Arts
Nathan Sawaya calls himself a brick artist; using not real bricks you understand, but Lego blocks. It’s rather amazing what you can make with them, despite their obvious limitations (curves are tricky…) Anyway, he has made sculptures large and small, and some can be found in museums and exhibitions. (tbt*)
Museums can be awfully tiring places to wander through and most of us will never have the chance to visit more than a few dozen. You can access hundreds of museums at the World Visit Guide that offers a convenient gateway to them, complete with photos and descriptions in French and English. Some articles are comprehensive, some skimpy. To get a feel for this unorthodox but rewarding site, choose a museum you have previously visited to understand the riches that may be available here. (David Henry)
It looks rather like a giant metal worm burrowing into the ground near London’s Tower Bridge, six feet in diameter and sixty feet long. You pay a small fee and step up to the screen at one end and watch people like yourself moving around near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York; wave at them and they wave back. “Hardly anyone knows that a secret tunnel runs deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2008, more than a century after it was begun, the tunnel has finally been completed.“ Judge for yourself this phenomenon created by artist Paul St George by checking out the website of the Telectroscope, that was visited by the Queen in June 2008. (David Henry)
An admired friend once claimed that he never watched TV, except for C-Span2’s weekend programming called Book TV, which he never missed. Authors of non-fiction and biography are interviewed and may read from and discuss their work. They are then questioned about it by various journalists, resulting in an interesting and often humorous interaction. C-Span maintains Book notes, a permanent video archive of these programs for your enjoyment. (David Henry)
Artists are always “thinking outside of the box” which roughly means they are more creative than you and I. One example that intrigues me is Jonathan Yuen’s site that shows silhouette graphics that appear to be done with a wide black brush but with intricate detail also. The navigation is also a bit mysterious, the only clues being a few small red buttons that change things in unexpected ways. It’s well worth a visit. (Webby 2007)
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