Monthly Archives: April 2013

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A series of ‘vertical horizons’ of the Hong Kong sky shot from street level and framed by the city’s skyscrapers from a book by French photographer and graphic artist Romain Jacquet-Lagreze.

By eliminating people from his images, Jacquet-Lagreze has taken away the human qualities that normally define such a largely populated city and turned it into an abstract visual reality. The artist’s bio explains that he uses his camera to illustrate his feelings about Hong Kong, inspired mainly by “the geometry of the urban environment and the vivid lives it shelters.

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lecool‘The Corrections’.

A pint of Guinness and a pack of Tayto.

‘Corrected’ with 3D printing.

By  Aiden Grennelle, of ImageNow, who sez:

This is a reference to one of my favourite public sculptures in Dublin. A set of very large asymmetrically cut granite stones laid out on the grassy terrace above the formal gardens in IMMA. I’ve long been a fan but only recently saw a tiny plaque with their details and the artist’s name: Iran do Espírito Santo, and the name of the collection is The Corrections. I love them even more now. I wondered if I could “correct” some simple everyday Dublin icons.
Like the omnipresent pint of Guinness and the humble pack of Tayto. I asked a colleague 3D Dave to help me model the objects and then 3D print them, which I shot on an iPhone and very slightly retouched.

 

This week’s le cool issue

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“Israeli aircraft on Thursday shot down a drone from Lebanon, the Israeli military said.”

“Three hours ago, an unmanned aerial vehicle was detected by air defence as it was in Lebanese skies and hit when (it) attempted to violate Israeli airspace,” a military spokeswoman said.”

“Israel Radio said the drone was hit by a missile some five miles (eight km) west of the northern Israeli port of Haifa.

Israel shoots down drone from Lebanon – Israeli military (Reuters)