Red Gallery

"Interesting" Flickr Photos Tagged With "Magritte"

And for further reading: Rene Magritte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Alright, there's probably no way to keep count, but do look at this video:

If traffic only moved that smoothly in Midtown NYC...

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Read this interview with photographer Jay Parkinson. In it, he discusses his recent photography project of aspiring model portraits. At their homes. In their underwear.

(my favorite)

Dead people bonus: The interview is also notable for including a discussion about this famous image by the NY street photgrapher Weegee (who you know you want to look up on Wikipedia):

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Mr. Kottke shared a link to a digital photography project generating simulated aerial views of apartments. Quoted:

"Plan" by Aneta Grzeszykowska and Jan Smaga, consists of 10 photographic compositions which are an extremely detailed representations of 10 private apartments. All of them were photographed as if the ceilings were taken off. Such an unusual effect was achieved through the use of a special technique: the overall picture of a room is an aggregate of dozens fragmentary photographs taken from above, and then merged using a computer. This gives the impression as if a scanner moved over the apartments - there are neither deformations nor blurred fragments, the precision of the image is dazzling and the possibility to enlarge it is practically unlimited.

Bonus points for the included bald naked lady, if you want to get it on with your Star Trek: The Motion Picture bald lady fetish.

Not much to see, unfortunately, but another brief glimpse here in the Polish version.

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See how the launch party turned out.

Here.

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The Free Information Society has posted a collection of historical quote recordings. Mostly from real-life events, some from movies. So, if you've been itching to listen to William Howard Taft on your iPod, well, here you go. (link from Kottke)

Posted by Brian Van at 09:45 AM | Permalink

New Jersey-based photographer Roger E (flickr: nj dodge) has a great eye for landscape photography, especially at night. This is one from the corner of 7th and 42nd in New York:

You can see more by starting at his 2006 favorites set, as well as some of the other sets he has posted.

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Check out these captures of some illustrations, paintings, and spraypaint murals by artist Siloette:

(link provided by Nichelle)

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The designers of Portfolios.com aren't content to just let visitors read their product descriptions. Enter their site, and you'll immediately hear a talking tourguide welcome you to the site and begin to lead you around. Her presence (I believe her name is Alec... always good to remember names) persists on some, but not all, of the site's subpages.

Strangely, this is a rare feature for a website even though the technology required to support it has been widespread for years. It's a nice touch, especially considering the site's target audience - artsy types who understand technology but stumble when mentally sorting large amounts of information, including complex site navigation and detailed product menus.

(Wouldn't you think a girl who looks like that would have something other than a girly voice? I figure someone with that much makeup would be a little more throaty...)

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Having skipped a fine arts education almost completely, there's still a whole world of discovery out there for me in the realm of well-regarded photographers. Today: Enrique Metinides.

Graphic, unsettling (but famous) photo of car accident after the jump...

Now showing in LA if you're lucky enough to catch it:
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/garcia/garcia4-24-06_detail.asp?picnum=3
More info from a prior show:
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,1169,1048129,00.html

Untitled (Primer plano de mujer rubia arrollada e impactada contra un poste, en avenida Chapultepec, Ciudad de México) (Google can translate for you)
1979

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Let's start this blog off with a bang - courtesy of the viral marketing minds at adidas, enjoy adicolor red:

This thoroughly unsettling (but riveting) video marketing campaign recently ended with the release of the last video, adicolor black. Piers @ PSFK.com was kind enough to share all the links in one place. Reprinted here for your convenience:
white
blue
yellow
green
pink
black

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Welcome to Red Gallery. This will be a weblog collection of notable works in literature, photography, music, video, graphic imagery, and various other types of online media. The goal of the collection is to present the casual web browser with striking examples of new creative works by notable artists, writers, composers, and designers, with the additional social goal of drawing further attention to a larger body of significant creative work presented elsewhere by these individuals.

Brian Van Nieuwenhoven, the publisher of 485i.com as well as an ubiquitous online community participant since 1994, will assume curating duties for the collection. Unsolicited submissions will be accepted and reviewed starting immediately. Additionally, Mr. Van Nieuwenhoven plans to serve as a producer on upcoming projects to create work specifically to be featured on Red Gallery.

Any inquiries, submissions, or proposals should be directed to redgallery@485i.com.

Red Gallery Launch Party. Please join us for our launch party, "Ballroom Blitz", on Friday, May 19, 2006, at 10pm, held at Salon, 505 West St, Manhattan. Enjoy complimentary vodka cocktails from 10-11pm. More details can be found at http://485i.com/ballroomblitz/. You may RSVP at ballroomblitz@485i.com

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