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Monthly Archives: May 2006
2 years and 4 days
Saturday this blog completed two years of existence and I didn’t remember. I just stopped to think about it a few minutes ago and I don’t even remember what remind me of that. Am I having a serious problem of … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, cinema
Tagged blogging, blogs, Chaplin, cinema, Internet Archive, Méliès, moon, silent films
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Penny Postcards
Penny Postcards: a nice collection of vintage American postcards, divided by State. These postcards cost 1¢ to mail. Postage was temporarily raised to 2¢ from 1917 to 1919 to cover the cost of World War I & from 2925 to … Continue reading
Canada at Scale
Canada at Scale: Maps of our History. The maps in this exhibition reflect the evolution of cartography in our country: Aboriginal peoples, European colonial powers, Canadians, governments, private industry and academics all produced precious maps. Although some are less appealing … Continue reading
Modern Pin-up
Modern Pin-up: pin-up pictures of French models by Virginie Notte. The photographer has a very nice portfolio, full of cool pictures, some NSFW. She has more interesting works at other part of his portfolio, at Modern Freaks, take a look … Continue reading
Posted in photography, pin-ups
Tagged fetish, French, photographer, photography, pictures, pin-ups
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The Pulp Canon: Lurid new covers for classic books
The Slate asked to a handful of designers to create lurid new book jackets for classics from The Iliad to Animal Farm. Check the results here. Yes, you got me, I can’t resist to pulp book covers. As Slate says, … Continue reading
Posted in books, illustration, pulp
Tagged books, classic, covers, fun, illustration, pulp
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Gopher Broke
Gopher Broke is a wonderful a very funny independent short film from Blur Studio, written and directed by Jeff Fowler. A hungry gopher hatches a clever plan to get a quick snack, but, as you can imagine, the things don’t … Continue reading
Whitney Music Box
Whitney Music Box: a musical realization of the motion graphics of John Whitney as described in his book “Digital Harmony”.The thirteen variations of the music box are the result of Whitney’s idea of harmonic relationships, based on audio, graphics and … Continue reading
Le sang d’un poète
“Poets . . . shed not only the red blood of their hearts but the white blood of their souls,” proclaimed Jean Cocteau. Le sang d’un poète (1930), aka The Blood of a Poet was the first film written and … Continue reading
Posted in cinema, video
Tagged cinema, films, French, poets, Surrealism, surrealistic, video
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Turning the pages
The The British Library is doing an excellent work in a project called Turning the Pages™. Turning the Pages is the award-winning interactive program that allows museums and libraries to give members of the public access to precious books while … Continue reading
Posted in books, History, science
Tagged books, botanic, Chinese, da Vinci, gallery, History, illustration, Lewis Carroll, library, medieval, Michelangelo, science, vintage
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Airigami by Larry Moss
Airigami – The art of folding air in specially prepared latex balloon sculptures by Larry Moss. Vincent van Gogh used paint. Auguste Rodin worked in bronze. Larry Moss shapes air with the use of balloons. Ballons! Balloons are not the … Continue reading