eye door

lost on the internet #1

2011-11-02T14:07:00.011Z

This is why I detest trendy tumblr. That swamp of incredible (and not so) images, so rarely credited to their correct incredible sources, pasted up by/for 14 year old girls to define themselves with. Can anyone identify these?

Rachel Kaye

2011-11-02T13:50:00.005Z

Fredrik Akum

2011-11-02T13:42:00.003Z

Christina Hagerfors

2011-11-02T13:36:00.003Z

Clare Loder heads

2011-11-02T13:27:00.004Z

Clare Loder drawings

2011-11-02T13:16:00.003Z

Besides her beautiful heads Clare also makes wonderful drawings.

Lady Marmalade

2011-11-02T13:09:00.003Z

Hannah Hoch

2011-11-02T13:08:00.002Z

Robin Schwartz

2011-11-02T12:51:00.004Z

Tony Matelli's Mirrors

2011-11-02T12:43:00.004Z

Roman Ciewlewicz 1930-1996

2011-11-02T12:29:00.004Z

Time Lapse

2011-10-23T13:42:00.000+01:00

Landscapes: Volume One from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo.

Rabotniki

2011-09-15T09:49:00.008+01:00

My gag reflex for street art is normally pretty aggressive. I don't understand why it's so trendy; when I worked at Tate we had stacks and stacks of Wall and Piece that flew into the arms of Spanish tourists and try hard Mums by the skipful. And last Christmas was the third or 4th in a row that I or my sister was given a Banksy book by a family member (definitely adopted).

I do however like the Rabotniki series from Grobgrafik collective. I noticed a couple somewhere near Köpenicker str., before I stumbling upon them on the internet. They've flung up their tasty collages in New York, Istanbul, Bangalore and Mumbai too. They're beautiful in the flesh (so to speak).

Susann Poenisch

2011-09-15T09:32:00.004+01:00

Another Mehr Seibdruck member, with a blog. I really wanted one of her lion prints but I think the edition is possibly all sold.

Damien Tran

2011-09-15T09:21:00.006+01:00

first seen at Druckfest in Berlin. website here. part of Mehr Seibdruck collective

self aware

2011-06-07T12:41:00.004+01:00

Rachel Lewis' article on digital magpie-ing. The luddite in me is also piqued with Lewis' description of the Slow Media movement.

Stefan Marx

2010-12-07T09:56:00.005Z

More here, thanks to Hasi for the heads up.

lay lady lay

2010-05-20T20:19:00.001+01:00

God Save the King

2010-05-16T00:29:00.004+01:00

On a hunt today for more pictures of saucy high-grain showgirls, circus acrobats and pierrot/dance hall types, I found instead some dreamy photos of a Camberwell street party from 1937.

Find more here

Ready, Able

2010-05-13T15:24:00.000+01:00

chantal rens

2010-05-11T22:57:00.004+01:00

Night People

2010-05-06T18:14:00.000+01:00

Beasts of Bodmin

2010-04-30T21:43:00.009+01:00

Today's fantasy trip is to Bodmin. I'm pretty sure we went here on a family holiday once but Bodmin Jail would have been seared into memory forever so maybe not. This flickr set is the source of my whetted appetite (the attractions on the Isle of Wight look pretty good too) and here is Cornwall's official list of tourist attractions. There are like 6 castles! And; "The legend of King Arthur is brought to life with spectacular laser lights, music and a narration by the popular actor Robert Powell" !!!

The Museum of Witchcraft

TUNNELS THROUGH TIME awh man this looked so good but has apparently been rebranded as 'Buccaneer Bay' for some stupid Duncan Bannatyne tv thing and 'injected with some PIRATITUDE'. Seriously?

The Arthurian Centre

The Lost Gardens of Heligan

Minack Theatre (below)

sonny smith

2010-04-29T19:26:00.002+01:00

see here

teaching mixed media

2010-04-29T19:21:00.000+01:00

Teaching Mixed Media to Children by Karla Cikánová, reblogged from here

up there

2010-04-29T19:19:00.001+01:00

UP THERE from Jon on Vimeo.

teleidoscopes

2010-04-22T10:29:00.003+01:00

this below is by alvin langdon coburn

tutorial here, here or here.

this one looks especially good and this one is more lofi.

gocco mania

2010-04-22T10:19:00.002+01:00

karla spetic

2010-04-22T10:07:00.003+01:00

dreamy printed silk georgette from Croation-born, Australian-based designer Karla Spetic, see here.

tara sinn

2010-04-15T13:52:00.003+01:00

More nice work by Tara Sinn here

GLASNOST

2010-04-13T16:07:00.003+01:00

GLASNOST

oviet non-conformist art from the 1980s a

16 April - 26 June at Haunch of Venison

Oh man. I have got to go to this it looks so awesome.

I have also got to start painting again. And look at that print! (ps actually just seen it's mixed media on cardboard)

Dear Thurston

2010-04-13T13:03:00.001+01:00

I'm a lonely 14 year-old. I'm not pretty, outgoing or interesting. Why do guys only like beautiful girls?Anonymous
Because the majority of guys are too stupid and insensitive to realize a person like you may possess qualities of beauty. Become aware of what's beautiful within you and cultivate it. Don't be afraid of men. Be true to yourself, and hopefully an honest love will come your way. The more you have confidence and belief in your own beauty, the more likely this is to happen.

There's this guy that I really like. He tells everyone that he doesn't even like me as a friend, but when we're alone together we do things that are reserved for people who think of each other as more than friends. What do I do?
A friend, more, or less? Huntley, IL

The guy's a jerk. I know that won't discourage you from liking him, but he's got a major personality flaw: disrespecting you. Be careful of this kind of butthead, because his sleaze behavior may rub off on you, and then your life will become more and more hellish. Next time you're alone with him and he tries to get "friendly," tell him your friend Thurston Moore wants to kick his ass. And then tell him why.

here babe

kids make fun of me and i really don't appreciate it

2010-04-13T13:02:00.001+01:00

i could give you some precious information

2010-04-13T12:51:00.003+01:00

BATCAVE

2010-04-13T12:50:00.000+01:00

Hi Mummy!

2010-04-13T12:41:00.001+01:00

awesome. see here and here

animals

2010-04-04T23:09:00.000+01:00

here

dogs

2010-04-04T23:05:00.001+01:00

The Fox Sisters

2010-04-04T22:34:00.002+01:00

wiki

The Fox sisters were three sisters from New York who played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism, the religious movement. The three sisters were Leah Fox (1814–1890), Margaret Fox (also called Maggie) (1833–1893) and Kate Fox (1837–1892). The two younger sisters used "rappings" to convince their much older sister and others that they were communicating with spirits. Their older sister then took charge of them and managed their careers for some time. They all enjoyed success as mediums for many years.

In 1888 Margaret confessed that their rappings had been a hoax and publicly demonstrated their method. She attempted to recant her confession the next year, but their reputation was ruined and in less than five years they were all dead, with Margaret and Kate dying in abject poverty.

Chichicastenango, Guatemala

2010-04-04T22:17:00.002+01:00

see here for list of top ten tombstones

Skulls in British Churchs and Churchyards

2010-04-04T21:39:00.003+01:00

flickr group here

Beinhaus

2010-04-04T21:15:00.008+01:00

Another Karner/Beinhaus/Charnel House/ossuary, this one with over 600 painted skulls.

Located in Halstatt, Austria, which makes the UNESCO world heritage list.

See here.

More to see here. Why isn't there an English wiki entry?

Here is a good list of global ossuaries, including

Chapel of Skulls, Czermna, Poland

Brno Ossuary, Brno, Czech Republic

and

Skull Tower of Niš, Serbia

Derealization

2010-04-04T21:03:00.003+01:00

wiki

Derealization (DR) is an alteration in the perception or experience of the external world so that it seems strange or unreal. Other symptoms include feeling as though one's environment is lacking in spontaneity, emotional colouring and depth. It is a dissociative symptom of many conditions, such as psychiatric and neurological disorders, and not a standalone disorder. It is also a transient side effect of acute drug intoxication, sleep deprivation, and stress.

The detachment of realization can be described as an immaterial substance that separates a person from the outside world, such as a sensory fog, a pane of glass, or a veil. Individuals may complain that what they see lacks vividness and emotional colouring. Emotional response to visual recognition of loved ones may be significantly reduced. Feelings of déjà vu or jamais vu are common. Familiar places may look alien, bizarre, and surreal. The world as perceived by the individual may feel like it is going through a dolly zoom effect. Such perceptual abnormalities may also extend to the senses of hearing, taste, and smell. Because degree of familiarity is itself among one's sensory and psychological data when experiencing a place, the process of derealization, by blocking identification with one's surroundings, itself contributes to the difference between one's perception of one's surroundings under derealization and what one's perception would be in the absence of derealization. For this reason, the more familiar a place normally seems, the more unfamiliar it seems when a person is experiencing derealization.

Capuchin Catacombs, Palermo

2010-04-04T20:26:00.008+01:00

like the wonderful ossuary at sedlec, an amazingly decorative Charnel House (bone house).

[more info]

rose blake

2010-04-02T23:31:00.003+01:00

new stuff on her blog, more on her website

more john broadley

2010-04-02T23:29:00.000+01:00

i love him.

blog.

Wild For Adventure

2010-04-02T23:24:00.004+01:00

i reaaaly want this mega book by John Broadley

T G Hamilton

2010-04-02T22:52:00.002+01:00

aidan koche

2010-04-02T22:09:00.004+01:00

website

occult lily d

2010-04-02T22:03:00.005+01:00

Another occult Terry Richardson shoot, this time a nod to Tarot.

ashley lande

2010-04-02T21:51:00.004+01:00

website

Baptême en Diable

2010-04-02T21:36:00.003+01:00

Terry Richardson for Vogue France, DECEMBER 2006/JANUARY 2007.

Dictionary of Allusions

2010-03-23T13:06:00.000Z

http://www.faqs.org/allusions/index.html

David Sherry

2010-03-23T12:39:00.005Z

from here

represented by AFG

19th Century Painted Tin Type

2010-03-23T12:24:00.001Z

sold on ebay for $236. reblogged from here

Book Design

2010-03-23T12:16:00.003Z

PAPERFOLDING TO BEGIN WITH, by Florence Temko and Elaine Simon, pictures by Joan Stoliar, Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1968

reblogged from here

Salvation Mountain

2010-03-18T11:46:00.007Z

Salvation Mountain, near Slab City on the West Coast of the US.

Alison Scarpulla

2010-03-18T11:15:00.005Z

her stream

Sofia Ajram

2010-03-18T11:07:00.004Z

her stream

Maggie Lochtenburg

2010-03-18T10:59:00.003Z

her stream

recordis set on flickr

2010-03-18T10:30:00.004Z

recordis photography pool

Mountain Dream Tarot

2010-03-16T02:15:00.007Z

Bea Nettle's Mountain Dream Tarot, the first photographic Tarot deck. Full set here.

Amazing re-interpretations of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith (below)

graphic

2010-03-16T01:53:00.003Z

so much nicer than today's shitty 5 minute photoshop approach (see below).

when did graphic design become so lazy and rubbish?

colin was showing me some football fanzines from the last century compared with today's equivalents and it's the same story. the exceptions are few and far between.

Art and Activism

2010-03-15T16:59:00.001Z

GROUNDSWELL

Orly Cogan

2010-03-15T16:54:00.003Z

her website

Hand Tinted photos

2010-03-15T15:58:00.006Z

from this flickr group

Greedy Hen

2010-03-12T18:50:00.004Z

Sleevage

2010-03-12T18:19:00.003Z

http://sleevage.com/bow-wow-wow-see-jungle-see-jungle-go-join-your-gang-yeah-city-all-over-go-ape-crazy/

http://sleevage.com/mos-def-the-ecstatic/

http://sleevage.com/sonic-youth-washing-machine/

Nice website about album cover art: http://sleevage.com/

Agnes Montgomery

2010-03-12T18:06:00.004Z

nice article here and her website here

Asafo Flags

2010-03-08T19:32:00.002Z

Above 3 found on ebay.
all rest from here

jessica williams; photos

2010-03-08T17:31:00.002Z

Really nice.

jessica williams; drawings and collages

2010-03-08T17:05:00.009Z

These are from her calendar project

These are all from her website.

David Lynch interview

2010-03-08T17:00:00.002Z

I love David Lynch so much. Mark Cousins comes across as quite annoying in print but he doesn't seem so bad here. I looked at the transcript of this interview and at Cousins Scene by Scene book for my dissertation but I think I could have got a lot more out of watching this. Bummer.

Peter Greenaway

2010-03-08T16:56:00.002Z

wiki. See The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover

For One Week Only

2010-03-08T16:50:00.002Z

TV series with Jonathon Ross

see also episodes on Pedro Almodovar and Aki Kaurismäk.

Eugene Von Bruenchenheim

2010-03-08T16:35:00.003Z

Oh man I am really trying to get off the internet today. Turns out the owner of the super nice house in the post below also made reallt interesting photos and paintings. These are all beautiful portraits of his wife Marie. More info here

Nice House

2010-03-08T16:31:00.003Z

What a great place to live. It's the home of Eugene Von Bruenchenheim "artist, arrow maker and plant man" among other things. Stumbled on here.

Hajime Sawatari

2010-03-08T16:08:00.007Z

I hope this will be the last post on Alice. I can't find too much on him but there are a couple more here and on this facebook page. This book is currently going for like £200-600 on ebay.

Alice on Film

2010-03-08T15:43:00.007Z

Besides the new Tim Burton film we have Svankmejers strange, stark Alice, Lou Bunins Cabinet of Dr Caligari-esque version and, curioser and curioser, Cecil Hepworths early silent feature (see earlier post).

More Alice

2010-03-08T15:02:00.005Z

Look at this book. These are the original illustrations by Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carrol). More information here.

An Anthology of Alice

2010-03-08T14:32:00.012Z

This Alice is by Frank Bolle from 1984.
This Alice is by Jessie Wilcox-Smith from 1923.

These are by Maria L. Kirk from 1904.

And these are by Bessie Pease Gutmann from 1907.

Michael Hague, 1985.

There have been so many interpretations of Lewis Carrolls story over the last 145 years since it was written, the latest being Tim Burton's much hyped 3d film (which I have yet to see).

I used to have Anthony Browne's book and the Michael Hague version and possibly a Peter Blake version at some point too. There are loads more on this index of Alice illustrators.

By their nature, almost all are pretty dreamy and psychedelic.

Disney's 1951 film.

Harry Rountree

2010-03-08T14:21:00.004Z

Harry Rountree, illustrator. Wiki entry and biography. According to one flickr he was

"A New Zealander who emigrated to Britain. Despite a successful career, he died forgotten and impoverished in Cornwall. "

William Eakin

2010-03-08T14:13:00.003Z

Top image from Ghost Month, middle from Night Garden and bottom from his Bottle Cap series. Website here

Brandi Strickland

2010-03-08T13:54:00.004Z

North Carolina collage artist, Brandi Strickland. Like Chrissie Abbott (who I thought I had posted about like a year ago but apparently not) but more tactile. Real nice.

Pixel-Vision

2010-03-08T13:34:00.004Z

Super lo-fi toy video camera made by Fisher Price. Records moving image onto audio cassette. Used for the bar scene in Linklater's Slacker. See here and below.

DIY picture frames

2010-03-01T14:33:00.001Z

one day i will do this

batty

2010-03-01T13:28:00.002Z

via weirdfriends

sky lanterns

2010-02-21T01:25:00.000Z

make them out of bin bags here

stanley and sons

2010-02-21T01:21:00.002Z

super nice handmade canvas bags (waxed/unwaxed). get them here

Tom McCaughan

2010-02-19T20:01:00.003Z

from here and here

qsl cards

2010-02-17T02:35:00.006Z

http://www.myqsl.org/

QSL wiki

marcel dzama

2010-02-17T02:33:00.002Z

Boxers, 2001 (15 drawings)

jockum nordstrom

2010-02-13T11:32:00.001Z

Justin McCarthy

2010-02-13T11:20:00.005Z

Justin McCarthy

2 books

2010-02-13T11:18:00.001Z

Bill Traylor

2010-02-13T11:07:00.002Z

Grandma Studio/Marianne Hallseth

2010-02-13T03:21:00.004Z

Marianne Hallseth, here and here

Map from 1689

2010-02-07T12:32:00.003Z

source here

Ex Libris Art

2010-02-07T12:20:00.004Z

"Ex libris, meaning ‘from the library of’, or ‘from the books of’ is a Latin expression concerning the artform of bookplates - stamps or labels inside books that identify the owner. Ex libris bookplates range from the simple to the decorative and elaborate, the obscure or even bizarre and surreal."

source here

Kiki Smith

2010-01-19T01:48:00.004Z