The Art of Argument from Bryan Villagonzalo on Vimeo.
Bryan Villagonzalo took a dialog scene of the movie
Thank You For Smoking,and made a kinetic type video out of it.
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DoobyBrain
2010/12/22
The Art of the Argument
Bryan Villagonzalo took a dialog scene of the movie
Thank You For Smoking,and made a kinetic type video out of it.
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DoobyBrain
2010/12/18
2010/12/17
"My Favourite Landscape" by Paul Destieu
^click images to enlarge^
Artist Paul Destieu created a common Windows error
that using 500 copies of his “My Favourite Landscape” print.
"My Favourite Landscape is made of 500 70 x 50 cm offset prints.
It is a reappropriation of the well known
Windows XP desktop : Green Hill.
Taking advantage of the weakness of the computer,
it sets the common bug out of its context, on a wall,
expending it to a much bigger scale.
The famous picture finds a
new landscape shape out of its usual frame. "
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LikeCool.com
2010/12/05
2010/11/25
2Shy Kiev Mural
Originally calling Paris home, graffiti artist 2Shy
has been plying his trade in Liege.
He recently partnered with Kiev, Ukraine
gallery Lavra and the French Ukrainian Institute
to create a massive 18 meter by 15 meter mural.
Located on the side of a building,
the artwork comprises of a maze like structure.
The piece represents the beginnings of 2Shy’s large scale,
multi-artist “Muralissimo” project.
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HypeBeast
2010/11/24
Times Square to Art Square
So this crazy Dutchman Justus Bruns wants
to swap all of the ads in Times Square
into a giant art gallery within five years!
Hence, Prospect Times Square 2 Art Square, a.k.a. TS2AS.
It’s going to cost a lo-o-o-o-ot of money,
but first, a lil Kickstarter to kindle the fire.
See the fearlessly idealistic infographic video below.
Bruns says he’d love to get
big artists like Pipilotti Rist or Bill Viola.
Wouldn’t that be something…
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AnimalNewYork
2010/11/14
The tunnel people of Las Vegas: How 1,000 live in flooded labyrinth under Sin City's shimmering strip
Deep beneath Vegas’s glittering lights lies a sinister labyrinth inhabited by poisonous spiders and a man nicknamed The Troll who wields an iron bar.
But astonishingly, the 200 miles of flood tunnels are also home to 1,000 people who eke out a living in the strip’s dark underbelly.
Some, like Steven and his girlfriend Kathryn, have furnished their home with considerable care - their 400sq ft 'bungalow' boasts a double bed, a wardrobe and even a bookshelf.
Deeper underground: Steven and Kathryn live in a 400sq ft 'bungalow' under Las Vegas which they have lovingly furnished with other people's castoffs
One man's junk... Tunnel residents have created wardrobes for their clothes and salvaged furniture to make the subterranean world more homely. However, there is little they can do about the water on the floor
They have been there for five years, fashioning a shower out of a water cooler, hanging paintings on the walls and collating a library from abandoned books.
Their possessions, however, are carefully placed in plastic crates to stop them getting soaked by the noxious water pooling on the floor.
'Our bed came from a skip oustide an apartment complex,' Steven explains. 'It's mainly stuff people dump that we pick up. One man's junk is another man's gold.
‘We get the stuff late at night so people don't see us because it's kind of embarrassing.’
Steven was forced into the tunnels three years ago after his heroin addiction led to him losing his job.
He says he is now clean and the pair survive by ‘credit hustling’ in the casinos, donning second-hand clothes to check the slot machines for chips accidently left behind.
Astonishingly, Steven claims he once found $997 (£609) on one machine.
Further into the maze are Amy and Junior who married in the Shalimar Chapel – one of Vegas’s most popular venues - before returning to the tunnels for their honeymoon.
They lost their home when they became addicted to drugs after the death of their son Brady at four months old.
‘I heard Las Vegas was a good place for jobs,’ Amy said. ‘But it was tough and we started living under the staircase outside the MGM casino.
‘Then we met a guy who lived in the tunnels. We’ve been down here ever since.’
Matthew O’Brien, a reporter who stumbled across the tunnel people when he was researching a murder case, has set up The Shine A Light foundation to help.
Graffiti artists have turned this area of the tunnel network into a gallery: The channels stretch for more than 200 miles under the ground
‘These are normal people of all ages who’ve lost their way, generally after a traumatic event,’ he said.
‘Many are war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress.
‘It’s not known how many children are living there, as they’re kept out of sight, but I’ve seen evidence of them – toys and teddy bears.’
O’Brien has published a book on the tunnel people called Beneath The Neon.
These evocative images which show the community's astonishing way of life were taken by Austin Hargrave, a British photographer now based in the U.S.
They show how the destitute and hopeless have constructed a community beneath the city and have even dedicated one section of tunnels to an art gallery filled with intricate graffiti.
Back above ground: The blazing lights of the strip give no indication of the city's dark underbelly
Entrance: The towers and fantastical buildings of Vegas can be seen in the background
Chink of light: Most of the people who live underground have fallen into destitution after struggling with drink, drugs or mental health problems
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Author Matthew O’Brien has written a book
about these people and the way they live called
Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas.
But astonishingly, the 200 miles of flood tunnels are also home to 1,000 people who eke out a living in the strip’s dark underbelly.
Some, like Steven and his girlfriend Kathryn, have furnished their home with considerable care - their 400sq ft 'bungalow' boasts a double bed, a wardrobe and even a bookshelf.
Deeper underground: Steven and Kathryn live in a 400sq ft 'bungalow' under Las Vegas which they have lovingly furnished with other people's castoffs
One man's junk... Tunnel residents have created wardrobes for their clothes and salvaged furniture to make the subterranean world more homely. However, there is little they can do about the water on the floor
They have been there for five years, fashioning a shower out of a water cooler, hanging paintings on the walls and collating a library from abandoned books.
Their possessions, however, are carefully placed in plastic crates to stop them getting soaked by the noxious water pooling on the floor.
'Our bed came from a skip oustide an apartment complex,' Steven explains. 'It's mainly stuff people dump that we pick up. One man's junk is another man's gold.
‘We get the stuff late at night so people don't see us because it's kind of embarrassing.’
Steven was forced into the tunnels three years ago after his heroin addiction led to him losing his job.
He says he is now clean and the pair survive by ‘credit hustling’ in the casinos, donning second-hand clothes to check the slot machines for chips accidently left behind.
Astonishingly, Steven claims he once found $997 (£609) on one machine.
Further into the maze are Amy and Junior who married in the Shalimar Chapel – one of Vegas’s most popular venues - before returning to the tunnels for their honeymoon.
They lost their home when they became addicted to drugs after the death of their son Brady at four months old.
‘I heard Las Vegas was a good place for jobs,’ Amy said. ‘But it was tough and we started living under the staircase outside the MGM casino.
‘Then we met a guy who lived in the tunnels. We’ve been down here ever since.’
Matthew O’Brien, a reporter who stumbled across the tunnel people when he was researching a murder case, has set up The Shine A Light foundation to help.
Graffiti artists have turned this area of the tunnel network into a gallery: The channels stretch for more than 200 miles under the ground
‘These are normal people of all ages who’ve lost their way, generally after a traumatic event,’ he said.
‘Many are war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress.
‘It’s not known how many children are living there, as they’re kept out of sight, but I’ve seen evidence of them – toys and teddy bears.’
O’Brien has published a book on the tunnel people called Beneath The Neon.
These evocative images which show the community's astonishing way of life were taken by Austin Hargrave, a British photographer now based in the U.S.
They show how the destitute and hopeless have constructed a community beneath the city and have even dedicated one section of tunnels to an art gallery filled with intricate graffiti.
Back above ground: The blazing lights of the strip give no indication of the city's dark underbelly
Entrance: The towers and fantastical buildings of Vegas can be seen in the background
Chink of light: Most of the people who live underground have fallen into destitution after struggling with drink, drugs or mental health problems
VIA
DailyMail
Author Matthew O’Brien has written a book
about these people and the way they live called
Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas.
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