner Brothers takes it down! Scenes include the new villain Bane (Tom Hardy) and his escape and a brief glimpse of Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) and Batman (Christian Bale). Watch at your discretion. [Read more...]
It must be hard to put a number on how many times a flash mob has occurred now. They seem to be popping up everywhere, surprising those lucky enough to catch one in action. I still have not had the pleasure of being somewhere where one starts, but it must be pretty amazing to unexpectedly have one come to life around you. This November, a really awesome one broke out in my home airport. For all of the weary travelers at Denver International Airport, Community-Minded Dance put on quite a show on November 22nd, just in time for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The crew put on a medley of Swing classics to put a smile on travelers faces [Read more...]
With the world’s economies still badly slumping, many people are looking for answers to jump start their once vibrant nations, and more importantly, put some more money in their wallets. One way to keep nations working is to continue coming up with new, world changing ideas. This graphic details the world’s most innovative countries, not relying only on how many patent filings take place per nation – a common assumption of how innovative a country is – but also takes into consideration the success of those patents, their global reach and influence on the world. [Read more...]
Is grafiti a public nuisance, a travesty, destruction of public property, or art? Watch “Outside In: The Story of Art in the Streets”, film director Alex Stapleton’s cutting-edge documentary on the “Art in the Streets” exhibition from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. See the process of creating graffiti and the resulting art. [Read more...]
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Like a a faded ghost of the classic American Dream, an unfinished Disney-like castle rises into the cloudy China sky. Located just 45 minutes drive from the center of smog covered Beijing, the building is part of a now decaying construction project abandoned over a decade ago… an amusement park touted as ‘the largest amusement park in Asia.’ Reuters own David Gray captured these images of the park which is located on about 100 acres of once prosperous farmland. Hardly a coincidence, the park was going to be called Wonderland. [Read more...]
Trippy alternate worlds, populated by insect people and anamorphic robots jump colorfully from the page in Kilian Eng’s new digital works. He finds his inspiration for the works in both classic and futuristic architecture, surrealism, science fiction, theater scenography and the natural and urban landscape. [Read more...]
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