Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds
I got to see this exhibit at the Tate in London last November after a European tour. Weiwei commissioned workshops in Jingdezhen, China to make 100 million unique, hand-painted porcelain sunflower seeds. Then they were transported to London and spread across the turbine hall floor in a thick blanket. It was a thing to behold: static and gray in one sense, and in another sense, absorbing and colorful.
Tagged: China, Jingdezhen
A Time for Everything: a book by Karl Knausgaard
This is a massively awesome, sprawling novel about human nature. It’s told through fictionalized old testament stories, with an emphasis on angels and their bafflingly mysterious role between humans and god. It’s a clear piece of art that is unpredictable and nuanced. It was first published in 2004 in the original Norwegian, but was published in translation by Archipelago in 2009.
This album is great. I haven’t listened to him much before, though all my friends have for years, and I am psyched to have finally listened. It reminds me of Al Green a little bit.
A mock tribute website to Christopher Cross
Artist Cory Arcangel made this website as a fictitious fan page for the eighties pop singer Christopher Cross. It’s in Arabic and designed to look like it’s from the early days of the Internet. It captures that feeling completely and reminds me of how far Internet culture has come. Read more
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Splitting her time between London and Tokyo, artist Maya Hewitt has a wonderfully crude style, her almost featureless faces distilled down to pure expression and vast swaths of color in her images capturing the materiality of the ink she uses.
This photo by Christian Fischer captures the Wolffia Arrhiza, a member of the Araceae family of plants, and the smallest plant known to man. Cute, huh?
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
Google recently demonstrated their ability to predict flu outbreaks across America weeks in advance of the outbreaks themselves. It would seem that they are more than just a pretty search engine. And as if that wasn’t enough, they’ve now teamed up with Life Magazine, what was the cornerstone of photojournalism for the Twentieth Century, to digitize 95 per cent of their image bank that never saw the light of day. Now millions of photos stretching from the 1750s to the present day are available on Google Images at the click of a button. Read more
Falling in between Enya, Bright Eyes, and Air, The Republic Tigers have been tagged ‘indie rock meets new age fog’. If that’s all too wishy-washy for you, then check out their new album Keep Color and watch the video to the album opener, Buildings and Mountains.
Listen to The Republic Tigers track, Golden Sand
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Knit you and your sweetie a smitten this Valentine’s Day and marvel at the droves of strangers that will vomit at your feet.
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seedy said | 28 June, 2011
Here is a film on it, really lovely piece. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sy1AFYxDmo&feature=relmfu