Something awful is happening in the waters off Peru’s northern coast, where some 3,000 dolphins have died and washed ashore since January. This rates as one of the worst, if not the worst, Unusual Mortality Event (UME) ever recorded.
Okay, I think I’m dreaming. Picasso + Light drawings = two of my favorite things. So glad I found these.
SO. COOL. See the photos on LIFE’s website here.
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The Blue Trees by Konstantin Dimopoulos, is a social art action. He paints trees with a ‘biologically safe pigmented water’ to make a statement about how important trees are to our survival. The color will naturally degrade over a period of months. Seattle’s trees turned color on April 2nd, 2012, and will likely remain that way through the summer. Through colour I am making a personal statement about the spirituality of trees and their importance to our very survival: trees are the lungs of the planet.
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Seems like IKEA are really shaking things up this year. In addition to the previously announced TV set, they’re also going to release a digital camera made of cardboard called Knäppa (“Snap”). It’ll hold 40 photographs at a time and plugs directly into your USB port. While it’s not the prettiest camera the world has ever seen, I do love the idea of a screen-less digital camera that brings people back to the wait-and-see days of film.
Last Day:
Colette Calascione
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, 520 W27th St., NYC
A female figure is the focal point of each oil painting, seated, standing or reclining, and most often nude. Inspired by books and images of earlier eras of art history, particularly the Deco era, as well as Japanese aesthetics, Calascione invents a world that is her own.
British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster are a creative team known for their experimental art including these mind-boggling light and shadow sculptures. The duo forms abstract works from, which upon first glance, look like nothing other than straightforward piles of trash. The excitement for the viewer comes when a single light illuminates the pile and creates an entirely new piece of art—usually portraits of themselves—formed with the combination of light and shadow projected onto the wall. Throughout their careers, the artists have, “Played with the idea of how humans perceive abstract images and define them with meaning. The result is surprising and powerful as it redefines how abstract forms can transform into figurative ones.” Tim Noble and Sue Webster’s website
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The DORYU 2-16 pistol camera is not a novelty gun nor an art. Made in ’50s Japan, this 16mm police-issue camera equipped with a Cine-Nikkor 25mm F1.4 lens was used to snipe proof of crime and capture demonstrating protestors. — via IStillShootFilm
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Matthew Marquis, The Life and Death of a Businessman
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