Conquinete

I just bumped into Ana Cabaleiro's page on flickr... Amazing photography!

Aix-en-Provence

Photo by Stefano Marchionini (his site, his flickr).

Indian summer

Photo by Alba Yruela Xifró, a Spanish photographer in London.

I think of you in colours that don't exist.

By Dazed Revolter from Berlin.

Nowhere

Dimitris Papaioannou has achieved something really special. He managed to bring a really broad audience into Greek contemporary dance. He has a long cv that includes successful productions such as Medea (1993), Dracula (1997) and Human Thirst (1999) that established him as the main figure in the Greek dance world, but it was in 2004 when he became a sort of a national hero when he directed the opening and the closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympic Games. Since then he presented the sold-out productions 2 (2006) and Medea-2 (2008). "Nowhere" is Papaioannou's new work at the National Theatre of Greece.

"Nowhere is a work about the physical space of the theatrical stage. Constantly changing and defined by the men and women that inhabit it, it can be countless different places while designed to be nowhere at all.
For the inaugural production of the new Ziller Building (National Theatre of Greece in Athens), Dimitris Papaioannou has enlisted the help of Coti K., Zafos Xagoraris, Alekos Giannaros and Thanos Papastergiou to create a work that exploits the new equipment of the Main Stage by stripping it bare. Twenty-six performers measure the space - and measure themselves against its capabilities – in a specially designed work that can be performed nowhere else."

Unfortunately Dimitris Papaioannou website is made in flash. That makes it stylish but not so easy to use...

Nashville's Smallest Art Gallery

I quote from their site:

"Located in the heart of Hillsboro Village NSAG is the smallest functioning art gallery in Nashville, and dare we say, the world! The art is real. Really small, but real. The gallery is already attracting some of the top artists from around the US, as well as local Nashville artists."

"In a former life, the gallery was a neglected, graffiti-covered display case. Soon with a little help from some Goo Gone, a razor blade, and a total interior makeover, the gallery started to take shape. The gallery lights are powered by a solar panel mounted to the top, making it the only 100% self-sufficient art gallery in Nashville (and again, perhaps the world)."

Artwork by Lauren Rolwing (check my previous post about her). Photo by Daniel Box.

Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno is a French artist of an Algerian origin. A few weeks ago I was in Zurich and I visited his exhibition at Kunsthalle. It was one of the most inspiring exhibitions I have seen.

When you close your eyes

Today, I spent the day designing a website for architects. Before calling it a day and going home, I want to post a photo that I really like from another architect. His name is Alistair Dickinson and the picture, as you can see, has a human perspective without any human trace on it. This is his site and this is his flickr.