Category Archives: Art

Men and Motorcycles

Posted on October 9, 2011 by jonneke

“Nairobi, Kenya,” a photo from Boing Boing reader Biketripper shared in the BB Flickr Pool. On the bikeflaps of one rider, “A Strong Enemy Is Better Than a Weak Friend.” Thanks, MY!  (original source biketripper via boingboing)

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Empathy & Society

Posted on July 19, 2011 by jonneke

Thank you, Tahirih and RSA.

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Heidelberg Project

Posted on May 29, 2011 by jonneke

Randomly, I read about the Heidelberg Project (also here, here and here) in a Detroit neighbourhood. This art project was founded by Tyree Guyton (more about him here). (Image from the MI Daily) Dotty Wotty House (via wikipedia): polka dot house (from Joe Braun Photography):

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Hassan Hajjaj’s LV Posse

Posted on May 29, 2011 by jonneke

LV Posse, 2000 / année Islamique: 1420 by Hassan Hajjaj. One of the monograph exhibitions of the Bamako Encounters.

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Underground reading

Posted on December 19, 2010 by jonneke

From the NYT: One Sunday afternoon this holiday season, as the literary professionals were putting finishing touches on their year-end lists of best books, citizen critics were busy just reading. On a No. 6 train between Astor Place and 125th … Continue reading →

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Russian Gangsters

Posted on November 27, 2010 by jonneke

I’m sitting here open mouthed.  I really have no idea what to think or feel or say about this photo series published in The Guardian. Shocking. Creepy.  Beautiful.  Devastating.  Awful.  Demeaning? In a ‘godforsaken place’ in Russia, small-time gangsters are … Continue reading →

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Solitude

Posted on November 20, 2010 by jonneke

Guardian.co.uk Michel de Broin, Solitude (2002)

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Music on strike!

Posted on November 19, 2010 by jonneke

From The Guardian: The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is striking against 20% pay cuts, which managers say are inevitable if they are to continue to exist in America’s ruined industrial heartland…. the players say that it is precisely because Detroit is hurting … Continue reading →

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Princess Hijab

Posted on November 12, 2010 by jonneke

Images here Interview here (Thanks, Shell)

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How British people greet you at the airport

Posted on November 8, 2010 by jonneke

(Thanks, Mona!)

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