Tag Archives: Culture

The Emperor of Time

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

The strange and sordid tale of Eadweard Muybridge, the man who accidentally invented motion pictures. The film is told from the point of view of Muybridge’s abandoned son and viewed completely through a nineteenth century early cinema contraption called a … Continue reading →

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Banksy Releases New Miniature Walled Off Hotel Souvenir Series

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

Banksy’s year-old project in Bethlehem,The Walled Off Hotel (previously), has just released a new set of souvenirs exclusively available in the hotel shop. The series of works, which are each hand painted by local artists, depict the West Bank barrier in a crumbling … Continue reading →

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Artful Swirls of Plastic Marine Debris Documented in Images by Photographer Mandy Barker

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

EVERY… snowflake is different (detail) © Mandy Barker. Ingredients; white marine plastic debris objects collected in two single visits to a nature reserve on the East Coast of England.   PENALTY – Europe © Mandy Barker. 633 marine plastic debris … Continue reading →

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The Storytellers Reading to Cuba’s Cigar Factory Workers

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

Great Big Story Published on 18 Apr 2018 SUBSCRIBED 2.2M Cuba is world-renowned for its cigars. But there’s a deeper story behind their creation. As per a tradition that started in 1865, storytellers, or “lectores,” stand at a platform reading … Continue reading →

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Colorful illustrations of well-known Japanese sights by Beijing-based graphic designer See Visual. Having visited most of these sights myself on a recent trip to Japan, he has managed to capture the feel of these locations through his graphic interpretation and … Continue reading →

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Dublin’s Sweep of Public Mural Removals Prompts Wave of New Artworks – Colossal

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

For the past several months, a collective of artists in Dublin known as Subset has been coming up against the letter of the law, as the Dublin City Council (DCC) issues orders requiring Subset to paint over their colorful murals … Continue reading →

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Melting Memories: A Data-Driven Installation that Shows the Brain’s Inner Workings – Colossal

Posted on April 18, 2018 by

Media artist Refik Anadol’s work Melting Memories combines data paintings, light projections, and augmented data sculptures to visibly demonstrate how the brain recalls memories. The installation was created with a custom 16 x 20 foot LED media wall andCNC milled rigid foam, and was … Continue reading →

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Ten Percent of Your Brain – PsyFile

Posted on April 17, 2018 by
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Colossal Curates ‘Inflatable: Expanding Works of Art’ at San Francisco’s Exploratorium Museum

Posted on April 17, 2018 by

Colossal is thrilled to announce the summer show, Inflatable: Inflatable: Expanding Works of Art at San Francisco’s Exploratorium, a museum dedicated to science, art and human perception. Led by our founder and editor-in-chief Christopher Jobson, Colossal has worked closely with the Exploratorium team to … Continue reading →

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The Strange Anatomy of Hummingbirds

Posted on April 17, 2018 by
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