About hacktivism on the Internet and some free fridge magnets…
Last week the FBI shot down Megaupload, one of the most popular file sharing services, where millions of people had access to all kind of cultural products such as movies, TV series or music. The FBI charged the site’s founders and five others with running “an international organized criminal enterprise” responsible for “massive online piracy.” [...]
Happy gnocchi day!
Each month for the 29 some Argentinean restaurants offer gnocchi, a delicious in its daily menu. But… what is gnocchi is? This little potato dumplings that are turned into pasta in fact are one of the dishes that Italians brought to Argentina in one of the migratory waves that spread all kind of European traditions [...]
Grafitti and fridge magnets
The word graffiti comes from an Italian word, graffiato (“scratched”). It refers not only to that underground culture, those designs that perhaps you have seen in some streets of your city… The graffiti art history starts in Rome- referred to the inscriptions found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins as the Catacombs of [...]
Introducing Robert Crumb
Today I want to introduce Robert Crumb to you, a legendary cartoonist, one of the founders of underground comics during the 60’s and 70’s that nowadays continues creating his critical and satirical- and sometimes controversial- comic strips. Recently, Crumb has published his collection of record covers of all kind of music groups designed by him. A [...]
Magnetise your bottle caps (Recycled Art II)
Some days ago I shared with you a canvas made by Andy Warhol inspired in a can of Campbell Soup. Like Warhol, Arman is another contemporary artist who has explored the possibilities of preexisting industrial objects, or even rubish, to become an artistic object. Look at that sculpture that Arman made with hundred of bottle [...]
A magnetic gaze (Magnetic Photos I)
Let’s going to change the place of the photos of people we love and moving them from the shelves to the door of the refrigerator! Transform these paper photos in flexible magnets is very simple. Once you have digitalized the photo, you can choose and adapt your image … and Camaloon will do the rest! [...]
The new life of a tin can (Recycled Art I)
Some objects of our daily life remain in a shelf waiting for a second opportunity to become useful again. Recycling can become an art, and there are so many famous artists that in fact have created their artworks with preexisting objects. Look what Andy Warhol’s did with a simple can of Campbell’s Soup! Let’s become [...]
A mix of aliens and nostalgia
Today I feel a little bit nostalgic… about some little aliens I played with during the eighties. Look at these fridge-magnets! My nostalgia has found a relief! But, do you know what I am talking about? Handmade Nintendo Perler Bead Crafts by Lost Mitten
Attract the good luck!
I don’t know if you are superstitious… but Friday 13th approaches. Do you know what triskaidekaphobia is? It is an insane fear of a number that some people feel. A fear for… the thirteen! So… let’s going to fight against it putting a four-leaf clover next to us! It’s not easy to find a real [...]