Joy Division and New Order drummer Stephen Morris is the subject of the first in a new series of films looking at cult artists and their hobbies.
Move Mirror: You move and 80,000 images move with you
Move Mirror—an AI Experiment that lets you explore pictures in a fun new way, just by moving around. Move in front of your webcam and Move Mirror will match your real-time movements to hundreds of images of people doing similar poses around the world.
https://www.blog.google/technology/ai/move-mirror-you-move-and-80000-images-move-you/
Peter Jackson is remastering old WWI film footage
Working with the 14-18 NOW project, Peter Jackson is making a film about the experience of the soldiers fighting in World War I. As part of the process, Jackson and his special effects team (who have worked on the LOTR films, etc.) have been remastering and reimagining film footage from the collection of the Imperial War Museums.https://kottke.org/18/07/peter-jackson-is-remastering-old-wwi-film-footage
This Street Artist is Fighting Nazis With Giant Images of Food
Italian street artist CIBO (Italian for ‘food’) is fighting hate speech and crappy graffiti in his country with giant paintings of food.
https://twistedsifter.com/2018/07/street-artist-cibo-fights-nazis-with-food/
När Bert Karlsson nästan köpte Abba
Bert Karlsson har troligtvis öppnat det enda muséet i hela världen där man behöver checka in på en camping för att få komma in.
https://tramsfrans.aftonbladet.se/2018/07/nar-bert-karlsson-nastan-kopte-abba/
SpiceUp London - An Exhibition About The Spice Girls
SPICEUP is the biggest touring exhibition of Spice Girls memorabilia in the world. With hundreds of iconic costume pieces from the Spice Girls heyday as well as many thousands of items of merchandise and memorabilia it is a fantastic trip down pop music history for any Spice Girls or music fan.
https://www.spicegirls-exhibition.com/
Amazon Orders Sci-Fi Series ‘Tales From the Loop’
“Tales From the Loop” is based on the art of Simon Stålenhag, whose paintings blend elements of futuristic science fiction with images of rural life in the Sweden.
https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/amazon-tales-from-the-loop-1202875431/
Omgiven av idioti
Thomas Erikson har gjort enorm succé med sin bok Omgiven av idioter, som han hävdar bygger på forskning. Sanningen är att den inte är mer vetenskaplig än ett horoskop.
https://magasinetfilter.se/granskning/omgiven-av-idioti/
Lawsuit claims 'S-Town' exploited John B. McLemore
The lawsuit, which seeks punitive damages and profits from the podcast, alleges that the makers of "S-Town," "used McLemore's indicia of identity in a commercial manner."
https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/07/lawsuit_claims_s-town_exploiti.html
Beetle Puzzle
This Beetle Puzzle by DOIY is stunning. Comes with a adhesive sheets to stick the puzzle pieces together to frame or display as art at the end.
http://www.swiss-miss.com/2018/07/beetle-puzzle.html
