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Performance Art on the Plinth
A new ongoing performance art project has started for the people of UK called One & Other, where everyday until October 14th participants can submit photos as living portraits that will occupy the vacant Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London. If your submission is drawn, you’ll also gain a performance spot on the Plinth. This pedestal has been reserved for statues of kings and generals but it is currently empty — unless you want to fill with your own creation. This is an interactive artistic experiment led by sculpture Antony Gormley. I’m not sure how truly artistic this is, except that it’s an open mike for being creative and…
Water Works
Wow! This is just mesmerizing and perfect for a hot, summer Monday. Fantastic water graphics found in a Japanese Mall. Those are some water jets with precision. japanese-mall-fountain Another thing that required tremendous precision and that I found mesmerizing was watching the Fourth of July Fireworks all coordinated to various musical pieces on the East River in New York. Although we are typically down on the VA side of the Potomac watching the fireworks there and have been for the last 22 years, this was the first year that my husband fully gave over the tradition to our older son. It has just become too difficult to park and unload…
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Polka Dot Psychedelic
See the Birthday Balloons post on Slipcovers for Your Walls along with below — both appropriate for an upcoming 4th of July celebration. This is a bit psychedelic but too happy not to post. Artist Yayoi Kusama has an obsession with polka dots. Here’s another look at one of her earlier installations. I like jazz and rhythm and blues, being from New Orleans, how could I not, so here’s a non-traditional patriotic song in time for the 4th of July, Freedom ’90 by George Michael. A bit descriptive of the 80’s (with all the top models of the time) but fun and danceable– perfect for Kick Starting Your Weekend. George…
