Here’s another small, but fascinating set of Camera Obscura images, this time from photographer Abelardo Morell. Some beautiful landscapes, made to be intimate by bringing them inside, others more of a nod to Camera Obscura as the origin of photography.

Abelardo Morell

Reblogged from Clutter Magazine:

David Flores has blogged a sneak peak at a new piece of vinyl being created by Kidrobot and licensed by Disney that looks distinctly like his unique take Thumper from Bambi. This seems to be taking all the design cues from the X-Large version of the Medicom Mickey Mouse Flores did using pretty muted tones. Also interesting that KR has got a Disney license…more to come from them perhaps?

Licensed by Disney? I have to get over my prejudice that Disney is either; 1) an impenetrable grumpy giant, or 2) fodder for gray market Asian knockoffs. I know I see examples over and over again, like the one above, but they still have not one me over. Maybe when the have a graffiti night at Disney World.

Imagine if Chris Burden had found inspiration in sushi. The performance artist with a knack for self mutilation might have ended up on a series of small plates. Try not to think about it. Instead, enjoy Andrew Bell’s humorous O-No Food Company Sushi toys.

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Photographer Laura Plankster creates some fantastic dioramas. Check out her Feral Foes if you dare, or her photos and text for Tiny Tenants, intended for a children’s picture book.

I came across this store window exhibit by Claire Fontaine. There’s an arts festival in Brussels starting next week, which has provided several occasions for me to see some of the preparation, but I especially liked this piece.

All images on the website are copyrighted by the gallery and the artist, so I went back to take a shot of the store front window myself. This is a good example of how being too protective over property forces inferior representations of the work. Creative Commons licensing makes sense for providing a level of control  over the usage of images rather than just saying ” No unauthorized use may be made of the images“.

I’ve always wanted to create a service that would match artists and retail space owners. It would be great opportunity for promotion for both parties. Sorry Claire, I didn’t mean to reduce your wonderful work down to a capitalist opportunity. Here’s a little something about the work:

The sculpture exhibited in the window Untitled (flag dryer) composed of a modified industrial dryer and of several Belgian flags tackles the cycle and the stagnation as typical aspects of the rags of any national identity. The continuous drying of the flags is in the same time a bitter consideration about corruption and a comment on the Belgian habit of displaying the national flag outside apartment windows; this action is compared to the one of hanging out the washing, that even if not dirty, would be better far from the eyes of the passerby.

SORRY WE’RE CLOSED [Claire FONTAINE]

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