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Saturday, July 29, 2017

WHERE PEOPLE GO TO HIDE FROM MODERN LIFE

Paris and or Reims ;-) The full story of UX and the underground cinema is documented by The GuardianGizmodo and Wired. I love this quote from the Wired piece: "On a typical festival evening, they screen at least two films that they feel share a nonobvious yet provocative connection… They chose a room beneath the Palais de Chaillot they'd long known of and enjoyed unlimited access to. The building was then home to Paris’ famous Cinémathèque Française, making it doubly appropriate. They set up a bar, a dining room, a series of salons, and a small screening room that accommodated 20 viewers, and they held festivals there every summer for years. 'Every neighborhood cinema should look like that,' Kunstmann says." Now that would be unique...

Romance of Sydney is disappearing as concrete jungle is embracing the harbour city no longer all emerald ...

Get Out While You Can Dan Sultan - Mushroom Music Publishing 

Dan Sultan's Kingdom ;-) Dan Sultan - Kingdom (Live Session) - YouTube

Most of us dream of running away from modern life, from 
time to time. Photographer Alec Soth spent five years documenting the people who have done just that, and the places they've sought refuge in.
Where People Go to Hide From Modern Life


WHERE PEOPLE GO TO HIDE FROM MODERN LIFE



Blood, sea snails and a whole lot of urine went into some of your favourite paintings. This brief history of colour explores the strange alchemy of paint making.

THE SURPRISINGLY GROSS (AND SOMETIMES DEADLY) HISTORY BEHIND PAINT COLOURS