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truly the only way to get through to audio terrorists
— translated irreverently adapted fragment of a poem by Odysseas Elytis; painting by Yannis Tsarouchis (detail)
RENEGADE NELL 1.01 | Don't Call Me Nelly
The Birth of Venus by Botticelli figure/bjd
Part of The Table Museum collection by Freeing
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It’s super breathtaking:
What a bizarre series, I love the way these are displayed
Vitruvian Man, Da Vinci
The Thinker, Rodin
The Scream, Munch
Moai (Easter Island)
Winged Victory of Samothrace / Venus de Milo
This is my favorite
While objectively hilarious, the censored photos infuriate me. Look at this shit.
it's interesting how 'fact check' and 'vet your sources' seem to be the correct course of action only when it's about things we don't agree with isn't it
The project "Thousand Doors of Odessa", which restores the unique ancient doors.
Odessa, Ukraine
i feel extremely fortunate to live with two cats that are super affectionate.
i do, however, wish they were slightly less prone to crime.
Some people have asked me if I can publish my mapmaking tools. So I developed a software. 🙂
Here is the result:
Intriguing!
think about how many people have died because they took out the warning
This is hilarious because the biggest edit Stoker’s editor made him do was to cut out a preface that said “this was all real and the Harkers are wonderful people and my friends :)” The editor felt he risked inducing mass panic.
Obv there's lots of great photography and video art but unless you're doing something weird with the form I feel like they don't really make sense for like. Art museums. At least in the age of the internet. The value add of a museum is presenting objects you couldn't access otherwise. But if its video or photography it's endlessly reproducible. It's like putting a book in a museum
1) Size matters. Experiencing visual arts solely through a computer screen eliminates a huge factor in how it can (should? was intended to? is supposed to? at the very least might as well) be experienced. The exact same photo printed in stamp size or wall size can evoke completely different things.
2) Curation matters. Someone decides which works will be displayed, how to place them in the space, what information to provide on a card etc. I've never been at a photography exhibition where I didn't learn something new, and didn't see something I hadn't. And all the photos I already knew, I always saw them with a different eye.
3) Audience matters. I think it's cool to see other people's reactions, and to participate in that. For many intents and purposes, that's when art happens: not when it's made but when it's perceived.
4) Photography is not now, and has never been, endlessly reproducible. A photograph starts with a raw image file, or a negative film (or a positive film, or any other method) that is processed before it's displayed, before it becomes a photo. And the process, while it can be more or less mechanical, involves a bunch of creative choices, which can be remade at any time. I like how Ansel Adams put it, he was referring to film photography but it applies to digital too: the negative (or the raw image) is like a musical composition, and the printing (or the digital editing) is like a performance. With a few exceptions, such as Polaroids or pinhole camera photos, photographs are potentially everchanging.
And finally, I think the value of a museum should NOT be "presenting objects you couldn't access otherwise". On the contrary, I think everyone should have access to everything. IDEALLY, Berlin should return Nefertiti to Cairo, use their 3-D scans to make a perfect copy, and then display the copy, along with an apology. And the 3-D scans should be shared with the world (they already are, they got leaked and are currently floating in torrent form, but see, I want it official, I don't want to have to force them, I want their submission), and any museum in the world will be able to make a perfect copy, so that anyone can see Nefertiti and assorted priceless artifacts, even if they can't afford travelling to Cairo or Berlin or Paris or New York. All the while we'd be giving jobs to techs and artists (a net gain for all society), and allowing for many different displays, even side by side for comparison: as we found it, restored, restored in a different way, in a tactile exhibition for blind people and children and anyone curious how a sculpture feels.
There are IMMENSE possibilities for public education, not to mention enjoying art, if only everyone got unstuck from that stupid fucking exclusivity model (we display this thing that no one else has! that's the only thing that matters!), which is just posh dick-measuring if you ask me. And if I still want the thrill of looking at The Original Nefertiti, well I can always go to Cairo.
answered a scam call today and had the most bizarre conversation
scam caller: hello, how are you today?
me: great!
scam caller: good. I’m calling because your IP address has been compromised. I’ll just need you to get in front of your computer so we can get your account fixed up.
me: okay! there is one thing I’m wondering, though
scam caller: what?
me: you really couldn’t think of a better lie?
scam caller:
me: like, my “IP address has been compromised.” How, exactly, does an IP address become “compromised”?
scam caller:
me: I was just wondering, is all
scam caller: why did you answer?
me:
me: what?
scam caller: if you knew this wasn’t a legitimate call, then why did you answer?
me: oh, I just though I would have some fun at your expense.
scam caller: what expense? talking is no expense to me.
me: well, you’re currently not accomplishing your goal
scam caller: my goal?
me: your goal of scamming my elderly grandmother. You’re not accomplishing that. I’d call that an expense.
scam caller: well, can I scam you?
me:
me: did you- did you ask if you can scam me?
scam caller: yes. can I scam you?
me, baffled: sure, you can try
scam caller: you need to get in front of your computer
me: yeah, that’s still a problem. I’m eating tater tots right now and I really don’t feel like getting up.
scam caller: okay. I will call you tomorrow morning, then.
me: I might not answer. My grandma definitely won’t.
scam caller: You answered today.
me: …touché?
scam caller: I will call you tomorrow. Have a good day.
Enemies to lovers, slow burn, 500K
This reads like a bit from a British sketch comedy.
Reading fantasy where patriarchy just, notionally Isn't A Thing but other than a scattering of women being knights and wizards this having zero effect on the author's imagining of medieval/early modern life, and on the one hand wishing people would dig a bit deeper here, but also on the other being painfully aware of what the average fantasy story trying to actually engage with that stuff looks like.
DOCTOR WHO | The Parting of the Ways (1.13)
Then, prove yourself, Doctor. What are you? Coward or killer?
Being as Dracula Daily is starting up again in about three days, I think this is a perfect opportunity, as we follow along this year, to play the PG-13 game.
For the unfamiliar, the PG-13 game is as follows: you are allowed to insert one and only one instance of the word "fuck" into the text as written. For maximum impact, where do you put it?
First word of the inside cover~
Being as Dracula Daily is starting up again in about three days, I think this is a perfect opportunity, as we follow along this year, to play the PG-13 game.
For the unfamiliar, the PG-13 game is as follows: you are allowed to insert one and only one instance of the word "fuck" into the text as written. For maximum impact, where do you put it?
The title.... Fucking Dracula. Is the book about having sex with Dracula? Is it an exclamation of excitement or possibly exasperation? Only one way to find out
This is inspired.
All six tarot cards collected! I decided to use white accents on elements that have an important symbolic role in each character's stories. My favorite picture out of the six is probably Karlach's card. And what do you think? Which card do you like best?
