Freak of Culture

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Marina Abramovic, “The Artist Is Present” / Beyonce, “Crazy In Love”

Credit: Libby Safford

artandsciencejournal:

The Art and Science of Linen

Cultural history and biology collide in this video artwork created by artists Anna Dumitriu and Alex May. With the aid of microbiologist Dr. John Paul, Dumitriu and May trace methods of linen production from the late nineteenth century and locate the precise culture of bacteria integral to this production. 

In “Le Microbiologie du Sol,” an influential text by pioneering microbiologist Sergei Winogradsky, the bacterium Clostridium pasteurianum is located as the prime bacterial culture responsible for the process of separating flax fibres from plant stems in linen production. May and Dumitriu build from this discovery in the above video, recreating the process to exemplify methods of production. 

This video can be seen as an act of preservation, with the focus on the textures of antique linens made from natural and cultivated resources a desire to uphold historical production and design traditions. The cultural importance the video places on this process of linen creation exhibits a disconnect with synthetic fibres used in contemporary clothing and textile design, demonstrating a rich artistic and biological history that synthetic fibres lack. 

Dumitriu and May are both artists whose art works focus on the blurred boundaries between art, science, and new technologies. By using a range of untraditional artistic mediums, such as bacteria, robotics, textiles, and digital media, both artists seek to demonstrate the perception of technology and reality. 

For more information about The Art and Science of Linen, please visit Alex May’s website here. 

- Victoria Nolte

arpeggia:

Sally Mann - Immediate Family, 1992

Artist’s statement:

“These are photographs of my children … many of these pictures are intimate, some are fictions and some are fantastic, but most are of ordinary things every mother has seen. I take pictures when they are bloodied or sick or naked or angry. They dress up, they pout and posture, they paint their bodies, they dive like otters in the dark river.”

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Jon Kortajarena at amFAR Gala 2013

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Vincent Pontillo

this is so beautiful

urhajos:

‘A Woman’s Place’ by Jesse Treece

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Today’s Q

cavetocanvas:

Whenever I visit art museums, I’m always fascinated by artist signatures and collect pictures of them on my phone. These are a sampling of some of the better known names from my visits to the Legion of Honor and de Young museums in San Francisco.

In order of appearance:

1. Hans Cranach c. 1503-37
2. John Singer Sargent
3. Jean-Léon Gérôme
4. William Adolphe Bouguereau
5. Albert Bierstadt
6. Thomas Moran
7. Odilon Redon
8. Pablo Picasso
9. Auguste Rodin
10. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
11. Claude Monet
12. Aaron Douglas
13. Salvador Dalí

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Dolorosa Jacket and Manansala Kitty Shirt

Model: Chelsea Yambao

Styling: Angela Guiao

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Lucas Cranach, Die Melancholie (detail)

Don’t front. Bitches love swings.

lana del rey’s baby pics

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Orazio Gentileschi, Danaë

Making it rain was a lot less fun before the advent of paper money.

It also got you pregnant.

uglyrenaissancebabies:

NOOOO!!! WHY DID I EAT SO MANY GODDAMN CUPCAKES?! 

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