Erik Kessels’ 24 hours of Flickr
As part of its 10th anniversary celebration Foam, a photography museum in Amsterdam, is hosting “What’s Next? The Future of the Photography Museum” an exhibition that investigates the direction of the physicality of photography in public spaces (as opposed to viewing it online). I’m especially impressed with Erik Kessels’ contribution to the exhibit, which tackles the idea of “photography in abundance,” and which (as you can see pictured above) might give a neat freak a heart attack. For his installation, Kessels printed out every single image posted on Flickr in a 24-hour period and then randomly distributed the million+ images throughout the museum space for a completely visually arresting experience (except for the person who has to clean all this up)…
Read More »Mind-blowing Tetris gameplay
I used to think I was pretty good at Tetris, but this gameplay video of grandmaster Jin8 playing an arcade version of this classic game let me know that I’m just a mere mortal with a pea-brain sized capacity for this game.
Read More »What’s on the back of a website?
For your today’s procrastination, check out Back of a Webpage: an independent project from the creative minds of Jeff Lam and Josephine Yatar, it’s an amusing and clever look some popular websites such as Facebook, Google, and Flickr (above). Lets get one for SUNfiltered up there! [Via]
Read More »Tetris everywhere
From the online photo collection “Tetris Tetris Everywhere” The official Flickr blog highlighted this cool photo gallery “Tetris Tetris Everywhere” curated by user L Plate big cheese of photographs of accidental instances of Tetris-like pieces and juxtapositions found in the real world. While I was a student at Brown University, a group of classmates in [...]
Read More »Signed, sealed, and delivered
From the White House official Flickr photostream is President Obama’s official signature on the historic health insurance reform bill signed yesterday, March 23, 2010. If you’re wondering why the signature looks a little strange, it’s because in ceremonial White House tradition on momentous legislation, President Obama used 20 different pens to sign this bill.
Read More »Looking into the past
“Looking into the Past” is a Flickr pool where photographers can share images where they juxtapose a contemporary scene with a photograph of that same place from the past aka “the olden days.” Photo by Jason Powell. [Via]
Read More »Map of US built from geo-tags
Click on image to enlarge. A research paper (pdf) out of Cornell University, written by David Crandall, Lars Backstrom, Daniel Huttenlocher and Jon Kleinberg, created the above map of the US by using geotagged photos uploaded by Flickr users. As their abstract explains: Our approach combines content analysis based on text tags and image data [...]
Read More »Life as an Open Story
This is a weekly column written by Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson, two filmmakers and film professors who are wondering where modern storytelling is heading. I’ve been thinking about the number of people who are streaming their lives as open stories over the web. All these personal narratives are unfolding by short sentences or photos [...]
Read More »President Obama, furniture mover
There are lots of great images in the just-posted Flickr set by White House photographer Pete Souza, but this is my favorite: In preparation for a meeting about the economic recovery plan, President Obama and Vermont governor Jim Douglas shift a couch in the Oval Office. The set is filled with lots of casual, revealing [...]
Read More »Enjoying Nature Requires Saving It
Why should a person want to save nature and preserve the delicate balance of life? Of the many reasons, the primary one would be a desire for a healthy planet. Another could be the improved health that results from living in a cleaner, less toxic environment. Toxins from air, water and soil pollution can impede [...]
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