A stylised stop-motion homage to film noir by director Nicolas D’Agostino featuring a recently released con, coaxed into one last job by ne’er-do-well former cronies.
Author Archives: Chompsky
Ciaran Tierney tweets:
A #Galway vigil in solidarity with the victims of the #SriLanka terror attacks will take place on Saturday (Eyre Square, 6pm to 7pm)
Hate That
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A compilation of mundane annoyances by Slivki Show. To wit:
All your pain in one video
Well, not all of it, in fairness.
The monochrome wallclimbers of Berlin-based Norwegian street artist Anders Gjennestad aka STRØK – painted on exterior walls and gallery-friendly rusted metal plates and dilapidated wooden doors.
If you’re passing by that way, the artist exhibits next month at Galerie Mathgoth in Paris.
Two short features by Monocle Films about the day to day working lives of crew aboard the Finish icebreaker ‘Kontio’.
Modern Toss
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Extremely impressive single-purpose robots designed by Japanese high school students for RoboCon 2018.
Their function? To toss water-filled bottles onto platforms at various heights, landing them right-way up with preternatural accuracy.
A thankless, pointless task which will eventually lead them to kill all humans,.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the 1953 Jaguar XK120 roadster – the fastest car of its day, with sweeping aerodynamic styling unlike anything else on the road, powered by a 3.4l inline six engine that would remain in production until 1992. Fully restored and presented with its original black paint and red leather interior, it sold at auction this month for €103,500.
The free-roaming Sika deer of Nara – where, unlike other Japanese cities, they’re considered sacred and protected by law – documented by Kanagawa based photographer Yoko Ishii.
