Espresso anyone?
I love coffee, no really I love it. And when it comes to espresso, well it’s espresso. I almost like the design of the machines more so then the taste, even more so the design of home use espresso machines. We have a Francis Francis and I really enjoy the simple lines and retro feel that the machine give, but the espresso that it makes, well it is like heaven on earth if used with a good bean that is. While looking around online under a search “porcelain espresso” I came across this amazing looking machine from Arvid Hausser and I wanted to share a few photos.
A day at Pennypack Park.
Vik Muniz: Wasteland
“Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores” — self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to “paint” the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives.”
I Bleed Black
NICHOLAS BROOKS
PAT FOLEY
ALLISON HESTER
JAY IVCEVICH
ETHAN MINSKER
ELIZABETH MISEO
TED RIEDERER
RYAN SULLIVAN
JASON WYCHE
Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present I Bleed Black, an exhibition of works that seek to merge the process and the form, exploring the working artist’s natural condition amidst external circumstances. The works featured in the exhibition, ranging in medium and tone, are in their nature caught in the in-between, a place embodying the moments before coalescence within a greater search for personal fulfillment.
Emphasizing the power of the individual, I Bleed Black suggests the working artist’s struggle to overcome or transcend outside factors inherent in society, religion and politics. The individual, steadily seeking an evolved state of being, attempts to create only for himself and deny the influences of outside components that are inherent in the duties or responsibilities of the day to day. To advance beyond normal constraints of societal pressures and to enter into a state where the artist is concerned only with his own methods or conceptions is a challenging mission driven by a desire to overcome one’s circumstances and ultimately follow one’s individual path.
The pursuit itself yields to a selection of works that represent an in-between state, offering a window into the artist’s journey that is uniquely communicated in each work. Conveying the route to achieving personal satisfaction or accomplishment, the works have yet to realize the objective state they aspire to reach and center around the moments before fulfilling their ultimate purpose. The individual’s course is steered by an ambition that manifests itself in the routine of the everyday and transforms into a longing for personal escape.
While the working artist overcomes his own personalized set of obstacles, I Bleed Black reflects on the motivation behind the quest to attain an ideal state of being. Bound by societal norms while simultaneously pursuing personal expression, the working artist uses his practice as a way to explore, understand, and perhaps ultimately surpass his own circumstances. It is within this process that the artist is truly tested, thus realizing his own sense of self.
Adam Smith, part two.
The Irish and Fire
Check out this article about “Eleventh Night” in Northern Ireland. Why don’t we have any traditions where we get to set great piles of wood on fire?
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/02/the-towering-bonfires-of-eleventh-night-in-northern-ireland/
The Antagonist Movement In Mexico
Arturo Vega
Lie, Cheat, Steal
El52 presents for the first time after 30 years of production, the artistic work of the artist Arturo Vega. Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, from before the time of color TV, and resident of New York City since the 70’s, his work is influenced by his own life, Rock and Punk.
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Faceture
The FACETURE series consists of handmade faceted vessels, light-shades and table. Each object is produced individually by casting a water-based resin into a simple handmade mould. The mould is then manually manipulated to create the each object’s form before each casting, making every piece utterly unique. Watch the short video above to see the process…
These objects are fascinating to me, mainly because of their crisp and simplistic lines, my eyes can’t stop bouncing around the edges. Like the object itself, the simplicity of this video allows you to focus on the process and really appreciate the final product. I really enjoy this design!
Adam Smith.
This past Saturday afternoon Philadelphia based artist, Adam Smith invited me out to his family’s wood shop where he was busy making frames for his new solo show “Good Grief” which opens this Friday at Paradigm Gallery in South Philadelphia.
Making a Small Apartment into a Functional One
These are dream products for our tiny space. Even a space that isn’t as small as ours could use an ottoman that turns into 5 seats for those unexpected get-togethers. All of this furniture is functional, smart, and can either be easily stowed away or takes up minimal space. I can only imagine the price though, since their entire website is “request a quote.”
Food Rules.
Based on Michael Pollan’s talk “Food Rules” given at the RSA, this animation was created in the context of the RSA/Nominet Trust film competition. Using a mixture of stop-motion and compositing, our aim and challenge was to convey the topic in a visually interesting way using a variety of different food products. We made a little table top set up at home and worked on this a little over three weeks.
All tomorrow’s parties, last night.
Last night we went to one of our best friends house for a party. It was such a great time filled with some of our other best friends, home brews and other great brews, food and laughs. Here are a few photos from the night. Read more…
A feel good for Sunday.
Black Herds of The Rain is a film documenting Conor Harrington’s trip home to Ireland in the summer of 2011 to paint 3 walls. The journey and subsequent paintings are inspired by Austin Clarke’s poem The Lost Heifer.
Camera & Edit – Andrew Telling. Grade – Chloe Hayward.
Looking back to look forward.
I learned how to fly fish from my father and learned how to tie flies from him, he also taught me respect for nature and the nature of fishing. We use to go out in the mornings during the weekend; then we started going out a few times during the week before school. I remember waking up in our lake house by the sound of his fly rod slicing through the air. It was a comforting sound to me, yet if you didn’t know the sound I would imagine it to be quit haunting. Since my father’s passing I have not been fishing. Maybe it’s the memory of him, maybe it’s lack of time, but either way I want to correct this. My wife said that she would like to learn how to fly fish and thought that this would be an amazing way to spend time together, away from the city life and in the woods, lakes, and streams that I use to fish with my father. To be fully honest I think that it would be a great way to respect his memory. I never was as good at fishing as he was, nor do I think that I am even half the man that he was, but I feel that this would be a way to become closer to that, at least at fishing. Winter turns to spring and then to summer, fall, and back to winter. It seems that most of us tend to forget the simple times and things in life, caught up in the day to day. This is one thing that I want to change in my life and what would be a better way then spending time with a loved one away from a cellphone.
World’s End, PA
A few night shots from a winter cabin at the World’s End State Park in northern Pennsylvania.
Coombs Family Farms.
In the seven generations that the Coombs family has been in the maple business, farming has changed dramatically. Small family farms have been largely replaced by industrial agriculture, with significant consequences for the environment, our rural communities, and the quality and safety of our food. As tradition has been traded for convenience, the connection we feel to our food and where it comes from has been eroded.
LED Night Snowboarding
Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton swaps the studio for the slopes of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, with a luminous after hours short starring Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes. The electrifying film sees Hughes light up the snow-covered French hills in a bespoke L.E.D.-enveloped suit courtesy of designer and electronics whizz John Spatcher. Read more…
shop ’til you drop.
I find this to be a very strange way to market center city. It’s almost like they are saying that you can make a field trip out of going to jury duty or something. Just found this really odd and wanted to share it with everyone.
