Suren Manvelyan - The Landscape in our Eyes
The first time I stumbled over these photoes, they literally took my breath away. Is this really true or masterly photoshopped? Are there really complex landscapes inside our eyes? Mountains and cliffs like on Mars? Nettings webbed by little spiders? Volcanic craters bordered by clotted magma? It seems like the same rules of design apply to micro- and macrocosm. Fascinating, captivating and a little… creepy.
Have a closer look at all the works here, where you can directly order prints and posters. And visit the Website of Suren Manvelyan here, because his other works are worth a look, too.
Filed under: Tollwood Winter Festival 2012
A snapshot I made in one of the tents of the Tollwood Winter Festival. We were there to fetch a lamp from this booth and to eat some falafel.
I remember when Tollwood started back in 1988. Now we have a summer and a winter festival and because the alternative market supports the cultural acts it is not easy to find something not too expensive.
This year I think the most often sold articles were Buddha statues. They come only in three different flavours and in all sizes. From penny sized up to seven feet…
I’m not too fond of the idea of religious symbols sold as decorative garden gnomes. Christians should be happy that the crucifix is such scary symbol: Imagine China’s front gardens plastered with smiling Jesus statues!
DIY Rainbow by Helmut Smits
Visit the website of Helmut Smits from Rotterdam, Netherlands. There’s a lot to watch because he works as a painter, photographer, video artists and is famous for his public installations since 1997. Recurring topics in his work are consumption, intolerance or excess, but he is in now way accusatory or bitter. Far from it his works are inspiring and sometimes even funny.
