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So little time since we started together… We are now working hard to make our first exhibition happen! Next Saturday, March 10, our exhibition presenting small Collages in shape and form of Polaroids, plus a lot of Extras! - Opening is at 22:00, I’ll spin the records and there will be some nice drinks and snacks for you to enjoy!
Vanity Land, Lg Dr. Jose Barbosa, n. 20 Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Here’s a sneak of the ‘making of’.
Some (bad) photos of the Opening
Stereographic projection of this equirectangular panorama. by gadl on Flickr.
Gadl / Alexandre Duret-Lutz
I’m an amateur photograph trying to get the most fun out of his Sony DSC-T5 point-and-shoot camera. Recently I’ve been focussing on spherical panoramas and Escheresque spirals. So far I’ve been pretty happy with what it’s possible to do with a point-and-shoot camera, although I’m starting to grow a list of features I wish I could use (mainly: long exposures, multiple shots with same exposure, stabilizer). When I grow up, I want to buy a real camera, and by then I hope I’ll have figured when focal and aperture mean (I’m only half joking here: since I don’t have control over these parameters, I don’t know how they affect the picture).
Compu-Promo, a compilation by James Lileks, holds a variety of examples of computer promotional photography sent to newspapers in the 60s and 70s.
An awesome analog audio tape cassette collection - keep the collection growing by contributing to this great resource. We will never forget the walkman and our beloved, dusty K7’s. tapedeck.org.
Quality Graphic design is always welcome at fitacola.
Dear you, my name is Timo Gaessner and I am running this independent Graphic Design Studio called 123buero™; consulting, developing and realizing contemporary projects.
My work is based on typographical solutions – in addition, I design or modify fonts
that I apply to my jobs. Sometimes I even finish fonts so they can be purchased and used by
other designers.
Julian Montague presents The Stray Shopping Cart Project.
Over the last several decades, the stray shopping cart has quietly become an integral part of the urban and suburban landscapes of the industrialized world. To the average person, the stray shopping cart is most often thought of as a signifier of urban blight or as an indicator of a consumer society gone too far. Unfortunately, the acceptance of these oversimplified designations has discouraged any serious examination of the stray shopping cart phenomenon.
Until now, the major obstacle that has prevented people from thinking critically about stray shopping carts has been that we have not had any formalized language to differentiate one shopping cart from another.
Besides making good graphic design, Julian also has this interesting project consisting in insect drawings, amongst other stuff.
Kings and Queens of Borgeous : bored-borgeous.blogspot.com
Fantasporto 2007 : 19th February to 5th March 2007
The basic idea behind the Oporto Film Festival is to promote films that seek new forms and methods of film making.
The 27th edition has the patronage of the Ministry of Culture through ICAM ? Instituto do Cinema Audiovisual e Multimédia, as well as the Oporto City Hall and the Rivoli Municipal Theatre.
Fantasporto 2007 will be hold between the 19th February and the 4th March at the Rivoli Theatre, the AMC theatres and the Passos Manuel Cinema.
The Sá da Bandeira Theatre will be the ideal setting for the Vampires? Ball, in the closing night.
As side-bars of the festival, open-air events, workshops, exhibitions, presentation of new books and DVDs, etc.
Charity by Numbers, a huge philanthropic effort co-curated by gallerists Jan Corey and Bruce Helford and artist Gary Baseman. The opening reception was Saturday, February 10th at Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles. More than 65 established and emerging art stars transformed vintage, hand-painted paint-by-numbers into modern masterpieces. The results are being auctioned via eBay until February 17th to raise money for the kids. 100% of the proceeds go to The Alliance For Children’s Rights. Via Juxtapoz; see also photos of the event.
Dave Kinsey 
Brandi Milne 
Pooch 
Via: BKRW
ADIDAS ORIGINALS and FOOT LOCKER gathered over the last months some of the best seven graffiti artists in the world SKORE (UK), CAN2/ATOM (GER), SILOETTE (US), RIME (US), SCIEN (FR), SMART (IT)) to work together on a fresh concept - a collection of footwear, clothing and accessories that takes their artwork from the sketchbook to the streets.
The result is the transformation of a rolling masterpiece of graffiti artwork originally applied to a subway carriage, running from end to end, into a graffiti-based streetwear collection.
Over a period of three days, the chosen 7 artists worked day and night, in a custom-built environment, to create the artwork for this distinctive collection. In gathering the artists together under one roof, this approach created a new process in developing graffiti-based product.
Furthermore, ADIDAS ORIGINALS and FOOT LOCKER documented the process allowing the viewer to see this unique project from start to finish ? providing a rare insight into the skills of the seven graffiti artists.
The collection launches in March ‘07 with the “All City and the Burner Collections”, made up of signature clothing and footwear designed by each artist, showcasing their own individual talents and styles.
Winners gallery 2007 - World Press Photo
This fantastic shot by Spencer Platter (Getty Images) was shot in Lebanon, right after the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel. In this photo, rich youths (apparently) visit a collapsed building area being on south Beirut after Israeli attacks.
© Spencer Platt, USA, Getty Images.
Spot News: 1st prize singles » Akintunde Akinleye, Nigeria, Reuters.
People in the News: 1st prize singles » Oded Balilty, Israel, The Associated Press.
Sports Action: 2nd prize singles Alex Livesey, United Kingdom, Getty Images for Sports Illustrated.
Peter Crouch of Liverpool scores against Galatasaray, 27 September 2006.
Contemporary Issues: 1st prize stories » José Cendón, Spain.
Psychiatric hospital inmates, Burundi and DRC
Arts and Entertainment: 1st prize stories » Denis Darzacq, France, Agence Vu.
Street dancers, Paris
A big collection of U.S. military aircraft Cockpits, Via Coudal Partners
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Christa Maiwald makes portraits with cotton thread embroideries.
(0) By Carlos In IllustrationGuy Billout (born in Decize in 1941) is a French artist and illustrator. Billout’s aesthetic style is clean and spare, sometimes incorporating some ironic element. His work has been featured in Atlantic Monthly magazine and in several books, including a collection of Greek mythology.
Get his book from amazon
Something’s not quite right
Steven Harrington makes some beautiful prints.
Read his interview at Heavy-Backpack.
Mouneer Al-Shaarani’s works are surely an inspiring source for graphic designers and typography lovers.
Click thumbanils to browse some of his magnificent works:
Mouneer Al-Shaarani’s arabic lettering experince is different and he is unlike many calligraphers who present and repeat traditional calligraphy in an upgraded from Al Shaarani’s research focuses upon introducing innovative works that respond to modern aesthetic requirments and, at the same time, keep intouch with, and form an extension of our calligraphic heritage. Al Shaarani has not taken our tradition as untochable sacred heritage. nor as an integrated on ewith no room to add or omit. He shapes his work according to graphic requirment of latest formations. Al Shaarani strictly adheres to the spirit of calligraphy in his omissions and additions.
He trends to transform arabic calligraphy into modern piece of art that is liberalised from old sanctities, he refrains from using stretched statments o rekiance on others, which remind us of the old days of laziness and depression, rather, he selects statments that convey meaningful messages and stimulating potentials and innovations. To consolidate his penetration of traditional sanctities, he resorts to using various colors with the intention of emphasising his departure from the closed circle of earlier artists.Yousef Abdelki, Artist
Cool (KOOL) + Por(TUGA)l. Found this while ago at myspace and I though that it was once again, another hip-hop group just like any other.. But NO, he’s a lone producer from Portugal. I’m addicted to the beats and samples, no MC’S. Their fat beats combine with samples based on the Portuguese culture and music, also using traditional Portuguese instruments. Downtempo style, very relaxing and inspiring, still Hip-Hop. Very KOOL!
Listen Here:
Cultura (My favorite)
Lindo Dia (Beautiful Day)
Kooltugaeton (Featuring Dulce Pontes - Canção do Mar)
The Knife’s Silent Shout wiped the floor with the competition on 31st January at Sweden’s version of the Grammy Awards, the Grammis. The noir-electro duo took home the Best Artist, Composer, Album, Producer, DVD, and Group of the Year awards– six altogether. But, of course, being the Knife, they couldn’t just show up and thank their mom and first of all God, their creator, who made all of this possible. Instead? They had some friends of theirs send in this bizarre acceptance video. Although they aren’t wearing masks, video and audio effects are used to obscure their appearance, and to make them look pretty horrifying. (And not in a Courtney Love way.)
The video is in Swedish, but according to YouTube user sumsaR2, the band’s friends discuss normal stuff like the Knife having gone on tour, meeting fans from around the world.
Arte Contemporaneo - ARCO - 26th Contemporary Art Fair Guest Country: Korea
Madrid, 15th-19th February 2007
Arte Contemporaneo - ARCO
After commemorating its 25th anniversary in February 2006, the International Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid, ARCO, has consolidated its position as one of the world’s leading events for contemporary visual arts. Its international prestige, together with Madrid’s cultural appeal, turn the fair into an annual focus of attention for galleries, artists, art critics, curators, museum managers, experts and art experts worldwide. A large market platform with a repercussion borne out by the many sales it generates, as well as other figures registered: 200,000 visitors, 3000 accredited journalists, and over 4000 press clippings.
In 2007, ARCO begins a new phase, with a project combining continuity with the necessary innovation to face the demands of the contemporary art scene. A project inheriting an excellent reputation, and an enviable starting point from which to take on the new challenges opposed by the art market, and to responds to issues like the growth of collecting in Spain, the consolidation of ARCO as a marketplace, and the increasing competitiveness of international art fairs.
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