Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
June 30 - Poesia Para La Gente on the LA Metro
Avenue 50 Studio proudly presents...
This time…poetry is riding on the metro!
A one-time event on a Sunday afternoon,
to stimulate and encourage artistic expression
throughout the Los Angeles area…
via the
red
blue
gold
expo
purple
and
red
metro lines
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SUNDAY, June 30 | 12PM | $5 for all day metro pass
Meeting at the RED LINE platform LA Union Station
featuring:
Billy Burgos
Yago Cura
Sean Hill
Karineh Mahdessian (email)
Ryan Nance (me, here)
Conney Williams
Hosted by Jessica Ceballos
w/ open mic
& musical accompaniment
JOIN US...READ YOUR WORK...it'll be video recorded, photographed, etc.
FOLLOW US LIVE - or hop on the nearest train by finding out where we'll be - by using the hashtag -> #PPLG
We'll be live tweeting/facebooking beginning at 11:30 AM #PPLG
This isn't the first Poesia Para La Gente reading i've read at. A couple of months ago I got to read with a great set at the first Poesia Para La Gente and Guerro's Market in Highland Park.
I am excited about the group I am getting to read with this time. I've collected videos of of them reading below.
The Egg: A temporary, energy efficient, self-sustaining work space for artist Stephen Turner
On the River Beaulieu estuary, The Egg is designed as a place to stay as well as a temporary, energy efficient, self-sustaining work space for artist Stephen Turner. The Egg will be ‘tethered’ like a boat and will rise and fall with the tide.
The Locus Of Poetry
Where does the poetry happen
So, it’s telling that in this prose that I am writing, my first tendency is to reach for a definition of poetry, for my own, for someone else’s (Hass’ lovely ‘a poem is the score written for the symphony of the singular human voice’ is a favorite) or a historical pedigree (something half-remembered about poem and cheetah having the same Indo-European root, something to do with creature or creation). I started thumbing through my old and loved American Heritage Dictionary’s appendix… but then put it aside for later.
The impulse of prose is to haul the goldfish that lives deep in the well up to the surface with whatever bucket-type implement there is at hand. Poetry (creation of the non-prosaic sort) has an impulse to jump into the well.
So often I get asked about a poem’s meaning, and this is certainly indicative of how poetry is taught, viewed, shared and feared. It is a meaning-making game in the eyes of man, a demi-god’s pantomime.
read the whole piece over on Medium »
Beautiful Tunisian Door Designs
Doors are a big deal in Tunisia. With metal tacks and bright colors, what could be ordinary are gorgeous, fascinating and inspirational.
Southwind: Vibrant Video View of Southeast Asia
Old LA Zoo on Tom Explores LA
The Old Zoo at Griffith Park is a favorite spot of mine in Los Angeles. This episode of the great little web series Tom Explores Los Angeles cover it well.
In the summer the great Independent Shakespeare Company puts on its productions at this very spot.
REBOUND DISSECTIONS AND EXCAVATIONS IN BOOK ART
Doug Beube, Long-Bin Chen, Brian Dettmer, Guy Laramée, and Francesca Pastine transform various types of literature and/or printed books through sculptural intervention.
Photographer's POV Capturing the Brazilian Protests
Rio de Janiero-based photographer Michel de Souza was on the scene shooting photos the people protesting the lack of public services. He also captured this point-of-view footage using two GoPro cameras mounted to his DSLRs.
Riot police were sent to fire tear gas and rubber bullets in order to break up the gathering.
De Souza: “I confess that, towards the end, it moved me to tears."
SYLVIA PLATH, 30
Born: October 27, 1932
(Boston, Massachusetts)
Died: February 11, 1963
(London, England)
Born: October 27, 1932
(Boston, Massachusetts)
Died: February 11, 1963
(London, England)
Cause of death: carbon-monoxide poisoning
Last Words: Suicides of Women Authors
The stories of the untimely deaths, the suicides of famous women authors are fascinating and heartbreaking. Here, Vice brings us this macabre series in a photo set.
VIRGINIA WOOLF, 59
Born: January 25, 1882
(London, England)
Died: March 28, 1941
(Lewes, England)
Cause Of Death: drowning
Stylist: Annette Lamothe-Ramos
Set Design: Grace Kelsey
Models in order of appearance: Grace Kelsey, Amelia Fleetwood, Erica Cho, Virginia Talbot, Kumara Sawyer, Thao Dang, Paige Morgan
Special thanks to the Kelsey Family
IRIS CHANG, 36
Born: March 28, 1968
(Princeton, New Jersey)
Died: November 9, 2004
(Los Gatos, California)
Cause of death: gunshot to the head
The Row shirt, jacket, and pants, vintage necklace
DOROTHY PARKER, 73
Born: August 22, 1893
(Long Branch, New Jersey)
Died: June 7, 1967
(New York, New York)
Cause of death: natural causes, despite several unsuccessful suicide attempts, the first in January 1923, at age 23, by slitting her wrists
Ruffian jacket, vintage Christian Dior skirt, vintage rings
CHARLOTTE PERKINS, 75
Born: July 3, 1860
(Hartford, Connecticut)
Died: August 17, 1935
(Pasadena, California)
Cause of death: suicide by chloroform
SANMAO, 47
Born: March 26, 1943
(Chongqing, China)
Died: January 4, 1991
(Taipei, Taiwan)
Cause of death: hanged herself with a pair of tights
ELISE COWEN, 28
Born: July 31, 1933
(New York, New York)
Died: February 1, 1962
(New York, New York)
Cause of death: self-defenestration
One Year-Old Photoshopped into Amazing Situations
One-year-old Singlhild demonstrates capacities that are way beyond her years in the creative pictures, photoshopped by her dad, Swedish photographer Emil Nystrom.
Beautiful Moths Close Up
Canadian photographer Jim des Riviéres has created this amazing collection of high-resolution, large-format photos of different varieties of moths.
See also Macro Insects by Photographer Nicolas Resuen
Everest Timelapse
Wait, what? A timelapse of Everest? Yup. In love with this.
Description:
"Experience the beauty of Mt. Everest at night in time-lapse. While most climbers slept, I attempted to capture some of the magic that the Himalayan skies have to offer while climbing to the top of the world. This time lapse video is comprised of thousands of photographs, processed and assembled on Mt. Everest."
Books as Canvas for Childhood Memories
A press release on the work of Rome-based Russian artist Ekaterina Panikanova reads:
"[T]he proposition of the artist is based on the metaphor of the oyster and the pearl: the entrance of the sand represents a stress element for the shell and starts the expulsion and the production of the pearl. This metaphor indicates that since childhood, everyone holds a storage of images, traumas and experiences that they carry for all their lives."
Light Sculptures in the Marble Mines of Verona
With a handheld light and the long exposures Stefano Bellamoli created these ‘light sculptures’ in the dark of Verona, Italy's marble mines.
See also these Sun Light Sculptures
Old Black & White Photos of Los Angeles Neon
Found Objects Find A Voice in this Urban Art by R1
Johannesburg-based street artist R1 creates beauty using found materials: tape, cans, plastic.
R1 says:
"My installations subtly changes the city streets to create a dialogue and interactions between the environment and our experience of it. The artworks take ownership and manipulate city spaces, opening new relationships with daily familiarity. The end result carries conversations, becoming a fragment of the ever changing city’s history."
A Supercell Caught inTexas by Mike Olbinski
Arizona photographer Mike Olbinski got this amazing video of the formation of a gigantic rotating supercell near Booker, Texas on June 3.
Mashing Up Old and New Famous Faces
Toronto-based graphic designer Marc Ghali combines the faces of two similar figures from separate decades. Can you identify them all?
Also check out a similar project we covered in 5 things TV 5-1
This is Africa: Video Travels in Uganda and Tanzania
Australian Benjamin Dowie has created this great video of his travels in Uganda and Tanzania in March of 2013.
