Love Locks for Valentine’s Day
by Are you looking for a romantic way of showing your sweetheart that you care about her or him for Valentine’s Day? Why not get a love lock? Love Locks appear in a few places around the world, and this is a short film about the locks on Ponte Milvio, one of the oldest bridges in Rome. A public symbol of unbreakable love put there by locals and visitors alike. Beautiful.
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Portraits made from string by Pamela Campagna
Pamela Campagna is a graphic designer from Italy who has come up with a series of portraits that is truly innovative. Mainly consisting of threads and nails, her works are a symbolic expression for the networks she has created with the motifs they display – mainly of people she knows, like friends and family. Read more
Brilliant one line drawing series by Eemz
Eemz is an illustrator and mixed-media artist from Cairo. She has recently come up with a one line drawing series that I find quite adorable. Lots of her motifs look like minimalist doodling interpretations of characters from the Arabian Nights or the Pharaonic period. I would really love to see these turned into t shirt motifs or printed on postcards, so I can send them around to my friends. Read more
Fragmented photography art by Michael Mapes
Michael Mapes is a mixed-media artist from New York. By dissecting portrait photographs and compartmentalizing individual fragments within plastic bags, glass vials, magnifiers, in gelatin capsules and on insect pins, he creates intriguing pieces of art. Read more
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Listen to The Republic Tigers track, Golden Sand
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