5 things I learned today

Southwind: Vibrant Video View of Southeast Asia

Ryan Nance — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:58:36 +0000

Zoomion created this cinematic journey through Southeast Asia

Old LA Zoo on Tom Explores LA

Ryan Nance — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:27:31 +0000

The Old Zoo at Griffith Park is a favorite spot of mine in Los Angeles. This episode of the great little web series Tom Explores Los Angeles cover it well.

In the summer the great Independent Shakespeare Company puts on its productions at this very spot.

REBOUND DISSECTIONS AND EXCAVATIONS IN BOOK ART

Ryan Nance — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:56:18 +0000

Doug Beube, Long-Bin Chen, Brian Dettmer, Gu y Laramée, and Francesca Pastine transform various types of literature and/or printed books through sculptural intervention.

Organic Ceramic Shapes from Jennifer McCurdy

Ryan Nance — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:25:29 +0000

Jennifer McCurdy on her work:

"Emotion fills me when I see perfect forms in nature, from the cracked conch shell on the beach revealing its perfect spiral, to the milkweed pod burst in the field, its brilliant airborne seeds streaming into the sunlight. The ordered symmetry and asymmetry of nature’s forms reveal the growth of life, the movement of life.

Living on Martha’s Vineyard, island time, especially in the winter, seems to conform to nature’s cycles. As a potter, I strive to make my work reflect the balance of life around me. It is important that the patterns I see around me are integrated into my forms."

See also Chaotically Organic Ceramics and Organic Forms in Glass

via Ceramics Now

Photographer's POV Capturing the Brazilian Protests

Ryan Nance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:37:45 +0000

Rio de Janiero-based photographer Michel de Souza was on the scene shooting photos the people protesting the lack of public services. He also captured this point-of-view footage using two GoPro cameras mounted to his DSLRs.

Riot police were sent to fire tear gas and rubber bullets in order to break up the gathering.

De Souza: “I confess that, towards the end, it moved me to tears."

via PetaPixel

Last Words: Suicides of Women Authors

Ryan Nance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:24:17 +0000

SYLVIA PLATH, 30
Born: October 27, 1932
(Boston, Massachusetts)
Died: February 11, 1963
(London, England)

Cause of death: carbon-monoxide poisoning

The stories of the untimely deaths, the suicides of famous women authors are fascinating and heartbreaking. Here, Vice brings us this macabre series in a photo set.

VIRGINIA WOOLF, 59

Born: January 25, 1882
(London, England)
Died: March 28, 1941
(Lewes, England)
Cause Of Death: drowning

Stylist: Annette Lamothe-Ramos
Set Design: Grace Kelsey
Models in order of appearance: Grace Kelsey, Amelia Fleetwood, Erica Cho, Virginia Talbot, Kumara Sawyer, Thao Dang, Paige Morgan

Special thanks to the Kelsey Family

IRIS CHANG, 36
Born: March 28, 1968
(Princeton, New Jersey)
Died: November 9, 2004
(Los Gatos, California)
Cause of death: gunshot to the head

The Row shirt, jacket, and pants, vintage necklace

DOROTHY PARKER, 73
Born: August 22, 1893
(Long Branch, New Jersey)
Died: June 7, 1967
(New York, New York)
Cause of death: natural causes, despite several unsuccessful suicide attempts, the first in January 1923, at age 23, by slitting her wrists

Ruffian jacket, vintage Christian Dior skirt, vintage rings

CHARLOTTE PERKINS, 75
Born: July 3, 1860
(Hartford, Connecticut)
Died: August 17, 1935
(Pasadena, California)

Cause of death: suicide by chloroform

SANMAO, 47
Born: March 26, 1943
(Chongqing, China)
Died: January 4, 1991
(Taipei, Taiwan)
Cause of death: hanged herself with a pair of tights

ELISE COWEN, 28
Born: July 31, 1933
(New York, New York)
Died: February 1, 1962
(New York, New York)
Cause of death: self-defenestration

via Vice

One Year-Old Photoshopped into Amazing Situations

Ryan Nance — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:23:23 +0000

One-year-old Singlhild demonstrates capacities that are way beyond her years in the creative pictures, photoshopped by her dad, Swedish photographer Emil Nystrom.

via DeMilked

Beautiful Moths Close Up

Ryan Nance — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:22:38 +0000

Canadian photographer Jim des Riviéres has created this amazing collection of high-resolution, large-format photos of different varieties of moths.

See also Macro Insects by Photographer Nicolas Resuen

via Design Taxi

Everest Timelapse

Ryan Nance — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:39:45 +0000

Wait, what? A timelapse of Everest? Yup. In love with this.

Description:

"Experience the beauty of Mt. Everest at night in time-lapse. While most climbers slept, I attempted to capture some of the magic that the Himalayan skies have to offer while climbing to the top of the world. This time lapse video is comprised of thousands of photographs, processed and assembled on Mt. Everest."

via Trends Now

Books as Canvas for Childhood Memories

Ryan Nance — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:46 +0000

A press release on the work of Rome-based Russian artist Ekaterina Panikanova reads:

"[T]he proposition of the artist is based on the metaphor of the oyster and the pearl: the entrance of the sand represents a stress element for the shell and starts the expulsion and the production of the pearl. This metaphor indicates that since childhood, everyone holds a storage of images, traumas and experiences that they carry for all their lives."

via My Modern Met

Light Sculptures in the Marble Mines of Verona

Ryan Nance — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:35:29 +0000

With a handheld light and the long exposures Stefano Bellamoli created these ‘light sculptures’ in the dark of Verona, Italy's marble mines.

See also these Sun Light Sculptures

via Beautiful Decay

Old Black & White Photos of Los Angeles Neon

Ryan Nance — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:49:14 +0000

Both so familiar and so foreign at the same time.

via Doobybrain

Found Objects Find A Voice in this Urban Art by R1

Ryan Nance — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:02:29 +0000

Johannesburg-based street artist R1 creates beauty using found materials: tape, cans, plastic.

R1 says:

"My installations subtly changes the city streets to create a dialogue and interactions between the environment and our experience of it. The artworks take ownership and manipulate city spaces, opening new relationships with daily familiarity. The end result carries conversations, becoming a fragment of the ever changing city’s history."

via JunkCulture

A Supercell Caught inTexas by Mike Olbinski

Ryan Nance — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:29:03 +0000

Arizona photographer Mike Olbinski got this amazing video of the formation of a gigantic rotating supercell near Booker, Texas on June 3.

via Colossal

Mashing Up Old and New Famous Faces

Ryan Nance — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:17:31 +0000

Toronto-based graphic designer Marc Ghali combines the faces of two similar figures from separate decades. Can you identify them all?

Also check out a similar project we covered in 5 things TV 5-1

via The Visual News

This is Africa: Video Travels in Uganda and Tanzania

Ryan Nance — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:18:36 +0000

Australian Benjamin Dowie has created this great video of his travels in Uganda and Tanzania in March of 2013.

via Fubiz

Virtual Motion Sculptures of Street Fighter 2 Movements

Ryan Nance — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:57:51 +0000

From the video page:

"I did it in order to teach myself Cinema 4D and Vray in my spare time, the renders aren't perfect but the best I could get out of my machine. While I setup up most of the geometry using tracers, Xpresso and Thinking Particles, I had some help along the way from the following great resources..."

via Abuzeedo

The Sugar Cube Mission

Ryan Nance — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:14:57 +0000

Georgios Papaioannou took a cup of coffee and made it an occasion for a miniature cinematic adventure.

via DoobyBrain

Wondrous Photo Series to Celebrate a Wonderful Life

Ryan Nance — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:59:45 +0000

What began as a retreat behind the lens of her camera as a small summer project, grew into a fantasy land inspired by her late mother's imaginative stories and plays.

Kirsty Mitchell's mother Maureen was an English teacher who spent her life inspiring generations of children. When Maureen died from a brain tumour in 2008, Kirsty channelled her grief into her passion for photography. And this Wonderland series is its full expression.

See also Imaginative Photography Lets Boy with Muscular Dystrophy Act Out His Dreams

via Daily Mail

APP of the Day - Plonk

Ryan Nance — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:04:08 +0000

With a great bit of modern UI visuals and a quick and responsive set of details on types and varietals, it is an app you might bring out at the table. I do wish you could log specific labels in each, so it could become a personal wine tool. But still really great.

What do you think? Do you have a better wine app? I'd love to hear about it.

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