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Fact Jessica Hilltout: Amen-Grassroots Football

The images in Jessica Hilltout‘s Amen tell a gripping story of the joy soccer provides for Africa’s less fortunate. Inspired by her father, Hilltout set off to photograph soccer in Africa in all its shapes and sizes, coming to the conclusion that “the beautiful game exists in its purest form in what I saw — people playing for the joy of playing.”

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18 Oct 2012 10:49:00,post received 0 comments

Charming Landscapes Carved Out of Books by Guy Laramee

“So I carve landscapes out of books and I paint Romantic landscapes”, says interdisciplinary artist Guy Laramee who, in the course of his 30 years of practice, found his way through such varied and numerous disciplines as : stage writing, stage directing, contemporary music writing, musical instrument design and building, singing, video, scenography, sculpture, installation, painting and literature. Laramee uses books that are slowly falling apart, such as old encyclopedias and dictionaries to create dramatic landscapes.

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05 Jan 2013 18:13:00,post received 0 comments

Fact The Day in Photos – November 5, 2015

Russian artist Maria Gazanova (L) works on her "The Alive Painting" art work during the Art Krasnoyarsk annual festival in Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia November 4, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

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06 Nov 2015 15:07:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Adonna Khare and Her Pencil

Originally hailing from a small town in Iowa, Adonna Khare was this year’s recipient of the Art Prize 2012 for her amazingly detailed large-scale pencil on paper works. All of Khare’s work evolve naturally without much pre-planning, essentially building her pieces as she continues to work.

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29 May 2015 15:02:00,post received 0 comments

Funny Celebrities at Halloween

LOS ANGELES - OCTOBER 31: Mike Tyson poses at the Halloween Mansion Party hosted by Haylie Duff on October 31, 2005 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)

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15 Nov 2011 12:08:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Computer Game Museum In Berlin

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: A video game joystick lies next to an exhibit at the Computer Game Museum (Computerspielemuseum) on January 26, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The museum, which opened January 21, traces the evloution of computer games through approximately 300 exhibits. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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17 Nov 2011 05:46:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Clip of the Day: Erzhena Zhamyanova (“Amar Sain” theater) and Buryat folk instruments orchestra – Dance Monkey

Erzhena Zhamyanova (“Amar Sain” theater) and Buryat folk instruments orchestra – Dance Monkey. “Dance Monkey” is a song by Australian singer Tones and I, released on May 10, 2019 as the second single (first in the US) from Tones and I's debut EP The Kids Are Coming.

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17 Jun 2021 06:37:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Classic Video Game Ads by Tanooki

Godzilla - Game Boy Ad

Missing that old days of gaming when games were GAMES and not a dunghill of marketing bullshit with DLC? Sick of all this "press X to win"? So remember the CLASSIC!

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08 Jan 2014 10:43:00,post received 0 comments