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Art Documentaries Nature There

Shifting Landscapes

Emergence Magazine presents Shifting Landscapes, a documentary series, directed by Emmy- and Peabody-nominated filmmakers Adam Loften and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, exploring the power of art and story to orient us amid the darkness of our time.

Following a musician, a poet, a writer, and a filmmaker who are each embracing the alchemical power of story to connect and transform us, this series opens ways of being that hold both catastrophe and love as our landscapes change and disappear.

I've only watched the first of the 4-film series, but it was well done and I'll hopefully get to the rest this week.

The full series is here: Shifting Landscapes.

Art Miniatures There

Miniatua's Miniature 'Puters

Miniatua offers highly detailed collectibles and handcrafted miniature scale models of vintage IBM and computer gear.

There's also a to-scale recreation of the bedroom of the main character in the 1983 film, War Games, pictured above.

Six String Nation Live Event

Some of *Voyageur*'s construction materials

Six String Nation is coming up on its 20th anniversary in 2026, and Founder Jowi Taylor is ramping up to it with some events. Next in line is a free, full-length, public Six String Nation multimedia presentation – complete with a live music component from Lori Cullen. It'll be happening at The Henderson Brewery, just north of A Tiny Bell's Toronto headquarters.

Tickets are free and available through EventBrite.

If you're unfamiliar with Six String Nation, check out their official site, where you can learn about Voyageur, the guitar comprised of 64 different pieces of material — wood, bone, metal, stone and others — from across Canada.

Art Photography Archives There

The Marco Land Handyfoto Foundation

A Handyfoto — or mobile photo — captures mundane objects or situations as a photo or video. It is the unexpected synergy between two unharmonious elements. The Marco Land Handyfoto Foundation defines Handyfoto also as a way-of-seeing, a sacred practice: unplanned, observant, and attuned to life’s subtle humor and charm.

This will make more sense if you hop over to the Foundation's website and play with the filters.

Photography Horizons Alex Delamadeleine There

Alex Delamadeleine's Horizons

Alex Delamadeleine's project, les heures du jour, offers subdued horizons.

Library in the Earth

Absolutely gorgeous library built into the earth in Chiba, Japan.

The cleft looks like a water drop when viewed from above. As you wonder into the approach and pass through the plowed ground, a corridor of bookshelves appears. Architectural elements such as beams and columns have been eliminated, while the concrete void slabs cantilever out from the outer retaining walls and wing walls. The floor, walls, and ceiling all have an earthen finish and connect smoothly, and the lawn that has been planted up to the vertical edge of the slab hangs down lushly and gives the space a sense of dampness. This detail allows for the balance of irrigation and water retention to be adjusted according to the season.

Designer is Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP and there are more images on their site.

Found via Yatzer.

Candid Camera Woody Allen Pranks There

Woody Allen on Candid Camera

The secretary's reactions on this clip are terrific. Looks like it was posted to Youtube by Alan Funt's daughter.

Art Photography Nick Hedges There

Nick Hedges' Shelter + Home

On a recent dog park walk, I found myself discussing the work of Ken Loach and Mike Leigh. I saw Leigh's new film, Hard Truths, on Thursday and it was as spectacular as anything he's ever done.

While walking and talking, I struggled to recall the name Nick Hedges, whose b&w work from '68 to '72 reminds me of Loach (in composition) and Leigh (in tone). Took me a few hours or googling to bring his name to mind.