La Jetée
In Paris, the landmark district "La Défense" with its skyscrapers and the monumental Grande Arche building can be seen from almost anywhere in the city, similar to the Eiffel tower. It's mostly a business ... more »
tag archives: art
Fusina
The city of Venice and its bay are among my favorite places. I love going there in winter, when persistent fog, high tide and abandoned canals offer a rough yet unique and authentic experience. Venice ... more »
Pinocchio Park
In the heart of Tuscany, Italy lies a small village called Collodi. It happened to be the birthplace of Carlo Lorenzini’s mother. Carlo himself spent a major part of his childhood there and later became ... more »
Palazzo di cemento
Tucked away behind some regular, old and venerable Venetian houses, not far away from the jetty and the sea on one side and to Arsenale on the other side lies a different sort of Venetian building. It ... more »
Clickistan
This is a nice one.
A work of game art by UBERMORGEN.COM, and an homage to mid-90s net art.
Clickistan resides between the 7th and 8th bit of every byte
it is ruled by generosity and playful curiosity
its ... more »
Paint on concrete
Albin Ray was in the neighbourhood.
Actually quite some time ago but I've never taken a picture of this, so far.
I just love this artist's handwriting and poetic statements in urban chaos.
Albin ... more »
pieces of berlin
Pieces of berlin is a photoblog by Florian Reischauer about Berlin and its people.
I especially like the fact that the artist works with an old medium format camera and expired films - it gives a very ... more »
Tretyakov Gallery backyard
In Moscow the other day, I happened to come across this lovely view in a kind of backyard of the famous Tretyakov Gallery. I found this next to garbage bins and other former art pieces...
We actually ... more »
Whitespace
Now, this is what I call creative use of whitespace.
Seattle based Lead Pencil Studio have created a stunning installation at the U.S. / Canada boarder close to Vancouver. A steel frame framing nothing ... more »