Archive for July, 2007

art and artifice

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

about face [>] the bilingual artnatomia presents victoria contreras flores’ interactive reference tool illustrating the anatomical and biomechanical basis of facial expression, useful primarily for artists and animators

bank on it [>] the anonymous, iconoclastic graffiti artist banksy has a appropriately low-key website to give you a taste of frequently humorous, always though-provoking work

smoke on the horizon

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

recipe for disaster [>] as a prelude to her upcoming book, the end of america: a letter of warning to a young patriot, naomi wolf’s guardian unlimited editorial outlines the united states’ downward slide with “fascist america, in ten easy steps”

fly the unfriendly skies [>] tom englehardt provides a reference-laced article on the common dreams website detailing the barbarism of “war from a distance” and the disingenuous reporting of “collateral damage” in the brutal air wars in iraq and afghanistan