Book Surgeon…
Brian Dettmer, a Chicago-based artist, specializes in making intricate sculptures out of the pages of old medical books, dictionaries and encyclopedias. He doesn’t remove the pages, preferring instead...
View ArticleStanley Kubrick’s Chicago and Other Archive Images
In 1949 a 21-year-old Stanley Kubrick was sent on a photojournalism assignment to Chicago. The resulting photos are now in the Library of Congress, but you can see some of them on Chris Wild’s...
View ArticleBookshelves of Creative People
It’s Nice That is a website dedicated to all things creative. One of their regular features asks creative types what books they have on their shelves – and they range from Calvin and Hobbes Sunday...
View ArticleTrespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art
An interesting video about a Taschen book called Tresspass, which looks at the history of street art by the Wooster Collective. See it here:
View ArticleCan’t Afford That Helicopter for Aerial Views? Try a Kite.
French photographer Nicolas Chorier specializes in aerial photography using a camera attached to a kite, which allows him to get a unique perspective on the world. An adapted camera beams photos down...
View ArticleNaked in Public [NSFW]
Flavorwire has collated a series of photos of people posing naked in urban and more remote environments – fancy taking your clothes on a tank anyone? See the photos on Flavorwire
View ArticleLiterature and Music Pairings
Being sophisticated sort you’ll no doubt be familiar with food and wine pairings. But have you ever considered pairing your reading matter with appropriate music to enhance your experience? Flavorpill...
View ArticlePolaroid Collection Saved
An Austrian photography museum has bought a rare collection of 4,400 Polaroid photos by 800+ photographers including Sally Mann and Ansel Adams . You can see 18 of them here: http://bit.ly/eNyAPx .The...
View ArticleIs Your Library Under Threat? Here’s a Solution
James Econs is a phone box vandal with a ‘Big Society’ conscience. Spotting a disused phone box in Horsely, Surrey he had an idea. A few hours later he’d installed shelves and books and turned it over...
View ArticleShow Don’t Tell: New Forms of Arts Programming
One of the many commissioner panels at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014 concentrated on arts programming and revealed a new trend among arts commissioners: the desire to see art in action. Most channels seem to...
View ArticleArts Commissioners: Doing it, Not Just Talking About it.
In order to be successful when pitching to TV commissioners, it's vital to know what they are looking for. This is harder than it sounds, despite many broadcasters now sharing their commissioning...
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