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Chakaia Booker’s Twist of Fate

Chakaia Booker, Twist of Fate, 2003 (Rubber tire and wood, 25 x 31.5 x 20 inches) (via 3quarks)

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New Kennard

Peter Kennard’s photomontage work was everywhere in the early to mid-80s, but I haven’t seen his name about for years. He hasn’t lost his touch. (via the publics – who describe Kennard, Steve Bell and Banksy as contemporaries, which is … more…

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Cyril Power’s vortex

Cyril Power, Vortex, linocut, 1929 (via A Journey Round My Skull)

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links for 2010-01-18: Eno and the end of records

Eno alludes in passing, to the end of recorded music as a way to make a living "I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky." … more…

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brian dettmer’s studio

A lovely new piece from Brian Dettmer (blogged previously — although the link in that post no longer works. I could have sworn I’d done a full post about Dettmer’s work, but it would appear not). The link takes you … more…

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The (other) Singing, Ringing Tree

Sound sculpture at Crown Point, near Burnley, Lancashire, by Tonkin Liu (architects). BBC news on the work, which is part of a larger project of public art works on the Pennines. More here… (via Cynical C)

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Hina Aoyama

Insanely fine paper cutting art. Not much information to be gleaned by the non-Japanese speaker, either on the main site, nor on Hiroshi’s blog, which is where I found it — but there’s lots more in this Flickr slideshow…

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deadlicious: Joe Coleman – The Mystery of the Woolverine Woo-Bait

There’s a few pages of Joe Coleman’s comic book work, The Mystery of the Woolverine Woo-Bait over at deadlicious. Page down or scroll past the rakishly attractive but oversized masthead block. The scans areappear to be clipped about the borders, … more…

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competitive bifurcations

Finery, Chris Oldfield, 2007 from amongst the 2007 Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest winners. UPDATE: and another one: Mountains, Lilliane Rosschaert, 2007 (via FMH)

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Beneflux 2006: Kim Tae Gon’s illuminated dress

Kim Tae Gon, Illuminated Dress, 2006 This piece is attributed to Kim Tae Gon in the video at the Beneflux site, but no further biographical information. There’s a brief paragraph at the site for a show called Glow 2006; perversely … more…

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