Portraits created from layers of discs cut from paint swatches by San Francisco-based visual artist Peter Combe who sez of them:
These artworks transform and change subtly as the viewer shifts from his/her vantage point, there is a magic that occurs, a trick of the eye where color seems to occupy space—a void—at once ethereal, yet seen from another angle the whole appears as if a ghostly image, veiled in gossamer.
This afternoon.
Derek Haughton writes:
“Outside a GP in Clondalkin [Dublin]. The driver is in the shops next door with her kids. At least she didn’t double park over the disabled parking swell….”
UPDATE:
They’re all at it.
Derek adds:
“I spoke too soon…”
The trailer for an innovative award-winning short by filmmaker Daisy Jacobs (currently doing the festival circuit) that combines life sized wall-mural characters on a real life set with 3D stop motion to tell the story of two brothers struggling to care for their aged mother.
Here’s how it was done.
‘Vignettes of a dysfunctional relationship between two snails’
Gulp.
Participant – Shelter
Bob Gallagher writes:
“A video I directed for my friend Stephen (Participant) for his song Shelter. My Goddaughter Iseult cast the snails from her garden (with her dad) and I shot it with help from the brilliant Deirdre O’Toole. The cast are all safe and sound, and still very cute and very gross in equal measure. …”
Snail wrangler : Anthony Donnelly
Spellcheck your cake before you wreck your cake. pic.twitter.com/OmOYvUSv0S
— Michael Ross (@campfirewood) September 28, 2014
Thanks Redundant Proofreaders Society
The sea.
She be.
Emily writes;
“The crossing to Achill Beg [County Mayo] yesterday – the premiere reading of new 1000 line poem about the island had to be cancelled….”
UPDATE: It WASN’t cancelled…
Padaer MacGiolla writes:
“Against all the odds, reading went ahead. Sixteen had gathered, through an ever increasing storm, landing wet on Achillbeg and trundling against the wind to Jim’s house. Space was as inviting as I had hoped for, warm and white. The Reek in the windows with a tempestuous sea in between. Tea, cake, wine, hot whiskey, poetry. All over by 8pm and then the journey back, with the south east storm this time, but wind even fiercer than in the afternoon. It became an event that anyone who was there will never forget.
(Jim O’ Callaghan)
Are we hot?
Touches Karl, Chompsky, Niall, Lars and others.
*mild sizzle*
Damien Mulley writes:
“A team of over 80 judges have, over the past month, judged and rejudged over 550 Irish websites to come up with a lists of finalists across 33 categories. Media organisations including The Irish Times, The Irish Independent,The Star, Irish Mirror, Irish Examiner, Q102, 98FM, Spin 1038, Spin South West and Broadsheet have all reached the Final of the Realex Fire Web Awards, now in their 7th year.
….The Realex Fire Web Awards are the only website awards event inIreland where nominations are free, the general public judge the sites, sponsors can’t win and where entry on the night is a fraction of the cost of more formal events. These factors combine to make it a very diverse event and why the volume of nominations and attendees is so high.”
FIGHT!
The awards are on October 22 in the Ballsbridge Hotel presented by 2FM’s Rick O’Shea. We’ve been invited.
The Realex Fire Web Awards Finalists HERE