That’s what they call French artist Ememem in his home town of Lyon where, for the last 10 years, he’s been repairing damaged footpaths and splintered facades with pleasing mosaic inserts he describes as “a poem that everybody can read.”
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All Of Orion
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Behold: the full 24 light year wide expanse of the Orion nebula.
And yet, as spectacular as this image appears, it’s a mere thumbnail of the real thing – a giant 2.5 gigapixel photomosaic composed of 12,816 individual photos created over the past five years by amateur astronomer Matt Harbison.
Explore the mahoossive full sized zoomable mosaic here.
MORE: This Insane 2.5 Gigapixel Image of the Orion Constellation Took Five Years To Complete (Petapixel)
Quit Winin’
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A 3rd century AD mosaic floor discovered beneath a vineyard at Negrar di Valpolicella near Verona, northern Italy.
The team discovered the tiles, as well as portions of the villa’s foundation, “a few meters” below the vineyard’s surface, according to the statement. To make the “archaeological treasure … hidden under our feet available and accessible,” the researchers will collaborate with authorities and the vineyard’s owners. The process will likely require both significant time and resources.
MORE: Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor Unearthed Beneath Italian Vineyard (Smithsonian)
Vermin
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Inventive mosaic pothole interventions in New York City by Jim Bachor – part art, part public service.
Hey Dude
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A building in LA (location unspecified but containing a bowling alley) appropriately augmented by French mosaic artist Invader.
Pop Art
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Tenuously related to the day that’s in it, Chicago artist Jim Bachor has been repairing the city’s potholed pavements and roadways with pop, cone and ice cream sandwich mosaics for the last three years.
He calls them Treats on The Streets.
As well he should.
Squint
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A mere sample of Italian graphic artist Village9991’s fractal-tastic digital mosaics of famous portraits and iconic album covers.
Many more here.
Artist, Ed Chapman’s Jimi Hendrix mosaic made from 5000 guitar picks: auctioned for £23,000 earlier this year at Cancer Research UK’s Sound & Vision event at Abbey Road Studios.