From the category archives:
Who doesn’t love a beautiful staircase? You can’t help but admire it when, what stands in for a mundane detail of most buildings, get’s represented as something newly thought through and exciting.
(via Inside award winner: St Barbara Bastions by …
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Opens in movie theaters, November 18th. Another story of dropouts changing the world. A recurring plot with the right kind of dangerous consequences?
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Thomas Dolby at the Triple Door Monday, October 10th: I have no idea what to actually expect from this lecture/performance but I’m intrigued.
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It’s really sad to see Bob Dylan suspected of artistic plagiarism in the New York Times, especially when a quick perusal of the evidence shows the claims to be so obviously true. “The most striking thing is that Dylan has not merely used a photograph to inspire a painting: he has taken the photographer’s shot [...]
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I’d never heard of Haris Purnomo until I received the email newsletter from CoCA a few days ago. In it, I saw a disturbing photo of an installation work I just had to go see; an installation which will be here in Seattle for scheduled viewings through August 26th, 2011, and then will be shipped [...]
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It’s the last weekend of Seattle Shakespeare Company’s “Wooden O” park performance of “A Comedy of Errors.” You can see the show tonight, tomorrow and Sunday at 7PM in Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island. The show is open to all and based on donation. With the way the weather is shaping up for the [...]
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One of my favorite art exhibits in recent years was the Alexander Calder show at SAM, “A Balancing Act.” Today, Google honors what would have been Calder’s 113th birthday with a homepage (and interactive doodle) exhibiting one of his famous mobiles. I especially love the interactivity and the subtle shadow below. Cool stuff. And if [...]
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I think I just threw up in my mouth. Spielberg’s new movie trailer for “War Horse” sure looks suspiciously like this one. Why doesn’t everyone find it disheartening that Spielberg’s tired myth-building continues to win accolades?
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It may sound a bit nutty to say that a 28-year old broke into the Forbidden City’s Royal Palace and made off with at least 6 pieces of art valued at $150 million, but that’s what happened. The culprit, however, was later apprehended in a Beijing internet cafe and admitted guilt. Nobody has stated yet [...]
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I love seeing architecture that challenges. This proposed design for Wadi resort is breathtaking, incorporating the local geography but creating something spectacularly human-made. Click through the link below to see all of the images.
(via Dezeen ?…
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