Category Archives: Europe

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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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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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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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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China Clones Austrian Village

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The serenely beautiful Austrian village of Hallstatt attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. And deservedly so, with its idyllic lakeside setting at the foot of Mt. Docstein in the Salzkammergut, the traffic-free town of less than a thousand … Continue reading →

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L’Homme Chat

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Filmmaker Paul Trillo shot this endearing mini-documentary during the Cannes Film Festival this year. Béla the Cat Man is originally from Hungary, but now travels the south of France “performing” on the street.

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London Walks

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

“London Walks!” by illustrator/writer Joanna Walsh – aka Badaude– offers a fresh angle on 22 city walks, 3 bus rides and a boat trip, reframing the capital’s streets into a set of kooky cartoons and providing the London-weary with an … Continue reading →

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Hurtigruten: the world’s most beautiful voyage

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Lucky travelers have been taking the “world’s most beautiful voyage” along Norway’s coast on the Hurtigruten line since 1893. Now, we can all travel along with the world’s longest continuous live TV program. Beginning on June 16th and running until … Continue reading →

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Van Gogh Goes Green In London

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The world’s first living wall replica of a painting masterpiece, Van Gogh’s A Wheatfield, with Cyrpresses, is now “hanging” in Trafalgar Square, London at the National Gallery. Working with GE and ANS Group, the museum designed, grew and installed the … Continue reading →

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Stockholm: Mind Your Step (this week)

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Photographer Erik Johansson’s street art project asked Stockholmers to “Mind Your Step” at Sergels torg.

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