This 3D printing project is so extraordinary because of it’s self-sufficiency. It creates objects out of sun and sand. Of course it’s still in the early stages of development. But imagine what this could do in the future.
Doma India
The gentle touch
Doma India is the love of a life applied to working with horses. Being truly connected with yourself and others can move mountains.
Robert Venosa
Timeless vistas of inner realities
New York City born, Robert Venosa was transported into the world of fine art in the late 60’s after having…
Arthur Schopenhauer
On death and life as dying
For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death – the only certainty that life holds…
Jimmy Nelson
Before They Pass Away
The photographer Jimmy Nelson visited 31 secluded and visually unique tribes around the world. The result is huge — in extend and significance.
John C. Lilly
Sensory Deprivation
Today I spent my first hour inside a floatation tank. If you never heard of it I recommend this article for a start: Sensory Deprivation Tanks. I just started to read a book by John C. Lilly the inventor of the tank. He also combined the lack of external stimuli with large doses of LSD.
Justine Kurland
Escape into a better world
To me these pictures present a futuristic vision rather than a look back at our savage ancestors.
Asger Carlsen
Studies on flexibility of relation
Asger Carlsen’s pictures make me think about my human form and its range of functions.
Walter Spies
The Edge of Heaven
The image of Bali as a place of great physical beauty laced with a mysterious spirituality has its origins in the works of a small circle of bohemian expats in the 1930, of whom Spies was the most influential.
Rimantas Dichavicius
Blossoms among blossoms
Rimantas Dichavičius is a photographer and illustrator from Lithuania. In this book he confronts the female nude with pictures of nature.
Irving Penn
Worlds in a Small Room
Best known for his fashion photography, Irving Penn’s repertoire also includes portraits of creative greats, still lifes and ethnographic photographs…
Hofmann’s Potion
The history of LSD
When the substance revealed itself to Albert Hofmann in 1943 he took on the responsibility and changed the world.
Hirō Isono
Into the Depths of the sacred Forest
There is a small group of painters who are able to invoke nature’s serene magic. Isono is one of them and his love for the forest is very tangible.
Jacob Kirkegaard
Nagaras
Jacob Kirkegaard‘s photo series Nagaras 1 and 2 explores a sonic phenomenon which only occurs in a few deserts around…
Roger Caillois
The Writing of Stones
Roger Caillois’ involvement with stones isn’t so much on a scientific level, he more created a philosophy around the inner worlds of the stones.
Tuco Amalfi
The source of light is within
I wanted to make a post about the Brazilian visionary artist Tuco Amalfi for some time already. Now I saw…
Tom Killion
Californian Topophilia
The woodcut prints of Tom Killion speak of a deep love for the landscape, a passion for the poetics of…
M. C. Escher
Hyperbolic Dreams
Escher reveals a world far away from our general perception of reality, a world of mathematics, a world of abstractions, anticipating deep features of modern day cosmology.
Mati Klarwein
Images of a generation
No introduction needed. Here’s Abdul Mati Klarwein. Maybe I feel especially familiar with his style of painting because it was…
Spencer Tunick
Body mass index
Spencer Tunick photographs individuals en masse, without their clothing, grouped together.
Augustin Lesage
The voices you heard were real
In 1912, the pitface miner Augustin Lesage heard a voice telling him that he was going to become a painter…
