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Art in the City….

Constantine — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:19:50 +0000

One of the things that make New York city such a magical place to live is that there is constantly stuff like this going on.

I wish I had been there to see that, just imagine 207 people completely frozen in Grand Central. Awesome, nice job ImprovEverywhere.

Amazing wind powered robots….

Constantine — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:33:12 +0000

Simply stunning, wind powered robots

Bound for Glory: Early 20th century America in color

Constantine — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:55:38 +0000

Amazing pictures of the American homefront in the early 20th Century (over at http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/glory-exhibit.html), thanks to the Library of Congress for another amazing online exhibit.

More 9/11 photos…

Constantine — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:28:17 +0000

Here are some more heart wrenching pictures of 9/11.

Particularly heartbreaking is the story of Bill Biggart as well as his pictures.

Cutaway illustrations…

Constantine — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:31:38 +0000

These images are amazing, cutaway illustrations by hand. Wow, they take forever to make. Really amazing stuff.

Incredible Photography….

Constantine — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:14:41 +0000

Amazing collection of bugs close up. Via reddit.com.

Chernobyl

Constantine — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:38:47 +0000

Robert Knoth has an incredible photographic study of the effects of radiatition in the former Soviet Union. Its called Nuclear Nightmares: Twenty Years Since Chernobyl after the fact. It is fascinating, disturbing, and important. You won’t be disappointed and you will be moved.

Rube Goldberg machines….

Constantine — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:18:45 +0000

This is so amazing

New York Architecture Images

Constantine — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 21:57:30 +0000

Take a vitual tour of New York over at:New York Architecture Images- HOME

What an incredible site, hats off to Tom Fletcher…

Technorati Tags : Architecture, Images, NewYork

The Sitayana by Nina Paley

Constantine — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:52:08 +0000

The Sitayana by Nina Paley is awesome! Check it out

Ah, the color forecast…

Constantine — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 04:56:15 +0000

Wondering what colors are going to be hot. I don’t know if this guy is any good but check out Adam Polselli’s 2005 Color Forecast for some hints…

Online art….

Constantine — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:38:10 +0000

New amazing exhibit of Ansel Adams photography from the Library of Congress at Suffering under a Great Injustice. The exhibit is a photoessay by the master himself on Japanese American internment camps during World War 2.

Make a night of it by visiting Lost Labor. (originally blogged about this one here).

Spend a few hours…

Constantine — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 06:45:14 +0000

Kunstler’s site has some great articles. He has an appreciation for architecture and space that is refreshing. His eyesore of the month is hilarious. Pour yourself a glass of wine and spend a few hours with him….

Lost Labour…

Constantine — Sat, 03 May 2003 21:38:55 +0000

There is a fascinating new online exhibition over at LostLabor that details lost industries and how people used to work in them.
It accomplishes this interesting goal through photographs and posters from years past. Browsing through this exhibit gives the feeling of walking back in time when barrelmaking and icehouses were the norm.
There are images from early in the 20th century like asbestos plants and china plants.
It is interesting to speculate what 50 years from now a similar exhibit would show. Perhaps teeming masses tied to their keyboards typing away eagerly looking forward to their payday. The artist Raymon Elozua recalls his own time in a steel mill in the south side of chicago and how the surroundings have decayed in the intervening 50 years.
Its an amazing exhibit, enjoy it.