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Engineering Serendipity with Kris Krug

July 23, 2011 – 12:55 pm

Kris Krug is a photographer extraordinaire, social media documentarian, and global nomad who splits time between Vancouver, nearby Galiano Island, and the rest of the world. He was most recently in the South Pacific, documenting videographer Chris Jordan’s film on plastic pollution in the oceans, Midway. We met up on one of the rare days [...]

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Shipwreck in LA

September 28, 2010 – 12:53 pm

LA gallery and event space Machine Project is the site of a shipwrecked vessel, the Sea Nymph — at least until October 8. They are hosting a month of nautical-themed events. Love this.

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Canadian Comics

March 2, 2010 – 9:11 pm

Hark! A Vagrant. Very entertaining webcomic. Currently a bit more Canada-focused than usual, following the Olympic hockey gold. via my bro

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Personal Biosphere

January 30, 2010 – 1:47 pm

“Personal biospheres” by Seattle artist Vaughn Bell. So great – I need one of these for my living room. Or better yet: a cafe filled with multi-person versions. via A New F*cking Wilderness

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Architecture Art

January 18, 2010 – 4:45 pm

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo. A gorgeous, meditative tour through imagined spaces and structures. What struck me most was not that it was full-CG — which, yes, is amazing — but that here, at the beginning of 2010, an immersive virtual world like this can be produced by ONE GUY.

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Big-Head Mode IRL

December 3, 2009 – 11:24 pm

Vancouver artist Eric Testreote: I made this as my costume for Halloween 2009. It was kind of inspired by big-head mode seen in videogames. I really wanted to get the faceted geosphere look with wireframe. How great is this? So disorienting. Someone please start a make-your-own-big-head (MYOBH) business. I will be your first customer. via [...]

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Roden Crater

November 12, 2009 – 11:51 pm

Still want to go on a road trip here. James Turrell, Roden Crater, Arizona “Situated near the Grand Canyon and Arizona’s Painted Desert is Roden Crater, an extinct volcano the artist has been transforming into a celestial observatory for the past thirty years. Working with cosmological phenomena that have interested man since the dawn of [...]

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COMBO: More timelapse graffiti from Blu

September 23, 2009 – 11:43 pm

Wow, the MUTO guys are at it again. What a great art form. I would love to know how they work…how they choose a site and how much of the unfolding story is planned in advance. Or maybe I just want to watch, mesmerized. via @robinsloan

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Pop. Art.

August 5, 2009 – 12:24 am

Two great things: NYC mural by Brazilian brothers Os Gemeos. Need more of this. Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” reminds us how great a music video can be.

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Stunningly creative graffiti animation

May 16, 2008 – 12:38 pm

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo. (via Wooster Collective, and as seen on re:think 2.0)

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