Archive for January, 2006
Monday, January 30th, 2006
Barkitecture
A great example of vernacular architecture from Florida, exact location, unknown.
Bull Dog Cafe
Photo by Joan Romer. On the back lot of the MGM/Disney Studios Park. It was the café that the movie the Rocketeer was filmed.
“Barkitecture” continued here……
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
Ice Museum
The Aurora Ice Museum is the largest year-round ice environment in the world. It is created from over 1,000 tons of ice and snow, all harvested at Chena Hot Springs. Climb an Ice Tower, curl up in a Polar Bear Bed, watch a game of life size chess, or pull up a stool [...]
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
Jello Home
Artist Liz Hickock has re-created San Francisco in Jello. This project consists of photographs and video, which depict various San Francisco landscapes. She makes them by constructing scale models of the architectural elements which she uses to make molds. She then casts the buildings in Jell-O. Similar to making a movie set, she add [...]
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Sunday, January 1st, 2006
Tacoma Art House
Absolutely AMAZING piece of folk art created by Vladimir Deriugin in Tacoma. Threatened wih lawsuits by the city, he’s put it on the market for $360,000.
Vladimir calls his home constructivist art and said the structure was intended both as an artistic expression and as an advertisement for his sculpture and film business. Read [...]
