Author Archives: Niall Murphy
Artist Erik Kessels printed out every photograph uploaded to Flickr over the course of one 24-hour period. That’s over a million pictures. Then he piled them all up in Amsterdam’s Foam Gallery.
Maddening, disorienting and wasteful. Yes. Kessels sez:
“We’re exposed to an overload of images nowadays,” says Kessels. “This glut is in large part the result of image-sharing sites like Flickr, networking sites like Facebook, and picture-based search engines. Their content mingles public and private, with the very personal being openly and un-selfconsciously displayed. By printing all the images uploaded in a 24-hour period, I visualise the feeling of drowning in representations of other peoples’ experiences.”
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October 1966: a 24 year old Jimi Hendrix drops a line to his dad, having just put a band together.
Things got a little better shortly afterwards.
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#SARCASM
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Horsey by Eungi Kim – part of the Seoul Cycle Design Competition in collaboration with Designboom – is an attachable wooden bike accessory that will make you the envy of your street, depending on your street.
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Having recently finished his Alien prequel Prometheus, director Ridley Scott is now planning a sequel to Blade Runner.
Whether you like that notion or not, the film won’t be along any time soon. In the meantime, there’s this: Xxit – a stunning Blade Runner fan-film made by the LA/Vancouver based Stargate Studios.
Watch the Xxit behind the scenes feature here.
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Michael Konig’s deftly edited timelapse of the International Space Station’s view of the earth. Featuring multiple views of The Aurora Borealis, the footage was shot between August and October 2011.
Full screen for full effect.
Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001
