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POPSEmotional Tempest — In A Snow Globe American-Spanish artist couple Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz from New York have been exploring tiny little dramas from our everyday madness and transformed them into short therapeutic scenes: What started as miniature snow globes a couple of years ago, has now evolved in veritable landscape panoramas that depict the elaborate bleakness of an emotional icy desert populated by all sorts of creatures. A world in everlasting winter, how grim! And at the same time, how funny! PingMag talked to Walter.
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POPSFire Hydrant art A local Winnipeg, Canada artist, Toni Toews, has taken the initiative to paint some of the fire hyrants in her neighborhood. There are 36 more hydrants at the website. Definitely worth a look!
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POPSTwo Recent Internet Mega-Hoaxes I fell for and clipped the drawing, as did several others. When I first saw the Eiffel Tower mod I about puked and realized that something just wasn't on the up and up.
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POPS24 hours in pictures - Apr 14 2 / 15 Baghdad, Iraq: A resident displays a charred Qur'an after a shop burned down. Several shops at the market, in the east of the city, were set on fire when a roadside bomb went off, hitting a US vehicle
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POPSFerlinghetti's Poetry and Politics Ferlinghetti believes that the poet, like the artist, has a cultural role to play and a responsibility to an ideal outside of him or herself. In this way, Ferlinghetti views the poet as a sort of humanist shaman, dealing spiritual truths from the bottom of the deck in a cosmic hand of poker. But his poet does not flee from political commitment, but rather, she skips eagerly, jump rope in hand, to disturb the sleep of those who do not wish to be disturbed in the pursuit of happiness.
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POPSArt of the moment: Heart's Wreath by Niklas Meijer This is one of the works that didn't make the finals for the fractal art contest. What first drew me to the image was that it looked like a campfire. The wood burns white-hot. There's a great sense of motion in the flame, and the repetition that defines fractal art demonstrates the conversion of wood to smoke. The title, "Heart's Wreath," makes me wonder what the artist had in mind. Is this the heart of the fire, and the smoke is the wreath? What do you think? Link
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POPSCrazy Man Michael Oh where is the raven That I struck down dead And here did lye On the ground-o? I see my true love With a wound so red Where her lover’s heart It did pound-o Crazy man Michael He wanders ALONE And he talks TO The night and the day-o But his eyes they are sane And his speech is plain But he longs to be far away-o Michael he whistles The simplest of tunes As he asks of the wild WOODS Their pardon But his true love has flown Into every flower grown And he must be keeper Of the garden The link is in the next comment to Natalie Merchant's (one of my favorite artist's) version of the song, click on replay.
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POPSThe very best of London this week (From Time Out) I'm off to this - White Mischief at the Scala promises to be the dress-up event of the year: Victorian vaudeville circus, fire-breathers, dandy DJs and plenty of burlesque beauties to keep you entertained - looks good. Part of our ‘The Ether’ series. Full of inspiring and informative things that are moving life and culture forward everyday – where you can hang out and produce great new ideas.
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POPS Arson Or Art? c: On the one hand, I can understand the power of the image to someone who sees the church as an oppressive institution. On the other hand...it's still arson. And given how fires can get out of hand, there's a chance that this little stunt could have damaged other property and hurt some folks. D Parvaz:Editorial writer, columnist
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