While absorbing the contents of a Batman comic or watching the latest Marvel release on the big screen, have you ever stopped to ask yourself why superheroes and their villainous counterparts are dressed in their respective colours? Probably not. But did you know that colour plays an important part in the storytelling process and, in...
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Contemporary Films Reimagined as 80s VHS Classics Make the Present Day Nostalgic
Given that it’s a platform for simulating vintage photography processes from digital photos, Instagram is perhaps the most fitting place for Matthew Dix to showcase his VHS reworkings of contemporary...
All the Trees are Pink, and the Sky is Cyan
These photographs by New York-based photographer and graphic designer Paolo Pettigiani present Central Park in a novel way. At first they appear to show the trees full of blossom, but...
Happy Birthday Martin Puryear, Why Didn’t You Just Get Your Sculptures Out of a Skip?
American sculptor Martin Puryear was born on this day in 1941. In his youth he built musical instruments, boats and tools using traditional methods before coming to fine art. Throughout...
Martin Parr For One is Celebrating the Selfie Stick. Or is He?
The selfie stick has become a ubiquitous symbol of tourism, and to some is equally indicative of the endemic narcissism at the heart of it, that endeavours to place ourselves...
Drawing a Bicycle from Memory is Not Nearly as Simple as it Sounds
In Pink Floyd’s idiosyncratic song ‘Bike’ Syd Barrett sings, “I’ve got a bike. You can ride it if you like. It’s got a basket, a bell that rings and things...
Alexander Aksinin’s Prints were Marked by Precision, Idiosyncrasy, and an Air of the Esoteric
In 1949 a Russian-like man was born in a European-like city of Lvov. Christian Orthodox. 1972 – a diploma of Ukrainian Institute of Printing, with specialization on Graphics. 1966 –...
Sara Landeta’s Beautiful Birds Evoke Feelings of Freedom in Captivity
The bird has long been a symbol of freedom. Its wings can raise it off the ground and into the sky, bridging the gap between Heaven and Earth. But it...
After ‘Burn The Witch’, 5 of the Best Animated Indie Music Videos
While Radiohead’s video for new single Burn The Witch appears at first to be a cheery, childlike animation, and at odds with the band’s doleful sound, even a passing knowledge...
Maja Wronska’s Watercolours are an Exercise in Expressive Precision
Maja Wronska’s stunning watercolours present the character and personality of the built environment through work that is at once precise and expressive. She captures the unique charm and grandeur of...
Another Earth: Tiny Space Probes to Seek Out Life Among the Stars
The vast reaches of space have hardly been explored. We have images from telescopes such as the Hubble, and a smattering of images taken by astronauts, but the limitations of...