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Category Archives: REVIEW
Lover’s Rock Music | Janet Kay – Silly Games
Silly Games by Janet Kay is a great tune I picked up while watching Lover’s Rock, one of the five short films on the life and trials of members of the West Indian community in London back in the sixties … Continue reading
Posted in bloow, FILM, MUSIC, REVIEW
Tagged bob marley, Carl Douglas, community, director, dub, film, immigrants, Janet Kay, London, Lover's Rock, Music, oppression, racism, reggae, rock, seventies, Silly Games, Sister Sledge, sixties, Small Axe, soundtrack, steve McQueen, The investigators, the revolutionaries, West Indian
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Serendipity | iPhone Decision Maker
Sometimes when swiping up in photos on my iPhone I get suggestions for related images – As in other pictures I may be interested in? Something else I may like? Add to my basket? Below the one I was looking … Continue reading
Posted in Anja's Boetiek Photography, blog art, PHOTOGRAPHY, REVIEW, TEXT, Things I made
Tagged algorithm, Apple, choice, collaboration, decision, edit, Graphic design, iPhone, lay-out, library, photo, serendipity, software, surprise, Typography
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Lock Down Gift | The Familiar Smells Of Memorable Moments In Certain Locations
A treat for indoor travellers at the cost of 30 pounds only – including stylish, conceptual packaging… RUN FOR THE CHECKOUT NOW!
Posted in CORONA TIMES, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, Magic, ONLINE FINDS, REVIEW, Stuff
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DESIGN | Tile Me Crazy!
NEWS from the tile masters at Mutina, made in collaboration with artist Nathalie Du Pasquier. The Margherita and Daisy tiles are for everybody, who is not afraid. she says. I simply l o v e tiles – maybe something with … Continue reading
Posted in ART, REVIEW, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged design, Home & Living, italian, mattonelle, mutina, Nathalie Du Pasquier, squares, THE FABRIC OF HOME, tiles
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DESKTOP | Art Basel
Images taken from the online booths at Art Basel. The show is cancelled because of te Corona pandemic. Contemporary for everybody.
Posted in ART, CORONA TIMES, REVIEW
Tagged 2020, ART, Art Basel, Charles LeDray, contemporary, Cy Twombly, David Claerbout, Esther Schipper, modern, online booths, online show, Peter dreher, Wolfgang Tillmans, Zhao Gang
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Agent 019 | Trump Did The Test
Trump has been in contact with a Brazilian guest who tested positive for Corona. After initially refusing to be tested, he now committed to it. Surely I am not the only one interested in the possible savior of our reasonably … Continue reading
Wonderful Snippet
This piece of image caught my eye when scrolling through Artsy’s newsletter. The announcement of a live auction coming up soon. I thought I recognized… or at least saw something inspired by… or?… I had to click. Yes!
Posted in ART, blog art, REVIEW
Tagged David Hockney, drawing, evergreens, flash sale, iPad, newsletter
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Adversity Is The Prosperity Of The Great | Fortune Cookie Wisdom
The text above is from a fortune cookie, it’s wisdom to me. I framed it on the back of a canvas. I wrote a post on life’s adversity here It’s funny reading it back, I could write this now, … Continue reading
Found Photography | An Illusion To Live In
After I stumbled upon the title – a clipping from an article in the VPRO tv-guide on the classic Casablanca, Rick’s Cafe Americain in particular – this series of photographs in my archive caught my eye. We are looking into … Continue reading
Posted in ART, blog art, bloow, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, ONLINE FINDS, PHOTOGRAPHY, REVIEW, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged casablanca, found photography, Hollandse Hoogte, Home, Home to the people in the township of Klipton, hut, interior, interior design, Klipton, personal space, Photo agency, photo journal, report, reportage, Show me your home and I tell you, slums, South Africa, Soweto, township, vpro, we will always have Paris
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What Mirror Are You Looking At?
An image I stumbled upon in my archive. It’s a faceted mirror. Then I turned it over and It becomes an eye. We’re looking up at the eye, which you notice when you turn the mirror again, upside down, and … Continue reading
Posted in ART, blog art, OUT OF THE BOX, REVIEW
Tagged looking down, looking up, mirror, perspective
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