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LET’S UPCYCLE THE WORLD

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Like recycling, upcycling is a kind of waste prevention – but in a very creative way.
WE UPCYCLE is a blog by Lisa Schultz and Magdalena Akantisz, two students from the University of applied arts in Vienna, on which they posted 30 things they created out of waste materials for 30 days in a row. For [...]

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THE PHOENIX ATLAS

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

The Phoenix Atlas is a project by Okke De Groot, Ana Laura Ferreira and Jan Karan. Their projects are online and mainly focused on writing.  Cyprien Gaillard, Pierre Huyghe, Sophie Calle and Félix González-Torres are some of the artists that have been featured in non-existent exhibitions such as Mary, The Butterfly Effect and Love Love Love.

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Doki Doki

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Let’s face it: The world needs more Fairhorns. And more jumpsuits (that’s pretty mono, for sure). Okay, and also more of this.

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RISE AND FALL OF APARTHEID

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The International Center of Photography’s current show is a stunner, the best show on view in New York right now and a must-see for anyone interested in the political, documentary, and aesthetic potential of the photographic image. In fact, Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life a must-see for anyone [...]

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DOTS AND INCISIONS

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Tree of Codes, published by London based Visual Editions, is not written by him but rather (die)cut by him! The writer of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close takes his favorite book The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz in order to cut and create a new story out of it. It is [...]

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PAKISTANI TRUCKERS

Monday, August 27, 2012

Painting of the beloved near depictions of animals with blue, pink, gold or more. Truck drivers in Pakistan know how to spice up their long journeys. Here is the Pakistani truck art!

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LITTLE SUN

Friday, August 24, 2012

This week, an unexpected, beautiful gift was waiting on my office desk for me, sent by a former colleague – the Little Sun, an artwork of Olafur Eliasson – loving it!!!
Olafur Eliasson about it:
“Little Sun is a work of art that works in life. It transforms the light that is for all of us into [...]

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The .art domain community

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Since the ICANN announced the call for applications for top-level domains, art digest and journal e-flux has applied for the rights to administer .art. Aware of the responsibility of managing a top-level domain, e-flux “envisions this new space as a reliable, ethical, selective, and educational resource for art professionals, educators, institutions, and especially the public [...]

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FESTIVAL OF DANGEROUS IDEAS 2012

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Festival of Dangerous Ideas
28 – 30 September, 2012
Sydney Opera House
Australia

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Hey! Bright boy! Did I tell you talk?

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

We aren’t against thinking too much, but knowing too much should be avoided.
Short story time: Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff.

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