It’s 15 years since Blair Witch Project was released. Set aside the fact that this makes me feel very old, I liked this retrospection on how ingeniously the team created mystery around the movie. They were one of the first to make use of the web as a way to spread rumors.
From Weekly Filet #179, in October 2014.
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Just the video of an artist who hooked up his veins with a printer to have a selfie painted in his own blood.
From Weekly Filet #174, in August 2014.
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Gaza, Ukraine, not to forget about Syria, Iraq and Egypt – if you need a breathing pause from all the grim news, go read some of Austin Kleon’s wonderful Newspaper Blackout Poems. He regularly posts new ones, so watch for updates.
From Weekly Filet #169, in July 2014.
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An update for your painting is available, do you want to install it? I need one of those: Electric Objects will be the canvas for art that comes via an API.
From Weekly Filet #168, in July 2014.
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Mind-bending reverse perspective paintings. Make sure to check out the creepy cute T-Rex as well.
From Weekly Filet #167, in July 2014.
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Photographer JR has brought his wonderful Inside Out project to the Panthéon in Paris. Stunning images.
From Weekly Filet #163, in June 2014.
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Glasgow is ugly. Glasgow is rough. Glaswegians love art. There is not a single exhibition at the Glasgow International Festival I would want to miss out on. My favorite piece? The miniature replica of the International Space Station is mesmerizing.
From Weekly Filet #159, in April 2014.
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My jaw dropped further with every minute into the video. Ben Sack draws huge cities with incredible detail. Unconfirmed quote of his: «My most beautiful buildings must be everywhere, and then some.»
From Weekly Filet #157, in April 2014.
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These pieces of art look like piles of trash – until you switch on a lamp and look at the shadows from the right angle. Wow.
From Weekly Filet #141, in December 2013.
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Clever, very clever indeed, this piece of art, on display at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
From Weekly Filet #138, in November 2013.
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Make sense of what’s happening, and imagine what could be.
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