Phillip Pond and Nim Lee are making bikes that swim, and what could be better than that?for more on the fish bikes.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Like a fish needs a bicycle
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Phillip Pond and Nim Lee are making bikes that swim, and what could be better than that?
for more on the fish bikes.
Phillip Pond and Nim Lee are making bikes that swim, and what could be better than that?for more on the fish bikes.
the girl who
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Image from NY Times weekend
section found on the 146 bus + two dried berries from a bush down the block = Lisbeth Salander going to take over your mind.
Image from NY Times weekend
section found on the 146 bus + two dried berries from a bush down the block = Lisbeth Salander going to take over your mind.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
biomorphic yeah-yeah
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Alex Chitty: looking at her website, it is clear is she serving it up lots lately with new work.
I am looking down a microscope on to all the smaller miracles, blob and scribble.
and: her water bear zine.
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Alex Chitty: looking at her website, it is clear is she serving it up lots lately with new work.I am looking down a microscope on to all the smaller miracles, blob and scribble.
and: her water bear zine.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
symme-trees
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I heart Art Nouveau for the bad-ass organicism of forms, shapes, and naturalistic intuitions reflected in that which is built. That sort of resonance is even nicer when it isn't necessarily even intentional.
Arashiyama, Japan.
I heart Art Nouveau for the bad-ass organicism of forms, shapes, and naturalistic intuitions reflected in that which is built. That sort of resonance is even nicer when it isn't necessarily even intentional.Arashiyama, Japan.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
David Hull
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Philosopher & historian of biology David Hull passed on this last week.
His work in biology was deeply influential throughout graduate school. Besides his numerous papers, I once spent whole summer simply studying his one book Science as a Process.
This morning preparing for my fall classes I find myself relying on copies of books he kindly let me take from his collection when I visited him last year. Philosopher, steadfast gay rights advocate, and even a decent portrait painter to boot....
short obituary here
Philosopher & historian of biology David Hull passed on this last week. His work in biology was deeply influential throughout graduate school. Besides his numerous papers, I once spent whole summer simply studying his one book Science as a Process.
This morning preparing for my fall classes I find myself relying on copies of books he kindly let me take from his collection when I visited him last year. Philosopher, steadfast gay rights advocate, and even a decent portrait painter to boot....
short obituary here
Saturday, August 14, 2010
in honor of...
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PAWS Chicago sends me a big glossy magazine, which among other things includes mention of the donations to PAWS that are made in honor of/memory of certain individuals.
PAWS Chicago sends me a big glossy magazine, which among other things includes mention of the donations to PAWS that are made in honor of/memory of certain individuals.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Fuji Soft
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Mount Fuji is certainly one of the most famous and iconic of all mountains in the world. Its symmetry and sliding slate-colored slopes beckon one's sight. For centuries it has been the muse for many an artist, including the 36 views of Mt. Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai ( the originals of which I was lucky enough to see at the Ota Museum this past month.
Luck should also have it a friend on mine brought me up to Uwakudani, a sulphurous steaming peak from which the Fuji can be seen very well. Of course no Japanese tourist sopt would be complete without a soft ice cream stand, setting the stage for a nice visual and metaphorical moment for a 37th view.
To call this "Fuji soft" seems apropos, and especially so since there is a computer company by that very name in Yokohama - Fujisoft - from which you can supposedly also see Mt. Fuji, on the clearest of days...
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Mount Fuji is certainly one of the most famous and iconic of all mountains in the world. Its symmetry and sliding slate-colored slopes beckon one's sight. For centuries it has been the muse for many an artist, including the 36 views of Mt. Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai ( the originals of which I was lucky enough to see at the Ota Museum this past month.
Luck should also have it a friend on mine brought me up to Uwakudani, a sulphurous steaming peak from which the Fuji can be seen very well. Of course no Japanese tourist sopt would be complete without a soft ice cream stand, setting the stage for a nice visual and metaphorical moment for a 37th view.
To call this "Fuji soft" seems apropos, and especially so since there is a computer company by that very name in Yokohama - Fujisoft - from which you can supposedly also see Mt. Fuji, on the clearest of days...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
misty cool / artsy cool
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The aforementioned recent trip to th Setouchi Art Festival meant making new friends with art, and revisiting some old ones, like this Olafur Elliason piece that I met at the Chicago MCA last year (clearly we travel in the same fancy circles).
The art lover in the photo recently posted on Japanese techniques for cooling from the summer heat, including public space water misters - so it seems only right to make mention of this artistic device. Certainly Olafur is thinking along the same lines in terms of his work. Perhaps that is why they asked for this piece to be in the Japanese mid-summer festival?
The aforementioned recent trip to th Setouchi Art Festival meant making new friends with art, and revisiting some old ones, like this Olafur Elliason piece that I met at the Chicago MCA last year (clearly we travel in the same fancy circles).
The art lover in the photo recently posted on Japanese techniques for cooling from the summer heat, including public space water misters - so it seems only right to make mention of this artistic device. Certainly Olafur is thinking along the same lines in terms of his work. Perhaps that is why they asked for this piece to be in the Japanese mid-summer festival?
Monday, July 26, 2010
daily things #1001
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A cicada husk found clasping to a tree on Naoshima, in the Seto Inland sea.
This fellow was next to the new Lee Ufan museum and the Setounchi International Art Festival 2010 . For more on that, I recommend Christa's post.
For more on cicadas on the other hand, perhaps here, or here.
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A cicada husk found clasping to a tree on Naoshima, in the Seto Inland sea.This fellow was next to the new Lee Ufan museum and the Setounchi International Art Festival 2010 . For more on that, I recommend Christa's post.
For more on cicadas on the other hand, perhaps here, or here.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Chiyoda 3331
Chiyoda 3331 art space opened in just the past few weeks and there was an opportunity to stop by. A former public school building now new collective-esque art center of galleries, studios, a cafe, and shops. A beautiful day that turned nicely into a night. Fingers crossed for the possibility of something as interesting as the kids use to rock when they lived in it.
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