I’ve been at a medical conference since Thursday, actively geeking-out and absorbing lots of good information. Tomorrow is the last day. Be back Sunday!
Month: February 2010
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As a girl forever walking the line (evenly divided) between cold, hard structure and otherworldly artistry, I was pretty thrilled to see some art that appeals to my left brain.
Jeremiah Maddock’s art is often painstakingly done and impressively meticulous.
The intricate patterns are at once mind-blowing and soothing to the part of me that admires such structure. It’s a great formula for the industrial and quasi-tribal themes he so often uses.
Not all of his work involves the same sense of structure. There are some very well done pieces that deviate from this formula.
Many more at the source
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I have basically no chance of catching this performance, but it looks amazing. Chicago’s Redmoon Theater has brought back The Cabinet.
The Cabinet sets the story of the murderous Dr. Caligari and his somnambulist slave Cesare in an off-kilter world of puppetry and intricate machinery. Inspired by the 1919 German Expressionist silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Cabinet creates a wild, abstracted “cabinet of curiosities” in which five puppeteers manipulate and maneuver the characters and objects much as Caligari controls Cesare’s plight.
From the Coilhouse review:
The characters are played by exquisite glass-eyed puppets, manipulated by intricately costumed puppeteers…There’s a sense of charged symbiosis, with the performers moving in measured, clockwork rhythms, like antique automatons. They watch their puppets raptly, sometimes standing alongside them, sometimes hanging upside down, sometimes nearly out of sight. Gloved hands appear from around the edges of the stage; when a weapon appears, it is held out to the puppet with a long-handled silver hemostat. When there is a death, they unspool red ribbons of blood.
A short clip:
Anyone know of a way I could make an appeal for this production to come to NYC?
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Canadian artist Julia Hepburn created this wonderful diorama: Can You Remember My Dream.
A single bed, nestled in tangles of twigs. Hanging above it are lanterns, glowing with intricately surreal captured moments in time.
I think she accomplishes her goal beautifully:
“The imagery in the piece is intended to walk the line between the light-hearted and uncomfortable, and as a result can be interpreted any number of ways according to the participants wishes,” says Hepburn. “The goal of the work is to create an environment where viewers feel they have entered into a stolen moment, and they are encouraged to become voyeurs of the most intimate kind.”
I wish I could construct a custom version of this for a girl who is very dear to me (yes you, S.!)
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Since I’m a bit of an image junkie (okay, a tremendous image junkie), my desktop is always filled with random pictures that struck my fancy during Internet perusals. I try to offload them daily because they pile up fast.
Here are a few lurking there right now, waiting to be filed.
This one’s getting me in the mood for an upcoming trip to Maine:
Check it out. A Krampus named “Walter” (I don’t care that it’s out of season):
And a treat from Thrifthorror…orthropedic high heels? Yes, someone manufactured this design. If anyone can find the Bumpers brand shoe site responsible, please share!
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I don’t need any more encouragement to throw some sort of science themed party…yet here it is.
These would look great in some fresh punch!
Little fact: I’ve never actually experienced the phenomenon of “brain freeze.” I think I eat and drink too slowly.
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This coincidence is too perfect to ignore. Cake Wrecks decides to post a series of wonderful Dr. Seuss inspired cakes on the same day a dear friend of mine made one for her son’s second birthday.
First, the pros…
Mad Hatter cake style!
Check out the water…
Those cakes are by seasoned professionals and pastry artists. Now take a look at this one my friend did. It was her FIRST foray into anything like this, and I think it came out amazing:
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Gris Grimly makes adorable spooky art. I wish I could have had books with his illustrations as a child (he does do children’s books). Now he has a show of black and white work at the Hyaena Gallery in LA.
Great Edgar Allen Poe pieces…
I don’t think it was the intention, but I like to call this one “Vampire Iggy Pop:”
Aw, precious…
I love the humanoid “bone structure” of this robot:
See more on his website.
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Well this was a fun site to stumble upon. The Strange Museum Llonovoy has a lovely little collection of broken toys, often pieced together in odd ways.
Looks like some handiwork went into these creations.
I’m partial to the section of musical toys that have been stripped of their coverings (couldn’t find jpegs to post of those).
See the collection here.
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The T-shirts on this “Eddy Broth” doll by S.Britt had me cracking up. It reminds me ever so slightly of something I’d see in a toy section of Chinatown.
This comical and cuddly doll is just the thing for you to play with, sleep with and love forever. So much like a real friend, you’ll hardly notice the difference. Looks and smells just like an actual orphan! Eddy has a soft cotton body, a big happy smile and several outstanding warrants. Each wears a bright felt t-shirt featuring one of three delightful phrases and one sad cry for help. Give him a hug but never turn your back on him. Wouldn’t you like a friend like Eddy?
Some of the work on the site is really cute, with a nice retro feel.
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