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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Visites Des Catacombes
During recent renovations at the Paris Trinité-d’Estiennes d’Orves Metro station, workers uncovered vintage posters from the early 1950s, hidden for six decades. The RATP will be restoring the find and adding the posters to its archives.
Winter Is Coming (back)
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, USA
Tagged Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Song of Fire and Ice
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Formulary for a new urbanism
Drawing on his interest in contemporary psychogeography and cartography, the British artist known as Fuller—aka Gareth Wood—spent a decade working on his London Town project. Created with black ink on cotton board, the intricately detailed illustrated map of Britain’s capital … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Libraries, Maps, Tourism
Tagged British Library, Cartography, London, Psychogeography
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Visit the Mountains of Madness
I started reading H.P. Lovecraft when I was about 12 years old and finally stopped when the nightmares became to frequent. Of course I went back to the master of the macabre as an adult, but Lovecraft still scares the … Continue reading
Bookmobile On The Hoof
I always love a good bookmobile story, so I couldn’t resist the tale of Ridwan Sururi and the Kudapustaka, or “Horse Library”. With the donation of 135 books by a friend from Jakarta, the horse farmer decided to start his … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Books, Libraries
Tagged Bookmobiles, Indonesia, Jakarta, java, Purbalingga
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Support The Book Thing
The city of Baltimore is known for its rich historical past and contemporary poverty and racial strife. But one of the longstanding bright spots in the port city is the beloved community organization The Book Thing. This free book program … Continue reading
Keep On Trucking
The Truck Art Project is a clever initiative that offers European street artists the opportunity to transform commercial trucks into rolling works of art. A fleet of ten trucks serve as mobile canvases and itinerant art galleries as they travel … Continue reading
The Impact of a Book
Guadalajara-based Mexican artist Jorge Mendez Blake draws connections between the power of literature and the power of visual arts with his monumental installations. In this work he constructed a brick wall on top of a copy of Franz Kafka’s El Castillo.
