Author Archives: Brian D. Butler

Holidays Are So Random

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Does William Gibson know about this? Time Is of the Essence (Cold Mailman) Pop Surrealism is now online. Noelle Stevenson (AKA: gingerhaze) is an illustrator and art student who has cleverly reinterpreted the Lord of the Rings as a hipster/comic/buddy … Continue reading →

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Just In Time for the 4th

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Just in time for the July 4th weekend, PAVEL ZOUBOK GALLERY is presenting the exhibition MARK WAGNER: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, featuring the artist’s monumental 17 x 6 foot currency collage Liberty, a 1/11 scale play on … Continue reading →

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Words In The City At Night

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

For the past six years, London-based artist/poet Robert Montgomery has carried out a project that he calls WORDS IN THE CITY AT NIGHT , where he hijacks commercial and public advertising space in cities, often unlawfully. He covers illuminated ad … Continue reading →

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Funny, they don’t look Bluish

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Morocco is famed for its colorful markets, towns and cities, but the northwestern city of Chefchaouen has a singular take on its color scheme. In fact, it’s rare to find a building in the town that’s not painted completely blue … Continue reading →

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A Dance With Dragons

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

If you’re a fan of George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series, then you’re keenly aware that the long awaited ( 6 years! ) conclusion is due for release on July 12th. And if you’re a cynic like … Continue reading →

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New York – Paris : A Love Story

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

This beautifully executed and edited short was shot entirely on a Nokia N8 phone.

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Reykjavik Is A Work of Art

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Snorri Tryggvason spent two years and 3,000 plus hours creating this marvelous new interactive map of Reykjavík Iceland. This work of art is not at all computer generated. A mobile app version will be out soon. Even if you have … Continue reading →

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Discover Narrative Nonfiction

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

  It’s a nonfiction reader’s fanatsy: a database of 30,000 essays, articles and stories carefully curated, organized and presented; and it’s totally searchable by author, topic and publication. Byliner.com, which launched last week, offers a recommendation service that suggests new … Continue reading →

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Libraries Without Borders

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is probably the only cultural institution that’s bisected by an international border. That’s because the US/Canadian border slices right through the library’s Kenneth Baldwin International Reading Room. You enter the imposing turn-of-the-century building … Continue reading →

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From Russia With Love

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Between 1905 and 1915, photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii carried out a remarkable photographic survey of the Russian Empire. He used a custom camera that captured three black and white images in rapid succession and utilizing blue, green and red filters he … Continue reading →

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