Ubiera says The Community, his series of installations, has been approved by the city’s Arts and Culture Advisory Board but that he’s still awaiting word on locations. “It’s up to the city to decide,” the Miami artist says. “It is my first public project and I want to move it to the city of Miami, Boca, anyplace that wants it. After all, it’s regular red clay bricks, made to build. Legos for adults, I call it.”
Because the installations will be site-specific, sizes will vary. “All four sides have faces,” he notes. “But I try to keep a contrast: Old man on one side, kid on opposite, cop, young black American …”
Asked how he came up with the idea, Ubiera explained: “When I moved to New York City —The Bronx — I was touched by the brick buildings. As I looked to found objects to find my latest directions, I saw a red brick, held it in my hand and realized it looked like a miniature building. The concept grew from there.”
“I believe The Community touches part of my past and part of everyone’s future,” he concludes. “A building cannot be raised without a strong foundation, neither can a community. Brick by brick, everyone equally important. Stroke by stroke. Let me shape my surroundings instead of my surroundings shaping me. “ - Keep Reading
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Just remember to have fun and be safe at the end of it all, and most importantly trust that gut!
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Tenax Vitae remake, originally by Rinaldo Carnielo, 19th century
I love the expression on the guys face. It has a total realistic quality to it. Also, the way the skeleton of death is holding the figure. Creepy!
Coincidence?
TANIA
GAZ
As usual friends, just sipping on some coffee at 3am...and came across some funny photos by Tania Gaz. Super Mario eating ramen noodles? That's funny. Anyway if you would like to see her musings check out some photos right here.
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.
Quote by Lukas Foss
There is a moment in the 1956 film Bus Stop that is a striking testament to the worth of Marilyn Monroe as a serious actress. It doesn’t last long–a few seconds at most–but like all great screen moments, it seeds itself into your subconscious, rendering it impossible to forget.
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Ween Flicks
I don't really dress up each year but I love collecting photos of masks and just the cool things people come up with each year for Halloween. Enjoy the eye candy bitches.
"October 31st, that is my date of birth
I got to the party and I did the Smurf"
- Adrock (Song: The New Style)
Happy
Birthday,
King
Adrock
Some creepy sexy pinup.
Haunted History of
Bobbing for Apples
Samhain, a precursor to our All Hallows' Eve or Halloween celebration, occurred at a time that was a magical for the Celts of Britain. A time when the veil separating the worlds of the living and dead was its thinnest. A time when the distinction between past, present, and future would blur. Many of the earliest Halloween games took advantage of this belief and were based on divining the future.
When the Romans conquered Britain they brought with them the apple tree. The apple was representative of the goddess Pomona, the goddess of fruit trees. She was known for her great beauty and fertility. Romans, although conquerors, Romans were accepting of other cultures and soon accepted Celtic beliefs and the Samhain festival. The two were blended together and the apple became part of the harvest celebration that would become Halloween.
Because Pomona was a fertility goddess and because the Celts believed that the pentagram was a fertility symbol and when an apple is sliced in half the seeds form a pentagram it is natural that they believed the apple could be used to determine marriages during this magical time of year. From this belief comes the game bobbing for apples. During the annual celebration young unmarried people try to bite into an apple floating in water or hanging from a string. The first person to bite into the apple would be the next one to marry.
While the apple may or may not have had any ability to predict the future it brought people together from distant farms and villages who may otherwise have never had contact with others outside their own families. This was very important as most people did not live through their childhoods. Marriage and fertility were extremely important. Without children there would be nobody to carry on your genes. If you didn't have a large supply of children there wouldn't be enough labor to survive. In this respect bobbing for apples wasn't just a game but a matter of life or death.
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Coincidence?
Slimer as 2pac.
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Wow, I think I have found everything on the internet. What made someone illustrate Slimer as Pac is beyond me. Creativity comes from anywhere and everywhere, I'm more convinced then that. Holla if you hear me!
Audrey
Hepburn
reminding me of the 7th Seal film. :-)
JFK on Halloween
Kids having some fun in the White House. Epic photo. Never seen this before.
The Art of Fashion by Neiman Marcus
Photographer: Geof Kern
Model: Kristen Bronson
Clothing by Thierry Mugler
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Jane Withers (2nd from bottom left) Halloween Party, 1948 - COPYRIGHT PROTECTED, TASCHEN 2009
Old School LA
Classic picture from LA from the 1940's. Looks like a jiving costume party.
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