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June 21, 2008

Mindblowing Data

Filed under: Art, Culture, Ecology, Environment, Health, Humanity, Photography, Sad but true, Twisted priorities — Stuart Vail @ 11:42 am

Photographer Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics — like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.

October 12, 2007

1000 Journals World Premier

Filed under: Art, Culture, Film — Stuart Vail @ 2:20 pm

1000 Journals, a film by Andrea Kreuzhage, which will screen at the AFI International Film Festival, Los Angeles, in competition on November 4 & 5. The art project was originally featured in the July 2003 issue of TheScreamOnline. Click for festival details.

June 3, 2007

500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

Filed under: Art, Creativity — Stuart Vail @ 8:19 am

October 29, 2006

Don’t try this at home.

Filed under: Art, Creativity — Stuart Vail @ 7:33 am

The latest Sony Bravia TV ad — featuring massive paint explosions — took 10 days and 250 people to film. Huge quantities of paint were needed to accomplish this, which had to be delivered in 1-tonne trucks and mixed on-site by 20 people. By award-winning director Jonathan Glazer. This is too good to miss.

July 31, 2006

1001 Journals

Filed under: Art, Creativity, Writing — Stuart Vail @ 11:34 am

The hugely popular 1000 Journals Project has that many journals circulating the globe, with people adding writings, drawings, paintings, photographs, and collages, then sending them on to the next-in-line. The hope is that most will end up back in San Francisco in a fabulous art installation. My wife and I each contributed to a journal, I featured the project in TheScreamOnline, and now a book about it is in the making.

At this point it is near impossible to get on the list, but there is hope: 1001 Journals is a new round of journals and, in this case, you can start your own.

July 30, 2006

The Alhambra

Filed under: Art, Culture — Stuart Vail @ 8:48 am

The current online issue of Saudi Arcamco World has an excellent article about Spain’s Alhambra, with exquisite photographs and a virtual 360 tour. Other articles include Muslim Roots of the Blues, Decorated Houses of Nubia, and the exotic culinary cuisine of 10th-century Baghdad.

June 27, 2006

TED Talks

Filed under: Art, General, Observations, Photography, Science, Technology — Stuart Vail @ 8:14 am

Each year, TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) hosts some of the world’s most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons, and geniuses. The talks they deliver have had such a great impact, TED thought they deserved a wider audience. So now, for the first time, they will release a new talk each week to inspire, intrigue, and awaken the imagination. For best effect, plan to listen to at least three, start to finish (they have a cumulative effect.) If you have a curious soul and an open mind, we think you’ll be hooked…

The current issue of TheScreamOnline features the exquisite photography of 2005 TED awardee Edward Burtynsky.

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