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giovannigf: Asafo flag, mid-century Textiles 70 x 41...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:34:50 -0500

giovannigf:

Asafo flag, mid-century

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70 x 41 inches

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josh0m: Inspired in Jon’s Carling Work Im a big FAN

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:47 -0500

josh0m:

Inspired in Jon’s Carling Work

Im a big FAN

Anno 1907 (by atomhirsch) Taken on May 21, 2013 Pentax K-5 II

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:01 -0500

Anno 1907 (by atomhirsch)

Taken on May 21, 2013
Pentax K-5 II

xmorbidcuriosityx: Salvaged saints: Michael Landy’s martyrs...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:00 -0500

xmorbidcuriosityx:

Salvaged saints: Michael Landy’s martyrs invade the National Gallery

From Saint Lucy plucking out her eyes to Saint Apollonia bashing in her teeth, Michael Landy’s mechanical martyrs are a destructive delight

The Christian saints had a hard time of it, but they were pretty stoical about their grisly martyrdoms. Saint Peter, the 13th-century friar from Verona, was done to death on the road, stabbed after having his head cleaved open with an axe. Not that Peter seemed to notice, or even care about, his bloody death: numerous paintings depict him chatting and hanging about, oblivious to the chopper embedded in his skull.

Peter, a sort of witchfinder general, busied himself with rooting out heretics, becoming one of the top inquisitors in northern Italy. He had it coming. The National Gallery in London owns a 15th-century painting of this odious individual, one of three panels by Carlo Crivelli. The other two panels depict Saint Lucy, who plucked out her own eyes and offered them to an unwanted suitor; and the Archangel Saint Michael, whose task was to weigh the souls of the dead. Slaying demons and summoning the deceased on judgment day were also part of his remit.

These saints, plus the paraphernalia of a few others, are conjoined into one all-purpose mechanical multi-saint in Michael Landy’s Saints Alive show at the National gallery, where he has spent two years as associate artist. See the saints come to life! Press a foot pedal and watch them suffer. A sword comes down on Peter’s head, again and again, with a hollow mechanical donk. Saint Michael’s scales, with their diminutive cargo of cringing humans, go up and down, while the griddle that cooked Saint Lawrence glows like the bars of an electric fire (he supposedly said: “You can turn me over now, this side’s done”). The best thing, though, is the green scaly devil Saint Michael is trampling underfoot. Its bum is a face – with eyes. I had a moment of recognition.

(Source: The Guardian)

dulltooldimbulb: from OLD TIME RELIGION the blog

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:26:06 -0500

dulltooldimbulb:

from OLD TIME RELIGION the blog

magictransistor: Albert-Marie Maurice. Natitingou...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:37:21 -0500

magictransistor:

Albert-Marie Maurice. Natitingou Region, Benin. 1949.

i12bent: On this day in 1934, notorious bank robbers Bonnie...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:37 -0500

i12bent:

On this day in 1934, notorious bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana…

Hermes Nye: Bonnie and Clyde - from the 1955 album Texas Folk Songs with Hermes Nye and Guitar

The spirit of Hermes Nye’s singing emerges in his forthright statement, “Love to sing them, love to hear other people sing them, love to learn new ones. That’s about all.” These thirteen songs explore the Lone Star State, from a song attributed to desperado Belle Starr to a corrido from south Texas. - Smithsonian Folkways

archives-dada: Hannah Höch: “Siebenmeilenstiefel”, 1934,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:31:17 -0500

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Hannah Höch: “Siebenmeilenstiefel”, 1934, Photomontage, 22,9 x 32,29 cm, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett | © Christoph Irrgang, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011/Courtesy Kunstsammlung NRW

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themonkeyisyourfriend: Knots On Parade Knots On...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:04:58 -0500

themonkeyisyourfriend:

Knots On Parade

Knots On Parade

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Thu, 23 May 2013 01:43:29 -0500

atlasobscura: Ever heard of the Relampago de Catatumbo,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:17:32 -0500

atlasobscura:

Ever heard of the Relampago de Catatumbo, a.k.a. ”Lightning Lake”?

There’s something strange in the air where the Catatumbo River flows into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela… For 140 to 160 nights out of the year, for 10 hours at a time, the sky above the river is pierced by almost constant lightning, producing as many as 280 strikes per hour.

Known as the “Relampago del Catatumbo,” this lightning storm has been raging, on and off, for as long a people can remember. It was first written about in the 1597 poem “The Dragontea” by Lope de Vega. De Vega tells of Sir Francis Drake’s 1595 attempt to take the city of Maracaibo by night, only to have his plans foiled when the lightning storm’s flashes gave away his position to the city’s defenders.

This happened again on July 24, 1823, when, during the Venezuelan War of Independence, Spanish ships were revealed by the lightning and defeated by the Simón Bolívar’s upstart navy.

In fact, the lightning, visible from 400 kilometers away, is so regular that it’s been used as a navigation aid by ships and is known among sailors as the “Maracaibo Beacon.” Interestingly, generally little to no sound accompanies this fantastic light show, as the lightning moves from cloud to cloud—far, far above the ground.

But that’s not the whole story…

wewantnothing: TPP: The Biggest Threat to the Internet You’ve...

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:06:37 -0500

wewantnothing:

TPP: The Biggest Threat to the Internet You’ve Probably Never Heard Of (by EFForg)

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is being negotiated in secret between more than 12 countries around the Pacific region. Find out why it’s the biggest threat to the Internet you’ve probably never heard of.

For more information and to find out how you can take action, visit www.eff.org/issues/tpp

Directed and animated by Santiago Rocha.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 01:43:18 -0500

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And from her first starring feature, MIRANDA GRACIA MEETS FRANKENSTEIN!

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