French artist Julien Pacaud calls his work “digital collage” as he uses a computer to create his artworks rather than the traditional method of scissors and glue. Self-taught, Pacaud claims he works by instinct. He flicks thru vintage magazines and old books looking for an image that will inspire him. Once found, he scans these…

Twenty-nine-year-old Stanislav Komissarov, aka Slava PTRK (an abbreviation of the word “Patriot”, his alias in computer games), is a street artist from the Urals. Nowadays he lives in Moscow and travels across Russia and Europe, leaving ‘mementos’ in different cities in the form of graffiti and installations that, by and large, deal with burning social…

Two School Girls, 1979 After arriving in Tokyo in the 1970s for what had to be a short trip, Greg Girard instantly made up his mind to stay there. The photographer got a part-time gig working as an English teacher, giving him plenty of time to explore the city with his camera. Renting a darkroom…

Turns out that even when it comes to wedding photos (previously), nobody does it as awkward as Russians!

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Berlin, 1. Mai 2011: Im Zuge der alljähr­li­chen Demons­tra­tionen zum Tag der Arbeit sind auch mehrere Zivil­po­li­zis­tInnen im Einsatz und rein äußer­lich nicht von Demons­tran­tInnen zu unter­scheiden. Gegen Abend wird ein Zivil­po­li­zist zum Opfer einer Prügel­at­tacke von unifor­mierten Kollegen: Er erhält Faust­schläge ins Gesicht, Pfef­fer­spray wird einge­setzt. Der derart miss­han­delte Poli­zist – er ist einer…

Yui Mok/PA URN:11121344 Psychedelic and punk rock pioneer Roky Erickson has died. He was 71. Erickson sang about gods and monsters and kept the energetic simplicity of rock ‘n’ roll alive. Once, when asked where his melodies came from, he said that “the very best ones are sent from heaven by Buddy Holly. The rest…

The selling of prepackaged experiences as self-discovery BAD METAPHORS is an ongoing series that takes a critical look at the figures of speech that shuttle between technology and everyday life. Read the rest here. A YouTube spot for the meal subscription service HelloFresh features a woman proudly declaring, “We’ve been on our HelloFresh journey for…

In his 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner  imagined life in 2010, correctly forecasting wearable technology, Viagra, video calls, same-sex marriage, the legalisation of cannabis, and the proliferation of mass shootings. Equally compelling, however – and even more instructive – is the process by which Brunner constructed this society of his future and our present.Read…