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• [ ii ] 2/28/07 
  Description: photography (Flash)
  Comments: Sempi's 7 sets of portraits, mostly taken in beautiful natural surroundings, are glorious. More portraits in the blog plus some excellent urban photos. And my favorites – the plrds and bw found on the shoots dropdown. Sweet!  [55mag]
   
• Dave's Web Of Lies 2/27/07 
  Description: trawling the world's information nets seeking out falsehoods
  Comments: "How much of what you read can you trust?" One of the Stars of the Month at Ample Sanity, today's pick is "seeking out falsehoods" and shares a new lie daily. There's over 4,000 lies in the searchable/browsable database, but I like random approach myself. "If you were to lay all the chickens in the world end to end they would stretch to the sun and back...........twice." Wait a minute! I thought that was true. "George Bush is actually an undercover Greenpeace member trying to infiltrate the goverment." No comment. Have fun...;~))
   
• Look Closer 2/26/07 
  Description: images, sound and video from New York City and beyond
  Comments: If you want something to look forward to, I've got a feeling you'll see some tasty new content in May when Dan returns from his current travels in Central America. He decided to "leave the laptop behind" so the blog won't be updated until then. But what's already here is a collection of outstanding photographs taken over the last few years in locales all over the world and at home in New York City. I love his recent shots of the "thriving street art scene" in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta (it's just one of my favorite posts). Until Dan returns, you might also enjoy his Picture China project, "a first person account of an eight-week journey through modern China." A lot to see here – look closer...
   
• Blot of Light 2/25/07 
  Description: daily drops from Ukraine photoblog
  Comments: Alex quotes Elliott Erwitt: "Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times... I just shoot at what interests me at that moment." Beautiful portraits and interesting fragments in and around the city of Dnipropetrovsk. "I invite you to join the journey..."
   
• bengali 2/24/07 
  Description: experimental Flash and photography (Flash)
  Comments: I'm not sure how Cédric produces his Airgraphs, interesting, almost neon-like drawings over photographs in several groupings. There's over a dozen series of photos in total, including cool pics from Egypt and Rome. One thing I like about the interface is that the images scale with the browser window – the slideshows are nice in fullscreen mode. There's also a small assortment of unique interactive Flash experiments. "Let us distinguish the form from the contents," says Cédric. "Good visit..."  [Mowsnet]
   
• Make No Sense 2/23/07 
  Description: experimental blog of Swedish designer Alexander Radsby
  Comments: 19-year-old Alexander calls it "a journal where design, technology, games, school and life make no sense." A designer who's studying Web Programming and Usability, he launched the blog about a month ago. "It's naked without makeup right now.." he said at the time, calling it his "experimental workshop" as he embarks on his "journey as a web developer." – started "from scratch, no CSS just a empty site." The latest design was completed just a few days ago and it's looking good in my opinion...
   
• www.PeopleProducts123.com 2/22/07 
  Description: information on the people who make the products we use every day in the form of easy-to-use package labels and stickers
  Comments: It reminds me a little of several past picks, relapsed and freewords, which were also engaged in shopdropping (or 'reverse shoplifting'). Today's pick is out to raise awareness by making improved packaging available to print, cut out, and place on products in the marketplace. Fact is, there's real people behind the products we use, like children who process sugar or harvest vegetables for example, making next to nothing for their hard work. From The Anti-Advertising Agency, alternative marketing labels for the products we buy, featuring "images and stories about the workers who make them." Enlightening.
   
• Sleepy Urbanite 2/21/07 
  Description: cell phone art
  Comments: "This project was born from the desire to create art on the fly... the beautiful uniqueness of the everyday." When she's not singing with The Locals (and rather well, thank you) or working that day job, she's out and about armed with just a cell phone camera. Done at home in Chicago on the CTA train, her Sleepy Urbanite project captured some media attention recently. "People are dreaming all around you on the train..." And when that attention took her to New York City for a day, she naturally rode their trains too, capturing sleeping New Yorkers. There's other series too, "paying freakishly close attention to the everydayness." Cool cell phone art on the fly. 
   
• strawberry fields 2/20/07 
  Description: an unchronological photoblog
  Comments: He calls it "way of motivation to go out and burn some film." Originally intended to be heavy on Beatle-inspired content, Jarek explains it didn't exactly end up that way, though "the idea itself hasn't died completely." The order of posts is more random than chronological and the more recently posted black & white photos, many of people on the street, are what really drew me in. And this is my absolute fave. Great analog photography...  [VFXY dailymosaic]
   
• Lomki 2/19/07 
  Description: illustration and photography
  Comments: Today's pick has something in common with another site reviewed a few days ago. Well, sort of. One of Jérémie's many colorful illustrations is a little comic strip with a purple creature. Grrrrrrr – a little scarier than Ted the Gerbil, but just as entertaining. There's 100 drawings in 25-year-old Jérémie's pics done over the last 4 years, including plenty of other cool characters. I also enjoyed the collection of photos from his varied travels...  [Newstoday® PBS]
   
• Jakub Krechowicz 2/18/07 
  Description: fine art photography
  Comments: From the seaside in Sopot to the ruins in Gdansk, the photographs of Jakub Krechowicz are truly fine art. So it goes with his Presense and Magic of light series as well. Rare, emotive work with the camera, plus a collection of stunning oils on canvas...
   
• Ted: enter the purple gerbil 2/17/07 
  Description: an online comic strip by Joe Butcher
  Comments: For your amusement, the adventures of a "manically depressed purple rodent" named Ted. Once a star on the greeting card circuit, he was replaced by cuter, fluffier, and pinker critters and soon "relegated to a life of charity work and supermarket openings." But don't feel sorry for Ted the Gerbil. Thanks to the web, he's back "in his very own twisted little comic strip" 3 times a week. "After his 'chute failed to deploy, Ted couldn't help wondering why skydivers bother to wear helmets." Love it (and the wallpapers too)... 
   
• SpY 2/16/07 
  Description: works of Madrid street artist SpY
  Comments: Madrid urban artist SpY engages in "the playful reappropiation of urban elements, that he replicates or transforms and then installs in the street." As one of The Kings of Mambo, he transforms street posts into colorful pencils and makes relevant social statements through the modification of signage, "full of irony and a positive sense of humor." His interventions say intriguing things too. "SpY, because I'm not worth it" in the form of a white-on-black poster on a rusty door. And "It wasn't Spy" on a big billboard, painted over one of a flood of commercial images we're exposed to everyday. Besides photos of his works, there's also videos of the artist at work. Artful public actions. And we gladly accept Risa...;~)) 
   
• 47 2/15/07 
  Description: experimental and unexpected photography
  Comments: Brandon read one "should always look for the basic elements of design such as color, shape, texture, etc.. and shoot them." He's "just starting out" and launched the photoblog a few months ago. Expect the unexpected as he explores and experiments. Accidents happen, thank you. Fresh!  [Photoblog Community]
   
• lichtschmiede.net 2/14/07 
  Description: photography gallery (Flash)
  Comments: It's a guess but I think the domain name translates to lightforge. While I prefer not having to rely on my [back] button to get back to the index, the photographic content in its 5 series is spectacular – absolutely spectacular! 
   
• Flea Circus 2/13/07 
  Description: The show must go on!
  Comments: "Who cares if Flea Circus has been around for years?" asks Anne. Well I do, for one, 'cause as long as I've been around (you don't wanna know), I've never seen Flea Circus. and now that I have, I've just gotta share its cute animated pixels, so tiny and minimal, but as Anne says, "jolly good fun..."
   
• Urban Curators 2/12/07 
  Description: project to engage the public in the celebration of the decaying urban environment, recognizing its inherent aesthetic qualities
  Comments: They see the decaying urban environment as something to be cherished. Just as ancient ruins are "windows into the lives of past civilizations," modern ruins are "vehicles by which we can gain insight into our own society." It's something to celebrate according to the URBANcurators, who hope to engage the public in appreciating "overlooked objects and spaces" by "hanging gold, gallery-style frames in derelict spaces within the city, framing objects and views that are of aesthetic or cultural value" and in the process, elevating them "to the level of high art." Cool photos and video documentation – an awesome urban art project... [NOTCOT]
   
• killscene dot com 2/11/07 
  Description: killing the scene before idiots eff it up (Flash)
  Comments: "What is a day in a life of a scene kid like?" That's the question after a brief instrumental intro and after Tara and Dana finally put him out of his misery with a single gun blast, it's on to the first tune. "Killscene Radio is probably the most random podcast you've heard, but since when has random been a bad thing?" Another great question. Be entertained as "two backstage, behind-the-scenes beauties" provide tunes and a fair amount of attitude, plus photos and a fridge magnet toy, among other diversions. "I feel useless if I can't be creative." And her last name is Killer...;~))  [Design Licks]
   
• c2photo.com 2/10/07 
  Description: A collection of photos by Chris Mrozewski
  Comments: "I want to know what you think," says Chris, an architectural student in Missouri. Well. There's a photo or two that blew me away. The site's got character. Goodies too. And if you don't mind a few hundred thumbs on one page, here's a good place to start. That's what I think...  [VFXY dailymosaic]
   
• David Mascha 2/9/07 
  Description: graphic design and illustration showcase (Flash)
  Comments: From Austria, an inspiring showcase of graphic design and Illustration by David Mascha. Included are several silkscreen prints on canvas, some bits of graffitistyle, and my favorites, his illustrations of molecular structures. Colorful works...  [Res72]
   
• VisualArt.Be 2/7/07 
  Description: a form of self exploration through different media
  Comments: "Take a look through my window. It's amazing." Tom, Tim, and Yanick engage in various types of visualart as forms of self exploration. From photography and 3D digital imagery to remarkable short animations, a fascinating visual showcase...  [Newstoday® PBS]
   
• i am kasper 2/6/07 
  Description: i do not own a business card, i do not do business. i do own a camera, i do photography. i am kasper (Flash)
  Comments: "The Russian Lomo cameras are familiar for their poor plasic optics, resulting in poor quality photos... a breath of fresh air in these digital days. Buy some plastic!" Kasper wrote that in a news post talking about the fact that a deadstock of some 200 old Polaroid cameras from the 80s were recently acquired by Lomo, apparently to be added to their inventory. Kasper's Ding Dong series appear to be Polaroids – an amusing set in which he snapped some friends' expressions as they opened their doors to find him waiting there with his camera. There's also 2 other series, one from China and the other from Iceland, with some real beauties in 'em and a brand new less is more site design for the new year...
   
• Medinat Weimar 2/5/07 
  Description: life as an Israeli-political-artist living and studying in Weimar, Germany
  Comments: The art project by a guy working towards his Masters in public art exposes some of the struggles of migrants and refugees.

  Strolling down the street you see something strange, a light catches your eye and you look down the sewage opening and get surprised, if you are curious you ask yourself questions. You encounter the "migrant showing you their papers" but you are not sure what you have seen or understand who these people are.

  (un)Documented Disappearance was installed 2 weeks ago at several sites in the small city of Jena, Germany with the blessings of both the town and the university, though the local police department was apparently unaware that Ronen had "appropriate documents of permission." That's hopefully all cleared up by now. Ronen's blog documents his life as politial-artist and student including this unique work of art, "part of a whole public art interaction" going on in Jena.
   
• Grafikal 2/4/07 
  Description: a pdf magazine promoting the work of visual artists to inspire and influence
  Comments: "Still in a new born state, Grafikal has to fully grow and develop but I think it started out on the right track. In this first issue I have some great interviews and great artwork that I hope everyone enjoys reading and viewing." That's the message from Ricardo, who launched this brand new PDF mag in January, featuring over a dozen visual artists in 57 pages – download and enjoy!  [pdf-mags.com (review)]
   
• City Traces 2/3/07 
  Description: deciphering the narratives of the cultural terrain
  Comments: One of Julie Shiels' objectives as an artist is to draw attention to "forgotten stories of neighbourhoods and places in an ever changing urban landscape." Her City Traces blog hopes to "reflect the nature of gentification and homogenisation in a globalised world" by documenting "marks on the pavement and the minutiae found in the streets." These "traces of life" tell stories – sometimes, rather interesting (and colorful) stories. Talk about street art...;~))  [TheNews.com.au]
   
• Rob Funcken Fotografie 2/2/07 
  Description: site of urban explorer, photographer and graphic designer Rob Funcken
  Comments: He calls himself an urban explorer, wondering "what kind of beautiful" lies behind doors – perhaps a "rotted floor" or some other striking vision of decay. The blog's written in Dutch but full of great photos (I wouldn't want to leave out that Urban Exploration category). And then, the Foto Gallery with over a dozen folders of visual splendor...
   
• pdf-mags.com 2/1/07 
  Description: infobase for PDF magazines made all over the world
  Comments: From Germany, a nice global guide to PDF magazines online. It also has a section of inactive mags which still have archived issues available for download, plus a news feature to keep you advised of fresh updates and new mags. "Your PDF mag's magazine..."  [ Designcollector]  (Please see News & Notes.)