Space Soviet Brutalism

"Soviet Brutalist architecture is beautiful and strange, much of it like some odd abandoned spaceship, long-forgotten Hollywood Sci-Fi set from the 60s, or perhaps the fevered product of a very rigorously-minded architect on a great deal of hallucinogenic drugs." (source: cameraclubny.org)

90 buildings
Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed
"A photographic record of 90 weird and wonderful buildings from the last decades of the USSR. Photographer Frédéric Chaubin reveals 90 buildings sited in fourteen former Soviet Republics which express what he considers to be the fourth age of Soviet architecture. His poetic pictures reveal an unexpected rebirth of imagination." (source: www.taschen.com)

















Explicite concrete
"Concrete was the ideal working material for Soviet central planners: it made possible the construction of huge buildings on a truly heroic scale. Surprisingly, it also facilitated some remarkably beautiful structures." (source: www.weburbanist.com/brutalism)

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Russian electro-rock poetry
Delfin (also written Dolphin) is my favorite Russian pop rap hip-hop electro-poetic rock band. Aaahhh! vertigo.

Dolphin - Имя (то самое видео где Дельфин не сдержал слёз)

Dolphin music myspace
Dolphin music info

Girl in animal mask

Girl, creepy animal mask, vintage clothes, plastic toy film camera, imperfection, artist. The unusual work of Pamela Klaffke.

"I am a Canadian photographer who shoots exclusively with analogue cameras, most often my Holga CFN. My photographs often feature grain and blur; i like vivid colour, creepy masks and dolls, and the beauty and warmth, unpredictability and imperfection of working with film. I don't digitally alter my images (with the exception of some occasional cropping) and my photography has a decidedly vintage bent. I shoot people, places and all kinds of unusual things." - Pamela Klaffke

What is a Holga camera?
"The Holga is a medium format 120 film toy camera, made in China, known for its low-fidelity aesthetic. The Holga's low-cost construction and simple meniscus lens often yields pictures that display vignetting, blur, light leaks, and other distortions. The camera's limitations have brought it a cult following among some photographers." (Holga on wikipedia.)

xmas fox

wolf

anas (duck)

giraffe

cow

heading south

little red riding hood I

vulpes volpes (fox)

hedgehog

more masks
Pamela Klaffke's shop
pamelaklaffke.com

He learned me to smile.

Daydreaming, on a lazy afternoon.

"A daydream is a visionary fantasy, especially one of happy, pleasant thoughts, hopes or ambitions, imagined as coming to pass, and experienced while awake. […] While daydreaming has long been derided as a lazy, non-productive pastime, it is now commonly acknowledged that daydreaming can be constructive in some contexts. There are numerous examples of people in creative or artistic careers, such as composers, novelists and filmmakers, developing new ideas through daydreaming. Similarly, research scientists, mathematicians and physicists have developed new ideas by daydreaming about their subject areas." (Read more about daydream on wikipedia.)


Daydreaming, on a lazy afternoon, I was vaguely looking for a contemplative entertainment. Ok, let's go at Etsy.com and search among nine million of handmade listings with two keywords. Smile (why not) and strange (and why not). I landed here: RobotsAreAwesome, from Orlando USA, a shop full of wonderful smiling robots. Lovely finds!

Baby Blue Grungy Rustic Robot Sculpture - Blue Byron

Robot Sculpture Storage Bot Keepsake Vessel Rustic Silver Stew

Robot Sculpture Pull Toy - Green Glen Jiggly Wiggly

Blue Becky Back to School Girl Robot Sculpture

Green Giles Grungy Robot Sculpture

Red Rigby Angel Robot Christmas Ornament

Robot Christmas Ornament - Snowman Sid - Jet Pack Wearing Bot

Pale Blue Grungy Robot Head Mini Magnet

RobotsAreAwesome on Etsy
RobotsAreAwesome on facebook
RobotsAreAwesome on twitter

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Fall. It was in Fall when my friend Jack introduced me to the British band I Monster. But was it in Fall 2009 or 2010? I can't tell. Anyway, since that druggy night, every day the electronic dream pop duo cheers my ears up.

I Monster - Daydream in Blue

Half awake

Erin Tyner Photography: Half Awake diorama series, mysterious scenery for lonesome miniature humans

Tides

Fade

Sometimes

Above

Windswept

The Thin

Ice Swimming

The Crossing

Erin Tyner's etsy shop
blog
facebook page

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Half the time I don't know if I'm awake or I'm asleep
Half the time I don't even care

Richard Butler (Maybe Someday)

Blurry blue

Welcome to a misty and strange world, where a museum roof emulates a glass sinking boat, where a pure white orchid looks like: "What? Let's get the fuck out of here!" Beautiful blue polaroid art prints by Laura Hugues, photographer and needlepoint artist living in New York, USA.

Blue Polaroid Photograph

Louvre at Dusk


White Flower Polaroid Photograph

White Orchid


Blue Polaroid Photograph

Diver Ocean Cliff


Blue Polaroid Photograph

Blue Fairy


White Flower Polaroid Photograph

Wilted Flower


Blue Polaroid Photograph

Woman With Hand over Face


Botanicus Obscurus Series

Purple Botanical Polaroid Art

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Au Revoir Simone . Trace a Line

Au Revoir Simone is a Brooklyn-based girl band, singing and playing on three vintage synths and a drum machine. They've described their disarmingly minimalist music quite accurately as dreamy electronic lo-fi keyboard pop.

Birds in the clouds

Susie Loucks is a photographer living in Los Angeles. I met her outstanding work while looking for bird art prints on Etsy.com. The ones she gives us are amazing, stopped by the camera shutter in such peculiar and elegant poses, usually unavailable to our eyes.

"Photographing birds takes time and patience, however the more time one spends observing an animal, the more one sees its distinct personality emerge. Whether its demeanor is shy, playful, or curious, when a bird is in flight, its feathers are like a flower in bloom, everyday is spring." - Susie Loucks

Climb

Ring-billed Gull in flight against a desaturated sky

Spin
Heermann's Gull in flight against a desaturated sky

Hover

Heermann's Gull in flight against a desaturated sky

Twirl
Juvenile California Gull in flight against a desaturated sky

Eye Level

California Gull with its wings at eye level while in flight against a desaturated sky

Crow

Crow in flight against a desaturated sky

Moon Dance
Western Gull in flight against a desaturated sky

More birds in the clouds in Susie Loucks' Etsy shop
All photographs in Susie Loucks' Etsy shop
Susie Loucks' web page

Thank you for looking. Have a nice day *in the clouds*.