Art

Fleursdumal.org is dedicated to the French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867) and his poems Les Fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil).

The definitive online edition of this masterpiece of French literature, the site contains every poem of each edition of Les Fleurs du mal, together with multiple English translations.

Charles Baudelaire’s Fleurs du Mal

Fleursdumal.org is dedicated to the French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), and in particular to Les Fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil). The definitive online edition of this masterwork of French literature, Fleursdumal.org contains every poem of each edition of Les Fleurs du mal, together with multiple English translations — most of which are exclusive to this site and are now available in digital form for the first time ever.

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9-Eyes, artist Jon Rafman's blog of images from Google maps is back after resting for 5+ years.

Pocket is a short film meant to be watched on your phone using headphones. It has mature themes and is excellent. 18 minutes. Directed by Mishka Kornai.

Ripple is a short film by Connor Griffith. "It's a flurry of frame-by-frame images, mostly from Google Earth and Wikipedia, that depict the many developed and undeveloped surfaces on the planet." — the Atlantic

Hamburg's garbage men portray their city in the Trashcam Project — with their garbage containers. Standard 1.100 litre containers are transformed to giant pinhole cameras. With these cameras the binmen take pictures of their favourite places to show the beauty and the changes of the city they keep clean every day.

And here's a shot of one of the men positioning the camera:

The entire set is on the project's Flickr page.

"As long as something creates a reaction it’s alive," says Maurizio Anzeri, the Italian born artist from the city of Loano. Known for his series of eerie portraits or photo-sculptures, a term used by himself to describe his portraits.

More of Anzeri's work can be seen in this Yatzer profile:

The Embroidered Secrets of Maurizio Anzeri | Yatzer

Known for his series of eerie portraits or photo-sculptures, a term used by himself to describe his portraits, Maurizio Anzeri’s work will be presented this month at the Baltic and will mark his first solo show in a major UK institution. Yatzer caught up with Maurizio Anzeri and discovered the man behind the embroidered vintage photographs who is enjoying an extraordinary moment in his career.

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Mike Stilkey paints on books.

More on his official website:

Mike Stilkey

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Jeremy Mayer disassembles typewriters and then reassembles them into full-scale, anatomically correct human figures and other sculptures. He does not solder, weld, or glue these assemblages together — the process is entirely cold assembly. 

His guiding principles:

Emulation is beautiful.
Sustainability is crucial.
Patience is paramount.
Abundance abides.

These principles are expanded on on Mayer's website:

JEREMY MAYER

Featuring the sculpture of artist Jeremy Mayer from California, who has been making art by disassembling typewriters, then reassembling them into human, animal, and abstact biological forms for almost 30 years.

JEREMY MAYER