Geek at heart
This is affordable art. Or shall I say ‘product’? Designed by the ‘Be Nice’ collective from Greece and available through their online shop supermandolini.com.
Abandoned shopping carts by Morgan Hagar
From ‘Polar Inertia’ Journal:
Everyday throughout Los Angeles thousands of shopping carts are ditched in neighborhoods and dumped in back alley’s, used and abandoned. Serving as a key element in our commerce driven society, they act as a modern day pack-mules carrying goods down the aisles of stores and across large parking lots to waiting cars. For those shoppers without transport, these carts often make the slow journey home only to be cast aside after reaching their driver’s destination.
Photography by Morgan Hagar, 2006.
Cities of darkness by Greg Girard
Find some nice pics on Greg Girard’s website. The documentary ‘Shanghai Gloaming’ follows the photographer around the more interesting places in Shanghai, e.g. the northbund rooftops or the coal quay, enjoy the slow moving excerpt on youtube – loading takes an hour.
Urban phenomena photography by Michael Wolf
Ok, it may be easy to take a picture of Asian architecture and how the creative inhabitants are dealing with space and everyday’s life – these ingredients alone are striking enough for the Western European eye. However, I like Michael Wolf’s attention to urban sociology. If you’re into this stuff, make sure to check weburbanist.com. You probably know this hilarious clip?
Refugee architecture drawings by Amze Emmons
Go to AMZEland and explore the artist’s systems of daily experience. If you’r into reading, this interview might be your choice.
Take a new look at devices
Check out strange beautiful objects like atms, paper shredders, phones and laptops through the brushstrokes of Andrzej Zielinski.
New Brow: The rise of underground art
We had the beautiful losers movie, now we have ‘New brow: The rise of underground art’. All rights reserved by Tanem Davidson 2008. Have a look at the trailer.
Archie Scott Gobber is better off now
Har har! More reworked vintage signage by Archie Scott Gobber here.
Kim Cogan studio visit
This studio visit features Kim Cogan’s atmospheric street paintings. Click here for some photos of his show at White Walls Gallery SF.