looking-around: 2011

Saturday, December 10, 2011

...Wonderful New Year Coming Soon!

The end of the year is coming soon, and I will be away on vacations for few weeks, planning to be back in the beginning of January. So, I would like to say good-bye for now, and to thank friends and visitors for the feedback I have been receiving about this blog. I really aprecciate that.

We will not have a playlist for December, but I've have prepared a sort of 2011 favorites playlist, with some songs I've been listening this year, on repeat...

Melibea - Lamento
René Aubry - Salento
Ivan Smirnov Group - The Land Where The Sun Sleeps
Adele - Rolling In The Deep
Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait
Grovesnor - Taxi from the airport
Gilles peterson - Reality & Fantasy
Caro Emerald - Back It Up
Martina Topley Bird - Baby Blue
Slow Club - Two Cousins
Nightmares On Wax - Flip Ya Lid
Koop - In a Heartbeat (Hird Remix)
Carlinhos Brown - Loved You Right Away
Idan Rachel - Bo'ee (Come With Me)
Ceu - Concrete Jungle
Jacques Brel - Voir Un Ami Pleurer
Nils Frahm - Ambre
Wouter Hamel - Amsterdam
Van Morrison- When The Leaves Come Falling Down
My Morning Jacket - Librarian
James Vincent McMorrow - This Old Dark Machine
Damien Jurado - Sheets
Ray LaMontagne - Be Here Now
Liana - Polovtsian Dances
Tito Paris - Morna
Mo´horizon - Free e Easy
AfroCubism - Djelimady Rumba
Imperial Tiger Orchestra - Anchi Bale Game
Detektivbyrån - Nattöppet
Chantal Chamberland - La Mer

to play it all:

I wish an spectacular 2012 for all
a new year with that enthusiasm of the beginnings...

with love, from Lylian

Friday, December 9, 2011

...Krzywy Domek

The Krzywy Domek is an irregularly shaped building in Sopot, Poland. It was designed by Szotynzcy & Zaleski, who were inspired by the fairytale illustrations of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg.
a nice virtual tour available on Krzywy Domek website

Thursday, December 8, 2011

...Monumentos do Rio

Monumentos do Rio, new website about open air sculptures in Rio de Janeiro, with lots of info and images

...Earth

...handmade itens for relief by Europe for Charity

handmade europe

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

...Filipino Lippi, self-portrait, 1471

...Rebecca's helpful tips

creative tips on Rebecca's Soap Deli News

Sunday, December 4, 2011

...Freedom III

...Freedom II

...Freedom

photo by Zoran Milich, on Life.tumblr.com

...Adam Phillips

Adam Phillips is a British psychotherapist, literary critic and essayist. He is known for his books dealing with topics related to psychoanalysis. Phillips is also the general editor of the second Penguin edition of the selected works of Sigmund Freud and a contributor to the London Review of Books.

some interviews:

on The Guardian, he talks to Sean O'Hagan, about the madness at the heart of modern life

on the art desk, he talks to Fison Guner about fashion, therapy and about becoming an art curator

Friday, December 2, 2011

...Word as Image

...Nils Frahm

...Crepes of Wrath

...where great food doesn't have to be expensive or time consuming...

Crepes of Wrath recipes index

Thursday, December 1, 2011

...Código Florestal Brasileiro

FLORESTA FAZ A DIFERENÇA

...Mary Silverwood

Arroyo, by Mary Silverwood
on Joyce Robins Gallery

...bluebells

Blubells at Foxley Wood
by Vivien, on Sun Essences

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

...november 2011 playlist

Jean Sablon - Vous, Qui Passez Sans Me Voir
Federico Aubele - Las Canciones
Damien Jurado - Sheets
Nightmares On Wax - Flip Ya Lid
Cylob - Flicklife
Eugenio Bennato - Grande Sud
Depedro - Tu Mediodia
Katia B - Parece Mentira
Baba Zula - Abbasağa Parkı
Nikitov - Shabes Shabes
Husnu Ozkartal Orkestrasi - Oglan Oglan/Pinar Basi
Sahra Dawo - Cabasho
Te Vaka - Papa E
Carlinhos Brown - Megamalabares
The Pharos - Pintor
Fool's Gold - Nadine
Pan Pan - Animated Dust
Munford and Sons - Little Lion Man
First Aid Kit - When I Grow Up
Mark Kozalek - What's Next to the Moon
Les Frères Smith - La Marche des Smith 7
Kora Jazz Band - Oye Como Va
Rodney Hunter - Wanna Groove?
No More Salt - Let's Clean the House
The Decemberists - Rox in the Box
Apanhador Só - Predio
Jehro - All I Want
Dave Mathews Band - Digging a Ditch
Pascal Comelade - Stranger in Paradigm
Ludovico Einaudi - Stella del Matino

to play all:

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

...Concurso Internacional de Piano

concursopianorio.com
www.musica.ufrj.br

...Bruce Munro

Field of Light: Bruce Munro has lifted 5,000 glass spheres in the grounds od Holburn Museum of Art,
in Bath, England

Monday, November 28, 2011

...Emile Claus

Emile Claus, Arbres le long de la Lys, 1892. Collection Dexia, photography by Hugo Maertens
via www.province.namur.be

Sunday, November 27, 2011

...Marianne North

"I had long dreamed of going to some tropical country to paint its peculiar vegetation on the spot in natural abundant luxuriance..."

Marianne North was a fantastic woman that has travelled, between 1871 and 1885, recording native flora from around the world with her paintbrushes. Her works can be seen in Marianne North Online Gallery on Kew Royal Botanic Gardens website

Saturday, November 26, 2011

...Europa Film Treasures

Europa Film Treasures

...PhotoSeed.com

Coucher de Soleil, photogravure by Georges Balagny, 1894, from the portfolio Première Exposition d'Art Photographique 1894, on the wonderful website PhotoSeed.com

Friday, November 25, 2011

...Lzf Lamps Spain

Air, designed by Ray Power, for the new collection Light & Nature of Lzf Lamps Spain
Lzf-lamps

Thursday, November 24, 2011

...Sustainable Energy: without the hot air

by David MacKay

considered a must-read book, that comprehensively reveals the true facts about sustainable energy

free for download in pdf format on www.withouthotair.com

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

...ZDNet

downloads.zdnet.com

...Kora Jazz Band

...Nawal

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

...Noma Bar

Monday, November 21, 2011

...Degas, self-portrait, 1856

Saturday, November 19, 2011

...A History of the Sky

This is a year-long time-lapse study of the sky, by Ken Murphy. It was designed to be viewed in a large format, so it's best viewed in full-screen mode.

More info about this project on murphlab.com

...Kai and Sunny

Migration East, by Kai and Sunny

Friday, November 18, 2011

...high speed internet arriving to Africa

...The cable, which is just two inches thick but stuffed with fibre optics, is known as the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) system, run by a consortium led by French Telecom. It will eventually provide broadband connectivity to more than 20 countries.

by Bonnie Allen and Rob Hugh-Jones
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa

...Garden in Museu Imperial, Petrópolis

...Quantum Levitation

for more info: quantumlevitation.com

Thursday, November 17, 2011

...Kalanidhi Dance Company

Synergy
Music by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass
Choreography by Kalanidhi Dance Company

...Rosalind Cook

Lillith, by Rosalind Cook, in Benson Park, Loveland, Colorado

rosalindcook.com

sculptureinthepark.org/benson-sculpture-garden

...100 Anos de Arte Brasileira

Exposição no Paço Imperial
Praça XV, Centro, Rio de Janeiro
18 de novembro de 2011 a 12 de fevereiro de 2012

...Pianochocolate

...Roxy Russell

Medusea Pendant Lamps, made of recyclable plastic, by Roxy Russell
Roxy Russell Design

Sunday, November 13, 2011

...How dogs evolved into 'our best friends'

npr books

...underwater

photo: Álvaro Migotto
Hidromedusa ‘Cladonema'
Ciencia Hoje/galeria
CEBIMar/USP

...Dance your PhD

...This video was created with friends and family for Gonzolabs "Dance Your Ph.D" 2011 Contest. It illustrates a central part of my research: the effect of the titanium alloy microstructure...