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Aug 20, 2017
Laurel Hope Roth, a former park ranger turned artist, has spent parts of the last decade creating intricate crocheted Biodiversity Reclamation Suits for Urban Pigeons.
Each suit depicts a bird species that is now extinct, perhaps the saddest of which is the urban pigeon's relative, the passenger pigeon:
Her work was displayed at the Smithsonian as part of a cool exhibition called The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art:
• Biodiversity Reclamation Suits for Urban Pigeons (via)
In 2009, Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara was hanging out with his business manager Tim Blum in the Manhattan bar Niagrara. Nara pulled out a marker and drew some of his fantastic figures on the walls. (Later that night, he did the same thing at a subway station and was promptly arrested.) Last week, one of […]
In a brilliant move, the Washington Post convinced several Washington Capital players to draw self portraits, most-used emoji, favorite memory, first thing bought after signing their rookie contract, And whatever this is: Check out the rest of the gallery here.
The Deep Dark is a recurring art installation by Caitlind Brown and Wayne Garrett: To develop the installation, the artists conducted interviews, asking: why do we fear the dark? Is darkness a presence or an absence? What separates real fears of nighttime from imaginary fears of things we cannot see? By unearthing commonalities between interviewed […]
Remember when the default state of your online presence was anonymity? That’s not so clear-cut anymore, and the worst part is you may not even know who is using your data or what they’re using it for. Small wonder that so many people are choosing to surf through virtual private networks. VPNs filter web access […]
Get ready for the stream of your dreams, binge-watchers. There’s a contest afoot, and at stake is a lifetime subscription to Netflix. All you have to do is sign up, and you’re entered to win this ultimate Netflix plan. When does it expire? Only when you do. And hey, just in case you need something […]
There’s overwhelming support for clean energy, and the planet is giving us more reasons to invest in renewable power sources with every passing year. Even in the most inhospitable areas, wind and solar can provide a good chunk of our power, if not all of it. So why aren’t we all taking advantage of it? […]
