Wikipedia - "John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer with strong roots in minimalism."
Wikipedia, John Adams, MySpace, NYT
Wikipedia, John Adams, MySpace, NYT
Archival Sound Recorings
"Use our interactive maps to find recordings of regional accents and dialects, wildlife and environmental sounds, and selected world and traditional music. This is a beta service. Some recordings may not yet be assigned to the correct locations."
British Library
British Library
John Heartfield
Wikipedia - "John Heartfield (19 June 1891–26 April 1968) is the anglicized name of the German photomontage artist Helmut Herzfeld. He chose to call himself Heartfield in 1916, to criticize the rabid nationalism and anti-British sentiment prevalent in Germany during World War I."
Wikipedia, Google, Towson U., Cut and Paste, The Getty
Wikipedia, Google, Towson U., Cut and Paste, The Getty
Florian Maier-Aichen
Untitled, 2005
"The sceneries range from a sprawling sunny California coast lined with crimson treetops taken with infra-red film, to an aerial view of bicyclists racing through hills in the Tour de France, to a black and white seascape with an illusory appearance of a painting that is an albumen print, a practice almost no longer used in photography."
Saatchi, 303Gallery
"The sceneries range from a sprawling sunny California coast lined with crimson treetops taken with infra-red film, to an aerial view of bicyclists racing through hills in the Tour de France, to a black and white seascape with an illusory appearance of a painting that is an albumen print, a practice almost no longer used in photography."
Saatchi, 303Gallery
Alexandre Farto
Wooster - "One of the most rewarding things about doing the Wooster site for almost five years now is that we can begin to track various artist's development and progression as they grow older and get more experience."
Wooster, Vhils, AlexandreFartoAkaVhils, vhils - Flick
Wooster, Vhils, AlexandreFartoAkaVhils, vhils - Flick
Cut-up technique
Wikipedia - "The cut-up technique (also called fishbowling or découpage) is an aleatory literary technique or genre in which a text is cut up at random and rearranged to create a new text."
Wikipedia, William S. Burroughs and Cut-up, the lazarus corporation, The Cut-up Technique, The Cut-up Laboratory
Wikipedia, William S. Burroughs and Cut-up, the lazarus corporation, The Cut-up Technique, The Cut-up Laboratory
Dusty Springfield
Wikipedia - "Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, OBE (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known as Dusty Springfield, was a leading pop singer and entertainer. Of the female British pop artists of the 1960s, she made one of the biggest impressions on the U.S. market. Owing to her distinctive sensual sound, she was one of the most notable white soul artists."
Wikipedia, Dusty Springfield, last.fm, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, WOMAN of REPUTE, last.fm, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Alfred Sisley
Lane near a Small Town, 1864
Wikipedia - "Alfred Sisley (30 October 1839 – 29 January 1899) was an English Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life in France. Sisley is recognized as perhaps the most consistent of the Impressionists, never deviating into figure painting or finding that the movement did not fulfill his artistic needs."
Wikipedia, Olga's Gallery, Alfred Sisley
Wikipedia - "Alfred Sisley (30 October 1839 – 29 January 1899) was an English Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life in France. Sisley is recognized as perhaps the most consistent of the Impressionists, never deviating into figure painting or finding that the movement did not fulfill his artistic needs."
Wikipedia, Olga's Gallery, Alfred Sisley
Maya Deren
Wikipedia - "Maya Deren (April 29, 1917, Kiev – October 13, 1961, New York City), born Eleanora Derenkowsky, was an American avant-garde filmmaker and film theorist of the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, poet, writer and photographer."
Wikipedia, senses of cinema. Maya Deren Forum, Google, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Wikipedia, senses of cinema. Maya Deren Forum, Google, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party
"Time lapse video of night sky as it passes over the 2009 Texas Star Party in Fort Davis, Texas. The galactic core of Milky Way is brightly displayed. Images taken with 15mm fisheye lens."
vimeo
vimeo
Cordy Ryman
Checker, 2008
"I work in two basic modes - one when I’m simply working in the studio without a specific process in mind. The process dictates its own direction and evolution. My goal is to create work that has its own life."
Lesley Gallery, artnet
"I work in two basic modes - one when I’m simply working in the studio without a specific process in mind. The process dictates its own direction and evolution. My goal is to create work that has its own life."
Lesley Gallery, artnet
David Van Tieghem
Wikipedia - "David Van Tieghem is an American composer, musician, percussionist, drummer, keyboardist, art performer, video artist and theater performer, notorious for his philosophy of applying any available object as a percussion instrument and his collaborations with Experimental rock artist Laurie Anderson."
Wikipedia, David Van Tieghem , MySpace, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), Dailymotion
Wikipedia, David Van Tieghem , MySpace, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), Dailymotion
Prague Astronomical Clock
"The Astronomical Clock on the Old Town Hall is one of the major sights of the city and many visitors mention it as one of the most outstanding things to see in Prague. It reveals the respectful regard that people of the past felt for the heavenly order."
Prague Astronomical Clock
Prague Astronomical Clock
Roberto Rossellini
Wikipedia - "Roberto Rossellini (May 8, 1906 – June 3, 1977) was an Italian film director. Rossellini was one of the most important directors of Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement."
Wikipedia, IMDb, senses of cinema, BBC
Wikipedia, IMDb, senses of cinema, BBC
Italian Models: Hébert and the Peasants of Latium
"Hébert's view of the peasant women with whom he once spent his daily life, has none of the sentimentality and nostalgia found in the works of Romantic painters, who saw them as primitive people, bypassed by civilisation. Nor were these village women mere extras in his scenes."
Musée d'Orsay
Musée d'Orsay
Throbbing Gristle
Wikipedia - "Throbbing Gristle is a British industrial music and visual arts group that evolved from the performance art group COUM Transmissions. The band consists of Genesis P-Orridge (bass, violin, vocals), Cosey Fanni Tutti (guitars, cornet), Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson (tapes, found sounds, horns), and Chris Carter (synthesizer)."
Wikipedia, Throbbing Gristle, MySpape, last.fm, YouTube, (1)
Wikipedia, Throbbing Gristle, MySpape, last.fm, YouTube, (1)
Stonehenge
Wikipedia - "Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) west of Amesbury and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and sits at the centre of the densest complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds."
Wikipedia, Google, Earth Mysteries
Wikipedia, Google, Earth Mysteries
Paul Éluard
Wikipedia - "Paul Éluard was the pen name of Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952), a French poet who was one of the founders of the surrealist movement."
Wikipedia, PoemHunter, Books and Writers, Academy of American Poets
Wikipedia, PoemHunter, Books and Writers, Academy of American Poets
Robert Frank
Wikipedia - "Robert Frank (born November 9, 1924), born in Zürich, Switzerland, is an important figure in American photography and film."
Wikipedia, Vanity Fair, Google, Google, YouTube
Rosemary Laing
"These hauntingly beautiful images create poetic and resonant relationships between the landscape and changing notions of place, creating a powerful commentary on society and culture."
MCA, Tolarno Gallery, Art Right Now 2
MCA, Tolarno Gallery, Art Right Now 2
Her Noise
"Her Noise was an exhibition which took place at South London Gallery in 2005 with satellite events at Tate Modern and Goethe-Institut, London. Her Noise gathered international artists who use sound to investigate social relations, inspire action or uncover hidden soundscapes."
UbuWeb, Culture 24, SLG
UbuWeb, Culture 24, SLG
PdxHistory
"Our goal is to document and create a historical record of times past by sharing something inanimate with you and bringing it to life. History can tell us a story if we let the images speak. You will see a glimpse into life in the early days of Portland, and its surrounding communities."
PdxHistory
PdxHistory
Mogadishu - A City Under Siege
"Nearly two years after Ethiopian forces led an armed intervention to oust Somalia's Islamic Courts Union from power, the impoverished country has seen some of the deadliest violence in its history."
VII
VII
Architect Without Limits
"The extraordinary scope of his genius, which touched on every aspect of American life, makes him one of the most daunting figures of the 20th century. But to many he is still the vain, megalomaniacal architect, someone who trampled over his clients’ wishes, drained their bank accounts and left them with leaky roofs."
NYT, Guggenheim, Wikipedia
NYT, Guggenheim, Wikipedia
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
Monument To A Lost Civilization (1999-2000)
"After Russia's most famous artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov fled the oppression of the Soviet Union, they never thought they would return — until they were offered the chance to exhibit their work at the Hermitage, Russia's greatest museum."
PBS, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Sean Kelly Gallery, Public Art Fund
Raine Bedsole
"Boats, left in trees with the ragged remains of possessions dangling from the branches, tell the story of hurricane Katrina's storm surge and aftermath here on the Gulf Coast. All too often this is becoming a familiar sight in coastal areas around the world."
Raine Bedsole, Gallery Bienvenu
Duane Hanson
Young shopper, 1973
Wikipedia - "Duane Hanson (January 17, 1925–January 6, 1996) was an American artist based in South Florida, a sculptor known for his lifecast realistic works of people, cast in various materials, including polyester resin, fiberglass, Bondo and bronze. His work is often associated with the Pop Art movement, as well as hyperrealism."
Wikipedia, Saatchi, Duane Hanson - Oglethorpe University Museum, Duane Hanson
Wikipedia - "Duane Hanson (January 17, 1925–January 6, 1996) was an American artist based in South Florida, a sculptor known for his lifecast realistic works of people, cast in various materials, including polyester resin, fiberglass, Bondo and bronze. His work is often associated with the Pop Art movement, as well as hyperrealism."
Wikipedia, Saatchi, Duane Hanson - Oglethorpe University Museum, Duane Hanson
Washington Square Park
Wikipedia - "Washington Square Park is one of the best-known of New York City's 1,700 public parks. At 9.75 acres (39,500 m2), it is a landmark in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity."
Wikipedia, New York Architecture Images, Google
Wikipedia, New York Architecture Images, Google
Rosalie Gascoigne
Southerly Buster, 1995
Wikipedia - "Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) was a New Zealander-Australian sculptor. She showed at the Venice Biennale in 1982, becoming the first female artist to represent Australia there. In 1994 she was awarded the Order of Australia for her services to the arts."
Wikipedia, roslyn oxley9 gallery, one+one=thr33
Julio De Caro
"After starting in the second decade of the 20th century, close to the great creators of the period -Eduardo Arolas, Roberto Firpo and others-, who had changed the early tango and after being influenced by the leading pioneers of melody construction of the genre-such as Juan Carlos Cobián and Enrique Delfino-, the violinist Julio De Caro established with his sextet, as from 1924, a new and far-reaching style."
Todo Tango, YouTube, (1), last.fm
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