Things We Love: Theo Jansen's Strandbeests
This one's from Fin.
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Things We Love: Nanda at the Green Show
The opening number of Nanda on the Green Show stage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
(via Kristoffer Diaz' tumbler)
Things We Love: Mud Brick Spiral by Elín Hansdóttir
Exterior installation made from traditional Berber mudbricks (earth, water & hay) in the village of Tassoultante, 14 km from Marrakech City. The structure was realised in collaboration with 8 local masons and craftsmen as well as Dar Al-Ma’mûn artist residency.
More pics here. Images from the making of the installation here.
(via VVORK)
Things We Love: Abandoned Walmart is Now America’s Largest Library
There are thousands of abandoned big box stores sitting empty all over America, including hundreds of former Walmart stores. With each store taking up enough space for 2.5 football fields, Walmart’s use of more than 698 million square feet of land in the U.S. is one of its biggest environmental impacts. But at least one of those buildings has been transformed into something arguably much more useful: the nation’s largest library.
More at WebUrbanist
Things We Love: The Starter
The Starter from Old Dead Eye on Vimeo.
Tom is an artisan baker (surname also Baker) and uses a wood fired 'Earth Oven' to bake bread.
via thosewhomake
Things We Love: In a Bed of Grass
 In a bed of grass by Michael Mehrhoff |
In a city near Erfurt Germany in a burned out and abandoned hotel this room sits quiet amongst the bustle of the busy city outside, slowly it is being reclaimed by nature and no one knows of the beauty that sits inside this abandoned building only a few feet from the sidewalk.
Things We Love: Seven Gates of Jerusalem
"Seven Gates of Jerusalem" is a performance that premiered on the date of the composer’s 75th birthday. Combining classical music, ballet, and animation, the concert proved to be an extraordinarily creative idea, while the two orchestras and three choirs involved in the project illustrate its sheer scale.
Initially conceived as a television production, the performance later spawned an Emmy Award-nominated musical/dance film.
I love the inteplay of classical work and current technology. More on the concept and creation can be found here.
(via @travisbedard)
Seven Gates of Jerusalem (trailer) from Platige Image on Vimeo.
Things We Love: Once There Was a King
Once There Was a King from Tytus Majerski on Vimeo.
Stop-motion mixed with CG, short film based on a polish lullaby written by Janina Porazińska. Author of original music unknown. Performed by Maria Peszek.
