Überwachungsstaat
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Drift
Snarkitecture is a collaborative practice operating in territories between the disciplines of art and architecture. Their entry Drift Pavilion at Design Miami 2012 was created from several hundred white vinyl tubes inflated with air.
Paper City
This delicate animation follows the charming rise and fold of a fragile metropolis. Paper City grows in one fluid take, with skyscrapers rising from the page – only to crumble, wrinkle and gently crease back into the ground.
Scooter in Indonesia
German weekly newspaper Zeit published a great series by American documentary photographer Ed Wray about pimped Vespa lookalikes in Indonesia, after all the production facility of the legendary scooter till 2001. The photographs were taken during a scooter festival in Cibeureum, about 100 km west of Jakarta.
Rivers
Suited to the big summer heat, this well-made music video features a man on fire who is running through a forest. Backward. Video for the song »Rivers« by Small Feet.
Human Debris
If you just plain hanging around on a vacation to a beach, watch out for these curious installations made out of plastic bottles, wood planks and other garbage washed up from the sea. The project Human Debris by american photographer Jeremy Underwood spotlights the environmental condition of Houston’s waterways through the building of site-specific sculptures assembled out of discarded material.
All images © Jeremy Underwood.
Invasive Species
Photographer Dillon Marsh’s Invasive Species – the wonderful art of tree cellphone towers: »In 1996 a palm tree appeared almost overnight in a suburb of Cape Town. This was supposedly the world’s first ever disguised cell phone tower. Since then these trees have spread across the city, South Africa and the rest of the world. „Invasive Species“ explores the relationship between the environment and the disguised towers of Cape Town and its surrounds.«
All images © Dillon Marsh.