A blog of aggregated miscellanea and things I like uncovered from my daily travails. I'm Jacob, a peripatetic interdisciplinary designer of British persuasion, having interests in gastronomy, fashion, technology, interiors and sustainability. I'm currently working on online e-Commerce and identity. I dig Macs, mountain biking and smelly cheese.
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Posts tagged “art”
‘MARCH 3’ music by The Few Moments, images by Ira Marcks, produced by Jake Lodwick. More about the project.
«It’s not enough these days to simply question authority, you got to speak with it too.» —Taylor Mali; typomation by Ronnie Bruce.
‘Our City Dreams’ by Chiara Clemente « an invitation to visit the creative spaces of five women artists, who span different decades and represent diverse cultures, and have one thing in common beyond making art: the city to which they have journeyed and now call home - New York »
![‘Bright Star’ (2009) by Jane Campion.
«Keats and His Beloved in an Ode to Hot English Chastity»— Scott in The New York Times.
«Jane Campion’s film Bright Star is a wistful and melancholic account of the unconsummated romance between the poet John Keats and his neighbour Fanny Brawne.»— Quinn in The Independent.
«Very few films allow you to listen to the sounds of silence, or near-silence, between the lines of dialogue: the sounds of birdsong, or the rustle of clothing, or footfalls in a country lane – but that is what Campion’s does. […] a fine and even ennobling film: defiantly, unfashionably about the vocation of romantic love. […] Their love is murdered by the false choice between love and art, and sacrificed to a petty tangle of money worries, social scruples and irrelevant male loyalties.»— Bradshaw in The Guardian.](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxtvzkMyUF1qz4yr8o1_500.jpg)
‘Bright Star’ (2009) by Jane Campion.
«Keats and His Beloved in an Ode to Hot English Chastity»
— Scott in The New York Times.
«Jane Campion’s film Bright Star is a wistful and melancholic account of the unconsummated romance between the poet John Keats and his neighbour Fanny Brawne.»
— Quinn in The Independent.
«Very few films allow you to listen to the sounds of silence, or near-silence, between the lines of dialogue: the sounds of birdsong, or the rustle of clothing, or footfalls in a country lane – but that is what Campion’s does. […] a fine and even ennobling film: defiantly, unfashionably about the vocation of romantic love. […] Their love is murdered by the false choice between love and art, and sacrificed to a petty tangle of money worries, social scruples and irrelevant male loyalties.»
— Bradshaw in The Guardian.
‘Tornado made of steel wool, cotton, ground parsley and moss’ from Strange Worlds by Matthew Albanese.
Where Three Dreams Cross @ Whitechapel Gallery
This landmark exhibition gives an inside view of how modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have been shaped through the lens of their photographers. Until 11th April ‘10; free on Sunday mornings.
‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ by Banksy. “The world’s first streetart disaster movie.”
‘Common Task’ by Paweł Althamer, a “social sculpture” currently based from Modern Art Oxford — and wherever its gold-suited participants may stray. (I spotted some of them in the Tate Modern.) There’s a bit more background about the task/project/sculpture in an article on the New Art blog, about their prior visit to Brussels (they fly all over the world in their gold plane!).
![Swan tatoo from Sang Bleu magazine [via NYTimes.com]. I find few tatoos aesthetic, but this is frankly stunning.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks7lq8jDy61qz4yr8o1_400.jpg)
Swan tatoo from Sang Bleu magazine [via NYTimes.com]. I find few tatoos aesthetic, but this is frankly stunning.
![‘Ornamental Inheritance’ by Jo Meesters. That’s not a traditional Dutch scene—have another ganders and you’ll see McDonalds signs, wind tubines and airplanes on the vessels. From ‘The Art of Industrial Ceramics’ exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design (NYC) on until Spetember 13th 2009. [via Ponoko]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp4fzr1Yxm1qz4yr8o1_500.jpg)
‘Ornamental Inheritance’ by Jo Meesters. That’s not a traditional Dutch scene—have another ganders and you’ll see McDonalds signs, wind tubines and airplanes on the vessels. From ‘The Art of Industrial Ceramics’ exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design (NYC) on until Spetember 13th 2009. [via Ponoko]
