In 1991, Francisco Javier Rencoret, a Chilean architect and then Fulbright scholar at Cornell University, published New York City: The Edge of Enigma, (Princeton Architectural Press), a visual essay [...]
The ancient Berber village of Matmata in South Tunisia, located between the Eastern coast and the desert, is characterised by settlements of dwellings dug into the clay-gypsum layers of the ground. [...]
Contemporary Spanish painter Carlos Morago depicts realistic interior scenes that are mostly reduced to the bare minimum: light floors and walls and sporadical furniture. Empty corridors and rooms [...]
The Toghrol Tower is a 20 meters high tower located in the city of Rey in Iran made of bricks and Sarooj, a water-resistant mortar. It was erected in 1063, and according to some sources, it was [...]
Sandrine Marc is a photographer and artist based in Paris with a specific interest in self-made editions. She investigates urban and suburban territories through slow, long walks immersing herself [...]
American architect Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866-1946) was also an artist, writer and stage designer. He was based in Rochester, NY where he built his masterpiece, the New York Central Railroad [...]
The second album by British new wave band XTC did not feature any images. Instead, a written essay about how buyers are attracted by album covers to buy records was used.
The paragraph, which [...]
James Lipnickas is a New Haven-based artist and graphic designer. He creates highly evocative scenes representing small architectural stages in axonometric projection. Suspended stairwells, [...]
The palace of Charles V in Granada was built starting in 1527 as a summer palace for the emperor. The Renaissance building is located inside the Alhambra, the former Nasrid complex on Sabika hill, a [...]
Bernard Moninot is a French multimedia artist. Over the 1970s and the 1980s, he produced a series of drawings, (inks, crayons and acrylics) of greenhouses based on various modes of representation, [...]
Wangyingzhi Janny Ji is an award-winning designer with a varied creative background. Her work has been recognised by the Art Directors Club, the Type Directors Club, Graphis, Adobe, STA 100, [...]
If you could list some of the innumerable objects multimedia artist Sarah Sze uses in the site-specific installations in Timelapse, it would be a myriad of items that do not seemingly belong [...]
“I still hesitate when anyone asks me where I’m from, no doubt a question owing to my unusual accent,” writes Brighton-based Ian Howorth. The photographer, who was born in Peru, spent time in [...]
Helen Blejerman is a Mexican artist based in the UK. She uses her practice to explore “the spiritual aspect of people in the context of violence, in particular the context of femicide. My [...]
In a series of black and white images shot on 35mm film, Paddy Summerfield (b. 1947) documents his mother’s Alzheimer’s and his father’s dedication to caring for her. The photobook, titled [...]
“When a new direction in art appears, it always seems strange at first.” – Julius Voegtli (1879-1944). When the first Impressionist exhibition launched in 1874, it was met with [...]
Alchemy emerged after the eighth century with the aim of transforming metal into gold. The protoscientific idea originated and developed in various strands, including ancient China, countries in [...]
The V&A, London, has collected and exhibited photography since it was founded in the 1850s. On 25 May 2023, the final phase of its Photography Centre will open – the largest galleries in the [...]
London Gallery Weekend (LGW) originated at the grassroots level during the pandemic. Now, it takes place the 2 – 4 June and unites over 80 galleries across the capital. This year’s event [...]
Tom Wood (b. 1951) is affectionately known as the “Photie Man” across Merseyside. The Irish-born artist has certainly earned this title; it’s the result of 50 years dedicated to photographing [...]
“A Way You’ll Never Be”
by
Ernest Hemingway
The attack had gone across the field, been held up by machine-gun fire from the sunken road and from the group of farm houses, encountered [...]
I brought a box of old books to my spot; I did not intend to pick up any books but then I picked up six:
I’d been looking for a handsome and/or cheap copy of Aldous Huxley’s The Devils [...]
Q. It’s interesting that you say your new book is surreal but not magical realism. You’ve said that you don’t consider your earlier books to be surrealistic. Why not?
A. Surrealism [...]
“Wet”
by
Joy Williams
from 99 Stories of God
The Lord was drinking some water out of a glass. There was nothing wrong with the glass, but the water tasted terrible.
This was in a white building [...]
This is not a review of Fernanda Melchor’s collection This Is Not Miami.
First published in 2013, This Is Not Miami is now available in English translation by Sophie Hughes.
Hughes [...]
all images courtesy Gaku Yamazaki Gaku Yamazaki, a 21-year old college senior, spends his spare time traversing Japan in search of what he has dubbed ikei-yajirushi, or ‘unusual arrows.’ [...]
These white and intricate forms appear to be the work of mother nature, sculpted over hundreds and thousands of years. Instead, they’re the work of Japanese ceramicist Eriko Inazaki, who [...]
If you want to escape the hustle and bustle of touristy Kyoto, head to this newly opened oasis of books and coffee. Located slightly north of central Kyoto is the Donkou Kissa Fang, a serene cafe and [...]
the Kyoto Aqarium’s 2020 Penguin Relationship Flowchart Penguins, the way they waddle around and protect their eggs, are often thought of as cute, cuddly and romantic. But those who observe [...]
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, one of Japan’s most-historically and culturally significant shrines, will undergo a massive renovation beginning in May of 2023. And for three years the honden main [...]
Come for the art, stay for the coffee. Japan’s numerous museums offer a little bit of everything. Whether it’s cutting edge, contemporary art in Tokyo or a tiny museum in the countryside [...]
The moment we saw this foldable electric bike, something awakened our inner child. We couldn’t quite put our finger on it bit it was a feeling akin to seeing a brand new toy in a toy shop. It [...]
photo courtesy Sabogawa Koinobori Kawanagashi Association Around this time of year, Japan becomes decorated with scenes of fish fluttering in the sky. Known as koinobori, the carp streamers are an [...]
I chose some works by Sayaka Aburada today for their love of clouds. It is very hot here (for Scotland) and the sun is brutal in its ability to burn, so I'm seeking clouds to nurture. Sayaka [...]
Ruari Knott's degree show was a shape shifting exhibition of prints that were transformed by being the base for projections, altering the colour and composition before your eyes.
'Disposable' am I disposable? Are you disposable? Is this disposable? What is the value, are we valued, what is disposable? This is the question explored in the degree show of [...]
The glowing kaleidoscopic work of Morwenna King."My work revolves around the themes of light and colour, psychedelia and patterns in nature. Is it just coincidence that neurons, tree branches, [...]
Anne Brodies degree show was a wild flailing dance of gestural branches and organic sculptural forms. The Dance'All things on earth interact in a continual cycle of encounters. One thing turns [...]
The view from a train is this latest animation from the wonderful illustrator Eun Young Choi, I love the split screen of this animation and it's calmness.
